A stronger-than-normal polar vortex is taking shape over the North Pole. That might sound like a recipe for a brutally cold winter, but it isn't that simple.
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- Dinah Voyles Pulver and Doyle Rice USA Today
What weather will the U.S. see this fall, given the record hot August and a forecast that calls for El Niño to peak either in late fall or early winter?
- Ignacio Calderon and Doyle Rice USA Today
The United States’ scorching summer of 2026 was a record-breaker, scientists from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced Sept. 9.
- KEITH WEIR Reuters
Both July and August are on track to be the warmest on record, reflecting a trend of rising temperatures across the country.
- Jeanine Santucci, Doyle Rice and Dinah Voyles Pulver USA Today
Tropical Storm Dolly has formed in the Atlantic, just days after music icon Dolly Parton's death, becoming the fourth named storm of the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season.
- DANILO ARNONE and GISELDA VAGNONI Reuters
The temperature record in Floridia, at 119.8 degrees, marked a turning point as extreme heat waves have become more frequent, lasting weeks or months and affecting long-cherished social spaces.
- Simon Jessop, Rebecca Delaney and Valentina Za Reuters
Heatwaves are increasingly taking a toll on Europe's economy, reducing productivity, curbing consumer spending and raising operating costs.
Lake Powell, the giant reservoir on the Utah-Arizona border that helps power millions of homes, has fallen to its lowest level ever amid a worsening Western drought exacerbated by climate change.
As summer heat continues across much of the country, many people are already wondering what kind of winter is ahead.
* Heatwaves becoming more frequent, intense and longer, World Meteorological Organization says * Global warming and high-pressure systems driving Europe's heatwaves, not El Niño * Warm seas and
More than 20,000 people in southwest Canada and the western United States have fled their homes as wildfires, fueled by hot, dry weather, burn more than 3 million acres.
University of Delaware researchers are testing whether sharks equipped with sensors can serve as mobile near-real-time ocean-data observers.
Dangerously hot conditions will move west across the U.S. this week with temperatures surging to triple digits and an increased risk of wildfires and their accompanying toxic smoke.
Combined with higher home values and reconstruction costs, coastal expansion means that even a relatively quiet hurricane season can produce severe losses.
Ready for a scare this Halloween season? If you dare, visit KneeKnocker Woods and Farmer Brown's Field of Screams. You may never be seen again.
When fourth-grade girls asked Northeast Elementary librarian Kelly Melson for a book about wrestling, Melson came up empty. So Melson and bestie Hallie Hagan wrote one.
Free rides are coming to Kearney. United Way will launch Ride United alongside Tuesday’s CommUNITY Fest, where 60 organizations will offer assistance.
Opponents of Republican Sen. Pete Ricketts and Gov. Jim Pillen embraced President Donald Trump’s Nebraska message that life can get better soon, but they rejected his prescription.
Read through the obituaries published today in The Lincoln Journal Star.
Nebraska football lost a heartbreaking game to Indiana, 20-17. Nebraska led 10-3 after the first quarter, but Indiana clawed back in the second half.
Did you pay Lincoln sales taxes even though you live outside city limits? Nebraska officials explain how to seek a refund.
Former Nebraska volleyball coach John Cook was selected as the Aksarben Foundation’s most honored citizen Saturday at the organization's annual ball.
Pilot Light created a food-based curriculum for educators to incorporate food, nutrition and the food system into core subjects, promoting active and enjoyable learning among students.
The U.S. military plans to livestream the execution by firing squad of Nidal Hasan, the former Army psychiatrist convicted of killing 13 people in the 2009 Fort Hood shooting.
Trump is sending $2.35 billion in direct payments to millions of Americans just weeks before the Nov. 3 elections. Here is a list of Trump's recent giveaways.
Last year alone, Virginia’s Loudoun County issued building permits for more than 10 million square feet of data center space.
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A Kearney man has been sentenced to 25 years in federal prison Wednesday for receipt and possession of child pornography.
A transient man, 29, was arrested and charged after showing up at Bright Futures Preschool and allegedly threatening an employee.
John T. Deal, 46 is charged with receipt of child pornography and possession of child pornography, U.S. Attorney for the District of Nebraska Lesley A. Woods said.
"The juvenile male driver of the Jeep suffered substantial neurological injuries and was on a ventilator for several days," according to the affidavit.
Gov. Jim Pillen has called in the Nebraska National Guard's cyber team following a cybersecurity incident affecting North Platte and Lincoln County.
Gov. Jim Pillen celebrated the work the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services has done to expand access to healthcare in rural communities through awarded federal funds.
Nebraska will receive $160 million in Rural Health Transformation Program funding to strengthen access to rural healthcare in the state, President Donald Trump's administration announced Friday.
Gov. Jim Pillen issued an executive order directing the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services to implement stronger accountability measures for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program dollars.