The Texas-Mexico border is scorching under a record-setting heat wave, with temperatures soaring past 100 degrees, making it Earth's hottest spot today.

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas has taken another step toward formally renaming the Gulf of Mexico on state maps and documents. Senate Bill 1717, which finally passed the Texas Senate 20-11 this week ...

An early-season heat dome is building over the Gulf of Mexico and will bring a week of unusual heat and humidity to southern states, from Texas to Florida, and southward into Mexico and the Caribbean.