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Temperatures in Death Valley, which runs along part of central California’s border with Nevada, reached 128F (53.3C) on Sunday at the aptly named Furnace Creek, the National Weather Service said.

Clarence Thomas has struck again....

Elizabeth Warren calls Vance faux populist while party says he will ‘take women back decades’ on abortion...

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Exit poll predicts Labour will win 410 seats, securing a majority of 170, to the Conservatives’ 131

The newly required course emphasizes de-escalation and non-threatening conduct for officers...

Cities in midwest and north-east brace for heatwave with some to experience highs of 105F – 25 degrees above normal...

An Italian lorry driver has described the UK’s new post-Brexit controls as a “mess” after his lorry was held at a government-run border post for more than two days....

Millions of Americans are sweltering as experts warn early heat could herald next record-smashing summer...

The Hitler-Trump analogy is controversial. “Some of Trump’s critics – including Biden’s campaign – argue that Trump’s incendiary rhetoric and authoritarian behavior justify the comparison,” the Politico website observed recently. “Meanwhile, Trump’s defenders – and even some of his more historically-minded...

International far-right leaders, including France’s Marine Le Pen, Hungary’s Viktor Orbán, Italy’s Giorgia Meloni and Argentina’s Javier Milei, came together in Madrid to rail against socialism and “massive illegal migration” three weeks before hard-right parties are expected to see a surge in support in June’s...

Republican Glenn Youngkin also vetoed bills related to maintaining access to contraception, saying they were ‘not ready’...

Speculoos-3b, 55 light years away, is only second planetary system to be found around an ultra-cool red dwarf...

Fossil fuel and petrochemical campaigners at Ottawa summit outnumber scientists, EU and Indigenous delegates...