Climate change, technological leaps, panicked insurers, the shifting sense of responsibility: All are powering the still-nascent, but fast-growing industry of preparing homes for wildfires.
Read more ...Apple picking season? In Colorado, you can pick your own hemp National News
A farm in Montrose, Colo., is showing off its harvest, letting the public take home their own CBD plant. It's like picking your own Christmas tree, with therapeutic side effects.
Read more ...The UAW launches a historic strike against all Big 3 automakers National News
For the first time ever, the UAW launched a strike against all Big 3 automakers at once, starting with three locations in the Midwest.
Read more ...In an effort to make rides safer, Lyft launches Women+ Connect National News
The new opt-in feature lets women and nonbinary drivers prioritize passengers who fit the same description. But it's not a guarantee and is only available in a handful of cities for now.
Read more ...Venice won't be listed as one of the world's most endangered sites National News
UNESCO, the United Nations body that designates and protects World Heritage sites, says it will continue to monitor the famed Italian city's issues, including climate change and over-tourism.
Read more ...Exxon minimized climate change internally after conceding that fossil fuels cause it National News
The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday that as recently as 2016, Exxon executives were privately pushing back on the idea that humans need to cut their use of oil and gas to limit global warming.
Read more ...Death toll soars to 11,300 from flooding in Libyan coastal city of Derna National News
Another 10,100 are reported missing from flooding caused by Mediterranean storm Daniel, the Libyan Red Crescent says.
Read more ...Alex Jones' expenses topped $93,000 in July. Sandy Hook families have yet to be paid National News
Alex Jones' personal spending is frustrating families who are trying to collect on the $1.5 billion in judgments against him for calling the 2012 Sandy Hook elementary school shooting a hoax.
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