With new-vehicle prices hovering near record highs and monthly payments consuming a growing share of household budgets, many shoppers are looking for ways to make every car-buying dollar go further. And with ample options for where, when and how to buy, it’s not hard to do. The car experts ...
BANDA, India — Heat at all hours, even in the middle of the night. Long stretches without electricity, meaning some homes can’t even use basic fans. And a constant search for relief, like being hosed down with water or sleeping outside. For many residents of Banda, a town in northern ...
NEW YORK — The sell-off for winners of the artificial-intelligence boom deepened Friday and yanked stock markets lower worldwide. Oil prices, meanwhile, continued to jump because of the war with Iran. The S&P 500 fell 1% to finish its first losing week in the last three and only its third since the end of March. Just a couple days earlier, it had climbed within 0.5% of its all-time high. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 406 points, or 0.8%, and the Nasdaq composite sank 1.4%. Chip stocks and other AI darlings once again were at the center of the shaky trading. They’ve ...
When wildfires burn, smoke can travel long distances and degrade air quality far away, posing risks to those breathing it. Fires burning in one state can make the air worse several states away, and wildfires in Canada can send smoke into U.S. cities. Here’s what to know about taking ...
The Altoona Salvation Army Church, 1813 Sixth Ave., has extended its availability as a cooling center for anyone who needs relief from the heat from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. today, Friday, July 17.
HOLLIDAYSBURG — Blair County commissioners, who on Thursday praised the county’s emergency management staff and responders addressing recent flooding, also expressed relief about the efforts they made earlier this year to replace members of a planning commission allowing the county’s outdated hazardous mitigation plan to lag. Commissioners Chairman Dave Kessling and Amy Webster said Thursday that county residents with flood damage from July 5 and 6 storms are in a position to rely on state and federal resources because the county’s hazardous mitigation plan has been ...
