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A woman from the Mayan community of Tecoh wades through the water in a flood caused by Tropical Storm Cristobal in the town of Tecoh, near Merida in Yucatan State, Mexico, in June 2020.

Expect An Above Average Atlantic Hurricane Season This Year

The forecast calls for 3 to 5 major hurricanes. The agency also said it's revising upwards what counts as the "normal" number of storms in a season.

People gather near the rubble of destroyed residential building which was hit by Israeli airstrikes on Thursday in Beit Lahiya, Gaza Strip.

Israel And Hamas Agree To A Cease-Fire In The Gaza Conflict

Officials in Gaza say at least 230 Palestinians have been killed in the conflict. In Israel, 12 people have been killed.

American author John Steinbeck, winner of the 1940 Pulitzer Prize for his novel The Grapes of Wrath and 1962 Nobel Prize in Literature laureate, in an undated photo. An early, unpublished Steinbeck novel concerns brutal murders and a werewolf.

A Young John Steinbeck's Unpublished Werewolf Novel Isn't Going To Print

A Steinbeck scholar says Murder at Full Moon, a mystery about a series of brutal murders that appear to be the work of a werewolf, should be available to all. Steinbeck's estate disagrees.

Republican Rep. Briscoe Cain, center, stands with co-sponsors as he answers questions and speaks in favor of HB 6, an election bill, in the House Chamber at the Texas Capitol in Austin, Texas, on Thursday.

After All-Night Session, Texas House Approves GOP-Backed Voting Restrictions Bill

The legislation was criticized by Democrats, progressive groups and voting rights advocates as "voter suppression." Republicans view it as "sensible election integrity legislation."

This image provided by Novo Nordisk shows a package of the company's semaglutide medication, named Wegovy. On Friday, the FDA said this new version of a popular diabetes medicine could be sold as a weight-loss drug.

The FDA Has Approved An Obesity Drug That Helped Some People Drop Weight By 15%

In company-funded studies, participants taking the Novo Nordisk drug Wegovy had average weight loss of about 34 pounds. In a comparison group getting dummy shots, the average loss was under 6 pounds.

A sign outside of the San Diego County-run Edgemoor Hospital in Santee is shown on June 24, 2021.

Three Post-Vaccination COVID-19 Deaths Confirmed In San Diego County

At least three San Diego County residents have died of COVID-19 after being vaccinated, according to county officials and medical examiner records.

Actor Norman Lloyd reflects on his long career at the SAG Foundation Actors Center in Los Angeles in 2015.

Norman Lloyd, Who Got His Acting Start During The New Deal, Dies At 106

Lloyd performed with the Federal Theatre Project in the 1930s and appeared in Trainwreck at age 100. He acted with Charlie Chaplin, was directed by Alfred Hitchcock and appeared in dozens of TV shows.

A line loops through security at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport as travelers return to the skies after mostly staying home during the coronavirus pandemic.

Banking On Busy Summer Travel Season, Airlines Add More Flights And New Routes

Amid a sudden surge in demand for domestic travel, especially to beach destinations and national parks, decimated airlines are adding service to new markets as they try to inch back to profitability.

Cruz Urias Beltran collapsed because of heat-related illness while working in a cornfield near Grand Island, Neb., in 2018. He is one of at least<strong> </strong>384 workers who died from environmental heat exposure in the U.S. in the last decade, according to an investigation by Columbia Journalism Investigations and NPR.

Heat is killing workers in the U.S. — and there are no federal rules to protect them

Heat has killed hundreds of workers in the U.S., many in construction or agriculture, an investigation by NPR and Columbia Journalism Investigations found. Federal standards might have prevented them.

An illustrated portrait of American author, astronomer and farmer Benjamin Banneker from the mid- to late-18th century. He's credited as being a surveyor, farmer, mathematician and astronomer.

A Black Scientist Was An Early Cicada Researcher. His Work Has Been Mostly Overlooked

Maryland intellectual and free Black man Benjamin Banneker's observations about cicadas' 17-year life cycle were among the earliest known to be documented. But that work is rarely credited.

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