Soaring temperatures, high elevation and a slew of other ingredients all collided to create the freak hail storm that hit Guadalajara, experts said on Monday. see also Mexican city of Guadalajara hit with freak hail storm The Mexican city of Guadalajara was hit with a freak… Residents of Mexico’s second-largest city woke up in shock … Continue reading "This is what caused the freak Guadalajara hail storm"

As Democratic candidate after Democratic candidate continues to find things to make “free,” there’s the inevitable question of who will pay for it. Free health care, free college, reparations for African Americans, back taxes for married gay people, canceling student loans — there are few proposals among the Democratic presidential field that don’t involve someone … Continue reading "Broke Gen X to inherit cost of Gen Z’s unrealistic dreams"

A Canadian cartoonist lost his freelance contract with a newspaper after tweeting an illustration that depicted Donald Trump golfing over the bodies of two drowned migrants. Political cartoonist Michael de Adder claimed that he lost the contract due to the Trump image — but the company disputes his assertion. “This is a false narrative which … Continue reading "Cartoonist loses job after depicting Trump golfing over drowned migrants"

A free, new app aims to help New York City subway riders fly through their commutes. Pigeon acts like the popular Waze app, allowing users to navigate routes, view real-time disruptions, receive estimated arrival times, and live updates about the beleaguered subway system. The crowd-sourced app, which can be downloaded from the App store, also … Continue reading "Free crowd-sourced app promises to help New York commuters"

Sen. Kamala Harris’ breakout moment in last Thursday’s Democratic presidential debate when she confronted Joe Biden propelled her to third place behind the former vice president and Sen. Bernie Sanders, a poll released Sunday revealed. In the Morning Consult survey, taken after last Thursday’s debate in Miami, 12 percent of Democratic primary voters said the … Continue reading "Harris now trailing just Biden, Sanders after Dem debates: survey"

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey is proposing toll hikes for people trying to get to Manhattan and to the region’s three airports. By way of excuse, officials glom onto the nation’s infrastructure crisis, citing “half a century of neglect and inaction” on physical assets such as bridges and transit. Yet the … Continue reading "The Port Authority makes you pay more so it doesn’t have to be better"

Here’s one way to celebrate Independence Day that has nothing to do with fireworks or cookouts. Only two complete “fair copies” of the Declaration of Independence still exist — and one is currently on display in the first floor of the New York Public Library’s Gottesman Hall at 476 Fifth Ave. and 42nd Street, where … Continue reading "Rare surviving Declaration of Independence draft on display in NYC"

The city Parks Department works at such a snail’s pace repairing tree-damaged sidewalks that some homeowners have been left waiting more than a decade for them to be fixed, a new comptroller’s report shows. Click Here: Sports Water Bottles Residents with sidewalk damage from tree roots first had to wait an average of 101 days … Continue reading "It takes the city more than a year to fix a sidewalk, audit finds"

Last week we saw bitcoin, the great hope of cryptocurrency, skyrocket to over $13,000. It was in the vicinity of $3,200 as recently as December. Why? Maybe it was Facebook’s new venture into creating its own digital currency, Libra — although, if that were to be successful, how it would offer any type of validation … Continue reading "Bitcoin not built to last, despite recent surge"

The Bread Man is coming to Broadway. After all the maneuvering and all the fretting, the Rangers got their man by signing 27-year-old winger Artemi Panarin to a seven-year, $81.5 million deal at the opening of free agency on Monday. With an annual salary-cap hit just over $11.6 million, Panarin left money on the table … Continue reading "Rangers sign Artemi Panarin as Islanders come up empty"