The Real Purpose Behind the Annual Halloween Festival
Are you brave enough to sleep in the ‘Ghostbusters’ firehouse this Halloween? We’ll tell you when to go and bring you up to speed on everything else you need to know. 1. This isn’t…
The Chicago Bears’ Week 1 Win Over Jacksonville Should Have A Positive Effect on Their Record
Colts Owner Defends Jeff Saturday’s Hire as Coach As you can tell from the list of past coaching changes, NFL teams have a bad habit of making changes mid-season — often in the middle…
California’s drought-fueled fires have been especially damaging to rural communities
California is so hot and dry that not even soaking rain can ease fall fire peril, according to a new study. The recent heat and drought that has baked much of the state into…
The Mara River is a ripe spot for giraffes, hippos, rhinoceros and hyenas
2% of the world’s rarest zebras wiped out in Kenya’s relentless drought MADEN, Kenya (AP) — The rain has come and gone. But the African animals have hardly moved aside in a lush corner…
The White House Is Proposing 100,000 More Troops
As White House Presses for Booster Shots, Americans Are Slow to Get Them On February 14, President Trump announced that he was adding 100,000 more troops to protect Americans from Iran and North Korea….
The Rim Fire is a Big Fire and It’s Going to Be a Cold Day
Weekend storms could be a mixed blessing for crews battling California’s largest wildfire with a record number of homes destroyed by the Rim Fire burning in Ventura and Santa Barbara counties. But they could…
Serena Williams is Breaking Through the Glass Ceiling
How Serena Williams rewrote the playbook for female athletes juggling motherhood and sport By Serena Williams, a seven-time Grand Slam singles champion and the most decorated female athlete in history, is breaking through a…
The Bad News: California’s Farmers Are Not Over
Another California exodus: Dairy cows leave for greener pastures in Texas, Arizona as farms squeezed by drought, heat, and floods (AP) For many farmers, the news has not been pretty. California’s drought isn’t over,…
The economic outlook: The biggest threat to global growth is a Chinese slowdown
First on CNN: Next spring the economy will sink into a 1990-style mild recession, Fitch says, after a long and deep-rooted slowdown. But the economic and financial crisis of 2008 and its aftermath have…
The proposed surf park in the desert near San Bernardino is rejected by the city council
Proposed surf park in California desert is rejected by La Quinta City Council A proposed surf park in the desert near San Bernardino can’t be built because the city council members don’t want to…