A bumper harvest of olives threatens to jolt the olive oil market, prompting the world’s top producer to suppress supplies for the first time ever. On Friday, Spain’s agriculture ministry ordered farmers to hold back 12% of their production until the end of September 2027, requiring them to store supplies on their farms or at
I live in the Hamptons year-round, and my children are growing up in a place often associated with wealth, status, and luxury. They see beautiful homes, boats in the harbor, expensive cars, and designer shops lining the streets. My children have many luxuries surrounding them, but our family is not rich. As a parent, I’m
This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, non-partisan news organization that covers climate, energy and the environment. Sign up for their newsletter here. On a busy election day, the Alabama Public Service Commission requested that Alabama Power voluntarily stop billing customers, effective immediately, for television commercials and other ads it buys to
President Donald Trump says he’s offered UFC CEO Dana White the job of White House press secretary. The offer to the world-famous fight wrangler comes days after a bruising midterm election for Trump’s party, during which the Democrats took control of both houses of Congress and a handful of key governorships. “I am pleased to
The blue tsunami that swept across the country on election day petered out in Florida, where voters continued to elected Republicans to statewide offices and approved a massive cut to their property tax bills. Amendment 3 expands the so-called homestead exemption, shielding more of a home’s assessed value from taxation. It will nearly triple from
With temperatures rising to the 90s in Los Angeles, avoiding the heat wasn’t exactly an option while I was at a relative’s outdoor party in August. So I sat beneath a patio umbrella with a powerful fan nearby, figuring I was protected from the sun and heat. Half an hour later, I felt exhausted, dizzy,
