“Easy Travel” is a ten-part series focusing on how to reduce bumps during vacations, anticipate roadblocks and be ready when things aren’t going your way. If you’d like to contribute to our future reporting and share your experience as a source, you can click here to fill out this quick form. When Jon Gieselman started … Read more
Joelle Park Best Western has named former Hilton Worldwide executive Joelle Park as senior vice president and chief marketing officer, effective immediately, the company announced Monday. As senior VP and chief marketing officer, Park will lead the company’s global marketing, brand strategy, and communications, and oversee Best Western’s loyalty programs, the company said in a … Read more
Linguistically, Jèrriais’s closest relative is Norman French, a dialect that dates back to the days when Normandy was still its own independent kingdom, and which incorporates many words from Old Norse, a legacy of the Normans’ own Viking ancestry. Jèrriais shares much in common with the other languages of the Channel Islands, including Guernésiais (Guernsey) … Read more
CNN — Canadian wildfire smoke is bringing unhealthy air across the northern tier of the United States to start the week, triggering air quality alerts for more than a dozen states from Montana to Vermont. Forecasters predicted around 70 million people would see decreased visibility and poor air quality, including residents of Chicago, Detroit, New … Read more
3w ago / 10:21 PM EDT Death Valley hottest in contiguous U.S. today, at 126 degrees The hottest recorded temperature in the U.S. today was 126 degrees in Death Valley in California, according to the National Weather Service. The coldest for the day was 33 degrees in Peter Sinks, Utah. That area is known for … Read more
PHOENIX (AP) — A dangerous 19th straight day of scorching heat in Phoenix set a record for U.S. cities Tuesday, confined many residents to air-conditioned safety and turned the usually vibrant metropolis into a ghost town. The city’s record streak of 110 degrees Fahrenheit (43.3 Celsius) or more stood out even amid sweltering temperatures across … Read more
The National Weather Service says a survey team has determined a tornado touched down in North Brookfield, Massachusetts, late Sunday morning.The EF-0 tornado is estimated to have touched down a little east of the North Brookfield Waste Water Center shortly before 11 a.m. and traveled about 2 miles to the northeast, although it was not … Read more
A train derailed Monday morning in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.Video above: Full news conference. The 40-car freight train derailment sent more than a dozen cars off the tracks in Flourtown around 5 a.m. Homes were evacuated in the Whitemarsh Township area as a precaution.Numerous containers were strewn around the site and a white substance leaked from … Read more
Talk with senior leaders — some of the National Guard’s most passionate advocates — and they’ll tell you something about the Defense Department’s National Guard State Partnership Program that will likely surprise you. It’s not a National Guard program. “This is a Department of Defense program,” said Army Maj. Gen. William Zana, the National Guard … Read more
*A previous version of this story contained video of Jackson Mahomes making his first court appearance Monday. A judge has removed permission of the approval of the video.* This story is originally from May 2023Jackson Mahomes, the younger brother of Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes, was arrested in Johnson County, Kansas, Wednesday morning. The … Read more