The first widespread, significant heat wave of the summer is underway, as a massive heat dome intensifies into the weekend, bringing scorching temperatures and punishing humidity to hundreds of ...

A large space labeled "Multipurpose Room 2" inside Laura’s Home on Cleveland’s West Side is serving a lifesaving purpose this week. "This place is a godsend,” said a 63-year-old woman experiencing ...

The heat is on, and it will stick around through the Fourth of July weekend. Wednesday is expected to be the first day of a heat wave that will likely last into, if not through, the holiday weekend.

It's the region's largest shelter for women and children in crisis and experiencing homelessness, and has been at capacity for years. Emergency overflow not the only new space to open there this week.

Lancaster County Engineer Pam Dingman is speaking out about the proposed 2027 budget for her office, calling cuts to funding “devastating.” Nebraska health officials monitoring cyclospora cases as ...

LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - The People’s City Mission is expanding its shelter due to the growing number of people seeking relief from the extreme heat. An Extreme Heat Warning and a Heat Advisory continue ...

A prolonged, dangerous heat wave will intensify across most of the central to eastern United States this week, the National Weather Service said on the morning of June 29. As part of the wave, some ...

Amman, Jordan, May 21, 2026 — Gaza continues to face a severe and unaddressed public health crisis, with collapsed sanitation systems, extreme overcrowding, and widespread rodent and insect ...

Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic is using AI to help identify hospitalized patients who may benefit from palliative care earlier in their stay — part of a broader effort to expand access to ...

Burmese pythons are an invasive species in Florida, primarily established in the Everglades and South Florida. These snakes have drastically reduced native mammal populations, including raccoons, ...

Community members gathered in Northeast Portland on Wednesday to honor the people who died during separate encounters with ICE agents across the country, and to Woman shot, injured inside SE Portland ...