Get a new hobby if you enjoy popping plastic air pillows from your Amazon packages because the company is aiming to trash the box fillers in North America for good by year-end.
Why it matters: The move, Amazon says today, will remove 15 billion plastic cushions annually from its shipping process — and from oceans and landfills.
One day you'll be able to use a mobile app to summon an air taxi as easily as you hail an Uber, following the Federal Aviation Administration's approval of proprietary software from Joby Aviation.
Why it matters: So-called "flying taxis" seem dauntingly futuristic, but the here-and-now approval for a system that'll let you book one makes it clear they're becoming a reality.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott issued a disaster declaration in response to Tropical Storm Alberto, which was expected to continue lashing southern parts of the state with heavy rains and coastal flooding through Thursday.
The big picture: The formation ofthe first named storm over the Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday comes as forecasters predict an aggressive Atlantic hurricane season.
Editor's note: Read the latest on New Mexico's extreme weather here.
Two growing wildfires near a popular New Mexico resort town and historic Native American reservation killed at least two people and destroyed more than 1,400 structures as officials rushed to evacuate thousands of people on Tuesday.
The big picture: Fresh mandatory evacuation orders were issued on Wednesday in Lincoln County, N.M., including for Ruidoso, a mountain hamlet that's a hub for ski resorts and hiking trails, due to what the National Weather Service described as "life-threatening burn scar flash flooding" in the village of nearly 7,700 residents.
