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More children are being diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder at a higher rate than ever before. Coleen Boyle, a director at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, says the CDC has just released a report indicating an alarming increase.

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DAVID GREENE, HOST: If you have been monitoring the rise of populist nationalism around the world, you can now turn attention to Brazil. Brazilians will be voting for their next president on Sunday, and the candidates include Jair Bolsonaro. He's a r

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Bolsonaro Win Could Strengthen Brazil-US Relations

Jair Bolsonaro was elected Sunday to be the next president of Brazil. Results showed that the Social Liberal Party candidate won 55 percent of the vote over Workers Party candidate Fernando Haddad. His presidency may help build stronger relationships

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Are Brazil’s Rainforests in Danger?

The United Nations Climate Summit takes place next week in Poland. About 20,000 people from 190 countries are expected to take part in the conference. There, world leaders will debate how to limit climate change -- the weather events linked to slowly

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Sao Paulo fires head coach Adilson Batista

RIO DE JANEIRO, Oct. 16 (Xinhua) -- After its disappointing 3-0 loss to Atletico-GO in the 30th round of the Brazilian Championship, Sao Paulo decided to release head coach Adilson Batista on Sunday. After six games without a win, the fans and Sao Pa

Sao Paulo announces return of Denilson

RIO DE JANEIRO, July 19 (Xinhua) -- The Sao Paulo soccer team proudly presented Denilson on Tuesday. Denilson, who left Sao Paulo in 2005 at the age of 18 to play for England's Arsenal, claimed that he was unsatisfied at Arsenal and with head coach A

Bahia defeats Atletico-PR 2-0

RIO DE JANEIRO, June 25 (Xinhua) -- On the road against a struggling Atletico-PR on Saturday, Bahia won 2-0 in the 6th round of the Brazilian Championship. The result led to the release of Atletico-PR's head coach, Adilson Batista. Lulinha and Marcon

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