From 1 to 5, the numbers we use to categorize hurricanes are ingrained in the minds of millions of Americans from Texas to Maine. But the famed 47-year-old Saffir-Simpson hurricane wind scale, which only measures wind speed, may not be the best way to gauge a storm’s ferocity. Last week, powerful Hurricane Florence was downgraded from a Category […]

Maeve Jones worries about plastic, about waste. As a yoga teacher in Whistler, and someone deeply committed to enriching human health, she sees disposable plastic invading every part of her life, alongside troubling stories of plastic’s impact on our environment: choking wildlife, filling landfills, leaching chemicals. “Nobody benefits from receiving something manufactured in a warehouse […]

You can do it all (or at least make it easier to do everything you enjoy) with these smart tips from a successful entrepreneur. Balancing your life is like one of those acrobatic acts where people are standing on top of one another balancing themselves — each person represents an important part of your life. […]

Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) and its Chief Executive Elon Musk are under criminal investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice over public statements about taking the electric carmaker private, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday. Tesla did not immediately respond to a request for comment, while DoJ declined to comment. Federal prosecutors opened a fraud investigation, the report […]

A pay-as-you-throw bag-tag rubbish program could be revisited after it was rejected first in 2009 and again in 2015. The Solid Waste Advisory Committee, a group convened every decade to update the county’s Integrated Solid Waste Management Plan, is again recommending a program where people would have to purchase tags or stickers to throw away […]

The drenching rains and massive flooding caused by Florence are expected to inflict a high financial toll on homeowners in North Carolina and other states, as only a small percentage are covered by flood insurance that could help offset the costs of rebuilding their damaged homes. An estimated quarter of a million homes in North Carolina are projected […]

Although the torrential rain from Florence may be coming to an end in the Carolinas, the slow-motion disaster of river flooding will continue to wreak havoc across the region for days – or potentially weeks. It may take up to two weeks for all of the runoff from the storm, which has killed at least 32 people, […]

The practice, which is a violation of the company’s policy, is particularly strong in China, according to The Wall Street Journal. Amazon said on Monday it was investigating suspected internal leaks of confidential information by its employees for bribes to remove fake reviews and other seller scams from its website. Amazon employees are offering internal […]

North Carolina confronted a spiraling statewide crisis on Sunday as Tropical Depression Florence slowly ravaged the region, flooding cities, endangering communities from the coastline to the rugged mountains, and requiring well more than 1,000 rescues. Sunday, it seemed, was when the storm system that had stalked the South for days — first as a hurricane, […]

All Red Cross-supported County emergency evacuation shelters have been closed. In the coming days, Red Cross volunteers will be assessing damages in the hardest hit areas on Maui and Oʻahu and providing emergency assistance. Below is a list of tips from the Red Cross for Evacuees Returning to their homes after a storm: After a […]