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Kailash Satyarthi receives flowers from school children in Bangalore.

Nobel Peace Prize Winner's Message To America: 'All Children Are Our Children'

Kaiilash Satyarthi came to Washington to encourage the U.S. government to fight for the freedom of child laborers.

Consuming a diet that contains high amounts of red and processed meat such as bacon was linked to 8 percent of cardiometabolic deaths in the U.S.

Eating More — Or Less — Of 10 Foods May Cut Risk Of Early Death

Too much bacon, or too few nuts, can influence the risk of death from heart disease and Type 2 diabetes, a study finds. Nearly half of U.S. deaths from these causes were linked to diet.

NFL Kicks Off Its First 'Fully Virtual' Draft Tonight

"Draft day 2020, much different than we ever imagined, but it's going to be fun," said NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell in a video tour of his basement where he'll preside over the three-day event.

The World Health Organization is is "absolutely critical to the world's efforts to win the war against COVID-19," U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres said, after President Trump said he will halt funding to the agency. Here, a WHO staff member inspects a coronaviruus quarantine facility at the Rafah border crossing in the southern Gaza Strip in March.

'As Dangerous As It Sounds': Reactions To U.S. Plan To Defund WHO During A Pandemic

Philanthropist Bill Gates and others warn against undercutting the World Health Organization during a crisis that's being compared to World War II and the Great Depression.

Traffic on the Hollywood Freeway in Los Angeles in 2018. The Trump administration is weakening auto pollution standards, rolling back a key Obama-era policy that sought to curb climate change.

Trump Administration Weakens Auto Emissions Standards

The Trump administration is replacing Obama-era fuel economy standards with weaker ones that will allow for more air pollution. Groups are already lining up to challenge the new rule.

"No need to use COVID to score political points," World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says. "You have many other ways to prove yourselves."

'Please Don't Politicize This Virus,' WHO Head Says After Trump Threatens Funding

Using the COVID-19 pandemic to score political points is dangerous and will result in "many more body bags," the WHO's leader said less than a day after President Trump criticized the organization.

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