Month: August 2022

How Major US Stock Indexes Fared Tuesday Aug. 30, 2022

Stocks fell again on Wall Street, posting their third loss in a row as traders worry that high interest rates are here to stay for a while. The S&P 500 fell 1.1 percent Tuesday, bringing its loss in the past three days to 5.1 percent. The Dow Jones Industrial Average and the Nasdaq also fell….


Middletown Native Devotes to Mission of Finding Missing Persons

Over the five years of searching for missing persons on the streets and in the woods, Domingo Ramos has learned to ask more of himself and less of others. Even so, when the recent news of a Port Jervis young woman’s death got more shares on Facebook than the news of her gone missing, it…


Closing Prices for Crude Oil, Gold and Other Commodities (Aug. 30)

Benchmark U.S. crude oil for October delivery fell $5.37 to $91.64 a barrel Tuesday. Brent crude for October delivery fell $5.78 to $99.31 a barrel. Wholesale gasoline for September delivery fell 19 cents to $2.69 a gallon. September heating oil fell 9 cents to $3.82 a gallon. October natural gas fell 30 cents to $9.04…


Sharpening the Ax: Applying Diligence to Your Life

Abraham Lincoln famously said, “If I had six hours to chop down a tree, I’d spend the first four hours sharpening the ax.” As summer dissipates and autumn calls us back to routine, the time is ripe for revisiting our habits, levels of diligence, and the ways in which we plan and prepare for the…


Soft Tomatoes? Turn Them Into This Fast, Fresh, Ultra-Summery Pasta

My children have an arrangement with an area farmer. After the weekly farmers market, he supplies them with surplus produce, which they sell at a roadside stand in front of our house. They split the proceeds 50/50, with the farmer getting half, and the boys dividing the other. What’s in it for me, you ask?…


US Heading Toward China’s Cultural Revolution, Warns Asian-American Coalition for Education President

The United States is dangerously close to repeating China’s Cultural Revolution, according to the Asian-American Coalition for Education president and author Mike Zhao. “The communist playbook, unfortunately, … they used to destroy China during the Cultural Revolution … 50 years ago. Today, the radical left uses the same playbook to destroy America,” Zhao said in a…


Calif. Bill Would Let Gov’t Set Fast Food Wages; Viral TikTok Videos Teach Auto Theft | NTD Business

California’s government wants to control fast-food worker wages. The bill is already headed to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s desk. A car stealing challenge goes viral on TikTok, causing problems for police. Which car brands are most affected? An American advocacy group says there is no climate emergency. It has signed a global declaration calling for a change in…


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California’s government wants to control fast-food worker wages. The bill is already headed to Governor Gavin Newsom’s desk. A car stealing challenge goes viral on TikTok, causing problems for police. Which car brands are most affected? An American advocacy group says there is no climate emergency. It has signed a global declaration calling for a change in…


Lincoln Riley, Caleb Williams Make Debuts for No. 14 USC vs. Rice

No. 14 Southern California officially kicks off the Lincoln Riley era Saturday when it welcomes visiting Rice to Los Angeles for both teams’ 2022 season opener. The Trojans scored perhaps the most surprising coup of the offseason coaching carousel when it hired four-time Big 12 Conference champion Lincoln Riley to replace Clay Helton. Riley led…


A Hot Bath Has Benefits Similar to Exercise

Many cultures swear by the benefits of a hot bath. But only recently has science began to understand how passive heating (as opposed to getting hot and sweaty from exercise) improves health. At Loughborough University we investigated the effect of a hot bath on blood sugar control (an important measure of metabolic fitness) and on…