27 reported tornadoes rip through Iowa, devastating towns Iowa, which usually averages about seven tornadoes in the month of July, saw 27 reported twisters rip through the state Thursday night.

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America's Oil and Gas Industry Is on Pace for a Record Smashing Year in 2018• Jul 14 • A gusher of oil and gas production has the country on pace to make history this year.

Refiners in China were the top buyers of American crude oil in May, and have been regular importers since the US revived domestic output and exports in recent years. But sales may slow amid a growing trade war between Beijing and the Trump presidency.

Man With World's Longest Fingernails Cuts Them Off After 66 Years,

Man With World's Longest Fingernails Cuts Them Off After 66 Years, Sells Them To Museum
A man with fingernails longer than a bus finally cut them off during a “nail clipping ceremony” in New York earlier this week after 66 years of growing them out.

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Man With World's Longest Fingernails Finally Cuts Them After 66 Years
The collective weight of the nails has made it impossible for Shridhar Chillal to open his left hand or flex his fingers.

The not so future is now. Starbucks eliminates plastic straws from menu, saves the oceans.

Who's next?

‘Super Polluting’ Trucks Receive Loophole on Pruitt’s Last Day.

A 300-unit cap per manufacturer that was imposed in January will no longer be enforced by the Environmental Protection Agency

The planet's hottest continent probably just endured its hottest weather ever reliably measured. An Algerian city soared to 124.3 degrees