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Human use of fire has produced an era of uncontrolled burning Stephen Pyne, The Conversation Los Angeles is burning, but it isn’t alone. In recent years, fires have blasted through cities in ...

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The Smithsonian Institution will close its Office of Diversity, a spokesperson confirmed Tuesday, only a week after President Donald Trump directed all federal diversity, equity and inclusion ...