High gas prices have travelers second guessing summer plans

NEW YORK - Police in Nassau County say they are investigating a possible shark attack.  It happened Thursday afternoon at Jones Beach but the information was not released until Friday.The Nassau County Police Department says a 37-year-old man was swimming at around 1 p.m.

AUSTIN, Texas - A woman that went missing in North Austin last week has been found dead, police say.APD issued a CLEAR Alert for 39-year-old Yolanda Jaimes after responding to the 7000 block of Craybrough Circle for a report of a missing person on Friday, June 24. Jaimes was last seen in that area around 6 a.m.

DETROIT (FOX 2) - Someone carjacked a vehicle while a Detroit mother was inside a gas station paying Thursday night.Jada Hicks left her 10-year-old son, 8-year-old daughter, and baby girl in her locked Jeep as she went into the Citgo near Fenkell and Meyers, a few blocks from her house. While she was inside the gas station, a man broke the Jeep's window with a rock and ordered the children out."He said, ‘Get the baby in the car seat and get out of the car now,’" Hicks said.

surface-to-air missile systems and counter-artillery radars to respond to Russia's heavy reliance on long-range strikes in the war.Russia in recent days has launched dozens of missiles across Ukraine and pinned down Ukrainian forces with continuous fire for sometimes hours at a time. Ukraine's leaders have publicly called on Western allies to quickly send more ammunition and advanced systems that will help them narrow the gap in equipment and manpower.All told, the U.S.

New York City officials, flanked by the White House COVID-19 coordinator, yesterday unveiled the nation's first test-to-treat mobile units, which are designed to speed treatment to vulnerable groups.

Chris Stapleton surfaced at Universal Studios Hollywood this Thursday, over a week after he announced he was postponing some shows because he had COVID-19.The delayed concerts in Salt Lake City and Denver were supposed to take place last weekend, but will now occur this Friday through Sunday.Before his next run of gigs, Chris, 44, was spotted cutting a casual figure as he soaked up the sun at the theme park with a camera slung across his front. Back out:Chris Stapleton surfaced at Universal Studios Hollywood this Thursday, over a week after he announced he was postponing some shows because he had COVID-19The country star announced the show postponements last Tuesday, June 21, announcing that the concerts had been pushed back a week.'To all my friends in Salt Lake City and Denver, I am very sorry to let you all know that I have tested positive for Covid and will be unable to perform this weekend's shows,' he wrote in a message he posted to his Instagram page.

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - While four out of the five major casinos in Atlantic City have come to tentative agreements with their labor unions, the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino remains the last player at the table."We’re fighting for our pay, we are now no longer in the 40’s and I feel like it definitely needs to go up. We need to be able to at least come to work and have gas in our tanks to get to work," said Ashley Coleman, a cocktail server at Hard Rock.She says the pay isn’t enough to support a family.

LAS VEGAS - A sunken boat dating back to World War II is the latest object to emerge from a shrinking reservoir that straddles Nevada and Arizona.The Higgins landing craft that has long been 185 feet (56 meters) below the surface is now nearly halfway out of the water at Lake Mead.The boat lies less than a mile from Lake Mead Marina and Hemingway Harbor.It was used to survey the Colorado River decades ago, sold to the marina and then sunk, according to dive tours company Las Vegas Scuba.LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA, NEVADA - JULY 01: A sunken World War II-Era Higgins landing craft that used to be nearly 200 feet underwater is being revealed near the Lake Mead Marina as the waterline continues to lower on July 01, 2022 in the L (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)Higgins Industries in New Orleans built several thousand landing craft between 1942 and 1945, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported. Around 1,500 "Higgins boats" were deployed at Normandy on June 6, 1944, known as D-Day.The boat is just the latest in a series of objects unearthed by declining water levels in Lake Mead, the largest human-made reservoir in the U.S., held back by the Hoover Dam.

Lance Storz was booked into an eastern Kentucky jail, the Floyd County Sheriff's Office said, following a shootout and hostage standoff with police on June 30, 2022. (Pike County Sheriff's Office)ALLEN, Ky. - Two law enforcement officers were killed and five were injured when a man opened fire on police attempting to serve a warrant at a home in eastern Kentucky Thursday night, authorities said.Police took 49-year-old Lance Storz into custody late Thursday night.An emergency management official was also injured and a police K9 was killed, according to the arrest citation.The responding officers encountered "pure hell" when they arrived on the scene, Floyd County Sheriff John Hunt told reporters Friday afternoon.Floyd County Sheriff's K9 Drago was killed during a shootout with a suspect in eastern Kentucky on June 30, 2022.

NEW YORK - Have you heard the buzz? Mosquito season is here. If you feel like you're swatting away a lot more pests than this time last year, you may not be alone.Rising temperatures and rainfall levels due to climate change are creating the perfect conditions for mosquitos to start reproducing earlier and for longer periods of time. "There is a change in the distribution of rain and not just in the United States but in the entire world," Max Jacobo Moreno-Madriñán of Indiana University's Environmental Health Science Department said.

overturned Roe v. Wade last week.In Florida, a law banning abortions after 15 weeks went into effect Friday, the day after a judge called it a violation of the state constitution and said he would sign an order temporarily blocking the law next week.

LOS ANGELES - Elon Musk said Tesla’s long-awaited AI humanoid robot "Optimus" which has both wowed and terrified consumers, will be officially unveiled in just a few months. Speaking at the Qatar Economic Forum on June 21, Musk said he expects a prototype of the robot to be unveiled at Tesla’s "AI Day" on September 30. The construction of the robot "Optimus," was first announced in August 2021 in which the company boasted the droid would be able to walk at least five miles per hour and even lift 150 pounds. When he first announced the project, Musk said the robot would "eliminate dangerous, repetitive, boring tasks."Elon Musk says the "Tesla Bot" will probably be launched in 2022, claiming the robot would "eliminate dangerous, repetitive, boring tasks." (Source: Tesla) The robot would carry out the work people don't like to do."I hope that we will have an interesting prototype to show people," Musk said, speaking to British journalist John Micklethwait, at the June 21 event. "We have a very talented team at Tesla that I'm working with closely to have a prototype humanoid robot ready by the end of September.

FILE - Electric vehicles at a public charging station. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)With inflation driving gas prices to an all-time high, consumers are flocking to dealerships to get themselves an electric vehicle (EV). The prices may not be as competitive as some of the vehicles running on an internal combustion engine, but it's the great long-term investment many are striving to achieve while, of course, minimizing their carbon footprint.  But are these cars — which manufacturers boast are better for the environment — as green as they seem?  One of the biggest issues that come up when comparing the environmental impacts of EVs versus internal combustion engine vehicles (ICEV) is the battery.  Experts have weighed in on the controversial manufacturing surrounding EV batteries and while many huge automakers such as Chevrolet and Ford are starting to pump out EV models, consumers are still left to wonder: Do the environmental impacts outweigh the potential long-term benefits of moving towards an EV-dominated world? Let’s look at some of the myths surrounding EV batteries.  There isn’t really a clear-cut true-or-false narrative when it comes to answering this question. Most of the current battery chemistry relies on lithium and cobalt.

HARRISBURG - State lawmakers gave their final approval to new restrictions on fireworks Friday but the rules will not be in place as July Fourth weekend fireworks light up Pennsylvania skies.The House voted 163-37 to send the legislation to the desk of Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf, whose spokeswoman said he plans to review it.

ANAHEIM, Calif. - Get ready for an adventure in the Big Easy. A new attraction coming to Disneyland and the Magic Kingdom will transport guests to the magical place of New Orleans. The Disney Company on Friday unveiled plans for Tiana's Bayou Adventure, a new ride based on the hit movie The Princess and the Frog.

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. - California on Thursday became the first state to guarantee free health care for all low-income immigrants living in the country illegally, a move that will provide coverage for an additional 764,000 people at an eventual cost of about $2.7 billion a year.Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a $307.9 billion operating budget that pledges to make all low-income adults eligible for the state’s Medicaid program by 2024 regardless of their immigration status.

FILE - Drone aerial view of winding road and red car in Utah. (Joe Sohm/Visions of America/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)If you are planning to hit the road this summer but are not sure where to go, you might want to consider New York state. That is according to a report from WalletHub, which found the best and worst states for summer road trips in 2022.

Air New Zealand is giving passengers on long flights the chance to kick back and relax in one of their new sleeping pods. (Photo courtesy of Air New Zealand airline from a 2020 test run) (Air New Zealand)Falling asleep aboard a flight can be a hassle given the lack of space on airplanes, but one airline has a new, creative solution to help you enjoy slumber in the air.Air New Zealand is giving passengers on long flights the chance to kick back and relax in one of their new sleeping pods.

COVID-19 vaccination protected people of all body sizes from hospitalization and death—although vaccinated people with a low or high body mass index (BMI) were at greater risk, according to a study of adults in England published yesterday in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology.

Made in Chelsea star was rushed to hospital earlier this week after receiving 'alarming' test results. Her fiance Ryan Libbey revealed he was devastated over the latest health battle. Louise, 32, nearly died twice as she gave birth last year and has been left suffering from PTSD.

James Bye, who will be attending the couple's wedding. The happy couple, who welcomed their daughter into the world last year, has had to postpone their wedding three times already due to Covid related issues. READ MORE: Eagle-eyed fans scratching their heads after noticing Shirley Carter blunderThe couple previously expressed that they planned to wed sooner however, were first forced to cancel the big day due to lockdown restrictions.

DOVER, Del. - A jury returned a mixed verdict Friday in the corruption trial of Delaware State Auditor Kathy McGuiness, acquitting her of felony charges but finding her guilty of three misdemeanors.McGuiness, a Democrat elected in 2018, is the first statewide elected official in Delaware to be prosecuted while in office.As state auditor, McGuiness is responsible for rooting out government fraud, waste and abuse but was indicted last year on five charges, including felony counts of theft and witness intimidation.PREVIOUS: Delaware state auditor indicted on public corruption chargesAfter deliberating for about four hours over two days, jurors acquitted McGuiness of the theft and intimidation charges. They found her guilty of the three lesser charges — conflict of interest, official misconduct and structuring a contract to avoid a procurement rule.Prosecutors argued McGuiness abused her position in hiring her daughter, structuring payments under a consulting contract to avoid accounting scrutiny, and intimidating employees who were cooperating with investigators.The defense argued McGuiness was the target of an incompetent and biased investigation spurred by complaints from disgruntled employees as she tried to make changes in her office following her predecessor’s 30-year tenure.The jury verdict followed a two-week trial that featured about two dozen witnesses and hundreds of exhibits including emails, text messages, payroll records and accounting spreadsheets.Prosecutor Mark Denney told jurors that McGuiness "used and abused" her position to hire her daughter and give her special privileges unavailable to other part-time workers.

FILE IMAGE - North Korean defectors, now living in South Korea, prepare to release balloons carrying propaganda leaflets denouncing North Korea's nuclear test, near the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) on Oct. 10, 2014, in Paju, South Korea.

ATLANTA - The former agent of Los Angeles Dodgers star Freddie Freeman says the Atlanta Braves are presenting a "false narrative" about the first baseman’s parting in March."I will not stand by as the circumstances surrounding Freddie Freeman’s departure from Atlanta are mischaracterized," agent Casey Close of Excel Sports Management said in a statement Thursday.Freeman was in tears and at times could barely speak when talking to reporters in Atlanta last week, his first trip back to the city where he had played his entire career before leaving for the West Coast. He was warmly welcomed by Braves fans.

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Bret Michaels is "working on being back" after he was hospitalized and forced to cancel a Nashville concert at the very last second. "I was truly fired up to get on stage in the music city and perform, but due to an unknown complication & following hospitalization, it was not possible," he tweeted on Friday, July 1. "I send my deepest apologies for being unable to rock the stage tonight!! I'm working on being back 100% very soon & hope you rocked hard with my friends Motley [Crüe]/[Def] Leppard/Joan [Jett & The Blackhearts] and Classless Act!!!"Bret and Poison were set to perform on Thursday night, but the singer quickly fell ill just before set time, TMZ reported.

Louise Thompson has given her 1.4million Instagram followers a health update, saying she had seen a "very reassuring doctor" amidst her mental health battles.The former Made in Chelsea star, 32, and her fiancé Ryan Libbey, 31, welcomed their son Leo-Hunter in November 2021, however due to complications, Louise was left in intensive care for five weeks. After the traumatic experience, Louise was diagnosed with severe anxiety and has been open about her journey with PTSD. She has been candid with her struggles since the traumatic experience, often posting images of herself crying on Instagram, with a recent post saying that she "wanted to die in a big way", when suffering from her lowest points.

NEW JERSEY - A motorcyclist died after he was hit by a car while attempting to cross the NJ turnpike, according to New Jersey State Police. Troopers say 48-year-old Andrew Aaron of Glenolden, Pennsylvania was operating a Harley Davidson southbound on the NJ Turnpike. According to authorities, Aaron lost control of the motorcycle, struck a guardrail and ended up on the left shoulder of the highway. The man ran across both lanes and was struck by a Lexus traveling in the right lane, police say. Authorities say he did not survive the injuries sustained in the crash. NJ State Police say the crash remains under investigation. 

Steph McGovern, 40, has opened up about her health worries on Instagram.The Steph’s Packed Lunch star admitted she was “in agony” as the programme wrapped up for the summer. Steph shared a picture of her face covered in blisters in view of her 97,800 Instagram followers yesterday. “Here’s a pic of me looking rough, let me explain why…” she captioned the post. “We’re coming to the end of this series of Packed Lunch (we’re on a summer break after tomorrow) and whenever I get to the end of a long run I get poorly. “I’ve always had this whatever job I’ve been doing. I bet lots of people are the same.”“This time I have a bad ear infection and blisters in/around my ear/hair/face.

(Photo by Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images) KEATON BEACH, Fla. - A teenage girl was airlifted to a hospital with serious injuries Thursday after she was attacked by a shark while scalloping with her family in Florida, authorities said.According to the Taylor County Sheriff’s Office, deputies responded Thursday afternoon to Keaton Beach in the Big Bend area along the Gulf Coast, where a juvenile had been bitten by a shark near Grassy Island in water about 5 feet deep.It’s unclear what kind of shark bit her, but it was described as approximately 9 feet long. A family member reportedly jumped in the water and "beat the shark" until the girl was freed.The teen was airlifted to a Tallahassee hospital with serious injuries.

Signage warning beachgoers about great white sharks is seen at the entrance to Newcomb Hollow beach in Wellfleet, Massachusetts in Cape Cod. (JOSEPH PREZIOSO/AFP via Getty Images) Researchers are warning beachgoers that they may not be the only ones headed to Cape Cod this summer, as great white sharks are expected there, too.The warm weather in the northern U.S.

PHILADELPHIA - Homicide detectives with the Philadelphia Police Department are investigating a fatal shooting in Frankford. Authorities say the shooting happened Friday morning at 2:58 a.m. Police responded to the 1800 block of Fillmore Street for reports of a shooting, according to the department. MORE LOCAL HEADLINESOfficials say a 27-year-old man was found with a gunshot wound to the head. Authorities say he was pronounced dead on scene at 3:16 a.m. No arrests have been made and the shooting remains under investigation, per authorities. 

pandemic preparedness and enhanced health service delivery. The $1 billion loans are divided into two complementary loans of $500 million each.

cruise ship that involved around 40 to 60 passengers.The U.S. Coast Guard was alerted to the brawl at 4 a.m.

A memorial for Lolomanaia Soakai who died on International Boulevard. June 26, 2022 OAKLAND, Calif. - It was supposed to be a celebratory weekend.Lolomanaia "Lolo" Soakai and his mother had attended the graduation of a fellow church member in Concord after she earned her bachelor's degree.Meanwhile, cousin Ian Finau and members of Toko Harley Rydaz – a Tongan biker club – had finished escorting a reggae artist to her show in Oakland on their motorcycles.As many do in Oakland - especially in this tight-knit Tongan community - both groups and their extended families ended up converging by chance at the popular 54 Burrito Truck on 54th Avenue for a late-night snack. But unbeknownst to the group of friends and family, they were also sharing a meal at the same spot where Oakland police were pursuing a 19-year-old driver, who was allegedly at an illegal sideshow was speeding down International Boulevard at 100 mph on Sunday about 2 a.m. The chase ended badly.The driver in a Nissan 350Z crashed into a row of parked cars and motorcycles belonging to the biker club. "Everybody was there at the wrong time." Cousin Ian FinauOne of those bikes fell on top of the 28-year-old Soakai, killing him, moments after he hugged a cousin goodbye. His mother broke her back.

FILE IMAGE - Customers refuel at a Costco gas station in Concord, California, U.S., on June 22, 2022. Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images Oil prices have dropped this week, leading to an average gas price below $5, a welcome sight for U.S.

DECLAN Donnelly is rolling in the money after he raked in a HUGE £3.7million during the coronavirus pandemic. The TV presenter's new company account show that he now has a £31,271,116 corporate nest egg thanks to all his TV work.

daring terrorist attacks in European history." The surveillance videos were captured in Kremenchuk on Monday just moments after Russian missiles hit the nearby Amstor shopping center. The strike left 18 dead out of the more than 1,000 civilians Zelenskyy said were inside the building at the time. In a dramatic scene captured on the video, a Ukrainian couple lounging under a tree at the park is seen springing to their feet before the shockwave from the explosion sends the male individual tumbling to the ground. A Ukrainian is seen leaping into a pond as debris starts falling from the sky.

U.S. WNBA basketball superstar Brittney Griner arrives at a hearing at the Khimki Court, outside Moscow on June 27, 2022. (Photo by KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP via Getty Images) MOSCOW - American basketball star Brittney Griner appeared in a Moscow-area court for trial Friday, about 4 1/2 months after she was arrested on cannabis possession charges at an airport while traveling to play for a Russian team.Griner was arrested in February at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport.

FILE - American flag is seen on display during the Doo Dah party in Goodale Park on the Fourth of July in Columbus, Ohio, in 2021. (Photo by Stephen Zenner/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) The Fourth of July is an annual federal holiday that celebrates the day the Second Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776.That day, 246 years ago, there were roughly 2.5 million people living in the newly formed nation’s 13 colonies. Now the U.S.

PHILADELPHIA - Investigators with the Philadelphia Police Department say they believe a man was shot by his roommate in Frankford. According to Chief Inspector Scott Small, the incident took place around 1 a.m.

Elmo had a few things to say about that Ted Cruz coronavirus vaccine tweet in a hilarious “Late Show” skit.

More than 400 people have been admitted to Greater Manchester's hospitals with Covid-19 in just one week as the virus continues its latest rise. Health chiefs from the region have warned that coronavirus is now starting a new 'wave', but say that the latest infection rates continue to be an underreporting of the scale of the spread.

PHILADELPHIA - Police are investigating a shootout in Frankford that sent three people to the hospital, including one man who was shot in the head. Just after 10 p.m. on Thursday night, 15th District officers on patrol heard gunshots coming from the intersection of Arrott and Griscom Streets, according to Philadelphia Chief Inspector Scott Small. Officers found a 30-year-old man sitting in the driver's seat of an SUV with a gunshot wound to the head, authorities say. According to Small, the man was rushed to Temple Hospital, where he is in critical condition.

Covid-19 surge.Authorities in the dictatorship regime fear that objects touched south of the border, then carried by the wind, are bringing the virus into their country.In what appears to be an attempt to point the blame at South Korea, North Korea has warned people to be wary of ways that 'climate phenomena' could bring the virus northwards.READ MORE: Kate Middleton was forced to leave Wimbledon's royal box immediately after medical alertThe communist state has ordered its citizens to 'vigilantly deal with alien things coming by wind and other climate phenomena and balloons in the areas along the demarcation line and borders,' the official KCNA news agency said. Although the agency did not directly mention South Korea, North Korean defectors and activists have for decades flown balloons from the South across the heavily fortified border, carrying leaflets and humanitarian aid.

Also Read: Mamata Banerjee questions arrests of Mohammed Zubair, Teesta Setalvad "According to the findings of this study, one out of five households faced some food crisis. The duration of the crisis varied between 4 and 240 days. A majority of these households suffered for about 60 days," the report said.