Alexandre Martinez News Today

It has been confirmed by sports minister Amelie Oudéa-Castéra that Bernard Laporte has resigned as president of the FFR after being convicted of corruption.

Prescribed burning of ground-level shrubs, branches and leaves is a time-tested tool to help prevent wildland fires from getting out of control, but a team led by researchers at the University of California, Irvine suggests that the practice isn't used frequently enough.