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US will no longer enforce mask mandate on airplanes, trains

April 19, 2022356 Views

The Biden administration will no longer enforce a U.S. mask mandate on public transportation, after a federal judge in Florida on Monday ruled that the 14-month-old directive was unlawful, overturning a key White House effort to reduce the spread of COVID-19. Soon after the announcement, all major carriers including American Airlines, United Airlines and Delta Air Lines, as well as national train line Amtrak relaxed the restrictions effective immediately. Last week, U.S. health officials had extended the mandate to May 3 requiring travelers to wear masks on airplanes, trains, and in taxis, ride-share vehicles or transit hubs, saying they needed time to assess the impact of a recent rise in COVID-19 cases caused by the airborne coronavirus. Masked and unmasked travelers line up at...

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US lifts COVID ‘Do Not Travel’ recommendations on about 90 countries

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April 18, 2022257 Views

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Monday it had dropped its "Do Not Travel" COVID-19 recommendations for about 90 international destinations. FILE PHOTO: Air travellers wearing protective face masks, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, walk at JetBlue Terminal 5 at JFK International airport in New York, U.S., November 16, 2021. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton Last week, the CDC said it was revising its travel recommendations and said it would its reserve Level 4 travel health notices "for special circumstances, such as rapidly escalating case trajectory or extremely high case counts." The countries and others regions dropped to "Level 3: High," which still discourages travel by unvaccinated Americans, include the United Kingdom, France, Israel, Tur...

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Women’s History Month art event honors the eco-feminist artist Mira Lehr

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March 21, 2022770 Views

Featuring all new works by Lehr never exhibited before, on view now through April 20 in Miami In the 1950s in New York, Mira Lehr was a trailblazer in the male-dominated art scene while raising a young family. Now, in her sixth decade of artmaking and at the bold age of 87, Mira Lehr is the subject of an art exhibition honoring Women's History Month at the Kimpton EPIC Hotel Miami that continues through April 20th. She is creating more new work now than ever before, and inspiring new generations. When Lehr moved from New York to Miami in 1961, Lehr was shocked at how women artists were treated so she founded one of the country's first artist collectives for women. It was called Continuum, and it thrived in Miami for 35 years. Lehr's visionary leadership is celebrated as a precursor ...

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U.S. fires four times larger, three times more frequent since 2000

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March 17, 2022704 Views

New analysis confirms a palpable change in fire dynamics already suspected by many Fires have gotten larger, more frequent and more widespread across the United States since 2000, according to a new University of Colorado Boulder-led paper. Recent wildfires have stoked concern that climate change is causing more extreme events, and the work published today in Science Advances shows that large fires have not only become more common, they are also spreading into new areas, impacting land that previously did not burn. “Projected changes in climate, fuel and ignitions suggest that we’ll see more and larger fires in the future. Our analyses show that those changes are already happening,” said Virginia Iglesias, a research scientist with CU Boulder’s Earth Lab and lead author of the paper...

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US travel & tourism recovery projected to exceed pre-pandemic levels in 2022

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February 9, 2022779 Views

WTTC research projects sector’s GDP contributions could reach almost $2 trillion, a 6.2% increase from 2019, with Easter and summer travel bookings helping bolster economic recovery The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC), which represents the global Travel & Tourism sector, has announced announced its latest economic modeling projecting that U.S. Travel & Tourism could rebound strongly this year, reaching almost $2 trillion in U.S. GDP contribution and exceeding pre-pandemic levels by 6.2%. News of the strong recovery follows steady gains in the sector during 2021 and signals the welcome comeback of one of the world’s most important economic drivers after almost two years of upheaval. FILE PHOTO: Air travellers wearing protective face masks, amid the coronavirus di...

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Record snowfall in Northeast US, thousands of flights cancelled

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January 30, 2022882 Views

The northeastern United States was walloped by a fierce winter storm on Saturday that dropped more than two feet (60 cm) of snow on some areas while packing high winds, prompting thousands of flight cancellations and leading governors in Rhode Island and other states to curtail access to the roads. About 1,400 U.S. flights were canceled early on Sunday, with much quieter weather expected on Sunday. Several U.S. states had declared emergencies in response to the storm, which formed in the Atlantic Ocean off the Carolinas and was forecast to continue depositing snow into Sunday morning as it moved north to Maine. Terminal E at Boston Logan International Airport stands mostly empty during a powerful Nor'easter storm in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., January 29, 2022. REUTERS/Nicholas Pfo...

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U.S. bald eagles comeback diminished by lead poisoning from bullets

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January 15, 2022664 Views

Bald eagles have lifted themselves from the brink of extinction in the United States but deaths caused by lead poisoning from ingesting hunters' bullets left in wildlife remains are holding back their population recovery, scientists say. Population increases of the majestic bird recognized as the national symbol of the United States have been suppressed by 6.3 percent for males and 4.2 percent for females, said the study by researchers at the Department of Public and Ecosystem Health at Cornell University, published in the Journal of Wildlife Management this week. "Mortalities from the ingestion of (lead) reduced the long-term growth rate and resiliency of bald eagles in the northeast United States over the last 3 decades," the study said. FILE PHOTO: The last rays of sunlight il...

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Winter storm dumps snow on U.S. Southeast, mid-Atlantic states

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January 3, 2022538 Views

A winter storm packing heavy snow and strong winds engulfed parts of the U.S. Southeast and mid-Atlantic states on Monday, forcing federal offices and schools to close as it threatened to make travel dangerous and knock out power. Severe weather warnings were in effect from Georgia, the Carolinas and Virginia, and north into Washington and Philadelphia, where 4 to 8 inches (10-20 cm) of snow and 40 mile-per-hour (64 km-per-hour) winds were forecast, the National Weather Service said. A woman poses for a photograph beneath a snow-covered statue at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on the National Mall, in Washington, U.S., January 3, 2022. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque Some parts of the region could get 2 inches an hour and a total of a foot 1 foot (30 cm) of wet snow from the storm througho...

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Holiday travel plans in flux amidst Omicron risk

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December 22, 2021566 Views

Americans are facing a second Christmas of upended holiday plans, with a surge in COVID-19 infections fueled by the now-dominant Omicron variant forcing some people to cancel their travel and fret about whether it is safe to visit loved ones. Carmen Rivera and her fiancee Jasmine Maisonet made the painful decision to cancel their flights to visit family in Florida and Puerto Rico after Maisonet was exposed to an infected co-worker and tested positive for COVID-19. FILE PHOTO: A traveler walks through O'Hare International Airport ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., November 20, 2021. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid Rivera, a newly elected city council member in Renton, Washington, hasn't seen her family in Puerto Rico since the start of the pandemic. With the la...

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Was US tornado outbreak related to climate change?

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December 12, 2021443 Views

Tornadoes ripped through over five US stated on Friday, killing dozens. Here's a look at what's known about Friday's tornado outbreak and the role of climate change in such weather events The calendar said December but the warm moist air screamed of springtime. Add an eastbound storm front guided by a La Nina weather pattern into that mismatch and it spawned tornadoes that killed dozens over five US states. Destroyed homes and debris are seen in a heavily damaged neighborhood at dawn after tornadoes ripped through several U.S. states in Dawson Springs, Kentucky, U.S., December 12, 2021. REUTERS/Jon Cherry At least 100 people were feared dead in Kentucky after a swarm of tornadoes tore a 200-mile path through the U.S. Midwest and South, demolishing homes, levelling businesses and ...