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Tornados are a rarity in New York, but when they appear, they can be vicious. Upstate New York’s Rome learned this when a tornado hit the ground on July 16th. Peak winds were recorded at 135 mph and the storm’s path was over 5 miles long. According to AP news,...
Tuesday morning, the FBI searched a Long Island home whose property records show it currently belongs to Linda Sun, a former deputy chief of staff to New York Gov. Kathy Hochul. Sun left Governor Hochul’s office nearly two years ago. Despite the presence of federal officers, which is always slightly...
Wednesday morning at John F. Kennedy International Airport, FDNY firefighters responded to reports of smoke shortly after 7 a.m. Upon investigation, it was found that an escalator at Terminal 8’s Concourse C had caught on fire. The smoky conditions resulted in the evacuation of Terminal 8. Airport officials told CBS...
Last Friday, CBS News says, flights were either delayed or canceled after a worldwide Microsoft outage, caused by a CrowdStrike update, occurred. Thankfully, 911, hospitals, and mass transit were not impacted, as Tri-State Area officials stressed that the outage was not a cyberattack. Multiple airlines were impacted though. Delta, United,...
PARIS – Since 2015, Paris has known they would be hosting the swimming portion of the 2024 Olympics. In preparation for this event, they began cleaning the Seine River. The Seine River is a well-known and well-romanticized river in Paris, France. However, due to its heavy traffic and location, it’s...
Over the past week there has been heavy speculation that President Biden would step down from running for reelection. Over the weekend, on July 21 2024, Biden put out a statement confirming that he is ending his run for reelection. President Biden entered the political world in 1970, joining the...
While protests usually aim to be peaceful, things can quickly, and often do, escalate. A protest this Wednesday proved this once again. The idea to build a men’s shelter in a Bensonhurst neighborhood has been met with multiple protests by residents for a while now, mostly regarding concerns about a...
Student debt continues to be a significant issue in the United States, impacting an estimated 42.8 million borrowers, including both current students and graduates. Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, hopes were raised among millions of borrowers regarding the possibility of complete loan forgiveness, although this promise did not come to fruition....
This summer has been a hard one for New York. Multiple heatwaves, and the resulting storms, have been hitting the state relentlessly since mid-June. This past Tuesday, thunderstorms hit several areas of the state, leaving over 170,000 Upstate New Yorkers without power, Governor Hochul said. Knowing New York is in...
That loud noise and potential shaking you heard and felt yesterday? That waspotentially from the meteor over New York and New Jersey. NASA has confirmed that on the morning of July 16, 2024, a meteor enteredinto the atmosphere and disintegrated over the New York City area. Military activitiescoincided with the...
What is the Bird flu? The Bird flu, also known as H5N1, is a type of disease known to infect wildbirds and dairy cows. In 2022, the virus started to pick back up after not being detected in U.SWild birds since 2016. According to the CDC, the initial infection rates...
Related Companies has several plans for a rail yard in Manhattan’s Far West Side. The New York Times explains that they hope to build, among other things, a 1,180-foot apartment building, a 1,376-foot office building, a public school, and a daycare. While some citizens might see these construction projects in...
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