Dan Peck

2 months ago | wokv.com | Emily Shapiro |Max Golembo |Dan Peck

NEW YORK — A deadly storm wreaked havoc across the eastern half of the U.S., bringing blizzard conditions to the Midwest, tornadoes to the South and torrential rain to the Northeast -- and a new storm is on the move. In the South, they are cleaning up after the wild weather produced up to 428 damaging storm reports from Texas to Maryland, including at least 14 reported tornadoes. Three fatalities were reported in Mississippi, according to state officials.

Jan 29, 2025 | thepulseofnh.com | Dan Peck |Katherine Faulders |Alexander Mallin |Peter Charalambous

(NEW YORK) -- Last year, 2024, was the warmest year on record for the planet, easily breaking the previous record set just a year earlier. Scientists say the unfolding El Niño event superimposed on long-term global warming is a primary driver of this huge spike in global surface temperatures since mid-2023. But the magnitude of the increase shocked many experts, leaving them somewhat puzzled about what else could be behind the remarkable temperature.

Jan 29, 2025 | thepulseofnh.com | Katherine Faulders |Alexander Mallin |Peter Charalambous |Dan Peck

(WASHINGTON) -- The Department of Justice, now under new leadership following Donald Trump's inauguration, has moved to drop its appeal of the classified documents case that once accused Trump of mishandling some of the country's most sensitive secrets. Acting U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida Hayden O’Bryne on Wednesday moved to dismiss the appeal against Trump's former co-defendants in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.

Jan 29, 2025 | thepulseofnh.com | Laura Romero |Peter Charalambous |Soo Kim |Dan Peck

(NEW YORK) -- Private prison company CoreCivic reported in a lobbying disclosure that it donated $500,000 to the Trump-Vance inaugural committee in December, underscoring the close relationship between President Donald Trump and the private prison industry. As ABC News has previously reported, CoreCivic and private prison company GEO Group, both which have both long supported Trump, saw their stock prices immediately spike after Trump's victory in the November election.

Jan 29, 2025 | abcnews.go.com | Dan Peck

The magnitude of a temperature increase in 2024 is puzzling scientists. January 29, 2025, 10:42 AMLast year, 2024, was the warmest year on record for the planet, easily breaking the previous record set just a year earlier. Scientists say the unfolding El Niño event superimposed on long-term global warming is a primary driver of this huge spike in global surface temperatures since mid-2023.