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US gas prices pass $5 a gallon for first time ever as summer demand surges
The average price of regular-grade gasoline has crossed the $5 threshold for the first time ever after spiking 30 cents over the past three weeks to $5.01 per gallon, according to AAA.
Monday marks the 16th consecutive day that fuel prices reached a national record.
While gas prices usually tick up during the period just after Memorial Day, this year’s surge is particularly painful to American consumers as surging demand, low inventory, and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine have created a perfect storm.
The average price jumped 18 cents in the previous week, and was $1.92 higher than this time last year.
Just a month ago, gas was 61 cents cheaper on the average, according to AAA. Last year at this time, gas cost $3.08 per gallon on average.
The previous high was set more than a decade ago. In July 2008, the national average of gasoline was $4.11 per gallon — or around $5.37 in today’s dollars. At the time, oil was trading at more than $133 a barrel.
The price of oil ticked down slightly over the weekend. As of early Monday morning, the US benchmark, West Texas Intermediate, was trading at $118.90 per barrel. Brent Crude, the international benchmark, fell $1.59 to $120.40 per barrel.
As of Monday, gas was well above $4 per gallon in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.
California bears the dubious distinction of being the state with the highest gas prices. Motorists in the Golden State have to pay an average of $6.44 per gallon, AAA reported.
Gasoline prices have been surging since April 2020, when the initial shock of the pandemic drove prices under $1.80 a gallon, according to government figures.
They hit $3 in May 2021 and cruised past $4 this March.
Analysts say there are no quick fixes. It’s a matter of supply and demand, and supply can’t be ramped up overnight.
If anything, the global oil supply will grow tighter as sanctions against Russia take hold. European Union leaders have vowed to ban most Russian oil by the end of this year.
The US has already imposed a ban even as Biden acknowledged it would affect American consumers. He said the ban was necessary so that the US does not subsidize Russia’s war in Ukraine.
“Defending freedom is going to cost,” he declared.
Biden is reportedly planning to travel to Saudi Arabia to meet with its de facto ruler, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, as part of a plan to lobby oil producers to boost output.
The Saudi ruler was previously shunned by the Biden administration for his alleged role in the 2018 killing of a journalist Jama Khashhoggi, a critic of the Riyadh regime who was living in the US at the time of his murder.
With Post wires
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The season finale of Riverdale aired in late July on The CW. Notice we said season finale? Thankfully, the beloved series will return for a seventh season, but, unfortunately, Season 7 will be the final installment of Riverdale.
If you already streamed the current season, make sure to read Alex Zalben’s interview with Riverdale showrunner Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa on Decider. If you’re waiting to binge Season 6 on Netflix, well, you better clear your calendar because all 22 episodes are about to drop on the streamer. What time will the sixth season of Riverdale debut on Netflix? What time does Netflix release shows? Here’s everything you need to know.
WHEN IS THE RIVERDALE SEASON 6 NETFLIX RELEASE DATE?
Riverdale Season 6 premieres Sunday, August 7 on Netflix.
HOW MANY EPISODES ARE IN RIVERDALE SEASON 6?
The sixth season of Riverdale consists of 22 episodes.
WHAT TIME DOES NETFLIX RELEASE NEW SHOWS?
Netflix releases new episodes at 3:00 a.m. ET/12:00 a.m. PT.
WHAT TIME WILL RIVERDALE SEASON 6 BE ON NETFLIX?
Netflix is based out of California, so Riverdale Season 6 will be available to stream at 12:00 a.m. Pacific Standard Time (3:00 a.m. Eastern Standard Time) beginning Sunday, August 7. If the clock strikes 12:00 (or 3:00 a.m. for folks on the East Coast) and you don’t see the new episodes, give it a moment, hit refresh, and then enjoy the show!
WILL THERE BE A SEASON 7 OF RIVERDALE?
Yes! Decider recently covered that very topic.
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Actress Anne Heche, known for her roles in such films as Donnie Brasco, Volcano and I Know What You Did Last Summer, was involved in a fiery car crash in the Mar Vista area of Los Angeles on Friday.
According to TMZ, Heche was driving a blue Mini Cooper and had first crashed into the garage of an apartment complex. Residents of the apartment complex tried to get her out of the vehicle but she backed up and sped off.
Footage of Heche speeding down the streets of her neighborhood had been obtained by TMZ as well as her initial encounter at the apartment complex.
In the first clip, you can hear her car crash towards the end. It has been reported that the actress crashed into someone’s home, causing her vehicle and the house to erupt into flames. Heche suffered severe burns and was resisting being taken away in a stretcher. You can also view footage of this via the TMZ article.
It has not been confirmed whether alcohol has been involved in the incident since her condition prevents doctors from performing any tests to determine if she was driving under the influence. She is currently intubated in the hospital but expected to live.
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Stay CL4SSY, New York!
The state Department of Motor Vehicles nixed 3,752 requests for vanity license plates in the last three years because it deemed them too raunchy, radical or simply ridiculous.
New York’s personalized plates go for $60 initially, and then $31.25 annually for renewal. You can get any plate as long as no one else has it and it’s not offensive.
Odds are a request for a plate that marks a wedding anniversary or shows your allegiance to a team — like METS86 — will pass muster with the DMV gatekeepers.
Vulgarity won’t get you to first base.
So plates with the phrase LFGM — the acronym for Pete Alonso’s “Let’s F–king Go Mets” rallying cry — did not make the cut.
And you won’t see anyone driving around with the custom plates MILFDAD, AS5M4N and WLHUNG.
The DMV also put NICEBUNS, FATFANNY, GOTAPOOP and BENDOVER in the rear-view mirror.
One player unsuccessfully tried to score the plate YESDADDY, to no avail.
The DMV also shot down such dark requests as DEADGIRL, GENOC1DE, S8TAN, DETONATE and MURDERM3.
Getting political is a dead end too — FJOEBIDN, FDTRUMP and CNNLIES were nixed.
LUDEDUDE, NARCO, GOT METH and BLUNT also went up in smoke.
Staten Island attorney Bill Dertinger said his blue 1995 Jaguar SJS was tagged with ESQLTD after his company and his 2014 Porsche had the plate GHOSTGTS because the sleek sportscar was white.
“The plates can make you stand out — which can be a curse or a blessing,” the 54-year-old Dertinger said. “Make sure you don’t cut anybody off.”
There must be a New York Jets fan playing referee at the DMV because a request for the seemingly innocent plate GASE was sidelined. Ex-Jets head coach Adam Gase had an offensive 9-23 win-loss record during his forgettable two-year tenure.
The DMV would not reveal who gives the final yea or nay.
“The DMV reviews all custom license plate requests and works hard to ensure that any combinations that may be considered objectionable are rejected,” said agency spokesman Tim O’Brien.
He said guidelines on what plate combinations are restricted can be found on the DMV website: https://dmv.ny.gov/learn-about-personalized-plates. Approximately 50,000 personalized and custom plates are sold per year, O’Brien said.
Bagged Tags
The state DMV has rejected 3,752 requests for custom license plates in the last three years because it deemed them potentially offensive. Here are some:
YESDADDY
FJOEBIDN
FDTRUMP
GLOCKS
FLYMOFO
BOOBIE
AS5M4N
BUDLIGHT
DEADGIRL
SUM8ITCH
GENOC1DE
S8TAN
CNNLIES
DETONATE
MURDERM3
MILFDAD
WLHUNG
Source: NYS DMV
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