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Sure, you can hit up a Dunkin Donuts, a Starbucks or a McDonald’s at Denver International Airport — and sometimes it’s traveling that gives us license to be bad like that — but a better option is to try some of Denver’s homegrown food and beverages from local businesses. While these restaurants, coffee shops and breweries don’t actually own or run their airport branches — that is done by large concessionaires — many of them do take an active role in maintaining the quality and consistency of their offerings. Here’s a…

OJAI, Calif. —  For three decades, Jamie Nelson has considered Ojai her personal paradise. It’s where she raised her children and cherishes the springtime, when the air smells like jasmine and orange blossoms. “Lots of times, I’ve said, ‘God, I think Heaven probably smells like this,’” Nelson said of this artsy tourist town of 7,500 people.Now, Nelson, a 74-year-old grandmother who has heart problems and bad knees and leans heavily on a cane, is homeless. She lives in a tent outside the historic Ojai City Hall, where a…

Employees of the Tesla Gigafactory Berlin-Brandenburg work on a production line of a Model Y electric vehicle on March 20, 2023.Patrick Pleuil | Picture Alliance | Getty ImagesElectric vehicle maker Tesla failed to secure a vote among locals in favor of authorizing a major factory expansion for the company's battery and car assembly plant in Brandenburg, Germany.German state-owned broadcaster DW first reported on the vote and that Tesla needed to cut down approximately "250 acres of forest in the rural community of fewer…

Local residents of the municipality where Tesla Gigafactory Berlin is located have voted against the expansion of the factory. Gigafactory Berlin is a massive factory operated by Tesla about an hour outside of Berlin, Germany. It is located in the small municipality of Grünheide, Brandenburg. Tesla is currently only producing Model Y vehicles at the plant, but it has been planning a massive expansion from the beginning. The automaker submitted the plan for the expansion last summer:…

Whether it's skinny-dipping in Venetian canals or taking silly selfies at Holocaust victim memorials, sometimes just a few people can tarnish the image of all travelers.At a time when international tourism is back to over 90% of its pre-pandemic levels, Reddit user Potato_Warrior420 got interested in which behaviors locals detest the most.So they made a post on the platform, asking everyone to share the annoying things that visitors do in their country that they absolutely hate. Here are the most popular answers to the…

Concerns amongst a community in the US have risen amidst a proposed multi-million dollar monkey breeding facility for medical research, with people fearing potential environmental hazards, disease spread, and escapes, despite the company’s assurances of safety and economic benefits.Local officials in Bainbridge, Georgia, USA, recently approved a start-up’s plan to build one of the largest monkey breeding facilities in the nation, worth $396 million, with a capacity of holding approximately 30,000 monkeys – double…

The 1970s are alive and well at the Garland, a sprawling hotel and events property celebrating 50 years in North Hollywood. The hotel is named for its original owner, Beverly Garland, star of “My Three Sons” (and later, “7th Heaven”). Today it’s still owned by her son, James Crank, and his husband, Scott Elliott. Under this second generation of ownership the property has flourished, home to 7 acres of grounds, gardens, a charming pool deck and multiple dining options, all conveniently located near Universal…

The winter months in India cause massive drops in temperatures in the Himalayan region. Due to this drop, most of the roads become unaccessible. Here is an incident that happened on one such road in Himachal Pradesh. The Toyota Fortuner was saved after it skidded and slipped on the slippery black ice surface. An incident occurred near Batal Road on the Kaza-Manali highway, involving a skidding Fortuner. Locals from Losar rescued five tourists, advising them against traveling on this road. Black ice, often…

Archaeologists working at the site of Chorrillo Grande 1, with visible archaeological trenches. Credit: J. Belardi A large international team of archaeologists, geologists, historians, and anthropologists has found that people living in what is now Argentina's Patagonian region had learned to raise, ride, and eat horses as early as 1600. In their paper published in the journal Science Advances, the group describes their…

California Forever, the quixotic, billionaire-backed effort to craft a new city out of $800 million in Bay Area farmland parcels, continues to struggle. The project, which is owned by an opaque parent company, Flannery Associates, and backed by a slew of Silicon Valley luminaries, envisions a utopian new community nestled in Solano county. Backers of the project have promised locals new jobs, economic growth, a vibrant, “walkable” community, and local infrastructure improvements, but, so far, opposition has been…