#Omicron surge steals Christmas from NYC stores, restaurants

#Omicron surge steals Christmas from NYC stores, restaurants

“#Omicron surge steals Christmas from NYC stores, restaurants” The surging Omicron variant is emerging as the Grinch who stole Christmas from Big Apple stores and restaurants that were counting on the holiday season to help them rebound from the COVID-19 pandemic. “Over the weekend, we didn’t have as many people in coming as we usually…

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#Dry California tourist town to guests: ‘Please conserve’

#Dry California tourist town to guests: ‘Please conserve’

“#Dry California tourist town to guests: ‘Please conserve’” MENDOCINO, Calif. — Tourists flock by the thousands to the coastal town of Mendocino for its Victorian homes and cliff trails, but visitors this summer are also finding public portable toilets and signs on picket fences pleading: “Severe drought. Please conserve water.” Hotels have closed their lobby…

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#Falling tree branch injures tourists in Central Park

#Falling tree branch injures tourists in Central Park

“#Falling tree branch injures tourists in Central Park” A falling tree branch in Central Park injured two tourists on Thursday. The 57-year-old woman and 62-year-old man from Amarillo, Texas were sitting on a bench in the Great Lawn Playground just after 5 p.m., when the branch snapped and struck them, police said. Both people were…

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#Thousands flee homes as heat wave fuels Greek wildfire

#Thousands flee homes as heat wave fuels Greek wildfire

“#Thousands flee homes as heat wave fuels Greek wildfire” TATOI, Greece — Thousands of people fled their homes north of Athens on Tuesday as a wildfire broke out of the forest and reached residential areas. The hurried evacuations took place just as Greece grappled with its worst heat wave in decades. The blaze sent a…

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