Americans seem to be cooling toward global warming.
Just 57 percent think there is solid evidence the world is getting warmer, down 20 points in just three years, a new poll says. And the share of people who believe pollution caused by humans is causing temperatures to rise has also taken a dip, even as the U.S. and world forums gear up for possible action against climate change.
Striking teachers at three southern New Jersey Catholic high schools have reached a tentative agreement with the Camden Diocese.
The diocese announced the deal Thursday night, several hours after negotiations resumed. Details were not disclosed.
The teachers at Holy Spirit in Absecon, Camden Catholic in Cherry Hill and Paul VI in Haddonfield were due to vote on the agreement Friday. If it's approved, the teachers would return to work Monday.
The director of a circus arena says an ice-skating bear turned on its trainers, killing one and seriously wounding another, the Associated Press reported.
A Russian circus troupe was rehearsing for a performance in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, when the incident happened.
Workers had to drag the bear away during the attack,
The U.S. Census Bureau is making an unprecedented effort to include same-sex couples in next year's national population count, but counting the number of individuals who identify as gay, lesbian or transgender could be next.
Census representatives told community leaders in San Francisco on Thursday that categories could be added in future editions of the bureau's annual American Community Survey.
They say it was too late to include questions about sexual orientation or gender expression in the 2010 tally.
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