With tourism taking a toll on the environment, more luxury tour operators than ever are now offering eco-friendly alternatives for travelers. This is especially true in the remote South American region of Patagonia.Shared by Chile and Argentina, Patagonia runs along the southern range of the Andes Mountains. The area is famed for its four-seasons-in-a day-climate…

NEW YORK (AP) — The Jets might have to try to bounce back from an embarrassing loss without Jamal Adams. New York’s star safety has a sprained left ankle that could sideline him for at least the team’s game Sunday against Miami. “I think it’s a legit week-to-week (injury),” coach Adam Gase said Monday. Adams…

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — The revolving door in the New York Jets’ short-handed secondary keeps spinning furiously. As for the team’s “next man up” philosophy? Well, now it’s more like: Who’s left? Injuries have decimated the Jets at cornerback and safety, with Jamal Adams among the latest sidelined. The star safety sprained his left…

DENVER (AP) – Breaking out of a mini-slump, Nikola Jokic is reasserting himself as the centerpiece of the Denver Nuggets‘ offense. Jokic had 28 points, 14 rebounds and 12 assists for his fourth triple-double of the season, leading the Nuggets past the Oklahoma City Thunder 110-102 on Saturday night. Jokic now has 32 regular-season triple-doubles…

New York (CNN Business)Elon Musk’s rocket company, SpaceX, will launch a spacecraft loaded with 5,700 pounds of supplies including a group of genetically enhanced ‘mighty mice’ to the International Space Station on Thursday. The SpaceX Dragon capsule will fl…

Elon Musk says Las Vegas tunnel will hopefully be operational by 2020 – CNN

Los Angeles (CNN Business)After a four-day-long trial, a jury took less than an hour to decide that Tesla(TSLA) CEO Elon Musk did not defame British caver Vernon Unsworth when he sent a tweet calling Unsworth “pedo guy.” The verdict was announced Friday afte…

Brett Smith is director of the Propulsion Technologies & Energy Infrastructure Group at the Center for Automotive Research. The opinions expressed in this commentary are his own. When Elon Musk introduced Tesla’s Cybertruck, it sent the Internet into a f…