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☆ 10 of the best national parks to visit in the summer, and 2 to avoid, according to a couple who have been to all 63
  + stars: | 2024-05-05 | by ( Maria Noyen | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +1 min
A Gen X couple who has been to all 63 national parks says some are better than others in the summer. Matt and Karen Smith would avoid parks like Death Valley because of killer summer temperatures. The best to visit in the summer are high alpine national parks. AdvertisementThere are 63 national parks in the US, but according to a couple who have been to all of them, not every park is a summer destination. The National Parks Service reported earlier this year that over 325 million people visited at least one national park last year, a 4% increase from the year prior.
Persons: Matt, Karen Smith, —, Bob, Sue Organizations: Service, National Parks Service, Smiths
☆ 6 tips to beat the crowds at national parks, from a couple who visited all 63 of them
  + stars: | 2024-05-04 | by ( Maria Noyen | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +1 min
Matt and Karen Smith, college sweethearts, quit their jobs in 2010 to visit every US national park. The Smiths shared their best tips for avoiding crowded national parks. Last year, the National Parks Service reported that over 325 million people visited at least one of the national parks in the US, a 4% jump from the previous year. But, according to Matt and Karen Smith, a couple who has been to every major US national park, there are several ways to avoid falling into a throng of tourists. This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers.
Persons: Matt, Karen Smith, — Organizations: Smiths, Service, National Parks Service, Business
☆ 7 of the biggest mistakes tourists make visiting national parks, according to empty-nesters who have been to all 63 of them
  + stars: | 2024-04-30 | by ( Maria Noyen | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +1 min
Matt and Karen Smith have been to 63 US national parks — some multiple times. Here are the biggest mistakes the Smiths have seen tourists make at national parks over the years. "They would take their family to the national parks. Matt, 63, said they were "fortunate" to have enough savings to spend over a year visiting every major US national park. The Smiths recently spoke with Business Insider to share the biggest mistakes they've made themselves or seen people make when visiting national parks — and how to avoid them.
Persons: Matt, Karen Smith, —, Bob, Sue, Karen, they've Organizations: Service, Smiths, — Locations: Kansas, Seattle, Instagram
☆ Lindsay Lohan got in trouble filming 'Mean Girls' because she kept trying to look Plastic before Cady's transformation
  + stars: | 2024-01-17 | by ( Olivia Singh | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
Lindsay Lohan rushed to transform into the Plastics version of Cady on the set of "Mean Girls." Lindsay Lohan, Amanda Seyfried, Lacey Chabert, and Rachel McAdams in "Mean Girls." Lindsay Lohan in "Mean Girls." Paramount PicturesWaters explained to Lohan why her hair needed to be straight and simple until Cady's transformation later in the movie. "Once, they shot half a scene with her hair straight, as planned," Armstrong wrote.
Persons: Lindsay Lohan, Cady, Lohan, —, Jennifer Keishin Armstrong, Rachel McAdams, Regina George, Lacey Chabert, Gretchen Wieners, Amanda Seyfried, Karen Smith, Cady Heron, Mark Waters, Carol Hartwick, Armstrong, Waters, Paramount Pictures Waters, Lindsay, she's, Jennifer Aniston, Queen Bee, Rachel Green Organizations: Service, Plastics, Paramount, Paramount Pictures
☆ LGBT Issues Galvanize Democrats’ Push for School Board Control
  + stars: | 2023-11-05 | by ( Scott Calvert | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Karen Smith, left, a Democrat running for re-election to the school board in the Central Bucks School District, spoke last month with Laura Sorenson, a teacher and parent. Photo: Scott Calvert/The Wall Street JournalPLUMSTEAD TOWNSHIP, Pa.—Sexually explicit pamphlets, mysterious lawn signs with barbed slogans and accusations of lying have punctuated a partisan school board race in this Philadelphia suburb. Campaigning ends Tuesday, when voters will either keep the Republican majority or give Democrats the reins. At stake is control of the Central Bucks School District, Pennsylvania’s third-largest with more than 17,000 students. Hundreds of districts across the country will hold local school board elections Nov. 7, ahead of a 2024 presidential campaign that is expected to see education play a bigger role than in the past.
Persons: Karen Smith, Laura Sorenson, Scott Calvert Organizations: Democrat, Central Bucks School District, Republican Locations: PLUMSTEAD, Pa, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania’s
☆ Nigeria floods: More than 600 killed in worst flooding in a decade
  + stars: | 2022-10-17 | by ( Sahar Akbarzai Karen Smith Mitchell Mccluskey | Sahar Akbarzai | Karen Smith | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +2 min
CNN —The death toll from the worst flooding Nigeria has seen in a decade has passed 600 people, the country’s humanitarian affairs ministry tweeted on Sunday. NEMA said the release of excess water from a dam in neighboring Cameroon had contributed to the flooding. While many parts of Nigeria are prone to yearly floods, flooding in certain areas has been more severe than the last major floods in 2012, a Red Cross official in Kogi told CNN last week. Video Ad Feedback NASA images show decimating reach of worst flood this region has seen in a decade 02:19 - Source: CNNNigeria’s Minister of Humanitarian Affairs Sadiya Umar Farouq warned Sunday that more flooding was likely and urged regional governments to prepare accordingly. The country will soon implement its National Flood Emergency Preparedness and Response Plan, aimed at improving coordination of the flood response efforts.
☆ Burkina Faso: Military official declares dissolution of government and removal of leader
  + stars: | 2022-09-30 | by ( Cnn'S Jorge Engels Karen Smith Arnaud Siad Reuters | Cnn'S Jorge Engels | Karen Smith | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +3 min
A new military takeover has been declared in Burkina Faso, after a day marked by gunfire and confusion in the capital city of Ouagadougou. In an announcement on state television late Friday, a Burkina Faso military official announced the dissolution of the current government and the dismissal of the junta leader, President Lieutenant-Colonel Paul-Henri Damiba. With the suspension of the constitution and government, this is Burkina Faso’s second military takeover in a year. “People of Burkina Faso, faced with the degradation of the security situation, we have attempted several times to refocus the transition on the issue of security,” Sorgho said. This week, unknown assailants killed eleven soldiers during an attack on a 150-vehicle convoy taking supplies to a town in northern Burkina Faso.
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