Manlius, N.Y. — The Manlius Town Board on Wednesday approved a one-year moratorium on new data centers and a six-month moratorium on battery storage facilities after a public hearing in which about a dozen residents raised environmental, energy-use and health concerns; the board voted unanimously on the data center ban...
Mooresville, North Carolina, emergency crews responded on Wednesday morning, July 8, 2026, to a toxic chemical spill at the Liburdi Dimetrics and Turbine Services industrial manufacturing plant on Charlotte Highway. The incident released highly toxic chlorine gas inside the facility, triggering a hazardous materials emergency and causing severe breathing difficulties...
U.S. health authorities are investigating a deadly multi-state outbreak of Listeria monocytogenes infections linked to requesón, a traditional Hispanic soft cheese. As of July 9, 2026, at least 12 people in four states have been sickened, including 10 hospitalizations and one death in Maryland. Traceback and laboratory evidence connect the...
Salt Lake City. Forecasters in Salt Lake City warned that a strong ridge of high pressure will bring extreme, record-challenging heat to Utah Friday through the weekend, prompting Extreme Heat Warnings, Red Flag fire warnings, and forecasts of triple-digit temperatures beginning Friday and intensifying Saturday and Sunday. Officials issued advisories...
The US National Weather Service has issued Extreme Heat Watches for large areas of Montana, northern Wyoming, and Utah as a powerful heat dome develops over the western United States. Issued on 8 July 2026, the watches cover conditions expected from Saturday, 11 July, through late Sunday, 12 July, with...
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported on July 8 that measles cases have reached their highest level in 33 years, with 1,288 confirmed infections across 39 states so far in 2026. Authorities have identified 27 outbreaks, accounting for 88% of all cases, and confirmed three deaths. About...
New York – A 37-story office tower at 235 East 42nd Street in Midtown Manhattan, which is being converted into luxury apartments, suffered a significant structural failure on July 7 when two support columns on the 21st and 22nd floors buckled, causing floors between the 21st and 26th levels to...
New York City health officials are investigating a Legionnaires' disease outbreak on the Upper East Side that has grown to 28 confirmed cases across three ZIP codes covering the neighborhoods of Carnegie Hill, Yorkville and Lenox Hill. About 75 percent of patients have required hospitalization, and officials say no deaths...
WARRIOR, Ala. Family, friends and firefighters from across the country gathered Tuesday at HighPoint Community Church to honor Sydney Watson, a 27-year-old Alabama wildland firefighter killed June 27 while battling the Knowles Fire in western Colorado; she was one of three crew members who died during a burnover. Phoenix. Firefighters stood...
Historic flooding in central Texas has killed at least 110 people and left 161 missing after torrential rainfall overwhelmed the Guadalupe River on July 4, authorities said at an afternoon news conference. The river rose more than 26 feet in under an hour, sending powerful floodwaters through homes and summer...
