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A brutal heat wave has gripped the eastern part of the United States as tens of millions of people sweltered in record high ...

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Residents in major cities across the Northeast endured a record-breaking heat wave on Tuesday, anticipated to be the peak of ...

Dr. Ward studies how extreme heat is reshaping lives and livelihoods in communities across the United States.

Tens of millions of Americans sweltered outside or sought air-conditioned refuge as an "extremely dangerous" heat wave ...

Substitutes retreat to locker rooms, practices canceled, jerseys drenched – the relentless heat wave sweeping across much of ...

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The heat wave caused disruptions to public transport across the Northeast. Amtrak said it will be forced to slow train speeds ...

Extensive triple digit heat, broken temperature records and oppressive humidity piled up into a steaming mess as the heat ...

As sprawling heat dome spawns temperatures above 100 degrees Fahrenheit across the eastern United States, one New England ...