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Will Lower Gas Prices Follow Trump's 'Biggest Oil Deal In World History'? Will Lower Gas Prices Follow Trump's 'Biggest Oil Deal In World History'?
Will Lower Gas Prices Follow Trump's 'Biggest Oil Deal In World History'? A sweeping new oil deal comes with a promise every driver wants to hear, but any payoff at the pump may be well down the road. President Donald Trump announced the agreement between the US and Venezuela on Friday, Aug. 28, saying it would expand American access to oil and eventually cut gas prices. “The United States of America has just entered into an Agreement with the Country of Venezuela on, THE BIGGEST OIL DEAL IN WORLD HISTORY!” Trump wrote in a Truth Social post. The agreement gives US interests majority control over more than 65 billion barrels of proven Venezuelan oil reserves, ac…

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by Joe Lombardi
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NJ Farm's 8-Acre Dolly Parton Corn Maze Requires Visitors To Know Dolly Parton Trivia NJ Farm's 8-Acre Dolly Parton Corn Maze Requires Visitors To Know Dolly Parton Trivia
NJ Farm's 8-Acre Dolly Parton Corn Maze Requires Visitors To Know Dolly Parton Trivia The company that designs Tim Stockel's corn mazes had been trying to get Dolly Parton into cornfields for nearly three years. The idea was simple: honor an American icon in the fall, when denim jackets, country music, and getting lost in a cornfield just seem to fit. Finally, in February, Parton's team agreed to a one-year licensing arrangement allowing participating farms to use her image in corn mazes designed by The Maize Company. "To me, she was everything," said Stockel, who runs the 130-acre Happy Day Farm in Manalapan alongside his wife, Olivia Stockel, a massive Dolly Parton fan. …

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by Cecilia Levine
Weather
Stormy Stretch Takes Aim At Northeast After Pleasant Weekend: Timing Stormy Stretch Takes Aim At Northeast After Pleasant Weekend: Timing
Stormy Stretch Takes Aim At Northeast After Pleasant Weekend: Timing A quiet late-summer break will not last long as a more unsettled pattern begins taking shape. Click here for a new, updated story - Rounds Of Downpours Head Toward Northeast: Here's When Threat Will Peak The National Weather Service says showers and thunderstorms will reach New England from Sunday evening, Aug. 30, into Monday, Aug. 31, as a front expands east from the northern Plains and Great Lakes. Additional disturbances moving along the northern edge of a sprawling heat dome could produce several rounds of rain and thunderstorms from Tuesday, Sept. 1, into Wednesday, Sept. 2, a…

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by Joe Lombardi
Breaking News
Man Found Shot Dead Inside Pennsylvania Home: Police Man Found Shot Dead Inside Pennsylvania Home: Police
Man Found Shot Dead Inside Pennsylvania Home: Police A man was found shot dead inside a Pennsylvania home early Saturday morning, Aug. 29, police announced. Harrisburg Police were called to the 900 block of North Third Street around 2 a.m. for a report of shots fired and a person struck, according to the department. When officers arrived, they found an adult man dead inside a residence, police said. The incident is being investigated as a homicide. Police have not released the victim's identity or details about what led up to the shooting. No arrests had been announced as of Saturday afternoon. Anyone with information is asked to call Harr…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Payouts Set To Start In $115M Privacy Class-Action Settlement: What To Know Payouts Set To Start In $115M Privacy Class-Action Settlement: What To Know
Payouts Set To Start In $115M Privacy Class-Action Settlement: What To Know A long-awaited payout from a major privacy case is about to begin, but only people who filed claims before the deadline can receive money. Payments from Oracle’s $115 million class-action settlement will begin on Monday, Sept. 21, according to the official Oracle Data Privacy Settlement website. The distribution should be completed by Monday, Dec. 7. The appeals process was fully resolved on June 22, clearing the way for payments. The settlement resolves claims that Oracle improperly captured, compiled, and sold people’s online and offline data without their permission. The lawsuit allege…

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by Joe Lombardi
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93-MPH Driver Killed Father, Daughter In Fiery Crash Near Lebanon/Lancaster Line 93-MPH Driver Killed Father, Daughter In Fiery Crash Near Lebanon/Lancaster Line
93-mph Driver Killed Father, Daughter In Fiery Crash Near Lebanon/Lancaster Line A Pennsylvania woman has admitted to causing the fiery head-on crash that killed a father and his daughter in a high-speed crash in Pennsylvania. Beth Fife, 52, of East Earl Township, pleaded guilty before Lancaster County Judge Merrill Spahn on Tuesday, Aug. 19, to two counts each of homicide by vehicle, involuntary manslaughter, and recklessly endangering another person, the Lancaster County District Attorney’s Office announced on Friday, Aug. 28. She also pleaded guilty to three summary traffic offenses. Fife was driving her 2019 Infiniti at 93 mph — 38 mph above the posted speed limit …

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by Jillian Pikora
National Interest
New CDC Map Shows Massive Cyclospora Surge Across 48 States New CDC Map Shows Massive Cyclospora Surge Across 48 States
New CDC Map Shows Massive Cyclospora Surge Across 48 States A foodborne parasite surge that has already sickened thousands of Americans is still growing as health officials investigate several potential sources. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says 17,180 laboratory-confirmed cases of cyclosporiasis acquired in the US have been reported since Friday, May 1.  Cases have now been identified in 48 states and Washington, DC, according to data updated Tuesday, Aug. 25. The only states not reporting cases are Delaware and Hawaii. That compares with 1,180 cases reported during the entire period from May 1 through Aug. 31 of last year. …

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by Joe Lombardi
Weather
4 Tornadoes Ripped Through York, Lancaster Counties In 16 Minutes, NWS Confirms 4 Tornadoes Ripped Through York, Lancaster Counties In 16 Minutes, NWS Confirms
4 Tornadoes Ripped Through York, Lancaster Counties In 16 Minutes, NWS Confirms Four tornadoes — including an EF2 that tore the roof from several school classrooms and a newly confirmed twister — ripped through York and Lancaster counties in just 16 minutes, the National Weather Service announced on Friday, Aug. 28. Additional drone footage led meteorologists to extend the Columbia EF1 tornado’s path to 3.01 miles and identify another short EF0 tornado near Mountville, bringing the total from the Thursday, Aug. 20 storms to four. Together, the tornadoes carved nearly five miles of damage across the two counties, packing winds of up to 120 mph. The strongest tornado to…

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by Jillian Pikora
National Interest
Bret Baier Rebuts Trump After President Slams Fox News Bret Baier Rebuts Trump After President Slams Fox News
Bret Baier Rebuts Trump After President Slams Fox News A Fox News anchor wasted little time answering President Donald Trump after the president took aim at the network and one of its reporters. Bret Baier delivered a point-by-point rebuttal during “Special Report” on Thursday, Aug. 27, minutes after Trump criticized Fox News correspondent Jonathan Hunt in a Truth Social post about the network’s Iran coverage. “Jonathan Hunt of Fox News did a particularly inaccurate report on the Failing Islamic Republic of Iran,"  Trump wrote. "I don’t want to meet, they do. In fact, they are begging to make a deal. Bret Baier should straighten out his fl…

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by Joe Lombardi
National Interest
These Everyday Habits Could Be Relationship Dealbreakers, Survey Finds These Everyday Habits Could Be Relationship Dealbreakers, Survey Finds
These Everyday Habits Could Be Relationship Dealbreakers, Survey Finds A new survey is revealing the relationship habits many Americans say can go too far, with some behaviors falling into a gray area before a breakup ever happens. Talker Research surveyed 2,000 Americans about what counts as cheating in 2026 and found that emotional connections, secret communications, and online activity can be viewed as relationship breaches. The survey, conducted online from July 1 to July 6, 2026, found that 15 percent of Americans who are married or in a relationship admit they have romantic feelings for someone outside their relationship. Gen Z respondents were the most…

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by Joe Lombardi
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Arson Charges For Man Who Torched Himself In Google NYC Building: NYPD Arson Charges For Man Who Torched Himself In Google NYC Building: NYPD
Arson Charges For Man Who Torched Himself In Google NYC Building: Nypd A 63-year-old Brooklyn man has been charged with arson after setting himself on fire in the lobby of a Manhattan building housing Google offices, authorities said. John Butch, of Brooklyn, was charged with arson, criminal mischief, and reckless endangerment following the incident on Friday, Aug. 28, according to the NYPD. Police responded to multiple 911 calls reporting a man who had set himself on fire inside 315 Hudson St. in Hudson Square just before 3 p.m., authorities said. Responding officers found Butch with burns throughout his body, police said. He was taken by EMS to New York-Pre…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Months-Long Hunt Ends With PA Men Captured In Pistol-Whipping, Robbery Months-Long Hunt Ends With PA Men Captured In Pistol-Whipping, Robbery
Months-Long Hunt Ends With PA Men Captured In Pistol-Whipping, Robbery Five men have been arrested months after a Bergen County robbery in which a man was struck over the head with what he believed was a handgun and robbed of cash and other belongings, authorities said. Ajahmir S. Cuttino, 23, of Scranton, PA; Rhyonne S. Jackson, 24, of Passaic; Ajahwan T. Kenner, 26, of West Orange; Antrell Monroe, 24, of Wilkes-Barre, PA; and Jahad K. Watson, 24, of Wilkes-Barre, were arrested following a months-long investigation, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. The robbery happened on Saddle River Road in South Hackensack on Saturday, May 9, Musella said. Polic…

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by Cecilia Levine