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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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Startups & Venture
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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Politics
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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Maui wildfires
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Maui wildfire devastates crown jewels of local heritage: ‘All the places that are tourist areas, that are Hawaiian history, are gone, and that can’t be replaced’
By Mark Thiessen, Audrey McAvoy and The Associated PressAugust 10, 2023
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    Environment
    Climate change is killing summer traditions like vacationing and going outside—extreme temperatures may be here to stay
    By Paige HagyJuly 28, 2023
‘Nowhere is immune’: Maui’s devastating fires that have killed at least 6 and destroyed a historic tourist town are fueled by climate change
Environment
‘Nowhere is immune’: Maui’s devastating fires that have killed at least 6 and destroyed a historic tourist town are fueled by climate change
By Claire Rush and The Associated PressAugust 9, 2023
Juneau, Alaska
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Alaska’s capital just lost 2 homes to a flash flood from its glacier’s ‘Suicide Basin’—but probably not because of climate change
By Becky Bohrer and The Associated PressAugust 9, 2023
Wild horse gather
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Judge bucks horse people, allows program rounding up wildlife by helicopter to proceed despite 31 mustang deaths
By Scott Sonner and The Associated PressAugust 9, 2023
Electric bus maker with a factory that Joe Biden toured just two years ago has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy
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Electric bus maker with a factory that Joe Biden toured just two years ago has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy
By The Associated PressAugust 8, 2023
New York City’s shark attack came despite heightened monitoring—with drones
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New York City’s shark attack came despite heightened monitoring—with drones
By Chris MorrisAugust 8, 2023
  • There’s no such thing as a new nuclear golden age–just old industry hands trying to make a buck
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    There’s no such thing as a new nuclear golden age–just old industry hands trying to make a buck
    By Stephanie CookeJuly 28, 2023
Mining companies push back as Biden set to announce new Grand Canyon national monument in Arizona: ‘We need uranium’
Politics
Mining companies push back as Biden set to announce new Grand Canyon national monument in Arizona: ‘We need uranium’
By Chris Megerian, Terry Tang and The Associated PressAugust 8, 2023
Automakers are bashing the EPA plan for emissions limits. Environmentalists contend ‘it isn’t enough’
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Automakers are bashing the EPA plan for emissions limits. Environmentalists contend ‘it isn’t enough’
By Tom Krisher and The Associated PressAugust 6, 2023
‘We repeated ignition’: Lab behind nuclear fusion breakthrough duplicates success after months of near-misses
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‘We repeated ignition’: Lab behind nuclear fusion breakthrough duplicates success after months of near-misses
By David R. Baker and BloombergAugust 6, 2023
Germany forest
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‘Book printer’ beetles are wreaking havoc on Germany’s primeval forests because they can live so long in the warmer climate
By Matthias Schrader, Dana Beltaji and The Associated PressAugust 6, 2023
Oregon crab
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Oregon’s $91 million Dungeness crab market can’t get over the humpback whale entanglement rules
By The Associated PressAugust 6, 2023
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    Environment
    Mexico’s president is feuding with an American company about a crocodile-infested gravel pit. He’s offering $385 million and they want $1.9 billion
    By The Associated PressJuly 28, 2023
Juneau, Alaska
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Alaska’s capital built a beautiful tourist center in sight of its epic glacier. Then the glacier began to rapidly shrink
By Becky Bohrer and The Associated PressAugust 6, 2023
Oregon gas
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‘It’s about time’:You can now pump your own gas in Oregon for the first time in 72 years
By Andrew Selsky and The Associated PressAugust 5, 2023
Work on Washington Monument-sized wind turbines—the Atlantic’s tallest— is about to start off Martha’s Vineyard
Environment
Work on Washington Monument-sized wind turbines—the Atlantic’s tallest— is about to start off Martha’s Vineyard
By Will Wade and BloombergAugust 4, 2023
Business woman turning on the thermostat at the office.
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Lower productivity, higher mortality rates, and indoor overcooling. Here’s why heat waves are so much worse for women
By Talia VarleyAugust 4, 2023
Oregon crab vendor
Environment
Oregon’s veteran crabbers are terrified their work will disappear because activists want to stop ‘extremely rare’ cases of whale entanglement
By Ed Komenda and The Associated PressAugust 4, 2023
Study finds waves along parts of California coast are getting bigger—with the number of 13-foot waves doubling
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Study finds waves along parts of California coast are getting bigger—with the number of 13-foot waves doubling
By Chris MorrisAugust 4, 2023
The real reason Tesla beat its rivals in the charging wars
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The real reason Tesla beat its rivals in the charging wars
By Behnam TabriziAugust 3, 2023
Surf’s up in California as climate change leads to more massive waves
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Surf’s up in California as climate change leads to more massive waves
By Julie Watson and The Associated PressAugust 3, 2023
Korea is so hot workers are being given ice vests to cool down
Environment
Korea is so hot workers are being given ice vests to cool down
By Heesu Lee and BloombergAugust 3, 2023
Iran
Environment
The heat is so bad in Iran that the government declared a 2-day public holiday amid scorching 122-degree temperatures
By Liza Tetley, Jack Wittels, Arsalan Shahla and BloombergAugust 2, 2023
Of pots and kettles: Big Oil and the anti-ESG movement are accusing banks of running ‘climate cartels’
Commentary
Of pots and kettles: Big Oil and the anti-ESG movement are accusing banks of running ‘climate cartels’
By Cynthia Hanawalt and Denise HearnAugust 2, 2023
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Environment
4 out of 5 people on Earth were hotter this July because of climate change, study finds. That’s over 6.5 billion humans
By Seth Borenstein and The Associated PressAugust 2, 2023
I’m a 3-time NBA champion turned climate entrepreneur. Global warming could soon be out of control–but a comeback is always possible
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I’m a 3-time NBA champion turned climate entrepreneur. Global warming could soon be out of control–but a comeback is always possible
By Rick FoxAugust 2, 2023
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Environment
Scientists face impossible choice over preservation of priceless blue crab blood: Let vital medicines wither or an endangered bird
By Patrick Whittle and The Associated PressJuly 31, 2023
Climate change
Environment
The heat, the rain and the smoke: July’s record-setting weather is just the beginning of the summer of Earth’s discontent
By Seth Borenstein and The Associated PressJuly 31, 2023
Texas braces for more record heat, as temps soar as high as 112
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Texas braces for more record heat, as temps soar as high as 112
By Chris MorrisJuly 31, 2023
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Success
Miami’s ‘Mount Trashmore,’ overflowing septic tanks pose a $4 billion challenge to its efforts to woo America’s financial elite
By Michael Smith and BloombergJuly 31, 2023
The Klamath River runs brown with mud after flash floods hit
Environment
$500 million dam removal restoring river that local tribes call ‘our church’ is the biggest in U.S. history
By Adam Beam and The Associated PressJuly 31, 2023
Arizona heat
Environment
Phoenix is about to see high temps fall under 110 degrees—but only because monsoon rains are coming
By Anita Snow and The Associated PressJuly 30, 2023
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