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With global water temperatures hitting a record high, this year may see 'super' El Niño
Lauren Sommer, Ayesha Rascoe
Warming ocean waters are teeing up a particularly strong El Niño weather pattern.
The first ever Fat Marmot Week ends on August 30, 2026.
Eric Philips
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Exclusive: Meet the inaugural winner of Fat Marmot Week
Dhanika Pineda
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Chloe Veltman

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NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, perched atop a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket, is seen at sunrise at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
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NASA has successfully launched its newest space telescope
Brendan Byrne
The tour-bus-sized telescope aims to unravel cosmic mysteries and identify more than 100,000 planets beyond our solar system.
Marc Bowker, owner of Alter Ego Comics in Lima, Ohio, says tariffs have created stress and uncertainty for his small business.
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Business & Economy
How a comic book store got swept into the tariff storm
Stephan Bisaha
Nigerian country singer Ochiora Okogeri, popularly known as The Country Man, performs Dolly Parton songs during International Cowboy Day celebrations in Nairobi in July 2026.
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From Appalachia to Africa: Why Dolly Parton was beloved across the continent
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Turn the last few ingredients and leftovers in your fridge into completely new dishes you can enjoy
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  2. This mindset shift can help you get better at using up your leftovers
  3. The "Garden Variety" podcast offers tips and tricks for plant parents of all levels
Business & Economy
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  3. Meta settlement could reshape how social media companies treat young users
Education & Community Culture
  1. How schools are handling AI, screen time and slashes to the Department of Education
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Health & Sports
  1. Youth sports programs, once community-based, have become a privatized $40 billion industry
  2. Medicare's pilot GLP-1 discount program has a catch. Some sick patients don't qualify
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Policy & Politics
  1. Politics chat: more tariffs, mail-in voting order, Kushner-Jeffries meeting
  2. Trump administration deports relative of Afghans who helped US military to Central African Republic
  3. Week in Politics: Trump renames Lake Ontario 'Lake America'; Fed chair signals hikes
Public Safety & Social Justice
  1. Judge says the Pentagon can't designate AI company Anthropic a 'supply chain risk'
  2. Jury begins deliberations in Lindsay Clancy murder trial
  3. Judge hears arguments over Kennedy Center's efforts to return Trump's name to venue
Environment & Infrastructure
  1. Blue crabs are a delicacy in the U.S., but in Italy, they're quite the pest
  2. Urban climate expert Brian Stone on how cities must adapt to survive deadly heat waves
  3. Trump says U.S. has entered deal with Venezuela to take control of 65 billion barrels of oil reserves