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The United States' largest reservoir, Lake Mead, has reached its lowest level on record as the drought-stricken West faces a growing water crisis. The giant reservoir created by the Hoover Dam on the ...

Did you know that Texas produces and enjoys mead, widely considered the world’s oldest alcoholic beverage, with a history dating back more than 9,000 years? This September, the ancient drink will get ...

Lake Mead is inches away from setting a grim new milestone. Amid a megadrought and ongoing struggles over how to allocate the Colorado River’s dwindling water supply, the lake’s surface now sits at ...

TODAY: The team officially placed Mead on the 10-day IL today, retroactive to July 28. As expected, Sogard has been recalled from Triple-A in the corresponding move. Mead is expected to avoid surgery ...

The Boston Red Sox have some hope for young slugger Curtis Mead. Heading into the All-Star break and out the other side of it, the Boston Red Sox, were one of, if not the best teams in all of baseball ...

The Boston Red Sox traded for Curtis Mead to bring in some more offense down the stretch, but fans will have to wait to see how Mead impacts the team. After being hit in the wrist with a pitch in his ...

A maker of the world’s oldest alcoholic beverage, fittingly located in a historic building in the heart of the small southwestern Michigan city of Bangor, will be making its debut appearance at the ...

The Red Sox's new-look infield suffered a blow on Tuesday, as the club placed Curtis Mead on the 10-day injured list with a fractured left wrist. Infielder Nick Sogard has been recalled from Triple-A ...

Curtis Mead's Boston Red Sox tenure lasted two plate appearances before he was lost to the injured list − and, likely, for most of the remaining season with a broken left wrist. Mead was placed on the ...

Curtis Mead's early exit from his debut Monday with the Boston Red Sox was accompanied by worse news a day later -- a broken left wrist. A follow-up test Tuesday on the newly acquired infielder ...

The Red Sox acquired Mead late Saturday night in a move Boston hoped would bolster its lineup. Scott Taetsch / Getty Images The newest member of the Boston Red Sox, infielder Curtis Mead, is headed to ...