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NASA, NOAA and Berkeley Earth all released their assessments of Earth s temperature in 2020 on Thursday. The conclusion: 2020 was nearly tied with 2016 for the warmest year globally on record.NOAA s data shows global temperatures were just 0.04 of a degree Fahre stanley cup nheit below the record high set in 2016 mdash; making it officially the second warmest ever, but so close that it s effectively tied, according to scientists from Berkeley Earth.Headlines like this have become commonplace every January when the major climate monitoring agencies tally the numbers for the year before. Because of human-caused climate change, the last six years have been the warmest six years in the record books, w stanley cup hich date back into the 1800s. Global temperature departures from average in 2020 Berkeley Earth NOAA concludes the United States had its fifth warmest year on record, with all five of the warmest years occurring since 2012. This warmth was boos stanley cup ted by severe heat waves across the Southwest last summer, with much of the southwestern quarter of the nation experiencing its hottest year on record. The U.S. Climate Extremes Index USCEI for 2020 was 80% above average and ranked as seventh highest in the 111-year record due to extreme heat, drought and hurricane activity.Climate change is responsible for billions of dollars in flood costs, study saysAccor Syhi Americans often forced to pay medical bills they don t owe, feds say
NEW YORK mdash;The rapper known as Tekashi 6ix9ine was in federal custody Monday awaiting a Manhattan court appearance on racketeering charges alleging he participated in the July shooting of a bystander in Brooklyn and the gunpoint robbery of his gang s rivals last spring. According to prosecutors, 6ix9ine, 22, could face life in prison if convicted.The Brooklyn-based adidas originals rapper, whose legal name is Daniel Hernandez, was among four people arrested on racketeering and firearms charges, authorities said.An attorney who has previously represented Hernandez did not immediately respond to an email seeking af1 comment Monday. The authorities also arrested three of Hernandez s former associates, Kifano Shotti Jordan, Jensel Ish Butler and Faheem Crippy Walter. It was unclear whether they had defense attorneys.6ix9ine has been one of the most ascendant and controversial names in hip-hop in recent months. His album Day69: Graduation Day wa yeezy s among the top records on iTunes following its February release. He is also known for the multiplatinum hit Fefe with Nicki Minaj, which peaked at No. 3 on the pop charts, and Stoopid, featuring the incarcerated rapper Bobby Shmurda.But 6ix9ine also has had a series of run-ins with law enforcement and has publicly identified himself as a member of a violent New York gang, 9 Trey Bloods.In a superseding indictment unsealed Monday in Manhattan federal court, 6ix9ine was charged in connection with wh |
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