With rising temperatures becoming the norm, keeping your home cool without AC is becoming a year-round priority, especially as air conditioning becomes too expensive or impractical for many spaces.

Another heat wave—this one steeped in humid air, including from a Midwestern phenomenon called corn sweat—is blanketing the eastern half of the U.S. this week in July. Tens of millions of people are ...

ATLANTA, Georgia — Heat index values are rising again across the state — and that means your air conditioner is likely running longer and harder to keep up. But that comfort comes at a cost, ...