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Justin Sullivan/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — An escalation of conflicts in the Middle East in recent weeks has triggered a sharp increase in oil prices, raising uncertainty about where costs will head in the final weeks before Election Day. Oil prices surged about 13% over an 11-day stretch ending on Monday. Prices fell markedly on […]
Penpak Ngamsathain/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Over the last several years, isolated outbreaks of measles have been popping up across the United States. Most recently, between Dec. 1, 2023, and Jan. 23, 2024, there have been 23 confirmed cases of measles with infections reported in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware and the Washington, D.C. area. Emergency […]
Thinkstock Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Severe weather across the U.S. has left at least five people dead and is causing rivers to rise to dangerous levels as more winter storms move in. Hundreds of thousands of customers are without power across the U.S. Wednesday, with New York and Pennsylvania hit the hardest. While the rain […]
franckreporter/Getty Images (NAPA VALLEY, Calif.) — Rising temperatures are shifting the growing season in Napa Valley’s wine country, which could impact grape growth and alter the types of wine that originate from the region, according to new research and wine experts. The wine grape-growing season in California’s Napa Valley, which has historically relied on a […]
Reza Estakhrian/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — After several months of steady declines, COVID-19 hospitalizations appear to be ticking up again. For the week ending July 22, hospitalizations rose 12% from the previous week from 7,165 to 8,035, according to data released Monday from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. While a double-digit percentage jump may […]
Thinkstock Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — An “up-and-coming” teenage equestrian has died following an accident during a competition in Florida over the weekend. The incident occurred when 15-year-old Hannah Serfass was riding Quaxx — a 12-year-old Holsteiner gelding — and “the horse tripped and suffered a rotational fall” while competing at the Fox Lea Farm […]
Spencer Platt/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — New York City is among the most densely populated coastal communities in the world preparing for an inevitable rise in sea levels, which scientists said will amplify flooding crises from events such as thunderstorms, high tides and hurricanes. Sea levels in New York City are expected to rise between […]
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