President Donald Trump's revised travel ban underwent its first legal challenge in federal court Wednesday before a judge who could conceivably halt it a day before it is scheduled to take effect. The 90-minute hearing was held in Greenbelt, Maryland not far from Washington and Judge Theodore Chuang said afterward he hoped to announce a decision later Wednesday. Two other federal court hearings on the travel ban targeting all refugees and people from six mainly Muslim countries were also scheduled Wednesday: one in Hawaii and another in Washington state.
From rising levels of air pollution to increased water contamination and a widening range for disease-carrying mosquitoes, climate change is making people sick, a coalition of 11 US medical groups said Wednesday. Known as the Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health, the group represents more than half of US doctors, and aims to help policy makers understand the health dangers of global warming, and what must be done to guard against it in the coming years. "Doctors in every part of our country see that climate change is making Americans sicker," said Mona Sarfaty, a physician and director of the new consortium.
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