CNET’s expert staff reviews and rates dozens of new products and services each month, building on more than a quarter century of expertise. Air quality infamously drops as the days grow cold and we ...

A Halloween candy conundrum that spooked an entire Maryland town turned out to be nothing more than a “hoax” created by a wily 9-year-old who stuffed a sewing needle inside a bag of their own candy, ...

Bay Area residents may have felt disoriented when they stepped outside this week. The unusually humid conditions are due to high sea-surface temperatures accompanied by light rain in the region, ...

Climate change drove record levels of global humidity in 2024, posing a rising risk to people’s health, a new report has warned. The latest “State of the Climate” report published by the Bulletin of ...

Hot, sticky and unrelenting: That has been the experience for much of the country this summer, including more than a dozen states that had record high humidity in July. Last month was muggier than ...

Metro Denver was smacked with unusual high humidity Tuesday morning. 9News Senior Meteorologist Chris Bianchi posted on social media around 6:30 a.m. that the dew point in the Mile High City was 66 ...

Not only are Iowans sweating in this heat, but the corn stalks are too. High temperatures are expected to be in the high 80s to low 90s in Des Moines this week. Some areas in the northwestern and ...

Heat and humidity will once again smother the eastern half of the country this week, pushing the heat index to dangerous levels for tens of millions of people. In the Midwest, the humidity will be ...

Thanks to a heat wave set to last through Sunday evening, the state is in for both this weekend. The heat index — or how hot it feels when you add in humidity — could reach as high as 110 degrees in ...

The Joro spider, Asian long-horned beetle and spotted lanternfly have company this summer. A "sneaky" invasive species that has a potentially deadly sting continues to spread across the U.S. and can ...

An invasive species of stinging, carnivorous ants have been slowly spreading in about 20 states. Last year at least three cases of life-threatening anaphylactic reactions were reported in Georgia, ...

If your precious plants keep mysteriously dying no matter what you try, it might be time to invest in a soil moisture meter. These handy devices tell you when your plant needs more water, so you won't ...