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phones and tvs go to die, well, every year our planet generates over 50 million tonnes of electronic waste. the problem is thingsjust don't last as long these days. take phones, for example. the entire industry seems geared around us replacing our handset every couple of years or so. but only about a quarter of that e—waste is properly recycled. and that's really bad because our devices contain potentially toxic chemicals. well, michael kaloki has been looking at how one company is trying to combat this in kenya. this is dandora. this community on the outskirts of nairobi is home t...

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this week, click travels to kenya, where piles of electronic waste are making locals choose between lives and livelihoods. translation: it is dangerous work, but we have to do it. _ if we do not, we will go hungry. we're also in the rural communities where ai is improving prenatal care. the information that i'll get here will help me . to save the life of a mother. we look at the tech aiming to put museums in the metaverse. and paul's dying to meet the microbes that could clean up the fashion industry. bugs are quite simple creatures. kind of like me and you. if you ever wondered whe...

investigative details on how they tracked him down after more than a decade. here are tonight's headlines. ♪ ♪ the suspect linked to the so-called gilgo beach murders by burner phones and dna evidence from a pizza crust. >> rex heuermann is a demon that walks among us. ♪ ♪ >> norah: record-breaking heat. dangerous temperatures for more than 100 million americans, posing risks from blackouts to wildfires. >> an unusually wet winter prompted a huge growth of vegetation, which has now turned into hot, dry brush, the perfect fuel for fires. >> norah: plus, the northeast braces fo...

under flash flood warnings. that after nearly a half a foot of rain fell in just under an hour yesterday. killing at least four people in bucks county. several more are missing at this hour. among those missing a nine -month-old baby. wesley believe approximately 11:00 o'clock or three swept away bright star teams have actively search the riverbank and creek banks up to the flood site on 532. we are continuing to do that operation today. most important with the families of those who are lost, they are in our hearts we will work tirelessly until we locate their loved ones we cannot im...