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The Office of Hawaiian Affairs has opposed efforts to renew commercial fishing in the northwestern Hawaiian Islands.

Several matches were delayed during the Club World Cup's first week, and the trend may continue — this summer and next.

NPR's Andrew Limbong speaks with Patricia Fabian, professor of environmental health at Boston University, about the impact ...

States in the Midwest and Northeast could reach record temperatures in the coming days: Here’s where and when.

Florida is staring down a higher-than-normal chance of both above-average temperatures and above-average rainfall through ...

As a microbiologist, I study microbes — small creatures with big effects. Microbes are everywhere: in the air, in the earth, ...

The economic and political importance of monitoring the weather — or at least the effects of weather — was clear to the ...

The eastern Pacific Ocean has seen a historic run of activity as the Atlantic remains dormant. Forecasters point to ...