The Railbird Music Festival in Lexington is this weekend, and a risk of showers is possible for every evening of the festival, so concertgoers need to prepare accordingly. Saturday afternoon has a 40% chance of rain after 2 p.m. with cloudy weather and wind to follow, according to the National Weather Service. There is an […]
Social Security serves as a crucial source of income for millions of retirees today. And once your career wraps up, you may come to depend on those benefits to a large degree. But Social Security is facing some financial problems that could result in benefit cuts if lawmakers don’t find an effective way to address […]
The Palm Beach Post is inviting the public to a panel discussion on the 2024 hurricane season, which is forecast to be one of the most active on record with many predictions calling for more than 20 named storms. The discussion will discuss guidance on evacuations, power restoration, changes to the highly-watched “cone of probability” as well […]
The defense lawyer minced no words as he addressed a room full of plastic-industry executives. Prepare for a wave of lawsuits with potentially “astronomical” costs. Speaking at a conference this year, the lawyer, Brian Gross, said the coming litigation could “dwarf anything related to asbestos,” one of the most sprawling corporate-liability battles in U.S. history. […]
Miniature flags are planted next to gravesites at Fargo National Cemetery. (Contributed/Fargo National Cemetery/Fort Snelling) Efforts are underway to expand the Fargo National Cemetery, modeling it after the state-run Veterans Cemetery south of Mandan. The Fargo National Cemetery, dedicated in September 2019 on about 5 acres of land northwest of Fargo in Harwood, is about […]
May 25—Clara Maneely worked with intensity. The 11-year old, a fifth grader at Aspen Community School, pushed wheelbarrows of mulch toward empty garden space at Alto Park on Tuesday morning. Then, she grabbed a rake to spread the pile into an even layer. Over the next few seasons, the strip of land, located between the […]
I live on the coast of California, near the Point Reyes National Seashore. In February 2023, we endured an abnormally violent storm with 60 mph wind gusts that brought down a large redwood tree onto two cars parked in my driveway. I was shaken but grateful to be alive. I was also grateful for the […]
At exactly 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, the line of graduates began to move. Slowly, they inched around the edge of the gymnasium, green-clad members of the Tuscarora High School Class of 2024, heading out to bring one phase of their life to an end and begin another. Photos: Tuscarora High School Graduation Once they had gathered […]
May 20—Gov. Janet Mills is creating a commission to help Maine rebuild from a string of winter storms that caused an estimated $90 million in damage and to develop a long-term infrastructure resilience plan to prepare for more climate-driven disasters in the future. “The time is now for immediate steps to strengthen (our) ability to […]
(COLORADO SPRINGS)– It is wildfire season and the Colorado Springs Fire Department and community leaders are hosting town hall meetings to help people prepare. Colorado’s dry atmosphere makes the Pikes Peak region more prone to wildfires, which is why on Tuesday community members learned about wildfire threats and how to prepare their homes, get emergency […]
What makes Sports Illustrated Swimsuit special? The models are keeping it real by eating cheeseburgers and practicing affirmations before posing in their bikinis. That’s thanks to editor MJ Day, who has shifted the annual swimsuit magazine’s mission in recent years to focus on empowerment, featuring people like Martha Stewart, Hunter McGrady and, this year, Gayle […]
After weeks of preparation, crews are scheduled to conduct a controlled demolition on Sunday to break down the largest remaining span of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge in Maryland. The structure came crashing down under the impact of a massive container ship on March 26. The steel span landed on the ship’s bow after […]