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Georgia Senate election: Raphael Warnock projected to win seat for Democrats

World

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Billions projected to suffer nearly unlivable heat in 2070

Technology

A new study says 2 billion to 3.5 billion people in 50 years will be living in a climate that historically has proven just too hot to handleBy SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science WriterMay 4, 2020, 11:30 PM4 min read4 min readShare to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this articleKENSINGTON, Maryland -- In just 50 years, 2 billion to 3.5 billion people, mostly the poor who can’t afford air conditioning, will be living in a climate that historically has been too hot to handle, a new study said. With every 1.8 degree (1 degree Celsius) increase in global average annual temperature from man-made climate change, about a billion or so people will end up in areas too warm day-in, day-out to be habitable without cooling technology, according to ecologist Marten Scheffer of Wageningen University in the Nether...

Social Security trust fund projected to tap out in 17 years

Finance

Mulvaney: Trump wants to protect entitlementsIf Congress doesn't act soon, tens of millions of Americans will only receive about three-quarters of their Social Security benefits when they retire in the future. In an annual report released Thursday, trustees of the government's two largest entitlement programs -- Social Security and Medicare -- urged lawmakers to act quickly to assure Americansthey'll be able to get their full retirement benefits. The trustees projected that the Social Security trust fund will be tapped out by 2034. While that projection is unchanged fromlast year's annual report card, the trustees warned of persistent long-term challenges ahead if fixes aren't made to pay for the program. "The trajectory is still alarming," said Tom Price, secretary of the Health and Hum...