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Water levels at certain points in the Charles River were at an all-time low, as seen at Millennium Park on Aug. 4. Most of Massachusetts is now experiencing a critical drought.

Opinion

Droughts aren’t a ‘new normal,’ they’ll worsen unless we address the climate crisis

Human-caused climate change is fueling rising temperatures and worsening droughts across the nation. Does this mean Massachusetts will look more like the West? 3:00 a.m.

La mayoría de las casas no estaban equipadas con tanques de agua. La gente los ha comprado, pero a veces es difícil llenar los depósitos, porque no hay suficiente presión o agua en los días que tienen agua corriente.

Opinion

Así es vivir en una sequía: Ya no podemos contar con agua corriente todos los días

A veces solo hay agua por las mañanas, otras veces hay agua todo el día, pero a veces pueden pasar dos, tres y hasta cuatro días sin agua. Esta es mi experiencia, pero hay personas que han tenido que pasar hasta un mes sin agua en sus casas. 3:00 a.m.

Residents queue to collect drinkable water from a tanker truck in Garcia municipality, northwest of Monterrey´s metropolitan area, Nuevo Leon State, Mexico, on July 5, 2022. Residents of Monterrey, Mexico's industrial capital, were being supplied with water in tanker trucks after authorities ordered rationing in the face of a severe drought in the north of the country.

Opinion

This is what it’s like to live in a drought: We can no longer count on running water every day

Sometimes there is water only in the mornings, other times there is water all day, but sometimes two, three, four days can pass without water. This has been my experience, but there are people who have had to go up to a month without water in their homes. 3:00 a.m.

Ranking Republican member Tom Cole of Oklahoma (L) looked on as Chairman Jim McGovern of Massachusetts (R) spoke at a hearing of the House Rules Committee to formulate a rule on the Senate amendment to the Inflation Reduction Act at the US Capitol Building on Aug. 10.

Opinion

Congress is plagued by hyperpartisanship even on matters popular with the public

Is it possible the GOP could begin to play a constructive role on health and climate change? 5:10 p.m.

The Alvin W. Vogtle Electric Generating Plant, a nuclear power plant, in Waynesboro, Ga.

Opinion

The eyes of climate change history are on Biden

The president has an opportunity to take the fundamental step on climate change that eluded all past leaders, and he can start by taxing carbon emissions. 3:18 p.m.

A view of a Continental Farmers Group grain silo, or elevator, in Western Ukraine. Every day, trucks make the perilous journey across the war-torn country in order to transport freshly harvested wheat from the facility to other countries and Ukrainian ports, where it awaits export.

Ideas

The battle for Ukraine — and global food security

22 million tons of grains are trapped in the country’s silos. Even with an agreement to ease a blockade on exports, the ability of some of the world’s poorest nations to feed their people remains in peril. 2:06 p.m.

President Biden speaks at the former Brayton Point Power Station in Somerset on July 20. He announced executive action to confront climate change, including plans to steer federal dollars to heat-ravaged communities.

Opinion

How Biden can act immediately on climate change

Biden’s climate credibility will be judged on whether his administration refrains from issuing permits for new fossil fuel projects and strongly enforces existing regulations to limit pollution. 4:44 p.m.

Letters

How we can save the monarch butterfly

We can recover the monarch through concerted actions, as we have done with other endangered species such as the bald eagle. 3:00 a.m.