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Hong Kong Announces Housing Reforms As Government Faces 20th Week Of Protests

After being shouted down by opposition lawmakers, the Hong Kong chief executive announced new public housing projects in the notoriously expensive city.

As The Climate Warms, Companies Are Scrambling To Calculate The Risk To Their Profits

Companies are trying to figure out the risks to their profits from a warming planet. Some of them are turning to high-tech tools of climate science.

The War On Terror, Through The Eyes Of 3 Women At The CIA

After the 2001 al-Qaida attacks, the CIA ramped up counterterrorism operations. This included a surge in young, female recruits. Three have written new books about their secretive work.

The Goldfish Tariff: Fancy Pet Fish Among The Stranger Casualties Of The Trade War

China is considered the motherland of aquarium goldfish, bred over centuries into rare forms. Now tariffs have some U.S. sellers of these goldfish in a tailspin.

A Boy's Mysterious Illness Leads His Family On A Diagnostic Odyssey

Alex Yiu was born a healthy seeming baby. But by age 2, his muscle control and speech were deteriorating. His baffling condition took a decade to diagnose. The reanalysis of a DNA test was the key.

He, She, They: Workplaces Adjust As Gender Identity Norms Change

As more people identify themselves as neither categorically male or female, some employers are making changes to neutralize references to gender in everything from name tags to bathrooms.

5 Ways To Make The Office More Welcoming For People Of All Gender Identities

There are a few ways employers and colleagues can respectfully welcome people who do not conform to traditional gender norms.

For NASA's New Suits, 'Mobility' Is The Watchword

The space agency unveils two new spacesuits for a planned 2024 return to the moon. They're designed to be more comfortable and easier to move around in than their Apollo-era forerunners.

6 Takeaways From The 4th Democratic Presidential Primary Debate

Elizabeth Warren faced new scrutiny, Pete Buttigieg controlled multiple exchanges and the potential conflicts of interest of Joe Biden's son got relatively little focus.

Hong Kong's Leader Driven Out Of Legislature By Raucous Pro-Democracy Lawmakers

Embattled Chief Executive Carrie Lam was unable to give her annual policy address before the territory's legislature amid shouts in support of anti-government protests and her resignation.