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Over the past 20 years, thousands of migrants have died in the Arizona desert. Rising temperatures are only expected to exacerbate the situation.

Russia halts its grain export deal after a Crimean bridge explosion, border-crossing numbers dip as the CBP’s online app takes effect: 5 Things podcast

The Powerball jackpot rose yet again to an estimated $1 billion after no winning ticket was sold for Monday night’s drawing. (July 18)

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has arrived in Saudi Arabia, the first of a three-stop tour, which will also bring him to Qatar and the UAE, to raise trade and investment for Turkey’s floundering economy.

Hundreds, possibly thousands of homeless people are left to cope with the heat by themselves as Italy experiences a brutally hot week, authorities said. (July 18)

Long buried under the woods of west central Louisiana, stone tools, spearpoints and other evidence of people living in the area as long as 12,000 years ago have become more exposed and vulnerable, due to hurricanes, flooding and looters. (July 18)
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A Birmingham, Ala. firefighter died after being shot in an attack at firehouse. Police are investigating the shooting as a “targeted attack.”

Wildfires forced thousands to flee seaside resorts, closed highways and gutted vacation homes in Greece. (July 18) (AP video/Lefteris Pitarakis)

In the 12-year-old suspect’s preliminary hearing, the prosecutor said her bond was set at $10,000.

Deadly fires, heat, and rain struckl several countries at once in the last couple of weeks. (July 17)