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As law enforcement officers hung back outside Khloie Torres’ fourth-grade classroom in Uvalde, Texas, she begged for help in a series of 911 calls, whispering into the phone that there were “a lot” of bodies and telling the operator: “Please, I don’t want to die. My teacher is dead. Oh, my God.”

Non-stick frying pans, Dutch ovens and saucepans have been popular for years, but the cookware that is convenient and easy to clean has also been linked to some health problems – and there are indications that more people are noticing.

In 2023, there were 267 reports of suspected polymer fume fever reported to Poison Control Centers around the U.S., according to America’s Poison Centers, which represents the 55 accredited poison control centers around the country. The group added that the reported cases were not all confirmed nor did every patient report symptoms. The Poison Centers' information also noted that some patients may have been exposed to chemicals at work.

The number of cases reported in 2023 nearly tripled from just a few years earlier and while it reflects a small portion of Americans, experts say it can be difficult to measure the true number of people who are potentially impacted.

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His name was spelled out in bright lights reminiscent of a Broadway show. Donald Trump thanked God for sparing him from an assassin’s bullet. To thousands of devoted fans, the carefully stage-managed Republican national convention felt like the coronation of a man poised for victory over an ageing, ailing incumbent.

But Trump’s long and grievance-filled address that night hinted at trouble to come. For months his US presidential election campaign had been praised as tighter, smoother and more professional this time around. Then, when Democrats upended the race by replacing Joe Biden with Kamala Harris as their nominee, the wheels came off.

“The campaign is disciplined; their candidate is not,” said Frank Luntz, a consultant and pollster who has a long track record of advising Republican campaigns. “Their candidate is single-handedly destroying his chance for re-election. This is the weakest Democratic nominee in terms of record in a long time but [Trump’s] insistence on making the attacks personal and vicious are blunting their impact and, in fact, backfiring on him.”

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The world's largest iceberg, A23a, is stuck again.

For more than 30 years, the giant frozen block — equivalent to the size of Rhode Island — was grounded on the sea floor in Antarctic coastal waters. It finally freed itself in 2020 and started heading to the open ocean this past winter.

But a few months into A23a's journey, onlookers were stunned at what they saw: the iceberg spinning in circles.

Through satellite imagery, British Antarctic Survey noticed the mega iceberg rotating near the South Orkney Islands, about 375 miles from the Antarctic Peninsula, starting in January. According to the Survey, A32a maintains "a chill 15 degrees rotation per day."

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When Jason Wilson was transferred in June to the Coffield Unit, a men’s prison in Texas, to serve his sentence for unlawful possession of a firearm, he was initially pleased by the change of scenery. He was aware that the lock-up could be challenging in summer, given its lack of air conditioning and the intense heat in the cells, but his previous institution had been depressing.

“It’s better here for sure,” he wrote in an email to an outside advocate.

Over the next few weeks, the tone of Wilson’s emails darkened. By late June the heat was rising, and he reckoned it felt like 115F (46C) in his cell. “I can withstand the heat,” he said, “but passing out water only once a day as it gets hotter isn’t cool.”

One day Wilson, a 47-year-old who went by the name “Blue”, wrote at 5.53pm: “They haven’t passed out any cold water today at all. This is ridiculous, doesn’t make sense.”

One of his last emails came on 1 July. “Pretty warm today … no cold water at all … it’s 5.45pm … we need cold water like now.”

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A Ferguson, Missouri, police officer was critically injured outside the city’s police station during protests on the 10th anniversary of the fatal shooting of Michael Brown, police said on Saturday.

The Ferguson police chief, Troy Doyle, said Officer Travis Brown suffered a severe brain injury on Friday after being knocked to the ground. “He is in an area hospital right now fighting for his life,” Doyle said.

Two other officers also were hurt, one sustaining an ankle injury and another an abrasion. Both were treated at the scene.

The team of officers went out to make arrests on Friday for destruction of property at the police station, where protesters gathered to remember Michael Brown, the unarmed Black 18-year-old who was killed by Darren Wilson, a white police officer in 2014 – a pivotal moment in the national Black Lives Matter movement.

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California experienced its hottest month on record in July as grueling heat baked the American west for weeks on end.

The state’s average temperature for the month was 81.7F (27.6C), according to the National Centers for Environmental Information, but some areas endured days of temperatures greater than 100F (about 38C). Several cities broke temperature records during a heatwave in early July – Palm Springs hit 124F on 5 July, while Redding in the state’s far north saw a high of 119F on 6 July.

Death Valley, the hottest place on Earth, recorded its hottest month ever in July, according to the National Park Service (NPS). In Nevada, Las Vegas reached 120F on 7 July, its hottest day in history, and set a record for number of days over 115F.

The impacts of extreme heat are being felt across the US and the world as the climate crisis drives increasingly severe and dangerous weather conditions. Last month about one-third of the US population was under warnings for record heat. The Earth saw its hottest day in recorded history on 22 July, breaking a record set just one day earlier.

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