PHOENIX — Betsy Landin was listed by her parents on the 2020 census as living at her family’s home in Phoenix when she really should have been counted in the college town of Tempe, where she studies finance at Arizona State University.Also missing from Tempe’s tally was Arizona State political science major Betzabel Ayala, whose…
Increasing funding for B.C. Parks should be a priority for political leaders this election after a busy summer exposed the consequences of years of neglect, some outdoor advocates say.Campers at the overflow tenting area at Watersprite Lake, near Squamish, B.C. The area was overcrowded during the summer because day passes were required for nearby Elfin…
This article was created in partnership with the National Geographic Society. In December 2018, Great Britain’s Royal Statistical Society named the core fact in this story—that only about nine percent of all plastic ever made has likely been recycled— its statistic of the year. Mass production of plastics, which began just six decades ago, has…
Rescuers were able to save the kids’ mother.September 2, 2020, 1:17 AM• 5 min readTwo children are missing after an overnight flash flood swept their mother’s car off the road outside Raleigh, North Carolina on Tuesday.Up to 7 inches of rain fell in some parts of the state overnight on Monday, leading to supercharged flooding.First…
After initially telling authorities that he thought he hit a deer, South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg released at statement late Monday night, detailing his role in a fatal accident and revealing that he discovered the victim when he returned to the scene the next day.Ravnsborg, 44, said he was traveling west on U.S. Highway…
There are few people, fewer moments of applause and zero campaign handshakes or hugs, but the in-person events B.C.’s political leaders are holding are still vitally important for getting a read on the priorities of each party. Two of B.C.’s three party leaders were in Maple Ridge on Thursday: NDP Leader John Horgan, centre, and Liberal…
It was a comfortable looking home in a high-risk location, on Stringtown Road in the wooded hills south of Lake Oroville—a brown wood house with a stone chimney and big picture windows facing the forest. The pleasantly cluttered garden had tomato plants, a glass flamingo, and an abalone shell. It was here that a Cal…
After weeks of speculation, B.C. NDP Leader John Horgan has made official the worst-kept secret in the province: British Columbians are heading to the polls. Leader of the B.C. NDP John Horgan, centre, B.C. Liberal Leader Andrew Wilkinson, left, and B.C. Green Party Leader Sonia Furstenau are headed for a snap election on Oct. 24. (CBC)After weeks of speculation,…
Nine members of one family were killed in the Missouri lake tragedy.September 6, 2020, 7:01 PM• 6 min readA federal magistrate judge has recommended that criminal charges be dismissed in a 2018 duck boat sinking during a storm on a Missouri lake that killed 17 people, including nine from the same family.U.S. Magistrate Judge David…
The last stop B.C. NDP Leader John Horgan made during the 2017 election campaign was on the Surrey side of the Port Mann Bridge, where he held a sign that said, “End tolls, vote NDP,” while he waved at drivers.B.C. NDP leader John Horgan makes his final stop of the 2017 election campaign on the…