Negotiators gathered in Busan, South Korea, on Monday in a final push to create a treaty to address the global crisis of plastic pollution. It's the fifth time the world's nations convene to craft a legally binding plastic pollution accord. In addition to the national delegations, representatives from the plastics industry, scientists and environmentalists have come to shape how the world tackles the surging problem.
The teen was blasted in the back around 9:30 a.m. at East 161st Street and Forest Avenue, part of NYCHA's William McKinley Houses in Morrisania, police said. ...