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Does sweating more make for a better workout?

But understanding how much you sweat can help you stay hydrated and safe while working out in warmer conditions. Experts tell what to watch out for.

Evacuations Reduced In California Chemical Tank Emergency After Worst-Case Explosion Risk Eliminated

A recent development in California's chemical tank incident has seen a crack in the structure reduce internal pressure, effectively eliminating the risk of a catastrophic boiling liquid expanding vapor explosion (BLEVE). Despite this critical mitigation, officials continue to advise 16,000 residents closest to the Orange County site against returning home, as efforts persist to further cool the tank's internal temperature and address remaining public safety threats.

A Hunger Strike At An ICE Facility In New Jersey Has Spurred Protests. Here’s What We Know

A chaotic scene unfolded outside the Delaney Hall federal immigration detention center in New Jersey, where protesters engaged with federal agents amidst an ongoing hunger and labor strike by detainees protesting alleged inhumane conditions, including spoiled food and inadequate medical care, claims which the Department of Homeland Security has denied as 'political stunts'.

Mississippi Made a Commitment to Its Kids. It’s Time We All Do the Same.

Mississippi has become a national model for literacy improvement, with its 2013 Literacy-Based Promotion Act leading to significant educational gains. The state now ranks 9th nationally in 4th-grade reading scores, and Black 4th graders in Mississippi have achieved the 3rd highest reading proficiency rates among their peers nationwide.

NJ: ICE, Protesters Clash Outside Detention Center

Protesters clashed with federal immigration officers outside an immigration detetention center in Newark, New Jersey on Monday.

Exceptionally early heat wave shatters records and brings deaths in Europe

Firefighters have battled a grass fire in Scotland and several drowning deaths have been reported as a spring heatwave scorches parts of Western Europe.

Trump will see doctors for his annual physical. What the public finds out is up to him

President Donald Trump is scheduled to get a medical exam on Tuesday, putting his health back under public scrutiny.

Mariners’ bats break through, but ‘piggyback’ drama overshadows rout of A’s

On a night when the Mariners' bats finally busted out with four home runs, the drama surrounding the club’s tag-team pitching plan appeared to reach a tipping point.

Mariners’ Cal Raleigh resumes ‘light’ baseball activity

Eleven days after landing on the injured list for the first time in his career, Cal Raleigh took his first small step in his return from a strained right oblique.

Kennedy’s push to curb antidepressants has shaken psychiatry

A current of anxiety ran through last week's meeting of the American Psychiatric Association.

Clarence B. Jones, who helped shape ‘I Have a Dream’ speech, dies at 95

Clarence B. Jones was a confidant, lawyer and speechwriter for the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and drafted part of his celebrated "I Have a Dream" speech.