How Flood Seasons Test Small-Town Readiness
Flood season can expose gaps in small-town planning, staffing, and rescue readiness. Explore how rural communities can prepare before water rises.
Flood season can expose gaps in small-town planning, staffing, and rescue readiness. Explore how rural communities can prepare before water rises.
(FarmWeekNow) -- President Donald Trump announced the U.S. will increase imports of lean beef trimmings in 2026 from Argentina to help alleviate high beef prices. The executive order issued Feb. 6 outlines the plan to bump imports by 80,000 metric tons (mt) as beef prices have increased as a result of droughts, wildfires, and import restrictions from Mexico. The U.S. cattle herd has fallen to a record low of 86.2 million head as of January 2026, with beef cow inventory […]
BEKKERSDAL, South Africa (UPI) -- Nearly a dozen armed gunmen stormed a tavern in South Africa early Sunday and opened fire at random, killing at least nine people, reports said. Nearly a dozen assailants arrived around 1 a.m. local time Sunday at the KwaNoxolo tavern in Bekkersdal, some 30 miles west of Johannesburg, in a white van and silver sedan, The New York Times reported. The men then opened fire at random at the people inside, Police Captain Tintswalo Sibeko said […]
OTTAWA/MEXICO CITY/WASHINGTON (UPI) -- Mexico and Canada on Tuesday responded to tariffs imposed by the United States with retaliatory levies. Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said that the tariffs inflicted on imports from her country by the United States are not justified, and that retaliatory tariffs will be declared this weekend. "We have decided to respond with tariff and non-tariff measures that I will announce on Sunday," Sheinbaum said. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Monday that his country would respond with 25% tariffs against […]
(UPI) -- At least 14 people died Saturday after a small passenger plane crashed in the Amazon, officials said. Wilson Lima, the governor of the Brazilian state Amazonas, announced the plane crash in Barcelos in a statement on Twitter. Lima said 12 passengers and two crew members died. "Our teams are working from the outset to provide the necessary support. To family and friends, my solidarity and prayers," Lima said. Brazil's Aeronautical Accident Investigation and Prevention Center confirmed to the newspaper O Globo that it is […]
Paramedics don’t usually have to worry about running out of ambulances. Vehicles for transporting sick patients are constantly available in most cities. However, that’s not the case in Ottawa. Here, paramedics have been forced to use their vehicles to “store” patients while waiting for hospital staff to offload them. According to a report by CBC, Josh Pickness and Colin Waterhouse, two paramedics operating in the Ottawa area, were unable to deliver patients to the emergency room, putting lives on the […]
NEW YORK -- A lawsuit was filed in the Southern District of New York this week by U.S. journalists and attorneys who visited a key figure in the journalistic community. The suit, filed Monday, alleges that the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and then-director Mike Pompeo violated their Constitutional rights in their meetings with WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange. The suit also includes the Spanish security firm Undercover Global and former CEO David R. Morales Guillen. The suit further alleges that Pompeo […]
Taking pride in your nation doesn’t just make you feel more patriotic. It also makes you feel better about yourself, according to research from American University. What matters is the type of pride you take. Any old nationalism, unfortunately, won’t cut it. Civic and ethnic nationalism Researchers like to break nationalism down into two broad categories: ethnic and civic. As you might be able to guess, ethnic nationalism is all about creating nationalism around a particular ethnic group, such as […]
NEW YORK (UPI) -- United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Sunday accepted the resignation of the head of a U.N. agency under investigation for potentially losing millions of dollars in bad investments. Grete Faremo, the executive director of the U.N. Office for Project Services, submitted her resignation Sunday after The New York Times published an article detailing how the little-known agency may lose up to $25 million meant for aid to developing countries. "It has been my great privilege to […]