July 2019

Kenya flight death stowaway ‘could be Nairobi airport employee’ say authorities

The Director General of Kenyan Civil Aviation says they suspect the stowaway who fell from a plane over south London was an airport employee in Nairobi. In an exclusive interview, Gilbert Kibe told the BBC’s Ferdinand Omondi they are checking lists of airport employees to see if anyone is missing. Read more: Kenya flight ‘stowaway’ […]

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How Sonoma’s Vineyards Survived a Siege of Fire, Smoke and Ash

When I visited Gundlach Bundschu, construction on their family’s house was well underway. The vines had just begun to bud. Winery devotees sipped chardonnay near the pond that the Bundschus expanded after the Hanly fire. Winery staff and firefighters used that water to save the winery, the vineyards and the family’s beloved pear trees. “The

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Buttigieg Proposes National Service Programs for Climate Change and Mental Health

Pete Buttigieg, who is running for the Democratic presidential nomination in part on his experience with national service as a Navy Reserve officer who deployed to Afghanistan, on Wednesday proposed a major expansion of voluntary public service programs that aims to attract 250,000 Americans in the near term and potentially grow to one million a

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