It's hotter than a jalapeño's armpit outside, and tourists are flocking to an even hotter place: Death Valley. And border crossings are down. Is it because of a new app? |
Death Valley's scalding temperature draws visitors |
It's 900 degrees outside. What are your plans? As a Certified Indoor Kid, I crank the A/C up till it's blowing snowballs and hunker down. But some people want to fully experience it. I mean fully . While people in the Southwest were advised to take cover from the heat, dozens of visitors − some of them jokingly wearing fur coats – have been traveling to Death Valley National Park, the hottest place on Earth, to experience some of the hottest temperatures ever recorded. On Sunday, temperatures in Furnace Creek in Death Valley reached 128 degrees, according to the National Weather Service. ☀️ So, what does 128-degree heat feel like? |
| • | Unrelenting smoke drifting down from almost 1,000 Canadian wildfires triggered air quality alerts over vast sections of the U.S., and the bad air was expected to last through Tuesday, forecasters warned. And more than 80 million Americans faced heat-related alerts as triple-digit temperatures baked residents from Texas to California. 🥵 Here's the latest. | | • | Today's air quality: Chicago, Detroit among cities shrouded by wildfire smoke. | | • | Oh, hail! Hail has been reported 4,800 times so far in 2023, more than all of last year. |
| It's tough to take a picture that shows exactly how hot it is outside. Fortunately, there's a huge thermometer at Death Valley National Park! RONDA CHURCHILL, AFP via Getty Images |
RSV drug Beyfortus gets FDA approval for babies, toddlers |
A new drug could help babies get ahead on RSV. The Food and Drug Administration on Monday approved a monoclonal antibody medicine from Sanofi and AstraZeneca, called Beyfortus, aimed at protecting infants and toddlers from respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV. The drug is the first of its kind likely to be widely available to all children up to 24 months old. RSV usually leads to mild, coldlike symptoms, but it is the leading cause of hospitalization of U.S. infants. 👉 Here's what to know. |
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Border-crossing numbers plunge |
The U.S. government's two-pronged approach at the U.S.-Mexico border – migrants now use a smartphone-based app to start the asylum process and face deportation if they make an unauthorized border crossing – is leading to a steep drop in the number of migrants intercepted at the border, according to U.S. officials. Officials tout U.S. Custom and Border Protection's new CBP One app for smartphones and other border policies as key reasons in the decline, though migrant and human rights advocates note that other factors – including coils of razor wire along the Texas banks of the Rio Grande – could be playing a role. 👉 Here's a closer look. | A Texas Department of Public Safety trooper looks over the Rio Grande at the US-Mexico Border on July 15 in Eagle Pass, Texas. SUZANNE CORDEIRO, AFP via Getty Images |
Moscow blames Ukraine, vows to retaliate after new attack on Crimean bridge |
Authorities in Moscow blamed Ukraine for an apparent attack Monday on a key bridge that connects the occupied Crimean Peninsula with southern Russia and has become a symbol of President Vladimir Putin's rule. It is the second time in less than a year that the 12-mile bridge across the Kerch Strait has been attacked. Putin denounced what he called "another terrorist act of the Kyiv regime," lamented the reported death of a couple and injuries to their teenage daughter, and vowed to retaliate. Ukraine has not claimed responsibility. 👉 Follow our live coverage. | Traffic on the key bridge connecting Crimea to Russia's mainland was halted on Monday, July 17, after reports of explosions that Crimean officials said were from a Ukrainian attack. AP |
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