But “as it gets warmer earlier, we see a larger amount of mosquitoes earlier,” said Max Vigilant, director of mosquito and vector control in Harris County, where Houston is located. “We are getting hotter temperatures earlier.”...
The House on Friday voted to expel Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) from Congress — an action the chamber had taken only five times in U.S. history and not for more than 20 years — in response to an array of alleged crimes and ethical lapses that came to light after the freshman lawmaker was found to have fabricated key parts of...
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The poverty rate increased to 12.4 percent, from 7.8 percent in 2021, reflecting the end of some pandemic relief programs....
About one-third of residents experienced food insecurity in 2022 for the third year in a row, according to the Capital Area Food Bank’s Hunger Report...
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The updated shot targets omicron subvariants that are circulating throughout the United States...
Drought is making it harder for golf lovers to justify the game’s copious use of water...
Some of the largest U.S. insurance companies say extreme weather has led them to end certain coverages, exclude natural disaster protections and raise premiums...
Nearly every place where weather records are kept along the Gulf Coast just experienced its hottest August...
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When the store opened in 1940, it was one of four grocery stores in town. Now, it’s the last one standing....
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Areas southeast of Lansing, including Williamston, were hardest hit; more than a million people lost power from Michigan to Pennsylvania...
Native Hawaiians say the tragedy is being used as a pretext to roll back their gains in securing water supplies...
Maui’s tourism machine never stops, but residents who are reeling from wildfires need a break...
Heat indexes topped 130 in Kansas on Sunday. Several days of similar heat are on the way....
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These new science fiction and fantasy novels from S.L. Huang, Temi Oh, Kiersten White and others challenge our understanding of what the good life entails...
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