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The DEC will now conduct a study of the environmental impacts of proof of work cryptocurrency mining in New York. (Vaughn Golden/WSKG)

New York environmental regulator to conduct cryptocurrency-mining study during 2-year moratorium

The new law stems from adverse reactions to a crypto-mining operation along Seneca Lake, in the heart of the state’s winemaking region.

FORT WORTH, TX - FEBRUARY 28: Stewart Rhodes, founder of Oath Keepers, told The Washington Post via Getty Images, February 28, 2021 in Fort Worth, Texas, that the government is trying to inflate the rogue actions of a few members into an alleged conspiracy committed by the organization on Jan. 6, 2021. (Photo by Aaron C. Davis/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes convicted of seditious conspiracy in Jan. 6 trial

A federal jury found the Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes and one other defendant guilty of seditious conspiracy in connection with the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

Strong thunderstorms and tornadoes are moving through parts of the South

Weather forecasters are warning of the potential for strong thunderstorms and tornadoes across a wide swath of the South Wednesday, including across Mississippi, Georgia and the Florida Panhandle.

New York advocates applaud first crypto-mining moratorium in U.S.

Environmental advocates are praising Gov. Kathy Hochul's signing of legislation late last week, which puts a two-year pause on new and renewed air permits for possible fuel power plants that house cryptocurrency mining.

A sign at Twitter headquarters is shown in San Francisco, Friday, Nov. 18, 2022. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

Twitter will no longer enforce its COVID misinformation policy

Public health experts and social media researchers are concerned that the change could have serious consequences if it discourages vaccination and other efforts to combat the still-spreading virus.

FILE - A woman, center, leaves to the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office at Ulsan Jungbu police station in Ulsan, South Korea, on Sept. 15, 2022. A South Korean court has approved the extradition of the 42-year-old woman facing murder charges in New Zealand over her possible connection to the bodies of two long-dead children found abandoned in suitcases in August. The Seoul High Court said Friday, Nov. 11, its decision came after the unidentified woman agreed to be sent back to New Zealand. (Bae Byung-soo/Newsis via AP, File)

The bodies-in-suitcase suspect appears in a New Zealand court

A woman who was extradited from South Korea this week after the bodies of her two children were found in abandoned suitcases made her first court appearance in New Zealand on Wednesday.

An Oklahoma country singer was married on Saturday, and died a few hours later

Jake Flint married his wife Brenda on Saturday and died in his sleep a few hours later on Sunday morning, according to news reports.

Chinese President Jiang Zemin sings a selection from "Beijing Opera" during a dinner hosted by the Chinese community of Los Angeles 02 November at a Los Angeles hotel. Jiang concluded a eight-day visit to the US with meetings with business and political leaders in Los Angeles. AFP PHOTO Hector MATA (Photo by HECTOR MATA / AFP) (Photo by HECTOR MATA/AFP via Getty Images)

China's ex-leader Jiang Zemin, an influential reformer, has died at 96

Jiang Zemin rose to power in the aftermath of the Tiananmen Square protests and leaves a legacy of economic reforms — but also tight political control.

This illustration made available by the National Institute on Aging/National Institutes of Health depicts cells in an Alzheimer’s affected brain, with abnormal levels of the beta-amyloid protein clumping together to form plaques, brown, that collect between neurons and disrupt cell function. Abnormal collections of the tau protein accumulate and form tangles, blue, within neurons, harming synaptic communication between nerve cells. An experimental Alzheimer’s drug modestly slowed the brain disease’s inevitable worsening, researchers reported Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2022 - and the next question is how much difference that might make in people’s lives. Japanese drugmaker Eisai and its U.S. partner Biogen had announced earlier this fall that the drug lecanemab appeared to work, a badly needed bright spot after repeated disappointments in the quest for better Alzheimer’s treatments. (National Institute on Aging, NIH via AP)

Study: Alzheimer's drug shows modest success slowing declines in memory, thinking

In a large study, the experimental Alzheimer's drug lecanemab reduced the rate of cognitive decline by 27 percent in people in the early stages of the disease.

Community members, including Walmart employees, gather for a candlelight vigil at Chesapeake City Park in Chesapeake, Va., Monday, Nov. 28, 2022, for the six people killed at a Walmart in Chesapeake, Va., when a manager opened fire with a handgun before an employee meeting last week. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

A survivor of the Virginia mass shooting files a $50 million lawsuit against Walmart

A Walmart employee who survived last week's mass shooting is suing the company for allegedly continuing to employ the shooter — a store supervisor — "who had known propensities for violence."

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