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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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By Ellie AustinAugust 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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Politics
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’
Politics
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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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
  • Americans come out in droves to celebrate 4th of July fireworks as millions suffer under ‘significant and extremely dangerous’ heat
    Lifestyle
    Americans come out in droves to celebrate 4th of July fireworks as millions suffer under ‘significant and extremely dangerous’ heat
    By David Sharp and The Associated PressJuly 5, 2024
Philadelphia just set a record for snow—in July
Environment
Philadelphia just set a record for snow—in July
By Chris MorrisJuly 16, 2024
New England fishermen sentenced in complex fraud case involving Atlantic herring—a fish species vitally important as commercial lobster bait
Environment
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
Annoyed business woman at charging statoin
Environment
Uber is betting on a startup hoping to solve the biggest roadblock facing electric vehicles
By Irina IvanovaJuly 16, 2024
Tornado-spawning storms blow through the Midwest—including Chicago—and cut power to over 460,000
Environment
Tornado-spawning storms blow through the Midwest—including Chicago—and cut power to over 460,000
By The Associated PressJuly 16, 2024
Elon Musk
Politics
Elon Musk denies donating $45 million monthly to Trump-supporting PAC 
By Eva RoytburgJuly 15, 2024
  • Hurricane Beryl bears down on booming Mexican beach hotspot Tulum as American tourists ‘hunker down and stay safe’
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    Hurricane Beryl bears down on booming Mexican beach hotspot Tulum as American tourists ‘hunker down and stay safe’
    By Martín Silva, John Myers Jr. and The Associated PressJuly 5, 2024
Emmanuel Lagarrigue on the planet:tech Stage during the opening day of Web Summit 2019 in Lisbon, Portugal.
Environment
Funding the green energy transition via public markets is tough as they have ‘very short memories,’ KKR climate head says
By Alastair Marsh and BloombergJuly 15, 2024
Florida resident stands in the debris after a hurricane ripped through her town
Environment
‘I’m tired’: Florida residents are soul-searching as experts predict another intense hurricane season
By Dorany Pineda, Rebecca Blackwell and The Associated PressJuly 15, 2024
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott slams power company CenterPoint as 270,000 homes and businesses remain without power after Hurricane Beryl
Environment
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott slams power company CenterPoint as 270,000 homes and businesses remain without power after Hurricane Beryl
By Jamie Stengle and The Associated PressJuly 15, 2024
Bird flu outbreak at Colorado farm as 5 workers reported positive: Experts warn of ‘turning point,’ call for urgent action
Commentary
Bird flu outbreak at Colorado farm as 5 workers reported positive: Experts warn of ‘turning point,’ call for urgent action
By Carolyn BarberJuly 15, 2024
Titanic salvage company will make its first voyage to the wreck in 14 years in the wake of OceanGate Titan sub tragedy
Tech
Titanic salvage company will make its first voyage to the wreck in 14 years in the wake of OceanGate Titan sub tragedy
By Patrick Whittle and The Associated PressJuly 15, 2024
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    Lifestyle
    Amsterdam has long wanted to keep ‘nuisance’ tourists away. First, it banned new hotels and now, it plans to ban cruises
    By Prarthana PrakashJuly 4, 2024
People waiting in a Houston hospital
Health
Texas hospitals are overwhelmed with people suffering from heat-related illnesses—’this wasn’t as big a problem five or 10 years ago’
By Juan Lozano, Terry Spencer and The Associated PressJuly 12, 2024
The world's first hydrogen-powered ferry, docked in the San Francisco Bay
Environment
The world’s first hydrogen-powered ferry is coming to San Francisco—and it’ll be free for the first six months
By Terry Chea and The Associated PressJuly 12, 2024
 A sacred 13,000-year-old tree faces off with a California real-estate development
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 A sacred 13,000-year-old tree faces off with a California real-estate development
By Chloe BergerJuly 12, 2024
car submerged in flood water
Environment
FEMA is denying requests for aid as relief fund runs dry amid record number of costly disasters
By Shruti Date Singh and BloombergJuly 12, 2024
An American Oystercatcher
Environment
Angry birds are attacking drones employed to patrol NYC beaches for sharks and struggling swimmers
By Jake Offenhartz and The Associated PressJuly 12, 2024
Joe Biden
Politics
President Biden steadfast on staying in the race. ‘I’m in this to complete the job I started.’
By The Associated Press, Seung Min Kim, Zeke Miller, Lisa Mascaro and Colleen LongJuly 11, 2024
Joe Biden
Politics
In a critical press conference, Biden will attempt to convince voters he can carry the day as calls grow for him to stand aside
By Colleen Long, Seung Min Kim, Lisa Mascaro and The Associated PressJuly 11, 2024
Marathon Oil Lee Tillman holding his hands in a weird way
Environment
Marathon Oil reaches historic $241 million settlement with EPA—the largest-ever penalty for violating the Clean Air Act
By The Associated PressJuly 11, 2024
Nestle's CEO Ulf Mark Schneider looks on during a general shareholders meeting of Swiss food giant Nestle in Ecublens, near Lausanne, on April 18, 2024. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP) (Photo by FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP via Getty Images)
Environment
Swiss giant Nestle has rolled back recycling targets and the difference amounts to the weight of 30 Eiffel Towers
By Dasha Afanasieva and BloombergJuly 11, 2024
Google CEO Sundar Pichai testifies before the House Judiciary Committee at the Rayburn House Office Building on December 11, 2018 in Washington, DC.
Environment
Google unceremoniously dropped its promise of carbon neutrality, with emissions rising nearly 50% over the last five years
By Eva RoytburgJuly 10, 2024
A woman loads containers of gasoline into her truck bed.
Environment
A power company’s app couldn’t keep up after Hurricane Beryl—so Texans turned to a fast-food burger chain to track power outages
By Sasha RogelbergJuly 10, 2024
The Temple of Concordia in the Valley of the Temples, Sicily.
Environment
Sicily’s summer drought is so acute this year that it’s drying up lakes and forcing cities to turn away tourists because they don’t have enough water
By Prarthana PrakashJuly 10, 2024
Extreme heat kills more people in the U.S. than hurricanes, floods, and tornadoes combined. We need a federal heat standard to protect workers
Commentary
Extreme heat kills more people in the U.S. than hurricanes, floods, and tornadoes combined. We need a federal heat standard to protect workers
By Jill RosenthalJuly 9, 2024
crowds of people standing near the Parthenon
Lifestyle
Mayor of Athens says tourism in Greece isn’t ‘viable’ anymore as each visitor only adds €0.40 to the economy
By Prarthana PrakashJuly 9, 2024
The small German village of Mühlrose is facing extinction from opencast mining, despite Germany’s 2030 pledge to leave coal behind
Environment
The small German village of Mühlrose is facing extinction from opencast mining, despite Germany’s 2030 pledge to leave coal behind
By Petra Sorge and BloombergJuly 9, 2024
NASCAR just unveiled a $1.5 million electric car—with twice the horsepower of its gas-guzzling cars
Tech
NASCAR just unveiled a $1.5 million electric car—with twice the horsepower of its gas-guzzling cars
By Chris MorrisJuly 8, 2024
man boards up windows
Environment
Texas braces for Beryl as storm threatens to regain hurricane strength before making landfall
By Mark Vancleave, Valerie Gonzalez and The Associated PressJuly 7, 2024
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Environment
Florida farmers turn to an ancient tree from India as the state’s once-famous citrus industry dries up
By Freida Frisaro and The Associated PressJuly 6, 2024
people swimming in the Seine River
Features
The Seine River, the romantic lifeblood of Paris, is set to reopen for swimming after 100 years. But its cursed clean-up is a lesson for future Olympics
By Prarthana PrakashJuly 6, 2024
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