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Climate-change life means 74-year-old retirees wake up hours earlier to beat the heat: ‘As soon as you walk outside, you’re already sweating’

An AP-NORC poll finds 8 in 10 Americans now blame extreme heat for higher electricity bills, even as belief that climate change is happening slipped to 66% from 73%.

By Alexa St. John, Linley Sanders and The Associated PressAugust 6, 2026
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One of the world’s poorest countries spent $170 million on a cable car system that nobody uses, just before the president fled the country
By Alexander Joe and The Associated PressAugust 6, 2026
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A Slovak town just broke its own heat record — for the third time this year
By The Associated PressAugust 6, 2026
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‘Things are going to get a lot busier near the moon’: Elon Musk rocket crashes as predicted
By Marcia Dunn and The Associated PressAugust 5, 2026
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Meet an 86-year-old logger-turned-protester fighting to protect British Columbia’s final old growth trees: ‘it’s practically naked’
By Annika Hammerschlag and The Associated PressAugust 6, 2026
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I’m a data center CEO. Communities deserve better partners, not blanket bans
By Chris CrosbyAugust 6, 2026
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SoftBank profits drop 18%, stock falls 4% in Tokyo
By Yuri Kageyama and The Associated PressAugust 6, 2026
FIFA apologizes for failed Infantino bid to sell the World Cup to Trump’s in-laws, but throws ‘full support’ behind his continued presidency
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FIFA apologizes for failed Infantino bid to sell the World Cup to Trump’s in-laws, but throws ‘full support’ behind his continued presidency
By James Robson and The Associated PressAugust 6, 2026
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Arts & Entertainment
Nintendo profit surges over 50% on movie, console sales even as sales fall
By Yuri Kageyama and The Associated PressAugust 6, 2026
Computer science enrollment is plunging, but AI is taking over the rest of the college campus as it reshapes how students learn and work
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Computer science enrollment is plunging, but AI is taking over the rest of the college campus as it reshapes how students learn and work
By Marco Quiroz-GutierrezAugust 6, 2026
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After Michigan, the Democratic Party’s Civil War moves next door to Wisconsin
By Scott Bauer and The Associated PressAugust 6, 2026
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Senate panel to vote on Fauci contempt claim, whether to refer to DOJ for prosecution
By Eric Tucker and The Associated PressAugust 6, 2026
Bernie Sanders hails Michigan result as ‘most extraordinary victory that I can think of in modern American politics’
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Bernie Sanders hails Michigan result as ‘most extraordinary victory that I can think of in modern American politics’
By Joey Cappelletti and The Associated PressAugust 6, 2026
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25,000 people forced to flee after flames engulfed a Canadian resort town
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25,000 people forced to flee after flames engulfed a Canadian resort town
By The Associated PressJuly 25, 2024
  • Nuclear reactor taken offline in Georgia due to ‘valve issue’
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    Nuclear reactor taken offline in Georgia due to ‘valve issue’
    By Chris MorrisJuly 16, 2024
Over 60 large wildfires are burning in Oregon and Washington as hundreds of lightning strikes from thunderstorms slam the region
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Over 60 large wildfires are burning in Oregon and Washington as hundreds of lightning strikes from thunderstorms slam the region
By Rebecca Boone and The Associated PressJuly 25, 2024
California farmers are signing up in droves to get paid to give up their water rights for 2 months because their summer crop prices are so low
Finance
California farmers are signing up in droves to get paid to give up their water rights for 2 months because their summer crop prices are so low
By Amy Taxin and The Associated PressJuly 25, 2024
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Environment
Wind farms can create millions in cash for local services, but efforts to block wind projects are ‘widespread and growing’
By Melina Walling and The Associated PressJuly 25, 2024
Kenya launched a fertilizer subsidy in 2008 and now farmers say the soil is dying and chemical fertilizers that make the land acidic are to blame
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Kenya launched a fertilizer subsidy in 2008 and now farmers say the soil is dying and chemical fertilizers that make the land acidic are to blame
By Evelyne Musambi and The Associated PressJuly 24, 2024
A visitor covers their face with a towel near an unofficial thermometer at Furnace Creek Visitor Center
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Monday was the hottest day recorded on Earth—ever
By Sibi Arasu and The Associated PressJuly 24, 2024
  • Philadelphia just set a record for snow—in July
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    Philadelphia just set a record for snow—in July
    By Chris MorrisJuly 16, 2024
Beyond Meat rolls out a new product not intended to replicate beef, pork, or poultry
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Beyond Meat rolls out a new product not intended to replicate beef, pork, or poultry
By Chris MorrisJuly 23, 2024
Mitsubishi’s planned $1.3 billion chemical plant in Louisiana doesn’t work economically or environmentally, energy group says
Environment
Mitsubishi’s planned $1.3 billion chemical plant in Louisiana doesn’t work economically or environmentally, energy group says
By Jack Brook and The Associated PressJuly 23, 2024
Hedge funder leads drive to overturn Washington carbon pricing law that has raised over $2bn but has seen gas prices rise to 3rd highest in U.S.
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Hedge funder leads drive to overturn Washington carbon pricing law that has raised over $2bn but has seen gas prices rise to 3rd highest in U.S.
By Hallie Golden and The Associated PressJuly 23, 2024
Tourists are trying to cool off with the help of fountains in the streets in Rome, Italy, on July 21, 2024, as the city is on alert for extreme heat today and tomorrow. (Photo by Massimo Valicchia/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Environment
Lack of solar and wind energy is causing Italy to boost imports of nuclear power from France to chill the summer heatwave
By Eamon Akil Farhat and BloombergJuly 23, 2024
Summer could be the worst time of the year for employee mental health. Here’s why
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Summer could be the worst time of the year for employee mental health. Here’s why
By Smriti JoshiJuly 22, 2024
  • New England fishermen sentenced in complex fraud case involving Atlantic herring—a fish species vitally important as commercial lobster bait
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    New England fishermen sentenced in complex fraud case involving Atlantic herring—a fish species vitally important as commercial lobster bait
    By Patrick Whittle and The Associated PressJuly 16, 2024
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Environment
A Texas energy provider is under growing scrutiny as heat-related deaths rose amid prolonged outages after Hurricane Beryl
By Jamie Stengle, Lekan Oyekanmi and The Associated PressJuly 21, 2024
Two kids on a roof look at a flooded downtown
Environment
‘The crop has just melted into the ground’: Vermont’s farmers are desperate after 2 consecutive years of flooding
By Lisa Rathke and The Associated PressJuly 19, 2024
Trump advisor Steve Bannon (L) watches as US President Donald Trump greets Elon Musk, SpaceX and Tesla CEO, before a policy and strategy forum with executives in the State Dining Room of the White House February 3, 2017
Politics
Trump ‘betrayed’ Elon Musk with ‘EV-bashing’ RNC speech even after his $180 million pledge, GOP strategist says
By Eva RoytburgJuly 19, 2024
Greece shuts Acropolis again as extreme heat continues to bake country
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Greece shuts Acropolis again as extreme heat continues to bake country
By Chris MorrisJuly 19, 2024
Elon Musk, billionaire and chief executive officer of Tesla, at the Viva Tech fair in Paris, France, on Friday, June 16, 2023. Musk predicted his Neuralink Corp. would carry out its first brain implant later this year. Photographer: Nathan Laine/Bloomberg via Getty Images
Environment
Tesla to power France’s biggest battery storage facility—boosting the nation’s capacity to store green electricity
By Eamon Akil Farhat, Francois de Beaupuy and BloombergJuly 19, 2024
A botanist works in her greenhouse to save an endangered plant
Environment
A rare endangered plant is at the center of a brewing battle in Nevada, which could supercharge the transition away from fossil fuels
By Scott Sonner and The Associated PressJuly 18, 2024
Offshore wind’s bumpy road shown by turbine collapse off Nantucket and launch of big New York project by firm that U-turned in New Jersey
Environment
Offshore wind’s bumpy road shown by turbine collapse off Nantucket and launch of big New York project by firm that U-turned in New Jersey
By Wayne Parry and The Associated PressJuly 18, 2024
Tornado in New York topples a bomber jet, rips off roofs and turns buildings into rubble
Environment
Tornado in New York topples a bomber jet, rips off roofs and turns buildings into rubble
By Andrew DeMillo, Ed White and The Associated PressJuly 18, 2024
California will be first state to get federal funds to create hubs that produce hydrogen for vehicles, manufacturing and power generation
Environment
California will be first state to get federal funds to create hubs that produce hydrogen for vehicles, manufacturing and power generation
By The Associated PressJuly 18, 2024
Feds tell Nantucket offshore wind developer to suspend operations after parts of a damaged turbine wash ashore
Environment
Feds tell Nantucket offshore wind developer to suspend operations after parts of a damaged turbine wash ashore
By The Associated PressJuly 18, 2024
A truck going over a bridge
Environment
Dozens of shoddy old bridges across the U.S. are about to get a major modern makeover
By David A. Lieb and The Associated PressJuly 17, 2024
Elon Musk’s support of Trump is a ‘salient example of his level of distraction,’ says former Musk employee-turned-EV-rival Peter Rawlinson, CEO of Lucid Motors
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Elon Musk’s support of Trump is a ‘salient example of his level of distraction,’ says former Musk employee-turned-EV-rival Peter Rawlinson, CEO of Lucid Motors
By Leo SchwartzJuly 17, 2024
We used satellite imagery and AI to see who’s keeping their climate pledges. Here’s the shocking reality we found
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We used satellite imagery and AI to see who’s keeping their climate pledges. Here’s the shocking reality we found
By Antoine RostandJuly 17, 2024
Illinois dam fails and hundreds ordered to evacuate after rain, wind and at least 6 tornadoes pound the Midwest
Environment
Illinois dam fails and hundreds ordered to evacuate after rain, wind and at least 6 tornadoes pound the Midwest
By Melissa Perez Winder, Ed White, Jim Salter and The Associated PressJuly 17, 2024
Again cofounders Max Kufner and Torbjørn Jensen
Environment
Exclusive: Google Ventures is backing a Danish startup ‘brewing’ CO2 that can clean up one of the most polluting industries in the world
By Prarthana PrakashJuly 17, 2024
Google chief scientist Jeff Dean: AI needs ‘algorithmic breakthroughs,’ and AI is not to blame for brunt of data center emissions increase
Tech
Google chief scientist Jeff Dean: AI needs ‘algorithmic breakthroughs,’ and AI is not to blame for brunt of data center emissions increase
By Sharon GoldmanJuly 16, 2024
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Tech
Musk is moving SpaceX and X to Texas
By Richard Clough, Loren Grush and BloombergJuly 16, 2024
Dave Portnoy stands on the sidelines at the NBA Finals
Lifestyle
Dave Portnoy had to be rescued by the Coast Guard after losing control of his boat near Nantucket
By Patrick Whittle and The Associated PressJuly 16, 2024
Greg Abbott
Finance
One group of investors is set to make a 14% return after the most severe hurricane season in decades
By Gautam Naik and BloombergJuly 16, 2024
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