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It is officially colder in New York City than in parts of Antarctica after a weeks-long cold snap reached new lows over the weekend. The Big Apple experienced temperatures of 3F in the early hours of Sunday, with wind chill bringing the real feel to 14 degrees below zero. In contrast, the temperature at McMurdo …
It’s going to feel painfully cold to be outside this weekend in the Northeast, even for a few minutes. Furnaces, space heaters and electric baseboards and cable electric systems will be working overtime to keep up. “The deep freeze is returning to the northeastern United States this weekend,” AccuWeather Chief Meteorologist Jon Porter said. “The …
US East Coast bomb cyclone could bring heaviest snow in decades to North Carolina A storm will rapidly strengthen along the East Coast this weekend, delivering heavy snow from the Carolinas to New England, with blizzard conditions likely in the hardest-hit areas. Coastal flooding is anticipated. A storm will rapidly intensify along the Atlantic Coast …
A bitterly cold Arctic air mass has made its way to the South on Jan. 15, providing the fuel for a small but potent snowstorm across portions of the South and the East over this coming weekend. “A coastal storm will deliver snow to part of the southeastern United States on Sunday Jan. 18 before …
by Michael We live at a time when our society is absolutely teeming with left-wing nuts. The day after Charlie Kirk was assassinated, shots were fired at the University of Massachusetts and at the U.S. Naval Academy. In this hate-filled environment, every school, every church, and every political gathering is a potential target. It wasn’t like this when …
Jim Cramer on Sunday night urged investors to keep a level head, even as U.S. stock futures plunged, extending last week’s tariff-driven sell-off. “I’m not going to panic. I’m not going to say, ‘Get out now.’ I think you have to stay the course here,” Jim said during a special broadcast on CNBC. https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/06/jim-cramer-on-sundays-stock-futures-sell-off-im-not-going-to-panic-.html h/t …
by DAVID HAGGITH I just made my first major economic prediction for 2024 in my latest “Deeper Dive,” available to my paying subscribers, and let me summarize that we’re headed for a “year of chaos.” The article gives the particulars that form near mathematical certainty to the cause, laying out why it will bring what it will bring. We’re …
via reuters: “A slump in U.S. bond yields, after another Federal Reserve official signaled that the central bank’s interest rate-hiking cycle is over, will put Asian markets on a positive footing on Wednesday, despite renewed stress in China’s property sector. Investors in the region also have key Japanese business activity indicators and South Korean current …