The high temperatures of the heat dome are breaking records
At least 10 heat records were broken in southwestern and central U.S. cities over the weekend, and more could fall this week amid forecasts of continued scorching heat. Cities and towns in Colorado, Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas posted record highs on Friday and Saturday. Some broke temperature records set almost a decade ago and others surpassed previous highs by as much as six degrees. The high temperatures are largely the result of a “heat dome” – a persistent region of high pressure that traps heat over the area. Although the daily records broken were not necessarily widespread, given that July…
Read More »Breaking News Live Updates: 08 July 2022: 13 dead, many feared missing as Cloudburst causes flash floods near Amarnath shrine
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Read More »Veterans shocked, burn pit legislation fails to advance in Senate as 25 GOP senators reverse June votes
The Senate failed to pass a procedural vote Wednesday that would have cleared the way for a vote legislation to extend benefits to the estimated 3.5 million veterans exposed to toxic burn pits during America’s wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. The bill, known as the Honor Our PAC Act, past both the House and Senate with bipartisan support in June, but because of a language problem in the bill, it had to go back and pass the House and Senate again. On Wednesday evening, 25 Republican senators reversed their June support and voted against a procedural vote to move the…
Read More »DeJoy says USPS may need 50,000 fewer employees under the balancing plan
Postmaster General Louis DeJoy says the Postal Service may need to cut its workforce by 50,000 jobs as the agency seeks to consolidate its network of facilities that process mail. DeJoy, speaking at the American Enterprise Institute on Wednesday, said he plans to consolidate 500 facilities that USPS processes and moves mail to about 65 to 75 regional centers. DeJoy said he is “committed to a stable workforce” and is working with mail… READ MORE Postmaster General Louis DeJoy says the Postal Service may need to cut its workforce by 50,000 jobs as the agency seeks to consolidate its network…
Read More »Elon Musk wants to end his $44 million takeover of Twitter
In an unexpected turn of events, Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced his intention to end the $44 billion Twitter deal in a letter sent to the social media giant’s board of directors. In short, one of the world’s richest men is not happy with the lack of information Twitter provides about spam and fake accounts. According to the letter, which is addressed to Twitter chief legal officer Vijaya Gadde, Musk is ending the merger because Twitter “appears to have made false and misleading statements,” which Musk used as a benchmark for his decision. Elon Musk initially agreed to buy the…
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A 203 inch North Carolina mountain monster shot after a ghost
While hunting during the back end of North Carolina’s rifle season in December, Vincent Clark targeted a small planted field in hopes of finding a deer foraging for food. That plan led him to tag an incredible 203-inch buck that local legends were made of. (Photo courtesy of Vincent Clark) July 29, 2022 By Clifford Neames Bucks breaking news The Appalachian Mountains of North Carolina are full of evergreen trees, mountain laurel, black bears, and relatively few white-tailed deer. The terrain is rough, rocky and thick with tangled foliage making it difficult to hunt. Although oak trees bearing poles are…
Read More »The next Mega Millions drawing is tonight, with a jackpot of at least $1.1 billion
With one Mega Millions jackpot of at least an estimated $1.1 billion in play, emotion was building as Friday’s 11pm EDT draw approached. The cash payout for this grand prize would be $648.2 million. The prize pool topped $1 billion this week, marking only the third time the jackpot has surpassed that threshold in the game’s two-decade history. The game’s current jackpot is almost as big as record amounts won in 2018 and 2021. In those years, players whose ticket numbers matched the numbers drawn by Mega Millions administrators received approximately $1.05 billion and $1.5 billion. The current jackpot started…
Read More »The inflation number tracked by the Fed is close to the highest level since January 1982
A gauge of inflation that the Federal Reserve uses as its main barometer jumped in June to its biggest 12-month gain in more than 40 years, the Bureau of Economic Analysis reported Friday. The personal consumption expenditure price index rose 6.8%, the biggest move in 12 months since a 6.9% rise in January 1982. The index rose 1% from in May, tying its biggest monthly gain since February 1981. Excluding food and energy, so-called core PCE rose 4.8% from a year ago, up a tenth from May, but below the recent peak of 5.3% reached in February. On a monthly…
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