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California firefighters battled multiple blazes in record heat Friday, with a new fire breaking out near the famous Yosemite National Park even as a...

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As more foreigners, especially Americans, visit or move to Mexico City, some taco shops have lowered the heat in their sauces. Not everyone is happy.

President hails proposal to protect millions of Americans from extreme heat – the top weather-related US killer

More than 50 million people in the US under heat warnings while hundreds are evacuated from flooding in the Midwest.

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