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In California, summer could be on the chopping block.Almost 4,000 campsites across many of California’s 18 national forests could close for part or all of the summer season, according to an internal United States Forest Service spreadsheet viewed by The New York Times on Friday. These potential shutdowns follow a wave of federal government firings and budget freezes last month that have led to staffing shortages and stalled contracts for basic services like pumping toilets.While national forests are sometimes less well-known than national parks, they’re often more accessible, with a wider variety of uses and lower fees to enter and…

The number of wildfires in Japan has declined since a peak in the 1970s. However, there were about 1,300 in 2023, concentrated in the period from February to April when the air dries out and winds pick up. Greg Mullins, a former fire and rescue commissioner for the Australian state of New South Wales, told AFP this fire as well as the recent ones in Los Angeles were “highly unusual” because they took place in the cooler winter months. “In both cases the fires were preceded by hot summers, which increased evaporation and drying of vegetation, followed by large rainfall…

South Korea’s air force says it accidentally dropped eight bombs in the wrong place during a training exercise.South Korea’s air force has said that one of its fighter jets accidentally dropped eight bombs in the wrong place during a training exercise, resulting in civilian injuries. “Eight MK-82 general-purpose bombs were abnormally released from an Air Force KF-16 aircraft, landing outside the designated firing range,” the air force said on Thursday. The incident occurred about 10am (01:00 GMT) in Pocheon, about 25km (16 miles) south of the heavily fortified border with nuclear-armed North Korea. “We deeply regret the unintended release of…

The National Endowment for Democracy, a nonprofit that has had bipartisan support over decades for its work promoting democracy abroad, is suing the U.S. government and cabinet officials for withholding $239 million in congressional appropriations.Members of the group’s board, which includes current and former Republican and Democratic lawmakers, said the organization filed the lawsuit on Wednesday afternoon as a last resort because it had been unable to get the State Department to restart the flow of money.The group is also asking a court to prevent the government from withholding any future funds appropriated by Congress.The group has had to put…

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A shoot and a stump are all what’s been left of what was a 65- foot mature Linden tree in the front yard of Brad and Elayne Rix. A few feet away, there’s another stump of what was a large Horse Chestnut tree.“It’s devastating,” Brad Rix said.Both were  pruned by Fortis BC in the fall of 2023 as branches were perilously close to power lines.“They cut over two-thirds of the Linden,” Rix said.Rix said he had no choice but to finish the job himself and remove the trees completely.“It was horrible to look at,” he said. “The trees don’t even…

Australian tennis legend Fred Stolle has died. He was aged 86.The former world No.1 who went on to be successful broadcaster after his storied tennis career won 17 doubles and mixed doubles Grand Slam titles. He also won the French Open and US Open singles titles in 1965 and 1966 respectively.Born in Sydney’s northern suburbs, Stolle was an icon of Australian tennis.“When we speak about Australia’s golden era and the progression from amateur to professionalism, Stolle’s name is right up there with the best,” Tennis Australia chief executive Craig Tiley said.“A star member of Australia’s Davis Cup team, Fred made…

GLASTONBURY, Conn. — It’s mid-afternoon on a Sunday and, from the front of Dan Hurley’s house, you can turn around and look clear across Connecticut. Over Manchester, over South Windsor, over Enfield, all the way to Massachusetts. Hundreds of miles. In the distance, the horizon line is cut by national parks in Vermont. Hurley once told a recruit that the view reaches all the way to Canada. Dan Hurley says lots of things.This house? It’s up there. For a state that isn’t all that topographically interesting, Minnechaug Mountain, roughly 10 miles east of Hartford, has an elevation of about 700…

President Trump said on Wednesday that he would pause tariffs on cars coming into the United States from Canada and Mexico for one month, after a 25 percent tariff that he placed on America’s closest trading partners a day earlier roiled stock markets and prompted stiff resistance from industry.Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary, read a statement from Mr. Trump on Wednesday saying that White House had spoken with the three largest auto makers, and that a one-month exemption would be given to cars coming in through United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement.“At the request of the companies associated with U.S.M.C.A., the…

President Donald Trump is expected to issue an executive order, possibly Thursday, aimed at abolishing the Department of Education, The Wall Street Journal reported.The newspaper cited several people briefed on the matter and reviewed a draft of the order. It directs newly sworn Education Secretary Linda McMahon to “take all necessary steps to facilitate the closure of the Education Department” based on “the maximum extent appropriate and permitted by law.” DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION CANCELS ANOTHER $350M IN ‘WOKE’ SPENDING FOR CONTRACTS, GRANTS Trump has tapped Linda McMahon to lead the Department of Education. (Reuters)”The experiment of controlling American education through Federal programs…