The Hot Zone: More than 85% of Americans are expected to face temperatures above 90 degrees through the weekend. And the south-central US may hit triple digits, according to the National Weather Service. Many state and local officials have declared heat …

Baby It’s Hot: The world is cooking.   Heat advisories are in effect early this week for Texas, much of the Central and Southern Plains, most of Oklahoma and Arkansas, southwestern Missouri, and southeastern Kansas. All those areas could experience the hottest …

Like a Heat Wave: Wildfires pushed by high winds have ripped through resort areas outside Athens, burning hotels and cars and sending residents and tourists fleeing. At least 49 people are reported to have been killed. Authorities found 26 bodies …

Boring: Hillary Clinton has chosen for her running mate Tim Kaine, a career politician who’s been a mayor, a governor and now a US Senator from Virginia. Kaine, who has never lost an election, has a reputation for being boring …

World: A 21-year-old American who would have been a junior this fall at Kenyon College was stabbed to death during protests in Alexandria, Egypt. Andrew Pochter was there to teach English to 7 and 8 year olds and was watching …