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The numbers are daunting if not outright horrifying: One in 4 women in the United States are in a dangerous relationship.

Syria has been named as the most dangerous country in the world, while Iceland is the most peaceful, according to the 2016 Global Peace Index.

An early forecast from scientists at Colorado State University's (CSU) Tropical Meteorology Project says that a weak or moderate El Niño is likely by the height of the Atlantic hurricane season, which means that the 2017 Atlantic basin hurricane season will have slightly below average activity.

The U.S. Senate approved a bill that aims to bolster the capacity of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to make seasonal weather predictions between 2 weeks and 2 years out.

New USGS maps identify potential ground-shaking hazards in 2017 from both human-induced and natural earthquakes in the central and eastern U.S.

Only about half of the violent crimes and a third of the property crimes that occur in the United States each year are reported to police. And most of the crimes that are reported don’t result in the arrest, charging and prosecution of a suspect, according to government statistics.

The Government of Canada will invest in world-class, state-of-the-art weather-prediction information technology and radar modernization.