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Egg prices hit a record high this week in the latest consumer price index. But of course consumers didn’t need a government report to know that eggs have become terribly expensive and hard to find lately. The average price per dozen eggs hit $4.95 but that masks how bad it is in some places. Out in California some consumers are paying $12.99 or more. The main reason egg prices are so high is the ongoing bird flu outbreak that has prompted officials to slaughter nearly 159 million birds since the outbreak began in 2022. The high prices prompted Nevada to approve a law that will let the state suspend its cage-free egg law in the hope of lowering egg prices. But will the plan really work? https://lnkd.in/ggD4PWFF

Scientists have long suspected that Mexican long-nosed bats migrate through southeastern Arizona, but without capturing and measuring the night-flying creatures, proof has been elusive. Researchers say they now have a solution: bat saliva.

The Goodyear Blimp, celebrating its 100th year, will soar 1,500 feet above Daytona International Speedway during the Daytona 500 on Sunday.

After the big race is over, Daytona 500 fans enjoy their night on the Daytona International Speedway infield, wheelbarrow racing, performing karaoke and enjoying each other’s company.

The Trump administration has intensified its sweeping efforts to shrink the size of the federal workforce by ordering agencies to lay off nearly all probationary employees. Here's what to know.

Pope Francis was hospitalized Friday after a weeklong bout of bronchitis worsened and was receiving drug therapy for a respiratory tract infection, the Vatican said. It's the latest setback to the 88-year-old’s pontiff’s health and that forced him to cancel his agenda through Monday.

From a workshop in the west of France, the makers of a two-seater plane say it could be a pioneer in sustainable aviation. The project, Climate Impulse, is designed to fly around the world non-stop and aims to prove the viability of hydrogen-powered flight.

A growing number of prominent companies have scaled back or set aside the diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives that much of corporate America endorsed following the protests that accompanied the Minneapolis police killing of George Floyd, a Black man, in 2020. Read the full story here: https://buff.ly/40VDSvf

https://lnkd.in/evAJeZvZ with Chris Rugaber U.S. retail sales dropped sharply last month, in part because cold weather kept more Americans indoors, denting sales at car dealers and most other stores. Retail sales fell 0.9% in January from the previous month, the Commerce Department said, after two months of healthy gains. It was a much bigger drop than economists expected and the biggest decline in a year. The average temperature in January was the lowest since 1988, according to Pantheon Macroeconomics, and was particularly disruptive in the more temperate South. Devastating fires in Los Angeles may have also impacted spending.