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Phoenix has ended 31-day streak of highs at or above …

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Haitians, weary of gang violence, protest the kidnapping …

People march to demand the freedom of New Hampshire nurse Alix Dorsainvil and her daughter, who have been reported kidnapped, in the Cite Soleil neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday, July 31, 2023. Dorsainvil works for the El Roi Haiti nonprofit organization, and the U.S. State Department issued a "do not travel advisory" ordering nonemergency personnel to leave the Caribbean nation amid growing security concerns. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)

Musk threatens to sue researchers who documented the rise …

Workers install lighting on an "X" sign atop the downtown San Francisco building that housed what was formally known as Twitter, now rebranded X by owner Elon Musk, Friday, July 28, 2023. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

Memphis, Tennessee, police shoot suspect after he fired …

Memphis police officers work the scene of an officer-involved shooting, Monday, July 31, 2023, in Memphis, Tenn. Memphis police said officers shot a suspect after he attempted to enter a Jewish school with a gun and fired shots after he couldn't get into the building. (AP Photo/Adrian Sainz)

Jury poised to deliberate death penalty or life sentence …

U.S. Attorney Eric Olshan, hand at left, argues before a federal jury that 2018 Pittsburgh synagogue attack defendant Robert Bowers should receive the death penalty, Monday July 31, 2023. Bowers, wearing green, was previously found guilty of killing 11 people in the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history. (Dave Klug via AP)

Missouri governor rejects mercy plea from man set to be …

FILE - This undated photo provided by the Missouri Department of Corrections shows Johnny Johnson. Johnson who abducted and beat to death a 6-year-old girl was scheduled to be executed Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2023, in Missouri, as his attorneys pressed claims that he is mentally incompetent. (Missouri Department of Corrections via AP, File)

The first US nuclear reactor built from scratch in decades …

Views of Units 3, from left, and 4 at Plant Vogtle, in Burke County near Waynesboro, Ga., on Monday, July 31, 2023. Georgia Power Co. announced Monday that Unit 3 at Plant Vogtle, southeast of Augusta, has completed testing and is now in commercial operation, seven years late and $17 billion over budget. (Arvin Temkar/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)

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As work begins on the largest US dam removal project, …

FILE - Demian Ebert, the Klamath program manager for PacifiCorp, looks at a tank holding juvenile chinook salmon being raised at the Iron Gate Hatchery at the base of the Iron Gate Dam on March 3, 2020, near Hornbrook, Calif. The Iron Gate Dam is one of four dams along the Klamath River scheduled to be removed by the end of 2024. Once the dams are gone, crews will work to restore the river and surrounding land. (AP Photo/Gillian Flaccus, File)

$1.05 billion Mega Million jackpot is among a surge …

FILE - The awnings of a store advertise the sale of lottery tickets, including Mega Millions, Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2023, in New York. The Mega Millions prize has grown to an estimated $1.05 billion for the Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2023, drawing. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

Here’s how hot and extreme the summer has been, and …

FILE - A woman cools off at an urban beach of Madrid Rio park in Madrid, Spain, July 12, 2023. At about summer's halfway point, the record-breaking heat and weather extremes are both unprecedented and unsurprising, hellish yet boring in some ways, scientists say. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez, File)

Do you believe in angels? About 7 in 10 U.S. adults …

FILE - Katy Perry attends The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute benefit gala celebrating the opening of the Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination exhibition on Monday, May 7, 2018, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

July keeps sizzling as Phoenix hits another 110-degree …

A man overlooks downtown Phoenix at sunset atop South Mountain, Sunday, July 30, 2023. Phoenix hit its 31st consecutive day of at least 110 degrees Fahrenheit (43.3 Celsius). The National Weather Service says the temperature climbed to a high of 111 degrees Fahrenheit before the day was through. Some slight relief may be on the way as seasonal thunderstorms could drop temperatures in Phoenix on Monday and Tuesday. (AP Photo/Matt York)

Erratic winds challenge firefighters battling two …

In this photo provided by the National Park Service Mojave National Preserve, the York fire burns in an area of the Mojave National Preserve on Saturday, July 29, 2023. A massive wildfire burning out of control in California's Mojave National Preserve is spreading rapidly amid erratic winds. Meanwhile, firefighters reported some progress Sunday against another major blaze to the southwest that prompted evacuations. (Park Ranger R. Almendinger/ InciWeb /National Park Service Mojave National Preserve via AP)

Record heat waves illuminate plight of poorest Americans …

Amanda Morian washes dishes in her home in Denver's Globeville neighborhood on Monday, July 24, 2023. Morian, who has a 13-week-old baby susceptible to hot weather, is desperate to keep the house cool. She bought thermal curtains, ceiling fans and runs a window unit. At night, it's too hot to swaddle her newborn, but she tries to do skin-to-skin touch to regulate the baby's body temperature. Morian said that even with subsidies, she can't afford to install air conditioning. (AP Photo/Thomas Peipert)