Here’s what else you might have missed during your busy day.
In a warming world, Colorado cities are trying to use far less water. Incentives are pushing homeowners to swap thirsty lawns for low‑maintenance landscaping, challenging what the American yard is supposed to look like.
Within a week of her disappearance earlier this year, two notes — purportedly from the 84-year-old’s abductors — landed at local news outlets. Not everything in them was shared publicly. Investigators explain why.
A man who survived the 1967 Caracas earthquake said Venezuela’s latest disaster is unlike anything he’s experienced. Another described the scene as “like a horror movie.” Track what we know in maps and charts.
Team USA is off to a strong start at the World Cup — and the fans are all in. There will be some changes for tonight’s match against Turkey, but the intensity isn’t going anywhere.













