US forest chief calls for a pause on prescribed fire operations
The U.S. Forest Service has been facing much criticism for the prescribed fire in New Mexico that escaped its containment lines and joined with another blaze.
Read more ...Longtime New Yorker writer, editor Roger Angell has died
Writer Roger Angell died Friday of heart failure, according to The New Yorker.
Coronavirus FAQ: I took Paxlovid. I felt better. Then symptoms rebounded. What's up?
The antiviral drug is prescribed to those at risk of severe disease. It's been credited with reducing hospitalizations. But then there's the "Paxlovid rebound."
Read more ...A 911 dispatcher may be fired for allegedly mishandling a Buffalo shooting call
A grocery worker whispered into her phone during a 911 call so she wouldn't draw the shooter's attention. She says the dispatcher yelled at her for whispering. The two ended up disconnected.
Read more ...Rosmarie Trapp, whose family inspired 'The Sound of Music,' dies at age 93
Rosmarie was the first daughter of Austrian naval Capt. Georg von Trapp and Maria von Trapp, and a younger half-sibling to the older von Trapp children portrayed on stage and in the movie.
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