Selling the City star and luxury real estate agent Taylor Middleton announced she lost her home and many personal belongings in a “catastrophic” fire that struck her apartment building in TriBeCa. Middleton opened up about the experience in a new interview with Fox Business. “We were fast asleep and our golden retriever, Mac, all of … Read more
Get a whiff of this. Airborne chemicals found in common fossil fuels are interfering with the pollination process, new research shows — to the point where it’s changing the way a flower smells. And while that may have a slight impact on folks who make a habit of stopping to smell the roses, the effect … Read more
The father of an 18-year-old Israeli hostage — one of the youngest captives still in the clutches of Hamas — says he is afraid his daughter is being raped after former kidnap victims refused to answer his difficult questions about her condition. Eli Albag, the father of Liri Albag, who was kidnapped from her bed … Read more
IDF troops uncovered a tunnel system in southern Gaza where about 20 Israeli hostages were held “in harsh and inhumane conditions” — including a five-year-old who drew hopeful pictures while in captivity. Chilling footage uploaded Saturday shows off a vast tunnel spanning more than half a mile below the home of a Hamas commander in … Read more
A Canadian man who touted conspiracy theories claiming forest fires were deliberately set by the government has been convicted of starting 14 fires himself. Pyromaniac Brian Paré, 38, pleaded guilty earlier this week to 13 counts of arson in and one count of arson with disregard for human life. “As his main motivation, [he] claimed … Read more
While spring has the most notorious reputation for severe thunderstorms and destructive tornadoes, a twister can spin up somewhere in the U.S. during any month. But the areas most vulnerable to tornadoes change throughout the year as the jet stream migrates north and south. Applying a statistical analysis to the locations and frequencies of confirmed tornadoes in … Read more
An intense four-alarm fire scorched through a large warehouse in Elizabeth, New Jersey, Friday morning, shooting a column of thick black smoke into the sky. The massive inferno ignited inside an industrial building just southeast of Newark Liberty International Airport just before 5:30 am — with smoke billowing as far as Staten Island, where locals … Read more
Heat waves plagued nearly every corner of the world in 2023, which sent temperatures into record territory. According to preliminary climate data from NOAA and analysis from the Climate Change Institute at the University of Maine, the global temperature anomaly finished higher than 2016’s record of 0.99 degrees Celsius (1.78 degrees Fahrenheit) above average. December’s global observations are still being analyzed, … Read more
Volunteers in England are breathing in pollutants like diesel and cleaning products in the name of science. Thirteen brave souls are taking part in a scientific study at the University of Manchester that requires them to wear masks hooked up to an air chamber that carefully feeds them four different types of pollutants to inhale, … Read more
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear declared a state of emergency Wednesday after a train derailed in Livingston and spilled chemicals that caught on fire, sending plumes of smoke into the air. At least 16 cars of a southbound CSX train were involved in the derailment which happened at about 2:23 p.m. just north of the tiny … Read more