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It’s getting too hot to fly: climate‑driven heat waves are forcing airlines to dump passengers and cargo

On the hottest afternoons, pilots’ math shows a full plane can’t claw into the thin air above runways in Las Vegas or Phoenix.

By Rio Yamat, M.K. Wildeman and The Associated PressAugust 5, 2026
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Leo DiCaprio teams with Jeff and Lauren Sanchez Bezos on $200 million plan to save 100 endangered species
By The Associated PressAugust 5, 2026
The remains of the German tugboat wreckage marked as UJ-106 in the Danube River.
Danube River’s shrinking water levels expose dozens of World War II ships
By The Associated Press and Marko DrobnjakovicAugust 4, 2026
The Danube is running dry, and Europe’s power grid is suffering as a result
The Danube is running dry, and Europe’s power grid is suffering as a result
By Justin Spike and The Associated PressAugust 3, 2026
Firefighters work to extinguish a wildfire.
Europe’s long, hot summer leads to thousands evacuated and fire operators dead
By The Associated Press, Derek Gatopoulos and Sylvie CorbetAugust 4, 2026
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OpenAI’s Greg Brockman gave $5.5 million to protect the home of an internet-famous bald eagle named Jackie
By Sydney LakeAugust 4, 2026
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US hedge fund manager Bill Ackman, CEO of Pershing Square Capital Management, speaks during the 29th annual Milken Institute Global Conference at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California on May 4, 2026.
Real Estate
‘Socialism is a disaster’: Bill Ackman says Zohran Mamdani’s bad left-wing housing policy is worsening New York’s affordability crisis
By Nick LichtenbergAugust 5, 2026
Scott Bessent stands outside wearing a suit, his hands pressed together as he speaks.
North America
The Trump administration has doled out $100 billion in tariff refunds, but Americans are suing U.S. companies for not seeing a penny of the returns
By Sasha RogelbergAugust 5, 2026
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Investing
Locked out of housing, Gen Z and Millennials are building wealth in the stock market instead as they reach record high $3.1 trillion in holdings
By Mia OsmonbekovAugust 5, 2026
Young businessman checking smartphone in dark wood office
Success
Forget work-life balance: Gen Z say their top priority is actually career growth, with 93% aspiring for the C-suite
By Preston ForeAugust 5, 2026
Marc Rowan, chief executive officer of Apollo Global Management
Success
Apollo CEO has a $11.1 billion net worth today—but he started out with a series of hospitality jobs, from valet parking to working in a party store
By Emma BurleighAugust 5, 2026
On SpaceX’s first earnings call, Elon Musk argues his plans aren’t ‘sci-fi’ while No. 2 exec Gwynne Shotwell explains what the company is doing here on Earth
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On SpaceX’s first earnings call, Elon Musk argues his plans aren’t ‘sci-fi’ while No. 2 exec Gwynne Shotwell explains what the company is doing here on Earth
By Emma HinchliffeAugust 5, 2026
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Politics
Trump claims — yet again — that a deal to reopen Hormuz is close
By The Associated Press, Elena Becatoros, Samy Magdy and Darlene SupervilleAugust 5, 2026
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Success
Neil Armstrong’s boyhood home, nearly untouched, goes up for sale with no legal protection
By John Seewer, Patrick Aftoora-Orsagos and The Associated PressAugust 5, 2026
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Chevron CEO says Venezuela must do more for oil industry revival
Energy
Chevron CEO says Venezuela must do more for oil industry revival
By Maria Paula Mijares Torres and BloombergApril 26, 2026
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    Energy
    A global food emergency: Why the closed Strait of Hormuz puts half the world’s calories at risk
    By Aya S. Chacar and The ConversationApril 9, 2026
U.S. wheat crops wither, herds thin as spring drought deepens
Law
U.S. wheat crops wither, herds thin as spring drought deepens
By Lauren Rosenthal, Erin Ailworth, Ilena Peng and BloombergApril 25, 2026
Trump’s hatred for ‘windmills’ threatens Republicans in coastal Virginia who now face more political peril after the state’s redistricting vote
Politics
Trump’s hatred for ‘windmills’ threatens Republicans in coastal Virginia who now face more political peril after the state’s redistricting vote
By Matthew Daly and The Associated PressApril 25, 2026
Asia is turning to coal in the Iran crisis, but nuclear power will be the real endgame
Commentary
Asia is turning to coal in the Iran crisis, but nuclear power will be the real endgame
By Julius Cesar TrajanoApril 24, 2026
Data centers are finding a surprising way to deploy batteries
Energy
Data centers are finding a surprising way to deploy batteries
By Mark Chediak, Michelle Ma and BloombergApril 24, 2026
Gen Alpha can’t write emails to grandma without ChatGPT. It’s time for a ‘Digital Harm Tax’
Commentary
Gen Alpha can’t write emails to grandma without ChatGPT. It’s time for a ‘Digital Harm Tax’
By Larz MayApril 24, 2026
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    Energy
    Deutsche Bank says China is energy ‘winner’ in age of war
    By Ishika Mookerjee and BloombergApril 9, 2026
A man walks on a patch of land that is dried and cracked
Environment
The world has entered a ‘global water bankruptcy,’ but markets are mispricing water as drought costs rise to $307 billion annually, analysts warn
By Sasha RogelbergApril 23, 2026
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Politics
It’s raining ice in Michigan: ‘They’re mini glaciers, if you will’
By Sarah Brumfield, Corey Williams and The Associated PressApril 23, 2026
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Environment
Climate activists realize that it’s a bad look to be an ‘eco-pooper,’ embrace joy for a change
By Seth Borenstein and The Associated PressApril 23, 2026
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Environment
Over 17 million Americans live in homes that could be flooded any second now, University of Alabama researchers find
By Seth Borenstein and The Associated PressApril 23, 2026
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Commentary
The Iran War just made the clean energy transition non-negotiable
By Tenzin SeldonApril 23, 2026
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    Energy
    Claudia Sheinbaum wants Mexico to start fracking to get away from Trump’s natural gas. But she won’t call it that
    By María Verza and The Associated PressApril 9, 2026
Kanawha County Commission Emergency Management Director C.W. Sigman speaks at a news conference Wednesday, April 22, 2026, in Charleston, W.Va
Law
Two dead, dozens hospitalized after a gas plant leak in West Virginia’s ‘chemical valley’
By The Associated Press and John RabyApril 22, 2026
Lake Powell
Environment
Officials will flush 50,000 toilets to flood a Utah lake in order to generate electricity
By Mead Gruver, Dorany Pineda and The Associated PressApril 22, 2026
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Energy
How the Iran energy crisis is supercharging Southeast Asia’s EV transition
By Angelica AngApril 21, 2026
Two Halliburton employees, clad in red coveralls, work at a pressure pumping, or fracking, operation in the Permian Basin.
Energy
Halliburton CEO: U.S. oil is in the ‘early innings’ of a rebound—and a drilling ramp-up is coming
By Jordan BlumApril 21, 2026
A soybean farmer inspects his crops in Maryland
Environment
Tariffs, war, and now a historic drought have converged into a ‘perfect storm’ for U.S. farmers and food prices
By Tristan BoveApril 21, 2026
The inside of a data center in Ashburn, VA.
Environment
Data centers are dealing hidden damage to environmental and public health—costing the economy $25 billion every year
By Tristan BoveApril 21, 2026
Scientists are burning homes to protect them in wildfires: ‘We crash test houses’
Environment
Scientists are burning homes to protect them in wildfires: ‘We crash test houses’
By The Associated Press, Jeffrey Collins and Seth BorensteinApril 21, 2026
Signs opposing a proposed data center in Monterey Park, CA.
AI
Half of all new electricity demand in the U.S. last year came from data centers—just as public opinion of them plummets
By Tristan BoveApril 20, 2026
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Law
Rubber bullet carnage as 1,000 animal welfare activists storm beagle breeding lab in Wisconsin
By The Associated PressApril 20, 2026
About 1,000 animal welfare activists tried to storm a beagle research facility protected by a manure-filled trench, hay bales and a barbed-wire fence
Law
About 1,000 animal welfare activists tried to storm a beagle research facility protected by a manure-filled trench, hay bales and a barbed-wire fence
By The Associated PressApril 19, 2026
shetty
Commentary
When the shocks keep coming, farmer cooperatives are the only buffer that works
By Shobha ShettyApril 16, 2026
The Iran war’s fertilizer shock is hammering American farmers, and 70% can’t afford what they need for this year’s growing season
Economy
The Iran war’s fertilizer shock is hammering American farmers, and 70% can’t afford what they need for this year’s growing season
By Marco Quiroz-GutierrezApril 16, 2026
Members of the public pose for photographs beside the Charging Bull, sometimes referred to as the Bull of Wall Street or the Bowling Green Bull on Broadway on April 14, 2025 in New York City.
Economy
Markets haven’t rallied this fast since COVID. Iran volatility is just another ‘notch on the belt’ for investors, says J.P. Morgan strategist
By Eleanor PringleApril 15, 2026
hippo
Environment
Colombia approves plan to kill cocaine hippos roaming through center of country
By Manuel Rueda and The Associated PressApril 13, 2026
zohran
Politics
Zohran Mamdani’s promise at 100 days: ‘At our stores, eggs will be cheaper. Bread will be cheaper’
By Anthony Izaguirre and The Associated PressApril 13, 2026
A major U.S. gasoline production hub is in such a severe drought that its refineries may be hobbled. ‘We are actively praying for a hurricane’
Energy
A major U.S. gasoline production hub is in such a severe drought that its refineries may be hobbled. ‘We are actively praying for a hurricane’
By Michael Phillis and The Associated PressApril 12, 2026
Legendary investor says the AI boom masks a deeper crisis: Falling sperm counts, shrinking populations, and vanishing resources
Investing
Legendary investor says the AI boom masks a deeper crisis: Falling sperm counts, shrinking populations, and vanishing resources
By Nick LichtenbergApril 12, 2026
Some communities are enduring unprecedented long waits on federal disaster requests, and Democrat-led states say they’re being denied
Politics
Some communities are enduring unprecedented long waits on federal disaster requests, and Democrat-led states say they’re being denied
By Gabriela Aoun Angueira and The Associated PressApril 11, 2026
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Commentary
Danantara CIO: Indonesia can anchor the AI and energy economy—if governance keeps pace
By Pandu SjahrirApril 11, 2026
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Bars, bowling alleys, and movie theaters cost too much to run and visit. Americans have run out of places to hang out and we're paying with our healthplaceholder alt text
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Forget Gen Z: People in their 70s and 80s are some of the earliest Americans to welcome physical AI into their homes and daily routinesplaceholder alt text
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