
Winter sports are on thin ice -- this snowboarder wants to preserve their future
CNN
The climate crisis is shrinking our winters. Seeing this firsthand, snowboarder Jeremy Jones founded Protect Our Winters, a charity that lobbies governments for climate action.
Aside from these strips of glistening white snow, the mountains, which rise to an altitude of more than 2,000 meters (6,500 feet), are dry and covered in brown scrub. Beijing 2022 will be the first Winter Olympics to rely almost entirely on fake snow, which some athletes have warned could create dangerous, icy conditions.

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani used his executive powers to revoke a handful of orders put into place by his predecessor after the former mayor was federally indicted, including a directive that expanded the definition of antisemitism and another that barred city employees and agencies from boycotting or divesting from Israel.

Key figures in the long-running controversy over alleged fraudulent safety net programs in Minnesota
The Trump administration, for the second time in recent weeks, is using allegations of fraud to justify increased federal law enforcement actions in Minnesota, the state with the country’s largest Somali population.











