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LGBTQ chors in colorado spring unifies community with song - Below the vaulted dome and dark wood beams of a church in Colorado Springs , a gay men’s choir rehearsed for a concert that’s taken on new meaning after an LGBTQ night club became the site of a shooting that killed five and wounded 17. “There is no peace on earth, I said,” the chorus sang. “For hate is strong and mocks the song of peace on earth.”The old lyrics that rang through the halls of the First Congregational Church were haunted by new memories of the Nov. 21 violence at Club Q — the sound of screams over club music, the sight of bullet wounds plugged by napkins and people pleading with their friends to keep breathing. Negotiators take steps toward plastic pollution treaty - On Friday afternoon more than 2,000 experts will wrap up a week of negotiations on plastic pollution at one of the largest global gatherings ever to address what even industry leaders in plastics say is a crisis.It was the first meeting of a...