Ciudad Hidalgo, Mexico CNN — The smell of burning wood and plastic hits us as we step out of the van. Smoke from campfires meets the cloud of dirt kicked up by our tires, stinging our eyes and leaving a scratch in our throats. In the near distance, you can hear children splashing and playing…
HENDERSON, Nev. — Well, at least UCLA’s basketball team now knows what it needs to work on. Pretty much everything. What might have been more concerning than the sloppy offense and pliable defense was the lack of fight until the Bruins faced a double-digit deficit against a mid-major opponent. Wasn’t a second consecutive offseason makeover supposed…
Jan, from Kent, was one of the first people in the world to take part in the trials of semaglutide. It is sold as Wegovy for weight-loss and as Ozempic for diabetes, although some people have been buying this version to lose weight. We all know somebody like Jan, who has tried every diet, and…
Volkswagen Group (VW) and Tesla rival Rivian have launched a joint venture, with the German car giant increasing its investment in the partnership. The two companies say the the deal is now worth $5.8bn (£4.55bn) – up from an initial pledge of $5bn by VW. Shares in the US electric vehicle (EV) maker jumped more…
Billionaire hedge fund manager John Paulson withdrew his name for consideration as treasury secretary in a second Trump administration — citing his “complex financial obligations,” according to a report. “Although various media outlets have mentioned me as a candidate for Secretary of the Treasury, my complex financial obligations would prevent me from holding an official…
The next issue of the magazine I edit features heritage businesses in Western New York—the ones that have lasted more than 100 years. Amazingly, two we’re covering are garden centers (and there are more gardening-related companies we couldn’t fit in). I say amazingly because there are built-in problems with maintaining independent gardening businesses in cold…
Did you know that newlyweds on Indonesia’s Java Island practice a centuries-old tradition of Planting trees during the wedding ceremony? The government encourages the ritual as a reforestation project. According to a CNN story, newly married couples must plant 10 trees and if they divorce they must plant 50 trees more.Similarly, Scandinavians traditionally plant an…
Saturday Sessions: Cactus Blossoms perform “Statues” – CBS News Watch CBS News Brothers Jack Torrey and Page Burkum started playing gigs together at local bars in Minnesota, wowing audiences with rich vocal harmonies. The pair recorded their debut album in 2016 and became known as the Cactus Blossoms, touring nationwide and appearing in David Lynch’s…
The Federal Communications Commission passed new rules Thursday that reclassified the Internet as a public utility, and there’s a clear list of winners and losers. The new rules allow the FCC to regulate Internet service providers the same way they regulate telecom companies and prevent them from creating “slow and fast lanes” for web traffic….
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