St. Louis faces a severe heat wave, with heat advisories warning of 108-degree heat indexes and high risks of heat illnesses. Resources and cooling centers are being provided for residents.

Tropical Storm Erin is forecast to strengthen into a hurricane on Friday, Aug. 15, according to the National Hurricane Center.

Environmentalists and New Jersey Democrats are urging lawmakers to pass a bill that would hold oil companies liable for climate change-related damage.

Braving intermittent rains, rescuers intensified their search for survivors in a cloudburst-hit village in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district on Friday, even as Chief minister Omar Abdullah put the ...