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A stubborn ridge of high pressure is building over the western United States, and federal forecasters expect it to deliver extreme heat across the Southwest and Great Basin during the final week of ...

Millions of people across the eastern United States could see hazy skies and degraded air quality as early as next week if ...

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The world of birds never stops fascinating us, and every time we start exploring it, we discover something new and surprising ...