Texas State

Arizona State

Phoenix, AZ

Columbus, OH

Las Vegas, NV

NBC News

Millions of people in southwestern states are under warnings of extreme heat on Friday, after two major U.S. cities recorded their hottest ever daily temperatures as the potentially dangerous heat wave continues. Phoenix reached a sweltering 113 degrees Fahrenheit on Thursday — beating the previous daily record for this time...

Millions remain under heat alerts as Phoenix and Las Vegas break temperature records

New Jersey State

American license plates are pretty darn interesting when you consider the drab white and yellow rectangles found in Europe. For something that's on a car for a purely practical purpose, they're surprisingly artistic. Well, some of them at least. You can thank Idaho for this North American quirk (Canada and Mexico have a similar concept), when in 1928 the state issued a green license plate with letters stamped into a brown potato and the words IDAHO POTATOES on the bottom. It was basically forcing its citizens to advertise Idaho's cash crop when traveling outside the state. People hated it and it went away after a year (although "Famous Potatoes" saying would appear in the 1950s and never go away), but it established the tradition of states first putting slogans and nicknames and the bottom of their plates, followed eventually by unique emblems and designs.

All 50 U.S. license plates ranked, from best to California

California State

Fresno, CA

California is bracing for a potentially record-breaking heat wave during the first week of July, with temperatures expected to soar past 43 °C (110 °F) in the hottest areas. The intense heat will impact a significant portion of the state, including the Sacramento Valley, San Joaquin Valley, and parts of Southern California, Nevada, and northwestern Arizona.

California braces for record-breaking heat wave with temperatures over 43 °C (110 °F)

Colorado State

San Francisco, CA

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Advisory Board listed the 10 healthiest places to live across the country

Three California Cities Named Among The 'Healthiest Places To Live' In US

The Conversation U.S.

This year is the 41st anniversary of Colorado’s Rocky Mountain Regional Rodeo, continuing its legacy despite anti-LGBTQ+ sentiments in the state.

Colorado is home to the longest-running gay rodeo in the world

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The FBI has seen a rise in scams targeting timeshare owners. In this kind of scam, criminals con these part-time property owners into shelling out hefty sums of cash, all under false pretenses related to their timeshare properties.

FBI warns that Mexican cartels are targeting Americans with timeshare scams

The mysterious monolith that appeared out of nowhere in various countries and several US states during the COVID-19 pandemic have reappeared. Over the weekend, another mirrored structure was seen near Las Vegas, according to the police. ‘MYSTERIOUS MONOLITH!’. Similar 10-foot-tall, Toblerone-shaped steel monoliths were previously found in the US states...

Mysterious monolith reappears: Mirrored structure found in desert near Las Vegas

A large wildfire burned out of control in northern California, consuming 3,500 acres and threatening thousands of homes and other structures. Tens of thousands of people have been evacuated. The West is also dealing with stifling temperatures, with 120 million people under heat alerts. NBC News' Liz Kreutz reports.

Dangerous heat wave and wildfires in the West

Nevada State

A mysterious monolith has appeared in the Nevada desert over the weekend, sparking speculation as to what it may be and who is behind it. The structure was spotted by the Las Vegas Police Department, who said they saw it during a search and rescue mission north of the Las Vegas Valley.

Mystery monolith appears in Nevada desert

Maine State

Mecca, CA

New York Post

A couple hiking in the desert near Joshua Tree National Park in Southern California was rescued after they were forced to huddle from the searing sun when they ran out of water in 100-degree-plus heat.

The pair was hiking on Ladder Canyon Trail in Mecca on June 9 when they called for medical aid, the Associated Press reported. The man said his girlfriend was dehydrated and weak. 

Temperatures that day in the area — one of the hottest spots in the US — reached 103 degrees, according to National Weather Service records.

Wildfire north of Los Angeles spreads as authorities evacuate 1,200...

Couple rescued in California desert after water runs out: video

Jamie Foxx has shed new light on the health scare that hospitalized him in April 2023, revealing it all started with a headache that escalated to a medical emergency. In a newly surfaced video circulating on social media, Foxx talks to people in downtown Phoenix reliving the start of the scare.

Jamie Foxx reveals new details about mystery illness that hospitalized him

Camdenton, MO

Authorities are investigating a dine-and-dash attack during which they say a waitress was pushed into the Lake of the Ozarks by patrons who abandoned their bill. The female server at Fish & Co. restaurant in Camdenton, Missouri, was “pulled into the lake” after a group she was serving left without paying its bar tab Friday, the Camden County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release.

Waitress pushed into Lake of the Ozarks by dine-and-dashers as she tries to serve bill

Hawaii State

Kula, HI

KULA, Hawaii — Two men arrested last month on a public road within Oprah Winfrey ‘s property on the Hawaiian island of Maui are suspected of illegal night hunting, state officials said Monday. The two Maui men, both 19, were arrested just before midnight on June 21 after...

2 men were arrested on public road within Oprah’s Hawaii ranch. They’re suspected of illegal hunting

Boulder Creek, CA

The California hiker who was miraculously rescued 10 days after getting lost in the Santa Cruz Mountains has revealed chilling new details about his plight — including being stalked by a mountain lion and losing a staggering 30 pounds.  

Lukas McClish, 34, of Boulder Creek, Calif., had set off on what was only meant to be a three-hour hike on June 11 when the experienced backpacker suddenly — and unusually — lost his sense of direction.

In a series of interviews, McClish has since revealed how he managed to survive despite battling hypothermia and having to dodge the sun due to...

Hiker Lukas McClish, rescued in California mountains after 10 days, was stalked by mountain lion

America is full of breathtakingly beautiful natural scenery, from expansive forests stretching hundreds of miles along mountain ranges to wonders of nature that formed over millions of years into the awe-inspiring sights we know today to swaths of coastal shores offering views of the ocean as far as the eye can see.

Arizona Destination Crowned Among The 'Most Beautiful Places In The US'

Coffee County, GA

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Last month, more than twenty individuals were indicted on felony charges in Coffee County. Several of them have recently made local headlines, including Guillermo de la Cruz-Morales, the sole person charged in connection with the disappearance of Maria Diaz, and Cornelius Jamison, accused of cocaine trafficking.

Grand Jury Indicts Over Twenty Individuals on Felony Charges in Coffee County

Samuel Woodward was convicted of first-degree murder with a hate crime enhancement for the 2018 stabbing death of Blaze Bernstein. Bernstein was a gay Jewish college sophomore who was home visiting family in Southern California when he was killed. KNBC’s Hetty Chang reports.

California man convicted of murder, hate crime, in stabbing death of gay college student

A new monolith emerged in the Las Vegas desert, prompting the question: could it have been aliens or something much more human? For many, the sudden and ominous appearance of this reflective structure triggered memories of similar perplexing art installations in the past. On Monday, June 17, the Las Vegas...

Mysterious Monolith Pops Up in Las Vegas Desert and No One Knows Who Put It There

Fox News

Dozens of tourists say they fell ill on a recent visit to a popular and picturesque stretch of waterfalls deep in a gorge neighboring Grand Canyon National Park.

Mystery as huge group of people fall violently-ill while hiking through remote part of Grand Canyon

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Cripple Creek, CO

Colorado Jill

(Colorado) Colorado has many gems - Pikes Peak, Rocky Mountain National Park, Maroon Bells, and two of Thomas Dambo's wooden trolls. Dambo is a Danish artist, and his trolls are worldwide. Each troll serves as a unique tribute to the place they inhabit, honoring the history and culture of the location.

"Rita the Rock Planter" should be on your Colorado summer bucket list

Glendale, AZ

Tempe, AZ

Scottsdale, AZ

Paradise Valley, AZ

Laveen Village, AZ

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Heat records fell, some shattered, in June across parts of Arizona, Nevada and Texas

LAS VEGAS — Parts of Arizona, Nevada and Texas just endured their hottest June on record, where sweltering conditions shattered several long-standing marks. The broken records...

Heat records fell, some shattered, in June across parts of Arizona, Nevada and Texas

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