A gas tanker caught fire and burst into flames in Spanish Fork, Utah, on Friday, November 28, leading to the closure of of Interstate-15 and US-6 on Friday afternoon. According to local reports quoting the Spainish Fork Police Department, the driver was able to escape the tanker, but suffered severe burns. This video is described as showing the flames at the scene of the accident at Spanish Fork. Credit: Instagram/kayleefoster66
Investors are listening out for a parade of Fed speakers to test a growing confidence that a rate cut is on the way.
The data also showed that 6% of those polled said they were currently using a GLP-1 drug, such as Novo Nordisk's diabetes drug Ozempic or weight-loss treatment Wegovy, or Eli Lilly's obesity drug Zepbound. The poll highlights the growing popularity of the medicines, even as Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk race to increase supply of the treatments, which have faced intermittent shortages over the past year.
A huge solar storm is heading for Earth, supercharging auroras and bringing possible disruptions to satellites and power grids as early as Friday evening, US officials say.Unlike solar flares, which travel at the speed of light and reach Earth in around eight minutes, CMEs travel at a relatively more sedate pace, with officials putting the current average at 800 kilometers (500 miles) per second.
At least 50 people, mainly women and children, were killed Friday in flash flooding that ripped through Afghanistan's Baghlan province, in the north of the country, a local official told AFP. "So far, the number of dead is 50 as per the hospital authorities of Baghlan-e-Markazi district of Baghlan province," said Hedayatullah Hamdard, the head of the provincial natural disaster management department, adding the toll could rise.Since mid-April, flash flooding and other floods have left about 100
Mental health challenges continue to plague Asian Americans even after the pandemic, with Asian Americans least likely to receive mental health care.
The United States on Friday announced a new $400 million military aid package for Kyiv as Russia launched a ground offensive that has sparked heavy fighting in northeast Ukraine.The package was announced on the same day that Russia upped the pressure on Kyiv with a ground offensive into Ukraine's Kharkiv region, which President Volodymyr Zelensky said sparked a "fierce battle."
About 700 workers walked off the job at a hotel-casino near the Las Vegas Strip Friday morning in what union organizers said would be a 48-hour strike after spending months trying to reach a deal for new five-year contract with Virgin Hotels. The Culinary Union Local 226, the largest in Nevada, said the action marked its first strike in 22 years. The union authorized a citywide strike late last year, but it reached agreements with all the major hotel-casinos on the Strip covering about 40,000 workers before the end of the year, and with most downtown and off-Strip properties in early February covering another 10,000 workers.
When Rosemary Ketchum gets introduced as the first openly transgender person to win elective office in West Virginia, there's often a shocked look that comes across people's faces. Ketchum, 29, is one of them. Growing up, she said she saw businesses shutter, and people struggle to find housing and mental health support amid the opioid epidemic.
Americans could be treated to a show of the northern lights this weekend from a powerful geomagnetic storm heading toward Earth.
WASHINGTON — The president was livid. He had just been shown pictures of civilians killed by Israeli shelling, including a small baby with an arm blown off. He ordered aides to get the Israeli prime minister on the phone and then dressed him down sharply. The president was Ronald Reagan, the year was 1982, and the battlefield was Lebanon, where Israelis were attacking Palestinian fighters. The conversation Reagan had with Prime Minister Menachem Begin that day, Aug. 12, would be one of the few t
Novavax stock popped Friday on news of a licensing deal and minority stake from Big Pharma player Sanofi.
If your heart takes a nosedive while flying—especially recently—you’re not alone.
A severe solar storm may supercharge the northern lights from Friday through the weekend, with a chance to see auroras as far south in the U.S. as Alabama.
NEW YORK — Inside a subway station in lower Manhattan, a group of police officers slowly followed a disheveled man in a soiled gray sweatshirt who was stammering and thrashing his arms wildly. “Please, leave me alone,” he shouted. He thumped his chest with an open palm and then, growing exasperated, sat down on a staircase. “What did I do wrong?” Mucus had crusted in his beard. A pair of stained pants hung off his slender frame. Sign up for The Morning newsletter from the New York Times “Come on
A court in Romania’s capital on Friday extended geographical restrictions against an online influencer who is awaiting trial on charges of human trafficking, rape and forming a criminal gang to sexually exploit women. The Bucharest Tribunal extended by 60 days the restrictions stipulating Andrew Tate, 37, may not leave the country. Tate had requested that he be able to leave Romania provided he stayed within Europe’s ID-check-free Schengen zone, which Romania partially joined in March.
Most of Joe Biden's clean energy tax credits are now law and are unlikely to be reversed by Donald Trump if he wins November's presidential election, a senior administration official said Friday. But speaking in Washington on Friday, White House national economic advisor Lael Brainard said that even if Trump succeeds in replacing Biden as president, he will struggle to reverse some of the most crucial elements of the IRA. "The Inflation Reduction Act clean energy tax credits are the law of the
An Illinois man was arrested and charged with a hate crime after he allegedly shot his neighbor several times in what authorities say is a racially motivated incident.
In a tweet on X early Friday morning, Musk addressed concerns many have had over his recent move to shrink down Tesla’s Supercharger team.
Solar flares could cause the northern lights to be visible this weekend across the U.S. When might they appear and what time is best for viewing them?
A three-judge panel of the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia has upheld Steve Bannon’s conviction on two counts of contempt of Congress.
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