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The July 2024 New Moon occurs today, when Earth reaches its furthest point from the Sun, known as aphelion. According to the U.S. Naval Observatory, the new moon will occur on July 5 at 6:57 p.m. Eastern Time (22:57 UTC), and two days later the young moon will pass Mercury in the evening sky. Earth … Read more
Rates of COVID-19 Emergency room patients in Florida have surged in recent weeks, approaching levels seen during the worst days of last winter’s virus surge, according to new figures from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Florida’s weekly average of emergency department patients with COVID-19 has risen to 2.64%, among the highest rates of … Read more
President Biden had a message Friday for Democrats and others who called on him to abandon his re-election bid after last week’s debate: “I’m going to run and I’m going to win again.” In a speech to supporters in the crucial state of Wisconsin on Friday, the president reiterated that he will not be forced … Read more
According to a report, a top JPMorgan Chase executive warned the bank’s 86 million customers that their currently free checking accounts could soon incur fees. Marianne Lake, CEO of consumer and community banking at JPMorgan Chase, blamed Washington regulators, who imposed an $8 cap on late fees for credit cards and a $3 cap on … Read more
After multiple rejections, Apple has approved Fortnite maker Epic Games’ third-party app marketplace to launch in the EU. As now allowed under the EU’s Digital Markets Act (DMA), Epic announced earlier this year that it planned to bring back both its digital storefront and its flagship game, Fortnite, to iOS in Europe. On Friday, however, … Read more
Khloe Kardashian brought the house down at Michael Rubin’s annual White Party in the Hamptons for the Fourth of July. The reality star, who turned 40 on June 27, arrived at the star-studded bash in a white form-fitting dress with a high neckline and sexy cutouts. Her waist-length light brown hair was styled in soft … Read more
This story is an excerpt from Anthony DiComo’s Mets Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to receive it regularly in your inbox. Edwin Diaz will return from a tough suspension on Saturday, bringing the Mets closer back into their bullpen. That in itself is of course a big deal. Perhaps … Read more
NASA’s Goldstone planetary radar system recently detected two near-Earth asteroids, 2024 MK and 2011 UL21, flying past our planet. Perhaps a little alarmingly, one was only discovered 13 days ago before safely bypassing Soilbut scientists at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Southern California assure that it never posed a threat. Still, the images they … Read more
Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto/Getty Images A new study has found that people with type 2 diabetes who are treated with a class of GLP-1 drugs are significantly less likely to be diagnosed with 10 of 13 obesity-associated cancers. CNN — New research shows that GLP-1 drugs such as Ozempic and Wegovy may reduce the risk of certain … Read more
Water broke a levee in a Wisconsin town during severe thunderstorms on Friday, forcing evacuations and closing roads, officials said. A small thunderstorm raged over Manawa and the surrounding area on Friday morning, dropping more than 5 inches (14 centimeters) of snow in about four hours, Kurt Kotenberg, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service … Read more