The most complete and largest stegosaurus fossil sold for $44.6 million at auction in New York on Wednesday, Sotheby's announced.
Why it matters: Dubbed "Apex," the dinosaur skeleton is the "most valuable fossil ever sold at auction," according to the auction house. It was only expected to fetch $4 million-$6 million.
Fourteen state attorneys general are pressing for extreme heat and wildfire smoke to be eligible for major disaster declarations, as dangerously high temperatures envelop eastern and central U.S. states.
The big picture: Heat alerts affected over 130 million people, as the National Weather Service warned of "widespread record high minimum temperatures" on Wednesday morning, stretching from the Lower Mississippi Valley, across the South, Southeast and along much of the East Coast.
