The National Weather Service called the warm and above-average temperatures coming in behind the system "the first ...

A coast-to-coast heat wave is bringing abnormally high temperatures to nearly half the United States population. And human-caused climate change is a big reason. According to the Climate Shift ...

At least it feels that way, as summer heat has already soared to record highs. In the United States, West Coast residents ... nearly a quarter of the global population of people age 69 and older ...