Southern Australia endures worst heatwave for 150 years

The worst heatwave in over 150 years has hit Southern Australia, causing 19 deaths and raising the risk of bushfires across the country. For the past three days, the temperature has hit higher than 109F, which is...

3-Year-Old Tried To Save Self From Heat

IMHO, this woman deserves the death penalty, by dying in the same manner as her son."HOUSTON -- A 3-year-old boy who died when he was left inside a pickup truck tried to save himself from the sweltering heat, detectives told KPRC Local 2."The child was aware," said Lt. John...

Prostitution and Pacific fishing

"Fishing and prostitution might be the two oldest professions. But the exploitation of both is creating new vulnerabilities for Pacific islands as the whole world increasingly comes to fish in its waters. Ben Bohane reports from Kiribati. The deck of the Taiwanese...

Guard to St. Louis, heat deaths rise - Yahoo! News

The governor sent in the National Guard to evacuate people from their sweltering homes Thursday after storms knocked out power to more than half a million St. Louis-area households and businesses in the middle of...

Lives sacrificed on illegal trip from Altar, Mexico

The flow of immigrants from Mexico continues. The season of death has arrived in the Arizona desert. There are more desert deaths during the summer months.

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