TAMPA, Fla. – A layer of Saharan dust working its way toward the Gulf of Mexico is keeping things quiet in the tropics. FOX 13 Meteorologist Valerie Mills says Saharan dust is currently moving off the coast of Africa. It will move west toward the Atlantic, Caribbean, and Gulf of Mexico by the end of […]
Protesters hold a banner that reads “Against the far-right: Popular Front” in Toulouse, France, on June 15, 2024. Credit – Alain Pitton—NurPhoto/Getty Images When French voters delivered Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally party an overwhelming victory in this month’s European Parliament elections, President Emmanuel Macron took a risky and unexpected gamble. He called a […]
Extreme heat continues to grip the United States, with high temperatures expected to creep into the South and Southeast this week. Heat index values may be higher than 110 degrees in some places, according to the National Weather Service. But while nights used to provide a welcome break from the heat, that’s often no longer […]
Wall Street is bracing for a triple witching, which could cause market volatility. Yahoo Finance’s Julie Hyman joins Wealth! to explain the term and what it could mean for your portfolio. Triple witching is the expiration of different types of contracts, such as stock options, stock index futures, and stock index options contracts. This occurs […]
The Coastal Advisory Committee just issued a warning. Let’s hope the decision-makers are paying attention. The warning is that coastline resiliency can’t be achieved without at least some hardening – the use of rocks and concrete to protect against violent coastal storms, particularly over an extended period of time. Hardening can’t just be summarily dismissed. […]
Bukayo Saka insists England’s wealth of attacking options means “everything is possible” at Euro 2024. Gareth Southgate’s side will qualify for the last 16 if they beat Denmark in Frankfurt on Thursday evening – and can top Group C if Serbia draw with Slovenia earlier in the day. After racing out of the traps in […]
An agreement between Russia and North Korea requires both countries to use all available means to provide immediate military assistance in the event of war, according to North Korean state media. Both North Korea’s Kim Jong Un and Russia’s Vladimir Putin had described the deal, reached at a Pyongyang summit on Wednesday, as a major […]
Fact checked by Nick BlackmerFact checked by Nick Blackmer Key Takeaways A recent study found that a high heart score is linked to a lower biological age. The AHA recently added sleep to its list of essential heart health factors, making it Life’s Essential 8. Tackling just one of Life’s Essential 8 can positively impact […]
Almost exactly a year after Wisconsin entered a period of drought that by some measures was the most severe on record, the state is finally drought-free. The latest map from the U.S. Drought Monitor, released on Thursday, showed no more drought conditions across Wisconsin. A few counties in the far north, the center of the […]
Called highly pathogenic avian influenza, the H5N1 bird flu virus making headlines in Michigan and across the U.S. got its name because it is so well adapted to infecting and killing birds. H5N1 has been circulating in the U.S. since January 2022 and globally since 2021. What has scientists and researchers worried, however, is that […]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Monday that he had disbanded his war Cabinet managing the armed conflict in Gaza and has no plans to replace the coalition. The move comes days after war cabinet minister Benny Gantz quit in protest of Netanyahu’s handling of the war in Gaza and as international pressure has grown […]
TOPEKA (KSNT) – In a 6-3 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a ban that outlawed bump stock firearm attachments nationwide. The ban came from the Department of Justice in the aftermath of a 2017 mass shooting in Las Vegas at a country music festival where the shooter used a semi-automatic rifle modified with […]