First Look Olive police? Century-old trees chopped by chainsaw-wielding thieves. In the Mediterranean’s olive-growing countries, the extreme weather caused by climate change is taking a toll. Olive oil prices have soared, sparking a rise in thievery, including cutting down century-old trees. Greek farmers have asked for police help. | View caption Hide caption | In…
LAHAINA, Hawaii — Audio of 911 calls from a deadly August wildfire released late Thursday by Maui County authorities reveals a terrifying and chaotic scene as the inferno swept through the historic town of Lahaina and people desperately tried to escape burning homes and flames licking at cars in gridlocked traffic. The 911 calls were released to…
A gunman wearing a bulletproof vest opened fire in an apartment and a hospital in the Dutch port city of Rotterdam on Thursday, killing two people and seriously injuring a 14-year-old girl, police said. The shooting sent patients and medics fleeing the Erasmus Medical Center in downtown Rotterdam, including some who were wheeled out of…
A bill to improve how the federal government tracks wildfire prevention work passed the House in a near-unanimous 406-4 vote Wednesday, a month after the nation’s deadliest wildfire in over 100 years killed at least 115 people in Hawaii. The bill, the Accurately Counting Risk Elimination Solutions (ACRES) Act, was proposed this year after an…
Welcome to The Check-In, our weekend feature focusing on all things travel. Napa’s Be Bubbly is a sparkling surprise When Erin Riley saw there wasn’t a dedicated champagne bar in wine-centric Napa, California, she set out to change this. That was three years ago, and today, her Be Bubbly lounge is a destination for locals and…
Hawaii’s historic wildfires have caused devastation throughout Western Maui, and more than 1,000 people are missing while another 100 have died, per Axios. Because of this, locals have been vocal about restricting tourism, especially while search and rescue operations are underway, encouraging tourists to cancel their trips. However, many Hawaii natives have been against tourism in…
When the Canadian parliament passed the benignly named Online News Act this summer, its goal was to ensure “fair revenue sharing between digital platforms and news outlets,” according to a government summary of the legislation. In effect, the law requires search engines and social media giants to “engage in a bargaining process — and binding arbitration,…
When the Canadian parliament passed the benignly named Online News Act this summer, its goal was to ensure “fair revenue sharing between digital platforms and news outlets,” according to a government summary of the legislation. In effect, the law requires search engines and social media giants to “engage in a bargaining process — and binding arbitration,…