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Tyler Hassen’s expected departure raises big questions about what’s next for the department’s cost-cutting effort and staff reorganization. Read More

“This is a very baffling moment in time,” said one researcher. “I never would have thought we had to advocate for science.” Read More

Despite record-high temperatures in June, wildfires in Spain this year have so far burned less surface area than in recent years. Read More

The state water and sewer authority has declined to name the company responsible for damaging a main water line while repairing a road last week. Read More

The storm is forecast to remain over open water and become a hurricane Friday, said the U.S. National Hurricane Center. Read More

Waves struck seaside areas of Japan, Hawaii and the U.S. West Coast but did not appear to cause any major damage. Read More

Beijing’s Miyun district became one of the hardest-hit areas by storms that dumped nearly a year’s worth of rain in the area over a few days. Read More

Scientists had surveyed this area before and had hints that larger creatures might live at such depths. Read More