Firefighters are battling several wildfires ripping across Australia, Argentina and South Africa. NBC News’ Raf Sanchez has more on how these fires are taking a toll people and buildings across the continents.
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The Justice Department’s investigation of the Fed is a new escalation in the Trump administration’s effort to bend the independent central bank to its will. Plus, a Minnesota court rules that the government’s immigration tactics are unconstitutional and SCOTUS hears two cases on whether states can bar transgender athletes from women’s sports.
The disappearance of the ozone layer over Antarctica is a serious threat to human health. We look at the science behind it and how scientists sounded the alarm. And the artist Norma Khouri dies at 86. She illustrated comic strips that satirized office culture.
