Saharan Dust Gives Skies Over Florida a ‘Hazy Milk’ Appearance

A dust plume that has been traveling across the Atlantic may later spread as far as Texas and Georgia as a weather system breaks it apart.

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The Mind-Blowing Second Coming of the Oklahoma City Thunder

How one of the N.B.A.’s scrappiest teams came to dominate the league.

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It’s Not Just Poor Rains Causing Drought. The Atmosphere Is ‘Thirstier.’

Higher temperatures caused by climate change are driving complex processes that make droughts bigger and more severe, new research shows.

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Putin feels he must respond to Ukraine's drone attacks, Trump warns

Trump said his call with the Russian president was a "good conversation" but would not lead to "immediate peace."

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Smoke From Canadian Wildfires Blankets the Upper Midwest

Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa and parts of Nebraska and Michigan were under air quality alerts on Tuesday, with advisories for more vulnerable groups to stay indoors or limit outdoor activity.

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Chinese nationals accused of smuggling 'dangerous biological pathogen' into US

Yunqing Jian and Zunyong Liu allegedly brought a fungus into the US which damages a variety of crops and is toxic to humans and animals.

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U.S. Proposes Interim Step in Iran Nuclear Talks Allowing Some Enrichment

An outline by the Trump administration would allow Iran to continue enriching uranium at low levels while a broader arrangement is worked out that would block the country’s path to a nuclear weapon.

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