All for the love of her beloved trees In the quiet of her home in suburban Kotte on a terrace looking out at a tranquil garden where an Atariya bush is in full bloom, spotting the kingfishers and shikras swooping overhead, Sri Lankan ... 06/8/2024 - 4:00 pm | View Link
Will your trees survive a hurricane's winds? What you should know about pruning and more Trees growing in groups blew down less frequently and had less damage than trees growing alone. Trees that were properly pruned had less damage than trees that were unpruned, or improperly pruned. 06/7/2024 - 11:11 pm | View Link
Trees are both beautiful and beneficial It may not be exactly the forest primeval, but on my wooded hillside I have identified approximately thirty different species of native trees, and over the years, the trees have matured so that there ... 06/7/2024 - 1:00 pm | View Link
Allegheny National Forest announces 300 newly planted trees Over 300 new trees were planted in the Allegheny National Forest to help improve wildlife, provide shade and reduce erosion to the soil. The Allegheny National Forest recently announced they completed ... 06/7/2024 - 7:05 am | View Link
Identify trees that pose risks to your home ahead of hurricane season The recent tornadoes and other storms in recent years have wreaked havoc on locales, and in many situations, trees have been a major cause of damage and injury. Broken limbs have pierced roofs, fallen ... 06/6/2024 - 11:05 pm | View Link
Las Vegas — Former President Donald Trump‘s campaign is hiring extra medics, loading up on fans and water bottles and allowing supporters to carry umbrellas to an outdoor rally Sunday in Las Vegas, where temperatures are expected to exceed 100 degrees Fahrenheit (37.8 degrees Celsius).
Trump is returning to Nevada, one of the top battleground states in the November election, for his second rally since he was found guilty in a hush-money scandal.
A suspect who was being held in a California jail on charges connected to a 2022 mass shooting in the state capital died in his cell Saturday, according to police and his attorney.
The 29-year-old male inmate died while in custody at the Sacramento County Main Jail around 2:15 a.m., the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement posted on social media.
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The San Francisco Chronicle reported public defender Norman Dawson identified the man as Smiley Martin, his client who was awaiting trial on three felony charges stemming from an April 3, 2022, shooting in Sacramento that killed six people and wounded 12 others, including two of the alleged shooters.
Jail deputies were conducting a cell check and found an unresponsive inmate.
Thunderstorms may develop over the mountains and Interstate 25 corridor from noon to 8 p.m. Sunday with heavy rain, 60 mph wind gusts and hail possible for some storms, according to the National Weather Service.
The Front Range and areas east of the mountains may see showers and thunderstorms today with isolated thunderstorms possible in other portions of the state.
New Delhi — Narendra Modi was sworn in Sunday for a rare third consecutive term as India’s prime minister, relying on his coalition partners after his party failed to win a parliamentary majority in a surprise outcome.
Modi and his Cabinet ministers took the oath of office, administered by President Droupadi Murmu, at India’s presidential palace Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi.
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The 73-year-old popular but polarizing leader is only the second Indian prime minister after Jawaharlal Nehru to retain power for a third five-year term.
His Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party, which won by landslides in 2014 and 2019, failed to secure a majority to govern on its own in the latest national election.
Jackson, Wyo. — A large chunk of a twisting mountain pass road collapsed in Wyoming, authorities said Saturday, leaving a gaping chasm in the highway and severing a well-traveled commuter link between small towns in eastern Idaho and the tourist destination of Jackson.
Aerial photos and drone video of the collapse show the Teton Pass road riven with deep cracks, and a big section of the pavement disappeared altogether.
Bill Ford, the executive chair of Ford Motor Company, partly credits his experience in Silicon Valley with helping him come up with a plan to restore Detroit’s Michigan Central Station. The 111-year-old Beaux-Arts building, designed by the same firm that did New York City’s Grand Central Station, had fallen into disuse after closing in the 1980s, becoming a symbol for the city’s decline—something Ford had long wanted to change.