Pope Francis attends a vesper prayer Thursday in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican. This year, the Sept. 1 day of prayer for the planet falls during Francis’ Holy Year…
string hauls 15 tons of gravel
Trails 2000 will host the grand opening of the Log Chutes trail network at 11 a.m. Sept. 11. The public is invited to celebrate the new Westview loop and the…
Hospice of Mercy will offer a weekly grief support group from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Mondays beginning Sept. 12. Participants will explore the processes and experiences of loss, while fostering…
Passengers of JetBlue flight 387 holding a United States, and Cuban national flags, pose for photos in front of the plane transporting U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx, at the airport…
scanner can uncover disease earlier
Fitbit, the market leader in wearable devices, is updating two older devices, the 2013 Flex and the 2014 Charge, mostly to bring them in line with what newer devices and…
soil, hot days, cool nights makes McElmo Canyon ideal for fruit
American Southwest sees an uptick in summer visitors
The towering, whimsical shapes Patrick Dougherty creates by twisting and weaving sticks together have gained him an international following. Now, the artist who lives in a log cabin near Chapel…
Health officials warn that electronic cigarettes and other vaping devices are poisoning kids with nicotine. But new research suggests that most teens aren’t vaping nicotine at all but using sweet…
Greater religious commitment equals great wariness of biomedical technologies
Pork chops or fish can be substituted for the chicken breast in this easy, healthy, oven-baked meal.Melissa d’Arabian/Associated Press Busy lives need quick meals that don’t require a ton of…
A new postage stamp recognizes the Hindu holiday of Diwali. The Postal Service will start issuing the stamp Oct. 5.Courtesy of U.S. Postal Service via Washington Post The stamp, announced…
The 59 U.S. parks are stark and arid, elevated and lush, watery and forbidding. They’re wild. And perhaps most important, they’re common ground. The vast acreage managed by the National…
Ivers, along with a packhorse and her Catahoula heeler, Toby, descended below treeline so that she could tie her horses up for the night and make camp. As the mid-August…
District 9-R kicks off school year with new food initiatives
Injuries leave some survivors so impaired that they can’t manage their jobs and lives
Pvt. Ryan O’Malley, foreground, and Color Sgt. Jim Gould of the Royal Regiment of Scotland paddle a canoe at the Pinkston Water Sports Complex in Glasgow, Scotland. Starting Aug. 30,…
The study’s findings suggest that the relationship between brainpower and physical activity works in more subtle ways than most of us might have expected.Associated Press file Now, you may think…
