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NYC: Come To Our WNBA Comedy Show On May 16

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Live Event

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Rachelle Hampton

Firefighters take a break from battling a series of brush fires on November 9, 2024 outside of Pompton Lakes, New Jersey.

Wildfires In New Jersey Bring Smokey Haze To New York City

Climate

It Was Too Warm This Week

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Giri Nathan

Fans cool off in misters during Day Three of the 2024 US Open at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on August 28, 2024 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City.

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Tennis

A Sweltering U.S. Open Inspires Many Ways To Stay Cool, Most Of Them Useless

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Samer Kalaf

Patrick Mahomes of the Chiefs has a cracked helmet during Saturday's playoff game against the Dolphins.

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Have You Heard? It Was Cold In Kansas City

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Patrick Redford

Moments after disaster, when Bettio crashes.

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Cycling

The Giro d’Italia Has Turned Into A Hazardous Slog

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Barry Petchesky

BAY OF BISCAY, SPAIN: Tanker under dark clouds in The Bay of Biscay north of Santander in the Atlantic Ocean, Spain

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Arts And Culture

Goodbye To Dark Sky, The Only Good Weather App

COMMERCE CITY, CO - MARCH 22: Fans of the United States national team cheer, wave a flag, and sing as snow falls during a FIFA 2014 World Cup Qualifier match between Costa Rica and United States at Dick's Sporting Goods Park on March 22, 2013 in Commerce City, Colorado. (Photo by Dustin Bradford/Getty Images)

Costa Rica v United States – FIFA 2014 World Cup Qualifier

Soccer

There’s No Good Reason To Send The USMNT Into The Freezing North

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Chris Thompson

Infinite Replay: Riddick Bowe vs. Andrew Golata

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Infinite Replay

The Low Blows, Billowing Bedsheets, And Huge Disgusting Poop Of July 11, 1996

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Ray Ratto

A snow plow clears the field of snow before the start of a game between the Atlanta Falcons and the Buffalo Bills at Highmark Stadium on January 02, 2022 in Orchard Park, New York.

Atlanta Falcons v Buffalo Bills

The Best Football Is Tundra Football

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Lauren Theisen

New England Patriots v Buffalo Bills

What Can We Learn From A Football Game This Silly?

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Science

Impressive Bolts Victory Delayed By Impressive Bolts

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Maitreyi Anantharaman

A woman rests and tans near a lake in the Bois de Boulogne near Paris, in June 1946, during a heat wave at the beginning of the 1946 summer.

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Life Lessons

Can I Point You To The Dew Point?

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