Urban heat islands become dangerous when temperatures rise.
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Updated: The county’s sheriff says agents showed bailiffs paperwork.
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The state did not provide details on where detainees are being held, or the charges against them.
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Councilors were split on increasing pay for some of the city’s top earners.
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One report says more people lost work in March in the commonwealth than in any other state.
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The pop-up has saved nearly 500 lbs. from landfills — including one reporter’s favorite pants.
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Local groups are working to help the city plant trees and instill green principles in its workforce.
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Mount Etna produced a spectacularly explosive eruption Monday, sending a ripple of reddish clouds down from the southeast summit of Europe's highest active volcano.
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The election comes about two months after President Yoon Suk Yeol was removed from office following his impeachment for declaring martial law in the country.
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What if the solutions to some of Earth's biggest problems could be found in some of its smallest creatures? That bet has led a team of researchers to places both remote and — lately — rather familiar.
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Senate Republicans return to session with a big task ahead: passing Trump's big, "beautiful" bill. And, Boulder's Jewish community is concerned after a recent attack.
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After the wildfires destroyed homes and disrupted routines, many parents saw behavioral shifts in their kids. Some families found support in a camp designed to help kids affected by natural disaster.
Arts & Culture
- Shooting fireworks over a historic— and flammable — city takes planning
- Geologists uncover new evidence from ancient asteroid that hit the Chesapeake Bay
- Recent Hanover museum exhibit examines Brown Grove's history, legacy
- On Juneteenth, she celebrates the role quilts may have played in Underground Railroad