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A Brazilian court has banned the export of live cattle from all the country's ports, a ruling hailed as historic on Thursday by an animal welfare group.

Bridgeport officials have free access to a suite at the new concert amphitheater. With tickets starting at about $100 for many shows, this is raising questions.

Bridgeport school officials are urging the city to boost funding for what they describe as a cash-strapped district.

China has completed work on a nationwide ecological protection "red line" aimed at preserving its ecosystems and reversing some of the damage from rapid urbanisation and industrial growth, a government official said on Thursday.

In 1925, a handsome male sled dog named Balto led a 13-dog team that braved blizzard conditions during the grueling final 53-mile (85-km) leg of a 674-mile (1,088-km) dogsled relay, bringing lifesaving medicine to the Alaskan city of Nome during a diphtheria outbreak.

The Brazilian government is looking at ways to perform more effectively the challenging task of tracing the origins of cattle raised for slaughtering, Carlos Favaro, agriculture minister of the world's biggest beef exporter, said on Thursday.

At least one person was killed and hundreds of people were left homeless when a major fire swept through a village just east of Russia's Urals mountains.

The KBW Regional Banking Index dropped 4%, the broader S&P 500 bank index fell 2.6% and broader markets showed concern with U.S. stocks lower and U.S. Treasury yields falling.

Michelle Muoio said she is leaving the Bridgeport-owned, Stratford-based Sikorsky Memorial Airport "to pursue a role with another organization."

Ecuador has launched a long-awaited debt buyback plan that will free up money to protect its Galapagos Islands, one of the world's most precious ecosystems and the inspiration for Charles Darwin's Theory of Evolution.