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Snowier Winter Ahead? Map Reveals Possible Pattern As Super El Niño Chances Soar Snowier Winter Ahead? Map Reveals Possible Pattern As Super El Niño Chances Soar
Snowier Winter Ahead? Map Reveals Possible Pattern As Super El Niño Chances Soar Winter’s first meaningful signal is getting louder, but the Northeast still faces a familiar wildcard: snow or rain. NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center said Thursday, Aug. 13, that El Niño is strengthening, with a greater than 90 percent chance of becoming very strong this fall and winter. Forecasters also see a 69 percent chance that its strength from October through December will exceed every El Niño event recorded since 1950. Sea-surface temperature differences have exceeded 3.6 degrees F, or 2 degrees C, above average in the eastern equatorial Pacific. The changing ocean and atmospheric …

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by Joe Lombardi
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Meet The Mountainville Fault: Scientists ID Cause Of 2024 NJ Earthquake Meet The Mountainville Fault: Scientists ID Cause Of 2024 NJ Earthquake
Meet The Mountainville Fault: Scientists ID Cause Of 2024 NJ Earthquake New Jersey’s massive Ramapo Fault seemed like the obvious suspect after a 4.8-magnitude earthquake struck in 2024. It wasn’t.  Researchers have now traced the quake to a previously unmapped fault in the New Jersey Highlands, one they’ve named the Mountainville Fault. The discovery was detailed in a study published Monday, Aug. 11, in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth. The 2024 earthquake struck near Tewksbury and close to the roughly 300-kilometer-long Ramapo Fault, the largest fault in the region, according to the study. But the Ramapo Fault is not well posit…

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by Cecilia Levine
National Interest
Vacation Tragedy: Lightning Strike Kills American Tourist At Sicily’s Mount Etna Vacation Tragedy: Lightning Strike Kills American Tourist At Sicily’s Mount Etna
Vacation Tragedy: Lightning Strike Kills American Tourist At Sicily’s Mount Etna A sightseeing trek on one of the world’s most famous volcanoes ended in tragedy when dangerous weather swept across its exposed slopes. A 30-year-old American tourist died after lightning struck him while he was hiking in Italy on Sunday, Aug. 16, according to Italian news agency ANSA. The incident happened on Mount Etna in Sicily. The volcano rises along Sicily's eastern coast. Authorities have not publicly identified the man or where in the US he's from. The tourist had reportedly entered an area closed to hikers and was climbing toward the volcano’s upper reaches when a p…

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by Joe Lombardi
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Chicken, Goat Products Recalled Nationwide Over Missing Inspection Chicken, Goat Products Recalled Nationwide Over Missing Inspection
Chicken, Goat Products Recalled Nationwide Over Missing Inspection A shelf-stable specialty food recall is reaching kitchens across the country after a federal safeguard was missed. The US Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service announced on Monday, Aug. 17, that Indus Foods LLC, doing business as Gangothri Foods, is recalling about 1,626 pounds of ready-to-eat pickled goat and chicken products. The Austin, Texas, company produced the food without the benefit of federal inspection. The affected jars do not carry a USDA mark of inspection. The products were made between Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025, and Wednesday, May 6. They have a two-ye…

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by Joe Lombardi
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McDonald's Launches New Fall Drinks Based On Popular Treat McDonald's Launches New Fall Drinks Based On Popular Treat
McDonald's Launches New Fall Drinks Based On Popular Treat McDonald's is adding its own fall coffee flavor to challenge pumpkin-spiced competitors. The fast-food chain officially launched Caramel Apple Pie coffees on Tuesday, Aug. 18. The limited-time flavor can also be found in Frappés, hot and iced lattes, and iced coffee. The drinks blend apple and caramel flavors with McDonald's coffee. They're also topped with salted caramel-flavored whipped cream and crumbled apple pie pieces. The Caramel Apple Pie Iced Coffee features caramel apple pie-flavored syrup, salted caramel-flavored whipped topping, and apple pie crumble topping served over ice. "…

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by Chris Spiker
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Delivery Truck Seriously Injures Woman Riding Electric Scooter: Suffolk County Police Delivery Truck Seriously Injures Woman Riding Electric Scooter: Suffolk County Police
Delivery Truck Seriously Injures Woman Riding Electric Scooter: Suffolk County Police A 49-year-old woman was seriously injured when her electric scooter was struck by a delivery truck on Long Island, police announced on Tuesday, Aug. 18. The Medford woman was riding an electric scooter eastbound on Lake Drive when she was struck at approximately 1:25 p.m., according to Suffolk County Police. Roger Liburd, 47, of Hempstead, was driving a 2019 Ford delivery truck southbound on Lake Drive when the crash happened, police said. The woman was taken to Stony Brook University Hospital with serious injuries. Liburd was not injured. Suffolk County Police Sixth Squad detectives are …

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by Jillian Pikora
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Harvard Agrees To Pay $53M To Families After Body Parts Stolen From Morgue Were Sold Harvard Agrees To Pay $53M To Families After Body Parts Stolen From Morgue Were Sold
Harvard Agrees To Pay $53M To Families After Body Parts Stolen From Morgue Were Sold Harvard has agreed to pay $53 million to settle lawsuits brought by families who fear their loved ones’ remains were stolen from the medical school’s morgue and sold for cash.  The university announced the settlement on Monday, Aug. 17. A Suffolk Superior Court judge granted preliminary approval, and a final approval is set for December. Federal prosecutors said former Harvard morgue manager Cedric Lodge sold stolen human remains across state lines. Investigators said Lodge secretly removed organs, skin, hands, faces, dissected heads, and other parts from donated bodies.  He…

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by Josh Lanier
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Former Fauci Adviser Admits Hiding COVID-Era Communications From Public View: Feds Former Fauci Adviser Admits Hiding COVID-Era Communications From Public View: Feds
Former Fauci Adviser Admits Hiding Covid-era Communications From Public View: Feds David Morens spent years advising one of the biggest names in America's COVID-19 response. Now the Maryland man has admitted conspiring to keep some of his pandemic-era communications out of public view. Morens, 78, of Chester, pleaded guilty in federal court in Greenbelt on Tuesday, Aug. 18, to conspiracy to commit offenses and defraud the United States, months after the former senior National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases official was indicted in the scheme. Morens served as a senior adviser in NIAID's Office of the Director from 2006 through 2022 and was an adviser to Dr.…

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by Zak Failla
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LI Firefighter, NYPD Officer Dies Suddenly At 25: ‘Dedicated To Serving Others’ LI Firefighter, NYPD Officer Dies Suddenly At 25: ‘Dedicated To Serving Others’
LI Firefighter, Nypd Officer Dies Suddenly At 25: ‘Dedicated To Serving Others’ A Long Island firefighter and NYPD officer died suddenly Sunday, Aug. 16 at age 25. Erasmo Mario Troia was honored with tributes online from his fire company and numerous others who knew him. “Gone far too soon, but the impact you left on this world will never fade,” Manhasset-Lakeville Fire Department Company 2 wrote on Facebook. “You answered every call, helped every person in need, and left a mark on everyone lucky enough to know you. Fly high Erasmo.” North Hempstead Supervisor Jen DeSena was among those who remembered Troia’s kindness and generosity, saying she just spoke with him the…

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by Joe Wilkinson
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Hayden Panettiere's Mom Makes Stunning Claim About Boyfriend After Actress's Death: Report Hayden Panettiere's Mom Makes Stunning Claim About Boyfriend After Actress's Death: Report
Hayden Panettiere's Mom Makes Stunning Claim About Boyfriend After Actress's Death: Report Hayden Panettiere's mother has released a statement to NBC News following her daughter's death, revealing how she felt about Panettiere's boyfriend. The 36-year-old former child actress had apparently rekindled her relationship with Brian Hickerson, according to NBC News. In an exclusive interview with NBC News, Panettiere's mother, Lesley Vogel, called Hickerson "a person in her life we have been trying to get rid of." Panettiere was found unresponsive and in cardiac arrest after a 911 call brought first responders to a Greenville, SC home on Aug. 16. The word "overdose" can be heard duri…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Basketball Coach Stabbed Dead; Flock Cameras Help Track Boyfriend Across State Lines: Police Basketball Coach Stabbed Dead; Flock Cameras Help Track Boyfriend Across State Lines: Police
Basketball Coach Stabbed Dead; Flock Cameras Help Track Boyfriend Across State Lines: Police A teacher and basketball coach was found stabbed to death inside her North Carolina home, sparking an interstate search aided by Flock cameras that ended with her boyfriend's capture at a Pennsylvania mall, authorities announced on Tuesday, Aug. 18. Sheremy Gwenette Dillard, 57, was found dead at 2201 Whistling Straits Way in Raleigh on Thursday, Aug. 13, according to the Raleigh Police Department. Officers were dispatched to the home around 12:18 p.m. after family members reported they had not heard from Dillard and told police she lived there with her boyfriend, Rickey Andra Harper. Offi…

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by Daily Voice
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Box Truck Overturns, Spills Fuel Across Long Island Road After Crash: Police Box Truck Overturns, Spills Fuel Across Long Island Road After Crash: Police
Box Truck Overturns, Spills Fuel Across Long Island Road After Crash: Police A box truck crashed and spilled fuel all over a Long Island road on Tuesday afternoon, Aug. 18, police said. The truck was traveling southbound on Berry Hill Road near School House Lane in Syosset around 12 p.m., the Nassau County Police Department said. A 28-year-old man traveling northbound on Berry Hill Road in a 2006 Toyota Corolla drifted into the southbound lanes and sideswiped the truck, causing it to overturn and spill fuel, police said. The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC), Nassau County Emergency Service Unit (ESU), and Syosset Fire Department all …

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by Joe Wilkinson