New Delhi, Children exposed early to extreme heat may lose up to 1.5 years of schooling with climate change having a direct ...

A group opposing the possible opening of an ICE detention facility in Leavenworth, Kansas gathered Saturday morning, July 19.

U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin addressed the effect a federal rescissions vote will have on public broadcasting in Illinois. Plus, 18 ...

Politicians from some of the country’s hottest states are calling on FEMA to update disaster declaration guidelines.

A long stretch of blistering heat is on the way for portions of the Plains and southern United States, while breaks from the ...

CNN is tracking extreme heat conditions for Americans each day. See where the risks are greatest — and where high temperature records might be broken.

He survived the hell of war and a POW camp, only to die in a heat wave in Chicago,” said a retired Army captain Thursday as ...

HOMEWOOD, Ill. (WLS) -- There was a special honor Thursday for a World War II veteran who died alone during Chicago's 1995 ...

Warm, humid conditions across the central and eastern United States have made the region especially vulnerable to flash ...

The rash of global heat waves across the Northern Hemisphere comes as average global temperatures continue to climb, driven ...

Three Democratic lawmakers have proposed legislation to classify extreme heat as a disaster, which would allow federal ...

A decorated World War II veteran who died in the 1995 Chicago heat wave received a proper military funeral this week, 30 ...