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I live in a crowded mountain town and I still refuse to gatekeep it

I get a lot of work-related hate mail, which is interesting considering I have a relatively benign job. I’m not dealing in blood diamonds. I’m not a Pharma Bro. I write articles about cool places to ...

Climate change may be making us lonelier: How heat waves and extreme weather disrupt social connections everyone relies on

Severe storms, heat waves and wildfires can shut down the social life of a community, flooding out festivals, canceling ...
The New York Times

Mullin Threatens Local Election Officials With Jail Time

Elections: Markwayne Mullin, the homeland security secretary, on Friday threatened local election officials with prison time if they did not comply with President Trump’s efforts to change election ...
USA Today

Tropical Storm Bertha warning extended along upper Texas coast

Editor's note: This page summarizes news of Tropical Storm Bertha for Wednesday, July 22. For the latest on Bertha, visit USA TODAY's coverage for Thursday, July 23. Tropical Storm Bertha moved across ...

Cole Hauser says brutal Texas weather wiped out 'Dutton Ranch' cast

Cole Hauser says nine months filming "Dutton Ranch" in Texas left the cast and crew exhausted after battling extreme heat, ...
TechCrunch

Meta enters the crowded AI coding battle with Muse Spark 1.1

Meta publicly launched a new version of Muse Spark on Thursday, a multimodal AI model designed for agentic coding that aims to compete with similar products offered by OpenAI and Anthropic. Spark 1.1, ...
E&E

House lawmakers launch bipartisan weather caucus

Two House lawmakers are launching a new caucus focused on weather forecasting and research with an eye toward addressing natural disasters. The bipartisan duo — Reps. Mike Flood (R-Neb.) and Eric ...
Wall Street Journal

Europe Is Hot, Crowded and Crazy Expensive. Here’s How to Enjoy It Anyway.

The sun was beating down on the Greek island of Crete last month, and the tourists were out in full force: dining on gyros along the harbor, buying trinkets in souvenir shops, zipping around the ...
Post and Courier

Myrtle Beach Congressman Russell Fry enters growing field for Lindsey Graham’s Senate seat

COLUMBIA — Myrtle Beach-area U.S. Rep. Russell Fry is entering the increasingly crowded Republican primary to replace the late Sen. Lindsey Graham despite lacking the endorsement of President Donald ...
Yahoo! Sports

Crowded Mavericks frontcourt puts $90 million forward's future with team in serious doubt

Despite a large load of wings and forwards, the Mavs are maintaining a stern asking price for P.J. Washington and Daniel Gafford. P. J. Washington is one of the Dallas Mavericks players who has been ...
The New York Times

‘We Will All Die From Ebola Here’: Virus Stalks Crowded Camps in Congo

There are a million people displaced by violence in the epicenter. They live in dangerous conditions and are fighting the virus with very little clean water. There are a million people displaced by ...