The varicella-zoster virus causes both chickenpox and shingles infections. Initially, the virus causes a chickenpox infection. If it reactivates later, shingles can develop. The chickenpox vaccine ...

In November 2025, the federal agency found, residential users in New York state paid average electricity prices of 26.49 cents per kilowatt hour in November 2025. The national rate that month was ...

Republican Rep. Claudia Tenney, whose congressional district stretches across much of Central New York, recently took credit for helping push forward a major semiconductor factory ...

On at least 10 occasions from Jan. 29 to Feb. 8, Trump has offered a version of this statement: "The crime rate now is the lowest it's been since 1900. That's 125 years." One of those occasions was ...

Florida first lady Casey DeSantis, who helps lead the state’s version of the Make America Healthy Again movement, recently said the Healthy Florida First initiative tested popular bread brands, ...

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Freedom cities, which are a type of master-planned community, could involve building a residential community on undeveloped federal land. As a candidate, Trump said he would arrange a "national ...

Trump called Hunter Hess, an Oregonian and member of the U.S. freestyle ski team team, a "real loser" in a Truth Social post. Trump said Hess "says he doesn’t represent his Country in the current ...

Some North Carolina Republicans say that the man accused of killing a woman on a Charlotte commuter train last year was released from prison early as part of a 2021 COVID-era settlement between civil ...

Puerto Rican superstar Bad Bunny ended his historic Super Bowl LX halftime show with a message of unity. "God Bless America," he said as he drew the first predominantly Spanish-la ...

Factory construction remains at a high level compared with recent history, but most of the increase came under Biden, and there are signs that that boom has faded under Trump, particularly when ...