Dry soil and a heat wave make each other worse. Ground with no moisture left stops cooling the air above it, and hotter air pulls still more out of the soil.

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Mexico launches a fictional military campaign that quickly spreads across Central America and into South America before ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has invited state officials to compete for a brand-new U.S. military installation.

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The Hanford Site is a symbol of the United States’ nuclear age and one of the most polluted places in the world. Artist Michael Brophy spent years figuring out how to paint it.