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Concerns about heavily mutated strains come as the number of New Yorkers hospitalized for COVID has leaped 64% this month, reaching 1,050 as of Friday. COVID cases per 100,000 population have also spiked 70%, with the average rate over seven days hitting 6.3 cases per 100K on Sunday. Health officials in New York are hunting…

Cubic-foot box was found in a statue’s base earlier this year. Officials believe it was placed in 1829, when R.E. Lee was a prominent cadet at the academy. They had no idea what was in the capsule; high-powered X-rays were inconclusive. The box had been nearly 200 years in the base of a statue to…

Undocumented students in New York have a right to a public education and schools must enroll all kids immediately regardless of whether they can prove residency. That was the strong-worded message — a warning, really — issued Monday by the New York State Attorney General’s Office and the state Education Department. “Our offices write to…

A University of South Carolina student is dead after police said a neighbor fatally shot him over the weekend when the student tried to enter the wrong house on his own street. The Richland County Coroner’s Office identified the male as 20-year-old Nicholas Anthony Donofrio of Connecticut, the Columbia Police Department reported. The shooting happened…

Foot-square box was found in a statue’s base earlier this year. Officials believe it was placed in 1829, when R.E. Lee was a prominent cadet at the academy. They have no idea what is in the capsule; high-powered X-rays have been inconclusive. The box has been nearly 200 years in the base of a statue…

Netflix will cease shipping DVDs in about a month, bringing to an end a service it offered years before it became the streaming giant it is today. The move to phase out its 25-year-old DVD rental service was first announced in April, with Netflix saying that its final discs will be shipped Sept. 29. Last…

Tropical Storm Idalia is forecast to become a major hurricane before it reaches Florida’s Gulf Coast Wednesday, according to the latest advisory from the National Hurricane Center. Idalia is expected to bring flash flooding to areas across the west coast of Florida, the Florida Panhandle and southern Georgia Tuesday into Wednesday, the hurricane center said. As…

The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration issued multiple recalls last week, including nearly 40,000 Hyundai Elantra hybrid electric sedans because of a software error. Volkswagen also recalled more than 2,000 Atlas SUVs for an engine connecting rod issue. Car owners can check USA TODAY’s automotive recall database or search NHTSA’s database for new recalls. The NHTSA website also allows you…

In his more than 30 years as emcee of “The Price is Right,” Bob Barker changed in only one appreciable way: He stopped dyeing his hair in the early 1990s, two decades into the game show’s long and storied run. Nearly everything else about Barker – his tanned and lithe looks, his avuncular ease with…