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Pima County Medical Examiner Greg Hess at his office in Tucson, Ariz. Hess and another Arizona-based medical examiner are rethinking how to catalog and count heat-related deaths, a major step toward understanding the growing impacts of heat.
Cassidy Araiza for NPR
Here's why an Arizona medical examiner is working to track heat-related deaths
Alejandra Borunda
No one across the U.S. is consistently tracking climate-fueled deaths. One medical examiner has a new protocol on heat-deaths.
The U.S Capitol is photographed Monday, Sept. 14, 2026, in Washington, D.C.
Mariam Zuhaib
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House passes Russia sanctions, sending bill named for Lindsey Graham to Trump's desk
Sam Gringlas
Leon Black, left, a billionaire who was close with Jeffrey Epstein, walks out of the Rayburn House Office Building at the Capitol after his interview about Epstein with the House Oversight Committee, in Washington, Friday, June 26, 2026.
J. Scott Applewhite
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Committee investigating Epstein holds billionaire Leon Black in contempt of Congress
Ava Berger
The National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C.
Allison Robbert
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Trump administration plans ideological warning signs for Smithsonian
Jennifer Vanasco
Texas Standard
As Texas expands public pre-K, longtime childcare providers struggle to keep their place
Texas is trying to expand access to preschool by encouraging school districts to partner with private child care centers. But some longtime Dallas providers say the school district that’s supposed...
Gov. Greg Abbott orders Texas water agency to penalize data centers that don’t report their water usage
UT students attacked by Bo French call his comments ‘disgusting’ and too familiar
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Texas Standard for Sept. 16, 2026: UT students respond after Bo French targets them online
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