Proponents say the changes to the federal preservation rules are necessary, but critics argue they are alarming and would help expedite the president’s redesign of Washington.
The geometric earthwork structures, carved into the ground with embankments and ditches, are in some cases more than 2,500 years old, researchers said.
Elian Peltier, Binod Ghimire and Francesca Regalado
The body of Nadhira Alharthy, the first Omani woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest, was among those recovered. The influential British-Nepali mountaineer Nirmal Purja was missing.
Catherine Porter, Ségolène Le Stradic and Samuel Granados
Under French rules, homeowners must clear vegetation within roughly 50 yards of their houses. In the forests affected by France’s worst fire in decades, that didn’t happen.
For 20 years, a retired Police Department captain has overseen the shipping of books to library branches. Tens of thousands of books are sorted each day.
Hundreds of thousands of people in France and Spain have been forced to evacuate from huge blazes fueled by soaring temperatures and tinder-dry conditions.