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Tropical Storm Hilary is no longer a hurricane but it's still packing what forecasters call “life-threatening” rain as it speeds up Mexico's Baja coast toward Southern California

Deadly floodwaters inundated streets across Mexico’s arid Baja California on Sunday as Tropical Storm Hilary moved ashore carrying torrential rain into Southern California, and concerns mounted that flash floods could strike in places as far north as Idaho that rarely get such heavy rain.

A new study finds that hurricanes the last few decades killed thousands more people than meteorologists calculate and a disproportionate number were poor, vulnerable and minorities

Some big names are heading home before match play.

The future is now.

Chris Barrett — Jim Chalmers’ former boss — is the new head of the Productivity Commission. Will he keep its independence intact?

Treasurer Jim Chalmers has appointed Chris Barrett, an economist with extensive public service and governmental experience, as the new chair of the Productivity Commission.

Chalmers announces Barrett, deputy secretary of Victoria’s treasury and finance department, will begin his five-year appointment from September

Forecasting hurricanes is a tricky science.

When the week started, more than 10 percent of the field was comprised of amateurs, and that number could’ve been higher.

Matthew Fitzpatrick starts his defense of the US Open that he won in 2022 - Scottie Scheffler is one of the early starters