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People cool themselves with an ice-cold water bottle from a water station during the Great American State Fair on the National Mall on July 2, 2026 in Washington, DC.
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This summer was hot. August shattered global heat records
Ava Berger
Scientists say that August was the hottest month ever recorded globally. In the U.S., summer temperatures also shattered heat records.
Observers film ICE agents in Minneapolis in February. A new lawsuit alleges that the federal government is trying to intimidate observers who monitor immigration enforcement operations.
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Lawsuit challenges intimidation of DHS observers across the country
Jude Joffe-Block
This fossilized feather dates back 66 million years to the late Cretaceous. "It is, without a doubt, the best feather we've ever found from the age of dinosaurs," says Jingmai O'Connor, an associate curator at the Field Museum of Natural History.
Nate Carroll
A fossil feather from the age of dinosaurs may explain why only some birds survived
Ari Daniel
Caitlin Clark of the Indiana Fever, right, drives to the basket against Sydney Taylor of the Chicago Sky on Aug. 23.
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How the WNBA became a political prop in the culture wars
Sam Fragoso
Texas Standard
Ken Paxton put out an AI-generated attack ad. He’s not the only one
Increasingly, political candidates are using AI to depict their opponents in advertisements.
Key takeaways from day one of the Republican midterm convention
‘The Beauty of the Days Gone By’ paints an unflinching picture of frontier Texas
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