Frank Mooney
New York State’s governor, Kathy Hochul, said that about 8.2 million families will get checks for up to $400 in inflation refunds. Between October and November, payments will be sent by mail. People who are supposed to get the check don’t have to do anything to get it. Hochul pushed for this scheme, which is … Read more
Due to record-high temperatures, there are a lot of severe thunderstorms happening right now. The threats are also getting stronger, putting big cities from Chicago to Nashville at risk as tornado season peaks across the country. Parts of the central US were hit by severe thunderstorms on Wednesday. Tens of millions of people in the … Read more
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A man from California tried to avoid being caught by jumping into a lake with an underwater scooter. On Thursday, federal officials said he pleaded guilty to fraud, money laundering, and tampering with witnesses in a $35 million investment fraud scheme. According to the prosecutors, Matthew Piercey, 48, of Shasta County, asked … Read more
HERNANDO COUNTY, FLA – The Florida Highway Patrol said that a driver of a Ford Bronco led police on a high-speed chase through two counties before hitting six other cars on Wednesday morning. Troopers said they got a call from the Citrus County Sheriff’s Office after Efton Wanfield Miller, driving a Ford Bronco, ran away … Read more
When dozens of drones flew over Langley Air Force Base in late 2023, it showed that military leaders didn’t think they had the power to shoot down the robotic aircraft over the United States. The COUNTER Act, a new plan from both parties, aims to fix this problem by giving more bases the chance to … Read more
LOS ANGELES — The staff at the Vermilion Valley Resort in California’s eastern Sierra left house doors unlocked when they closed for the winter in case a lost hiker needed a place to stay during one of the many snowstorms that happen in the mountains. The 27-year-old Georgia woman Tiffany Slaton went missing for almost … Read more
Four people, including a high school football coach, were killed in a crash involving two cars in upstate New York. An announcement from the New York State Police said the event took place on May 14 on the Taconic State Parkway near mile marker 9.2 in the Westchester County town of New Castle. Based on … Read more
In the past few years, a lot of very rich people have moved to Florida to find warmer weather and lower taxes. Rich and famous people, like Jeff Bezos and Bethenny Frankel, have moved there because they don’t have to pay state or estate taxes and they can live in the sun. However, the move … Read more
COLUMBIA, SC — The South Carolina Supreme Court said on Wednesday that the state can keep its law against abortions about six weeks after conception. This is because they agreed with the oldest explanation of when a heartbeat begins. Even though the medical language in the 2023 law wasn’t clear, both backers and opponents of … Read more
Late in the afternoon and lightly snowing, four rock climbers were making their way up a steep gully between two peaks in Washington’s North Cascades Range. They chose to turn around and go down the mountain, which is what killed three of them. As they went down, the four people connected their ropes to a … Read more