Walking up the steep, winding track to the Ci’En Pagoda in Taiwan, I could already feel the mid-day sun pinking the back of my neck. Several members of our tour group were ahead of us, red-faced and out-of-breath, staring with dismay at a set of stone stairs disappearing up the hillside among the trees. Although
A backflipping Reece Walsh has helped put Australia within touching distance of their fourth-straight World Cup crown as the Kangaroos dismantled Samoa 44-12 in their semi-final. In their most complete performance of the tournament to date, Kevin Walters’ outfit put an ill-disciplined Samoan side to the sword, running in eight tries at Sydney’s Allianz Stadium
When Druski was announced as a future host of “Saturday Night Live,” it was its most interesting move in quite some time. The sketch-comedy show had tapped its first exclusively digital creator (who hadn’t experienced crossover success, a la Issa Rae or Quinta Brinson) to serve as its master of ceremonies, marking its first major
If your home isn’t in a federally designated flood zone, flooding might seem like someone else’s problem. No one requires you to buy flood insurance, and the map suggests you’re in the clear. But reality may be very different. Mounting evidence reveals that significantly more homes are at risk of flooding than is indicated by
New Zealand voted in a new government as fog choked the capital, Wellington, on Saturday – and the mood was as palpable as the grey weather. “It’s pretty flat,” 21-year-old Imogen Vlutger says. “There’s this kind of apathy and a bit of dread.” “Tired. I think we’re all tired,” Symone, 28, admits. “I didn’t even
Flight nurse Denise Saucier begins loading a stretcher and equipment into a helicopter on the tarmac at LifeFlight of Maine’s Bangor headquarters. It takes only a few minutes for the crew to prepare for takeoff. Elaine Appleton Grant for NPR hide caption toggle caption i Elaine Appleton Grant for NPR Clipboard in hand, pilot Will
