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Electric air taxi services are making progress. (Garrett King / Archer Aviation) When the idea of electric air taxis emerged, Los Angeles was vying to be one of the first cities that would utilize the technology to help people avoid its infamous bumper-to-bumper traffic. Some city transportation officials expected the flying vehicles to be operational … Read more

A ruptured main at an inn sent sewage into the harbor at Morro Bay, shown in April 2019. (Marc Martin / Los Angeles Times) Weekend beachgoers across California were warned to stay out of the water in light of bacterial contamination from sewage spills. A spill in Morro Bay on Sunday dumped 7,600 gallons of … Read more

As California’s climate grows ever more hostile, a Joshua tree rescue plan takes shape When a renewable energy company started razing thousands of Joshua trees this month to make way for a sprawling solar farm, it kicked up a firestorm of outrage among Mojave Desert residents and activists. It was a public display of the … Read more

‘The reddish liquid in the ash urn was originally wine that decayed with time, and it was about 2,000 years old’ The 2,000-year-old white wine has turned reddish with time. Also, it contains human remains.Photo by Journal of Archaeological Science Read the fine print on almost any bottle of wine and you’ll see it “contains … Read more

He crossed the Atlantic solo in a boat he built himself He was 1,300 miles from land, and another storm was barreling in. Wind at 30 knots and climbing. Chop, steep and shallow. Sheets of rain erased the sky. After about a week at sea, Johnson completes the first leg of his journey from Lagos, … Read more

‘We’ve been given opportunities to write entire briefing notes for ministers and premiers and prime ministers,’ Liam Iliffe told attendees at a TC Energy ‘lunch and learn’ session TC Energy’s Calgary headquarters. A company official said many of the claims made by Liam Iliffe in his presentation were either “exaggerated,” “untrue” or “completely unbelievable.”Photo by … Read more

The poll finds only 4% of younger Canadians strongly agreed that the budget ‘will make things fairer’ for their generation, while 16% of respondents said they somewhat agreed A Postmedia-Leger poll finds that 54 per cent of Canadians aged 18 to 39 agreed with the notion that their parents’ generation is “rigging the system for … Read more

The debate between President Biden and former President Donald Trump on CNN Thursday night ought to be more than rehearsed answers and soundbites we’ve heard before. Polls show Americans are alarmed over what many feel is the unraveling of our country when it comes to the economy, uncontrolled immigration, the weakening of once-shared moral values … Read more