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The 2022 World Cup tournament in Qatar was moved from summer to winter because of the threat of extreme heat. But if the record-breaking heat that scorched the Southwest in ...

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"Survivor 50" has gotten its first jury member. After the triple-elimination twist from the previous week, tensions were high in Fiji. The Castaways competed for a reward: Chinese takeout and brownies ...

The Iran war has choked global oil shipments through the Strait of Hormuz. The White House responded by temporarily unwinding its oil sanctions on Iran and Russia, which benefited two U.S. adversaries ...

NEW TAIPEI CITY, Taiwan—Occupational therapist Lim Siong-hua arrives for every workday at her hospital carrying a backpack stuffed with books, water and survival gear. She ditches the elevator, ...

Electricity in a circuit doesn’t behave the way many people imagine. Instead of electrons carrying energy all the way from the battery to the bulb, the energy actually travels through electric fields ...

She was literally sounding off. An American Airlines passenger unleashed an expletive-ridden tirade as she was kicked off a flight allegedly for playing a cellphone video on her loudspeaker. In the ...

United Airlines has a new rule on the books that has some travelers cheering: Listening to audio without headphones can now get passengers removed from a plane. The airline already had a pro-headphone ...

Verizon this week imposed a new roadblock for people who want to pay off device installment plans early in order to get their phones unlocked. The latest version of Verizon’s device unlocking policy ...