US credit card debt now totals nearly $1 trillion
Adam Gault/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — U.S. consumer credit card debt has jumped to nearly $1 trillion, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York said on Thursday. Credit card balances increased more than $60 billion over the
Difficult growing season in Florida plagues price of orange juice
Yulia Naumenko/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Oranges are synonymous with Florida, but between extreme weather and widespread citrus disease in the sunshine state, the fruit has failed to produce the same yield as years past, sending prices
Passengers in air for 16 hours forced to return to where they started after JFK electrical fire
Angus Mordant/Bloomberg via Getty Images, FILE (NEW YORK) — One of the longest commercial flights in the world did a U-turn over the Pacific Ocean to return to its departure airport over 16 hours later because of
Starbucks Vanilla Frappuccino bottles recalled due to some drinks possibly containing glass
Starbucks/Amazon (NEW YORK) — PepsiCo, which releases bottled Starbucks coffee drinks, has announced a recall for one of its products. Select lots of 13.7-ounce glass bottled Starbucks Frappuccino Vanilla drinks have been voluntarily recalled, a representative for
Ohio train derailment: NTSB chair issues 'plea to those spreading misinformation'
Rebecca Kiger for The Washington Post via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The head of the National Transportation Safety Board said the agency “is working vigorously to understand what caused” the Feb. 3 train derailment in East Palestine,
Tyre Nichols: Former Memphis police officers due in court on murder charges
Scott Olson/Getty Images (MEMPHIS, Tenn.) — Five former Memphis police officers accused of murder in connection to the traffic stop beating of Tyre Nichols are due in court for a bond arraignment Friday morning. The five officers
The surprising health benefits of kindness: Feb 17 is National Random Acts of Kindness Day
Chanin Nont/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Your brain releases feel-good chemicals whenever you are giving, kind, or generous. Engaging in selfless acts not only serves the people around you, but also gives your mind and body a
Turkey earthquake: Two men rescued from rubble 261 hours later, official says
Riza Ozel / dia images via Getty Images (LONDON) — Nearly 11 days after a massive earthquake and powerful aftershocks rocked southeastern Turkey, two men trapped beneath the rubble have been rescued as the odds of finding
Jackson, Mississippi, got $102K in water crisis donations. They’ve yet to spend a penny
Tim Graham/Getty Images (JACKSON, Miss.) — With crisis after crisis plaguing the water infrastructure in Jackson, Mississippi, the city government has, for months, included a message on its website’s water information page explaining where people can send
MSU shooting has 'shattered' the community, top prosecutor says
Wong Chung Ho/Getty Images (EAST LANSING, Mich.) — Mark Totten is a leading federal prosecutor with longstanding ties to Michigan State University — and when he learned this week that the campus was the site of another