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The March Heat That Arrived Too Soon

The March Heat That Arrived Too Soon

In Phoenix one recent March morning, the temperature pushed past 100 degrees before most people had finished their coffee. It was the earliest day on record for the city to hit that mark, edging out a threshold that had stood since 1988. A few hundred miles west, downtown Los Angeles

When Crude Jumps, the Pump Follows

When Crude Jumps, the Pump Follows

Last month on February 28 the national average for a gallon of regular gas stood at $2.984. By the middle of this week according to AAA data it had reached $3.598, the highest since May 2023. Sixty cents in less than three weeks does not go unnoticed at

The Quiet Strain at the Checkpoint

The Quiet Strain at the Checkpoint

It started with the small details travelers notice first: the lengthening queues snaking through terminals, the announcements urging people to arrive earlier than usual, the quiet frustration in the eyes of those who had already missed their flights. At Houston's William P. Hobby Airport on March 14, more

The Quiet Calculation Behind a Poisoning

The Quiet Calculation Behind a Poisoning

In a Park City courtroom last week, Kouri Richins sat with her head hung low as a jury delivered its verdict after just three hours of deliberation. The 35-year-old real estate agent and mother of three was found guilty of aggravated murder in the death of her husband, Eric, along

Venezuela Claims First World Baseball Classic Title

Venezuela Claims First World Baseball Classic Title

In the final at loanDepot Park in Miami, a crowd of 36,190 leaned heavily toward one side. Venezuela edged the United States 3-2 on a tiebreaking ninth-inning double from Eugenio Suárez. It was the first time the tournament’s championship has gone to Venezuela, a nation long proud of

The Morning a Fireball Split the Sky Over Ohio

The Morning a Fireball Split the Sky Over Ohio

Around nine in the morning on March 17, a streak of daylight fire crossed the sky above Lake Erie. It wasn’t a plane or a drone. It was a meteor, roughly six feet across and weighing several tons, traveling at more than forty thousand miles an hour. The Path

A Resignation Over the Strikes Near the Strait of Hormuz

A Resignation Over the Strikes Near the Strait of Hormuz

The letter was blunt. Joe Kent, director of the National Counterterrorism Center, submitted his resignation on Tuesday, citing disagreement with the ongoing military actions against Iran. In it, he argued that Iran had presented no imminent threat warranting the escalation, and that external pressures, particularly from Israel, had influenced the