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• Floods, heat and smoke
  Extreme weather suddenly seems to be happening everywhere at once. The heat index in parts of Arizona,...
  Extreme weather suddenly seems to be happening everywhere at once.
  
  The heat index in parts of Arizona, Texas, and Florida will surpass 110 degrees Fahrenheit today. Much of the Midwest is in a severe drought. Areas in New York and Vermont just saw as much rain in a day as is typical for all of July, and subsequent flash floods washed out homes, cars, and bridges. Wildfire smoke recently blanketed the Midwest and Northeast — at times giving U.S. cities the worst air quality in the world.
  

  
  
  • Some Vermonters added safeguards to their homes after a tropical storm 12 years ago. This week, they discovered the measures still weren’t enough.
  
  
  • The heat in the U.S. is forecast to get worse this weekend, with temperatures surpassing 100 degrees in parts of the South. (See the heat index in your area.)
  
  
  • Even the ocean water is hitting the 90s.
  
  
  • Scientists have created a super-white paint that reflects the sun’s rays back into space and helps cool buildings.
  
  
  • “Every day, it seems, we get better at normalizing extreme weather,” David Wallace-Wells writes in Times Opinion.
  
  
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• ChatGPT used to feel slow but accurate. Now, it seems fast and inaccurate.
  The AI community is whispering (slash, complaining) about what some believe was the result of OpenAI’s...
  The AI community is whispering (slash, complaining) about what some believe was the result of OpenAI’s radical redesign of GPT-4. Critics are calling it “lazier” and “dumber” compared with its previous capabilities.
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• Closing Oil & Gas Prices
  Benchmark U.S. crude oil for August delivery...
  Benchmark U.S. crude oil for August delivery rose 92 cents to $75.75 a barrel Wednesday. Brent crude for September delivery rose 71 cents to $80.11 a barrel.
  
  Wholesale gasoline for August delivery rose 5 cents $2.67 a gallon. August heating oil rose 2 cents to $2.60 a gallon. August natural gas fell 10 cents to $2.63 per 1,000 cubic feet.
  
  
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• Pioneer Natural Resources Co. stock outperforms market on strong trading day
  Shares of Pioneer Natural Resources Co. ...
  Shares of Pioneer Natural Resources Co. PXD, +1.17% advanced 1.17% to $215.92 Wednesday, on what proved to be an all-around positive trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX, +0.74% rising 0.74% to 4,472.16 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +0.25% rising 0.25% to 34,347.43.
  
  This was the stock's second consecutive day of gains.
  

  
  
  Pioneer Natural Resources Co. closed $58.78 below its 52-week high ($274.70), which the company reached on October 28th.
  
  
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• S&P 500, Nasdaq close at highest in 15 months
  U.S. stocks rose on Wednesday with the S&P 500 and Nasdaq...
  U.S. stocks rose on Wednesday with the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite closing at their highest levels in 15 months, after data showed the rate of inflation in June slowed to the lowest level since early 2021, fueling hopes that the Federal Reserve may be close to being done with its interest-rate hikes, while the Fed’s Beige Book said the U.S. economic activity increased slightly since late May.
  
  The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA gained 86.01 points, or 0.3%, to end at 34,347.43
  
  The S&P 500 SPX added 32.90 points, or 0.7%, to finish at 4,472.16, its highest closing level since April 8, 2022.
  
  The Nasdaq Composite COMP rose 158.26 points, or 1.2%, ending at 13,918.96, the highest closing value since April 5, 2022, according to Dow Jones Market Data.
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