Partially mummified bodies found at Colorado campsite were members of family trying to live ‘off the grid’

The decomposed and partially mummified bodies of three people who were recently found at a remote western Colorado campsite were two adult sisters and one woman’s 14-year-old son, Gunnison County Coroner Michael Barnes said. The deceased are Christine Vance, 41; Rebecca Vance, 42, and Rebecca’s son, all from Colorado Springs. المزيد

More than 40 million people in the U.S. live in urban heat islands, climate group finds

Climate Central researchers found that nine major cities — New York, Houston, Los Angeles, Dallas, Chicago, San Antonio, San Diego, Phoenix and Detroit — each housed at least 1 million people currently affected by the urban heat island effect. In New York City, the group reported that almost 80% of المزيد

Debt ceiling live updates: Negotiators ‘worked until midnight’

Jayapal says Dems were told they could be called back to D.C. as early as Sunday Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., emerged from a closed-door Democratic caucus meeting on Thursday and said she and her colleagues were told the earliest they would have to return to Washington, D.C. is Sunday. “We المزيد