Climate Change Cost US Ski Industry Billions, Study Says
contact@hellonews.website DENVER — U.S. ski areas lost $5 billion from 2000 to 2019 as a result of human-caused climate change and could lose around $1 billion annually in the 2050s depending…
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Blizzard Closes Roads, Ski Resorts in Sierra Nevadas
TRUCKEE, California — A powerful blizzard that a meteorologist termed “as bad as it gets” howled in the Sierra Nevada mountains, closing a long stretch of Interstate 80 in Northern…
Weather Delays SpaceX Launch Taking US, Russians to ISS
A planned launch on Saturday of a mission to take three American astronauts and a Russian cosmonaut to the International Space Station was scrubbed because of poor weather. SpaceX announced…
Governor Abbott: Texas Wildfires May Have Destroyed Up to 500 Structures
STINNETT, TEXAS — Wildfires may have destroyed as many as 500 structures in the Texas Panhandle, Governor Greg Abbott said Friday, describing how the largest blaze in state history scorched…
Trump Wins Missouri's Republican Caucuses; Haley Still Seeks Win
Donald Trump won Missouri’s Republican caucuses, one of three events Saturday that will award delegates for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination in the United States. The former U.S. president, who…
US Airdrops of Humanitarian Aid Into Gaza Explained
WASHINGTON — The United States on Saturday began airdrops of emergency humanitarian assistance into Gaza. President Joe Biden, who announced the operation Friday, said the U.S. was looking into additional…
Fox News: Civil Contempt Order for Journalist ‘Deeply Chilling’
U.S. television channel Fox News says a court decision holding one of its former journalists in civil contempt should be appealed. A federal court on Thursday held Catherine Herridge in…
Blizzard Forecast to Dump 3 Meters of Snow on California, Nevada Mountains
RENO, NEVADA — At least nine Lake Tahoe ski resorts closed, and visitors to Yosemite National Park were urgently told to leave Friday as California’s most powerful storm of the…
Alaska's Iditarod Dogs Get Neon Visibility Harnesses After Crashes
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The Iditarod, the annual sled dog race celebrating Alaska’s official state sport, is set to get under way Saturday with a new focus on safety after five…
US Lawmakers Demand Probe Into Pakistan Election-Rigging Allegations
Washington — Thirty-one members of the U.S. Congress recently signed a letter to President Joe Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken urging them to not recognize a new government…
Iris Apfel, Fashion Icon Known for Her Eye-Catching Style, Dies at 102
NEW YORK — Iris Apfel, a textile expert, interior designer and fashion celebrity known for her eccentric style, has died. She was 102. Her death was confirmed by her commercial…
US Court Ruling Could Allow Mine on Land Sacred to Apaches
PHOENIX — An Apache group that has fought to protect land it considers sacred from a copper mining project in central Arizona suffered a significant blow Friday when a divided…
VOA Immigration Weekly Recap, Feb. 18-March 2
Editor’s note: Here is a look at immigration-related news around the U.S. this week. Questions? Tips? Comments? Email the VOA immigration team: ImmigrationUnit@voanews.com. Biden, Trump Make Dueling Visits to US-Mexico…
CDC Relaxes COVID Guidelines; Will Schools, Day Cares Follow Suit?
BOSTON — Four years after the COVID-19 pandemic closed schools and upended child care, the CDC says parents can start treating the virus like other respiratory illnesses. Gone are mandated…
Analysts: Doha Agreement 'Flawed' as US, Taliban Accuse One Another of Violating Terms
washington — Four years after the signing of the Doha agreement, the U.S. and Taliban accuse each other of violating its terms, while analysts say that the agreement was “flawed”…