Life
The Bureau of Reclamation's never-before-used emergency clause is now Colorado River law — a 1.48 million acre-foot release cut at Glen Canyon Dam to keep Lake Powell above the 3,490 elevation.
Economy
$4.18 a gallon — a four-year high — meets a second straight weekly drawdown in gasoline stocks, putting the household price on the same chart as the supply line.
Life
A foil balloon and a welder's torch lit two of the largest fires in Georgia's history; the dry pine and the wind did the rest.
Life
Five years of ghost gear got a name — Canadian Snow Crab Fishing Area 12, vintage 2020.
Economy
Global energy prices will rise 24% in 2026 to the highest since the Ukraine invasion, the World Bank says — and the bank declines to assume Hormuz reopens by May.