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When summer rolls around, many parents scramble to sign up their young kids for outdoor activities. But what do you do when extreme heat and wildfire smoke increasingly make the outdoors dangerous?
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After a Saudi nuclear power deal raised alarm in Israel, President Trump announced online that the arrangement is subject to the kingdom normalizing relations with Israel through the Abraham Accords. -
The agreement gives American companies priority access to nuclear reactors and fuel to Saudi Arabia. It's expected to last decades and be worth billions of dollars. -
A brush fire burning along Rainbow Crest Road has stopped forward progression at 35 acres. Evacuation orders are still in place, according to San Diego County fire officials. -
For more than a decade, there's been something fishy going on in a lake that straddles Vermont and the province of Quebec. It involves cancer, a kind of catfish, and — possibly — clues about how tumors metastasize. -
Julian-based naturalist Richard Louv, author of "Last Child in the Woods," which introduced the concept of nature-deficit disorder, explores the benefits of slowing down and spending time outdoors in his new book, "Noticing: Intimate Encounters with the Natural World." -
The city wants to build a fire station on a steep canyon at 47th Street and Fairmount Avenue, a place considered a creekside, natural wildlife habitat. -
Swifts have nested in Jerusalem's Western Wall since biblical times. Now one Israeli paraglider is trying to save them. -
Beachgoers were advised the ocean water in the area contains sewage and may cause illness. -
Their demand comes in response to President Trump’s refusal earlier this month to renew the trade deal. -
Orange skies and heavy smoke covered large parts of the U.S. on Thursday as Canada and Minnesota grapple with wildfires. Hazardous air quality is expected to continue.
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