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A barn near Pablo, Montana with the Mission Mountains in the distance. Western Montana is experiencing more frequent heat waves, and officials are concerned about health impacts on isolated rural residents.

In Montana, 911 calls reveal hidden impact of heat waves on rural seniors

Researchers are helping Missoula county officials learn who’s calling 911 during heat waves. Rural callers are disproportionately affected, prompting emergency planners to rethink their approach.

Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., speaks after being elected Senate Majority Leader for the 119th Congress following the Senate Republican leadership elections on Nov. 13.

Trump picks loyalists for top jobs, testing loyalty of Senate GOP

Nominees for several key Cabinet posts in the new administration of President-elect Trump caught officials in Washington off guard and ignited a firestorm of criticism — not all of it from Democrats.

With three days until the election, Trump is campaigning for re-election in the battleground state of North Carolina, shown here at a rally in Greensboro on Saturday, where recent polls have the former president and his opponent, Democratic nominee, Vice President Kamala Harris in a dead heat.

It was all about North Carolina on the campaign trail with Trump and Harris Saturday

The key state, that wasn't expected to be in play this election, enjoyed visits from both presidential candidates — two from former President Donald Trump — as he and Harris make their final pitches.

Fleetwood High School cheerleader Samantha Colelli, 17, a senior at Fleetwood, does a basket during halftime at a game in 2017. As cheerleading has become more ambitious over the last decade, it's also become riskier warn pediatricians.

Youth cheerleading is getting more athletic — and riskier

As the female-dominated sport gets more acrobatic, girls are racking up more concussions and other injuries. A new pediatricians' report calls for change.

Avocado growing on the tree at Ridge Creek Ranch in Valley Center, Calif., Oct. 15, 2024.

San Diego avocado growers concerned over USDA ending import inspections

The agency said its is handing pest inspections of Mexican orchards over to the Mexican government because of threats of violence against USDA inspectors.

In this election, demographics did not determine how people voted

Groups that Democrats believed would always turn out in their favor did not do so this year. Here's how the vote shook out in the seven swing states.

Fifth-graders wearing face masks sit at proper social distancing during a music class at the Milton Elementary School in Rye, N.Y., May 18, 2021. The COVID-19 pandemic that shuttered classrooms set back learning in some U.S. school systems by more than a year, with children in high-poverty areas affected the most, according to data shared with The Associated Press.

Got cold symptoms? Here's when kids should take a sick day from school

Parents are struggling to decide when it’s ok to send a child to school while sick.

Lloyd Kaufman, Beth Accomando, Toxie, and Kristy Rose after the 2023 Troma Panel at Comic-Con. This is the only studio panel Beth says she will wait in line for. July 22, 2023

Comic-Con: Saturday program highlights

Before Hollywood discovered Comic-Con, the one studio you could always count on finding at the pop culture convention was the iconoclastic Troma.

These swing-state counties are key to understanding the presidential race

These counties will help tell the story of how either former President Donald Trump or Vice President Kamala Harris will become the next president.

Fog hangs over downtown San Diego as cooler weather moves into San Diego County, May 29, 2020.

Cooler conditions expected in San Diego County this week

Low clouds and fog are expected for some areas of San Diego County this week, with a few degrees of cooling and light showers over the mountains by mid-week.

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