Tag: summer

A vendor sells Gatorade and water bottles near the Washington Monument during an extreme heat wave, Friday, July 3, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Energy and Environment

NOAA says summer 2026 was the hottest on record

Rena Rowe · September 10, 2026 2:55 pm

In this photo provided by the City of Jersey City, first responders try to rescue people stranded in a flooded street in Jersey City, N.J., Thursday, Aug. 20, 2026, after storms went through the area. (City of Jersey City via AP)

Storms and possible tornadoes pummel the Northeast US, flooding roads and damaging beaches

Associated Press · August 21, 2026 5:05 am

Former President Barack Obama speaks during the dedication ceremony for the Obama Presidential Center, June 18, 2026, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Obama drops new summer playlist

Kiara Moore · July 30, 2026 1:50 pm

A goat eats some of the kudzu growing around a home in Fairfax County, Virginia. (Timothy P. Carney/Washington Examiner)

A suburbanite contends with kudzu

Tim Carney · July 25, 2026 5:15 am

The photo is showing the clock in a floral surrounding.

The Sunshine Protection Act won’t protect any sunshine

Timothy P. Carney · July 19, 2026 6:00 am

France's Kylian Mbappe (10) and France's Michael Olise (11) drink during a hydration break during the World Cup round of 32 soccer match between France and Sweden in East Rutherford, N.J., near New York, Tuesday, June 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

World Cup faces record-breaking heat wave over July Fourth weekend

Molly Parks · July 1, 2026 1:58 pm

The Douglas Heights community began throwing block parties six years ago during the height the pandemic, and they're still going strong. (Salena Zito)

Our unshakable spirit is most notable in the simplest moments

Salena Zito · June 30, 2026 11:20 am

Mark Helprin. (Courtesy Mark Helprin)

A narrator speaking to his dead beloved

Daniel Ross Goodman · June 14, 2026 7:00 am

communism book

Crooks and communists in James Ellroy’s latest epic

Mark Hemingway · June 14, 2026 6:45 am

Harold Bloom in New Haven, Connecticut, in 2011. (Thomas Iannaccone/WWD/Penske Media via Getty Images)

Harold Bloom and his poet-correspondents

Malcolm Forbes · June 14, 2026 6:00 am

Greek history Sparta Athens

Go tell the Spartans: Two books on the conflicts that embroiled the Greek world

Varad Mehta · June 14, 2026 5:45 am

Maggie O'Farrell in Windsor, England. (David Levenson/Getty Images)

Maggie O’Farrell’s land before time

Diane Scharper · June 14, 2026 5:00 am