Warmer water off the coast has made things slightly swampy for residents used to a succession of splendid days.

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Gov. Mike Braun called on the local utility to “match the urgency” of Gary area residents who have had to endure an outage approaching its second week.

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Another day of near record heat baked the continent on Friday, but temperatures could retreat to seasonal averages in the coming days.

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