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squeezed by inflation, are being warned well ahead of winter to take steps to keep their home heating costs down this year. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration expects a slightly colder winter this year than last year, meaning heating fuel prices will likely rise as Americans use more energy.Recently, the U.S. Energy Information Administration forecasted that many households across the U.S.

History shows us that the greatest minds, Albert Einstein, Thomas Edison, Oprah Winfrey, Michael Jordan, Walt Disney, Stephen King, and countless others, faced failure early on. Yet, instead of seeing failure as the end, they treated it as a comma in their story, not a full stop.Where unsuccessful entrepreneurs complain about their circumstances and lack of resources, successful ones focus on ideas. They refuse to invent excuses.

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

PHILADELPHIA - Philadelphia police officials say two separate schools within the School District of Philadelphia were placed on lockdown Wednesday afternoon, due to issues with firearms.According to authorities, Richard Allen Charter School, in Southwest Philadelphia, was placed on a lockdown around 12:30 Wednesday afternoon, after a 14-year-old student brought a firearm into the building.The weapon was found and the student was arrested, while K-9 was brought to sweep the building. The lockdown was lifted at 1:45.

WOODBRIDGE, N.J. - A bus overturned and crashed on the New Jersey Turnpike in Middlesex County on Tuesday evening, leaving at least one person dead and several people hurt, police said.Just before 7 p.m., state troopers responded to the crash, which happened on the entrance ramp to the Thomas Edison Service Area in Woodbridge, according to the New Jersey State Police."Outer roadway and service area ramp are closed for the investigation," police tweeted.A bus overturned on the entrance ramp to the Thomas Edison Service Area on the New Jersey Turnpike in Woodbridge, N.J., on Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2022.

NEW YORK - What began as a normal Sunday night in Times Square turned into mass chaos after a manhole explosion and fire sent hundreds of people running.A loud bang was heard around 7 p.m., and video posted to social media showed people panicking and running down the street.Con Edison confirmed that one manhole exploded in the Times Square area due to cable failure and that a second manhole was smoking. The area around West 43rd Street & 7th Avenue was closed off as the FDNY worked to deal with three manhole fires.Get breaking news alerts in the free FOX5NY News app | Sign up for FOX 5 email newslettersFirefighters also found one property on West 43rd Street with elevated carbon monoxide levels and aired out the lower levels of the building. Despite the shock, no one was reportedly injured and no property was damaged. AdvertisementWhat began as a normal Sunday night at the crossroads of the world turned into mass chaos when a manhole exploded.

SAN JOSE, Calif. - Opening statements were set to begin Tuesday in the federal fraud trial of former Theranos Chief Operating Officer and ex-boyfriend of the company's founder, Elizabeth Holmes.Sunny Balwani faces 10 counts of fraud and two counts of conspiracy related to his role in the failed blood testing company. Holmes faced the same charges and was convicted in January of three counts of fraud and one count of conspiracy. Her sentencing is scheduled for September after Balwani's trial is complete.While Holmes was the public face of the company that falsely claimed its technology could run a complex array of tests with only a drop of blood, Balwani managed many of the company's day-to-day operations.He oversaw the testing lab and prosecutors say he was instrumental in the decision to secretly use modified third-party analyzers after the company's so-called Edison analyzers proved to be plagued with problems. The ex-lovers were indicted together, but their trials were separated after Holmes' defense team accused Balwani of abusing her and controlling her decisions at the company.Balwani's attorney's have denied he abused Holmes. His trial was set to begin in February but was pushed back as the Omicron variant of the coronavirus surged. Opening statements were again delayed last week when Judge Edward Davila said a juror was exposed to someone with the virus. AdvertisementEvan Sernoffsky is an investigative reporter for KTVU.

PHILADELPHIA - Friends and family gathered Thursday night to remember a 14-year-old boy who was shot and killed in Philadelphia's Feltonville neighborhood on Monday afternoon. Meanwhile, police are still looking into why a group of adults allegedly chased Samir Jefferson and shot him 18 times as he waited for the bus in broad daylight. So far, authorities have charged 20-year-old Qadir Johnson and 21-year-old Kyair Garnett in connection with Jefferson’s murder.

NEW YORK - A house exploded overnight in the Cypress Hills section of Brooklyn sending a massive fireball into the street. A large fire ensued.At least six people were injured after the explosion and fire at 58 Vermont Street, said the FDNY.

FELTONVILLE - The family of another young teen, gunned down on the streets of Philadelphia, is speaking out, while police search for his killers.Desiree Goodson wants her son back."Every time I close my eyes, I see my son. That’s my son, I birthed him.