In Climate Deal With China, Obama May Set 2016 Theme

By CORAL DAVENPORT

The landmark agreement to cut greenhouse gas pollution is a bet by President Obama that the environment will be a winning cause for Democrats.

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Cuts in Military Mean Job Losses for Career Staff

By DAVE PHILIPPS

The cuts have mostly affected enlisted soldiers but are beginning to force out officers who were clearly intending on making a career of the military.

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Debts Canceled by Bankruptcy Still Mar Consumer Credit Scores

By JESSICA SILVER-GREENBERG

Officials suspect that big banks ignore bankruptcy court discharges, keeping debts alive on credit reports and impairing borrowers’ ability to secure housing and jobs.

Web of Incentives in Fatal Indian Sterilizations

By ELLEN BARRY and SUHASINI RAJ

People who took part in a sterilization drive in the state of Chhattisgarh that led to 13 deaths described an assembly-line atmosphere with little regard for hygiene.

Peril, and Daring, at 1 World Trade Center as Window Washers Are Trapped

By MARC SANTORA

As the workers dangled 69 stories above the street, emergency crews cut a hole in a window of the tower and pulled them, unhurt, into the building.

Bayou Meets Broadway: Staging ‘Duck Dynasty’

By PATRICK HEALY

Members of the Robertson family of the A&E reality series “Duck Dynasty” have convinced a team from Broadway to bring their story to the stage, in Las Vegas for starters.

Landing on a Comet, a Mission Aims to Unlock the Mysteries of Earth

By KENNETH CHANG

The ambitious mission succeeded, despite a potential showstopper problem, when a signal arrived at Darmstadt, Germany, just after 11 a.m. Eastern time.

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Fishermen in Brazil Save a River Goliath, and Their Livelihoods

By SIMON ROMERO

Efforts to save the pirarucu, one of the world’s largest freshwater fish, have been a success while offering a strategy for fending off a broader freshwater extinction crisis.