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The National Hurricane Center is monitoring the development of Invest 95E in the Eastern Pacific, and forecasters say it will likely strengthen into a tropical depression or Tropical Storm Flossie this weekend. FOX Weather Meteorologists Stephen Morgan and Marissa Torres have the latest on June 26, 2025.MIAMI – The National Hurricane Center is monitoring an area of disturbed weather over Central America that is expected to briefly move over the Bay of Campeche in the coming days.While the odds of tropical development remain low so far, forecasters expect the area of showers and thunderstorms to bring beneficial rainfall to parts…

Salem, Oregon – Deb Schallert, a retired Portland General Electric cultural and historic resources and environmental compliance manager, has been appointed to the Oregon Cultural Trust Board of Directors by Governor Kate Brown. Her appointment was confirmed by the Oregon Senate in late September. Schallert’s work at PGE focused on hydroelectric and wind projects; her responsibilities included tribal consultation with Northwest tribes. Prior to 1995, Schallert held numerous positions throughout the state for the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department. In 1990, as an OPRD employee, she was the first participant in the year-long Oregon-Toyama sister state employee exchange program, during…

During the first meeting of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s recently downsized vaccine panel, the group voted to stop recommending flu vaccines containing thimerosal, a vaccine preservative. In a lengthy June 24 X post that preceded the meeting, Kennedy, who spent two decades as an antivaccine movement leader, described thimerosal using terms such as “toxic” and said hundreds of studies identify it as a carcinogenic “potent neurotoxin.” He also said there are high doses of mercury in flu shots recommended to pregnant women and children. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on…

by Calculated Risk on 6/26/2025 07:59:00 PM Note: Mortgage rates are from MortgageNewsDaily.com and are for top tier scenarios.Friday:• At 8:30 AM ET: Personal Income and Outlays, May 2024. The consensus is for a 0.4% increase in personal income, and for a 0.3% increase in personal spending. And for the Core PCE price index to increase 0.1%.  PCE prices are expected to be up 2.2% YoY, and core PCE prices up 2.5% YoY.• At 10:00 AM: University of Michigan’s Consumer sentiment index (Final for June).• At 4:30 PM: Federal Reserve Board announces results from its annual bank stress test

Pep Guardiola hailed Rodri’s influence on his return to the Manchester City starting XI after they thrashed Juventus 5-2 at the Club World Cup.City clinched top spot in Group G with a 100 percent record as Jeremy Doku’s ninth-minute opener, an own goal from Pierre Kalulu and goals from Erling Haaland, Phil Foden and Savinho saw them ease to victory in Orlando.Rodri started for the first time since tearing his ACL in September, with the Ballon d’Or winner’s absence for most of 2024-25 seen as a key factor behind a trophyless campaign for City in which they did not confirm…

After trouncing the Lakers in the first round of the NBA Playoffs, Timberwolves superstar Anthony Edwards dapped up LeBron James, who had just five words for him: “Make that next step now.” Minnesota dominated in the series, winning three out of their four dubs by double-digits, and putting the clamps on the Lakers’ offense. In the closest game of the series, Edwards delivered a signature 43-point performance in Game 4. Upon returning to the West Coast, the Timberwolves were still 5.5 point underdogs. In the closeout game, Edwards cooled off, scoring 15 points.nBut it didn’t even matter as Minnesota’s depth…

Thunderstorms took advantage of the heat across much of the nation on Thursday, producing spouts of heavy rainfall and damaging wind gusts from the southern Appalachians through Pennsylvania.WASHINGTON – Strong thunderstorms took advantage of the heat across much of the nation on Thursday, producing spouts of heavy rainfall and damaging wind gusts from the southern Appalachians through Pennsylvania.According to the Storm Prediction Center, atmospheric conditions led to the pulse-type convection, which was more disorganized than in days past.Forecasters did issue a Severe Thunderstorm Watch box for communities such as Washington, D.C. and Philadelphia, where thunderstorms had the highest chance of…

A script for self-reliance, a bit of frontier spirit and some pluck… that’s the scenario for success at Little Theatre on the Bay in North Bend, Oregon. While its name may conjure a quaint small-town arts group, Oregon’s second longest-running theater company boasts recent achievements to rival much larger, professional theaters. All accomplished by a wholly volunteer team and supported by the Oregon Cultural Trust. They’re as independent as the settlers before them, and that’s the spirit that has propelled the Little Theatre on the Bay to its successes today. There was a time in history when the stage went…

As the dust continues to settle after the U.S. airstrikes on Iranian nuclear facilities, which were meant to destroy Tehran’s ability to build nuclear weapons but did not apparently succeed entirely, one question looms above all: What did the United States gain from walking away from the nuclear deal with Iran seven years ago? The Trump administration insists that the strikes, including 14 massive “bunker-buster” bombs dropped on three key installations, completely destroyed Iran’s nuclear program. Yet a preliminary assessment by the U.S. intelligence community concluded that the attacks did little lasting damage to the Iranian facilities and set the…

This month marks 20 years since the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Kelo v. City of New London. This 5-4 ruling upheld the Court’s rational basis deference to legislatures in determining whether economic development (jobs, tax revenue, etc.) satisfies “public use”, even when the government conveys the seized property to other private parties. Although Cellar was pretty controversial at the time, interest in it has naturally waned over the years. Under this diminishing spotlight, governments have gotten ever more creative in the ways they exercise eminent domain. In Richmond, California, for example, the city tried to seize upside down mortgages…