150 Years of Change: How Old Photos, Recaptured, Reveal a Shifting Climate
For 30 miles we bounce along a dirt road in southwestern Wyoming, heading toward a jagged skyline. It’s early September and the aspens are starting to turn yellow. As we climb toward the mountains, the air grows colder. Soon the road will see snowfall. Jeff Munroe, a professor of geology at Middlebury College in Vermont, […]
Inheritance may be held liable for obligations of deceased
Dear PAO, Sometime in the year 2019, my father borrowed the sum of One Million Five Hundred Thousand Pesos (Php1,500,000.00) from a lending company for his coffee shop business. However, after one year of operation, he passed away, leaving unpaid debts. Recently, I learned that my father left me a 1,000-square-meter agricultural land as an […]
Women’s Sports Events Worth Traveling to in 2025
The star power of women’s sports is shining brighter than ever. Last year, the basketball sensation Caitlin Clark helped lift the Indiana Fever to an astonishing 265 percent increase in attendance over the previous season. The international phenom Ilona Maher and her teammates electrified crowds at the Paris Olympics when they secured the first U.S. […]
Issuance of writ of possession in extrajudicial foreclosure not absolute
Dear PAO,The condominium unit which I bought was mortgaged by the developer and eventually foreclosed extrajudicially. I only knew of the foreclosure when a representative of the buyer knocked on my door and was surprised that I was occupying the unit. He informed me that he will apply for a writ of possession, considering that […]
Can an A.I. Travel Bot Plan Your Trip to NYC?
A “Friday evening matinee?” To quote the Gershwins, it ain’t necessarily so. But that’s how modern artificial intelligence suggested I hit Broadway. When I was asked to see what A.I. gets right and wrong about visiting New York City, I was deeply curious and felt well qualified for the assignment — I’ve been a resident […]
Help! I Couldn’t Take My Tall-Ship Voyage, and I Want My Money Back.
Dear Tripped Up, Last summer, I booked a five-day sailing trip with Tall Ship Experience, a company based in Spain. For 1,350 euros, or $1,450, I would be a volunteer on the crew of the Atlantis, sailing between two ports in Italy. But eight days before, I had a bad fall that resulted in multiple […]
Property construction restrictions may be validly imposed
Dear PAO, My husband and I have been saving our hard-earned money to acquire a lot where we plan to build our family home. We recently purchased a lot in an exclusive subdivision with the intention of building a three-story house. However, our homeowners’ association notified me that we can only build a two-story house. […]
Government Budget and Staffing Cuts Could Close Facilities in California’s National Forests, Memo Says
In California, summer could be on the chopping block. Almost 4,000 campsites across many of California’s 18 national forests could close for part or all of the summer season, according to an internal United States Forest Service spreadsheet viewed by The New York Times on Friday. These potential shutdowns follow a wave of federal government […]
Co-ownership may exist over property jointly purchased by common-law spouses while one party is still legally married to another
Dear PAO, I am legally married for five years, but my wife and I separated on our 2nd year of marriage due to irreconcilable differences. I am now with a partner with whom I have built a profitable business, and as a result, we were able to buy a condominium unit. When my wife learned […]
Sugarbush Reporter Was Not Fired for Viral JD Vance-Related Snow Update
A flare of protest against the Trump administration erupted last weekend from the most unexpected of places: a snow report. The setting was the powder-packed peaks of the Sugarbush ski resort in the Green Mountains of Vermont, where Vice President JD Vance had retreated on Saturday for a day of skiing with his family. Before […]