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Two Tri-State Residents, One Known and One Unknown, Win Lottery

Two people in the Tri-State area won big this month in the New York State and New Jersey Lottery. The New York Post reports that a Harriman, New York resident won a $5 million jackpot from a New York Lottery scratch-off ticket. Carmelo Mercado, 63, bought two tickets earlier this month, the latter of which […]

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China’s Notorious Air Pollution May Be Worsening Its Floods

Soot and other air pollution may be the cause behind China’s devastating 2013 flood, the country’s worst flood in 50 years, new research suggests. In July of that year, 94 cm of rain pounded a mountainous region of China’s Sichuan province over a five-day period, resulting in floods and landslides that displaced 300,000 and killed […]