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In Mecca's sweltering heat, Muslims start this year's Hajj pilgrimage
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 14 minutes agoIn sweltering temperatures, Muslim pilgrims in Mecca converged on a vast tent camp in the desert on...
Uptick in heat-related migrant rescues strains Sunland Park Fire Department
KTSM via Yahoo News· 24 hours agoSUNLAND PARK, N.M. (KTSM) — The Sunland Park Fire Department (SPFD) finds itself extremely busy as...
Oscar-winning actors film explosive car chase scenes in Calif. park
San Francisco Chronicle· 9 hours agoSeated on a mountain ridgetop deep in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park about 85 miles northeast of San...
Heat, cartel lies make border town a death trap for migrants
WJTV Jackson· 3 hours agoSUNLAND PARK, N.M. (Border Report) – Their town just north of a 30-foot-tall steel bollards barrier...
Amboy, population 0 — a Mojave Desert ghost town and Americana icon fights to survive
Los Angeles Times· 5 days agoIt’s a Friday afternoon in mid-May and a Czech biker is eating an ice cream cone at the counter of a...
To Fight Midlife Blues, Try Mastering Something Hard
The Wall Street Journal· 3 hours agoThat feeling began creeping into my life before I discovered obstacle-course racing. But humbling myself among younger people in gyms, training nearly...
First five ‘710 freeway homes’ in South Pasadena are going up for sale after decades off market
Pasadena Star-News· 2 hours agoFor the first time in decades, five homes in South Pasadena, once seized by the Department of...
I drove across Saudi Arabia as a solo woman – and what I discovered may surprise you
The Independent via Yahoo News· 10 hours agoIN FOCUS: Faced with long stretches of desert and camel-lined roads – and with some apprehension in...
After 'significant' vandalism overnight, Cal State L.A. president says encampment must end
LA Times via Yahoo News· 1 day agoPro-Palestinian protesters took over the student services building at Cal State L.A. on Wednesday...
Nature notes | Desert Willow: Blooming all around
Mohave Daily News· 2 days agoOne of the most beautiful flowers and trees in the desert (in my opinion, at least) is the Desert Willow (chilopsis linearis), which is currently in full...