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Fox News anchor Neil Cavuto departs in cost-cutting move

Neil Cavuto, the first anchor hired by Fox News in 1996, is leaving the network, another casualty of cost-cutting in the TV news business. Cavuto, 66, will make his final appearance on the network Thursday on “Your World,” his long-running daily business-oriented program. His current deal is up at the end of the month. Cavuto […]

Science

Massive magnitude 7 earthquake strikes off California coast

A magnitude 7 earthquake hit off the coast of northern California on Thursday (Dec. 5). However, a tsunami warning that had initially been prompted by the earthquake has now been canceledaccording to the U.S. Tsunami Warning System. The earthquake hit at 10:44 a.m. PST (18:44 UTC) at a depth of about 0.4 mile (0.6 kilometers), […]

Science

West Coast bracing for ‘bomb’ cyclone

A likely “bomb cyclone” headed toward California and Oregon will bring high winds and heavy rains to the West Coast Tuesday (Nov. 19) through Thursday (Nov. 21). According to WeatherNationthe storm system is forecasted to go through a rapid pressure drop from over 1,000 millibars of pressure on Monday (Nov. 18) night to less than […]

Science

Community protected by law on coast of Southeast Brazil is threatened by litter tourists leave on beach

Ribeiro (with hat) and a volunteer collecting cigarette butts on Perequê Beach. Each cigarette butt contains thousands of toxic substances. Credit: Italo Braga Castro A study conducted by researchers at the Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP) found high levels of contamination on Perequê Beach in Guarujá, a city on the coast of São Paulo […]

World News

Spain braces for torrential rain as new weather system reaches Med coast

EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock Valencia is still recovering from the first “Dana” weather system at the end of October Two weeks after flash floods caused devastation in eastern Spain, several areas of the country are on alert, with a new weather front expected to bring torrential rain and low temperatures. Eastern and southern Mediterranean areas are again the […]

Science

Japanese sardines astonish scientists by crossing the Pacific to the West Coast

Sardines collected during NOAA Fisheries 2023 Coastal Pelagic Species Survey. Genomic analysis later revealed that the catch contained both Pacific and Japanese sardine. The two species look so similar that they can be distinguished only through their DNA. Credit: Kelsey James/NOAA Fisheries When research scientist Gary Longo first saw the results of his genomic analysis […]

Science

Watch bioluminescent algal blooms trigger electric-blue waves off San Diego coast in stunning new footage

Videographers have captured incredible footage of one of the largest tidal blooms of glowing algae ever recorded in Southern California. The dazzling ocean light show, which appeared off the coast of San Diego, is featured in “San Diego: America’s Wildest City,” an episode from the Emmy and Peabody-winning PBS series “Nature.” The light show was […]