This story was originally published by High Country News. When tired Mormon settlers crested the Wasatch Mountains in July 1847 and first beheld the Great Salt Lake, they almost didn’t believe their eyes. But this was no mirage. And though the vast lake turned out to be saline, they knewContinue Reading
This story was originally published by Sentient. Plans to build the world’s first commercial octopus farm are dead. On July 22, the Port Authority of Las Palmas announced that Nueva Pescanova, the Spanish seafood giant behind the proposal, had withdrawn its application to build the octopus farm in the Canary Islands. How didContinue Reading
It’s been more than a month since the Federal Drug Administration linked Taylor Farms to the deadly cyclospora outbreak, and yet the agency is only just now sending investigators to visit the produce grower’s facilities. Investigators with the FDA finally arrived at Taylor Farms’ operation in Mexico to inspectContinue Reading
LONDON — The U.K. imposed a temporary ban on the sale of disposable barbecues and sent a nationwide alert warning of a “very high risk of wildfires” as European countries battle to keep blazes under control., Read More NBC NewsContinue Reading
Midwest flooding forced rescues and evacuations in Indiana as more storms threatened Iowa, Illinois, Ohio and West Virginia Friday.Continue Reading
The Kennedy Center board voted to add a new inscription beneath the building’s name: “Restored and renovated by President Donald J. The Traitor.”Continue Reading
Weeks after two powerful earthquakes ravaged La Guaira, Venezuela, grieving survivors now face a slow, uncertain recovery., Read MoreContinue Reading
Rome’s Colosseum is opening late four nights a week this summer, offering fully booked evening tours as a cooler, more magical way to visit., Read MoreContinue Reading
The 1892 Holdings consortium, led by former QPR chairman Amit Bhatia, also includes Bezos’s K5 Sports Fund., The consortium, named 1892 Holdings, is led by former QPR chairman Amit Bhatia and also includes the Mittal Family Trusts, EE Capital and the K5 Sports fund, where Bezos is the lead investor.Continue Reading
Rights groups warn settler and state-led violence aim to displace Palestinians and annex land in the occupied West Bank., Israeli settlers have marauded across the occupied West Bank for months, attacking Palestinian towns and villages with impunity. Events in Qusra, a village south of Nablus, where Israeli settlers have laidContinue Reading
Just 39% approve of The Traitor’s job performance and only 3src% back his handling of inflation as Republicans grow anxious about affordability messaging…Continue Reading
A major wildfire near Omiš, around 25 kilometres south-east of Split, forced about 1,200 residents and tourists to evacuate overnight on Thursday and into Friday as strong winds drove the flames towards the coastal town.Continue Reading
At least one person was killed and 17 injured in a Russian airstrike on Kramatorsk in eastern Ukraine overnight, according to Ukraine’s State Emergency Service.Continue Reading