Marijuana culture’s high holiday, known as 4/20, falls this year on Easter Sunday, as well as the last day of Passover, meaning cannabis fans can celebrate in some unusual ways, including an 鈥淓aster nug hunt鈥� in Los Angeles, kosher-style THC gummies in New York and a 鈥渂laze and praise鈥� drag brunch in Portland, Oregon. 鈥淚t […]
NEW YORK (AP) 鈥� The American Revolution began 250 years ago, in a blast of gunshot and a trail of colonial spin. Starting with Saturday’s anniversary of the Battles of Lexington and Concord, the country will look back to its war of independence and ask where its legacy stands today. The semiquincentennial comes as President […]
ROYAL OAK, Mich. (AP) 鈥� It’s spring in Detroit 鈥� warm weather, a few clouds, and a 100% chance of marshmallow downpours. The source? A helicopter zooming above the green lawn of Worden Park on Friday, unloading sack-fulls of fluffy treats for hundreds of kids waiting eagerly below, some clutching colorful baskets or wearing rabbit […]
SOLON, Maine (AP) 鈥� The recent launch of a website dedicated to frescoes in a Maine meeting house has created a new surge of interest in the paintings. Colby College students created the website for the South Solon Meeting House. The interior of the building is covered in 70-year-old fresco murals that encourage some in […]
SOLON, Maine (AP) 鈥� From the outside, it looks like any other New England church building: a boxy, white structure with a single steeple surrounded by an old stone wall, set against rolling hills and pine forest. Inside, though, the South Solon Meeting House has a secret unknown even to some who drive through the […]
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) 鈥� A unique Holy Week tradition is drawing thousands of Catholic pilgrims to a small adobe church in the hills of northern New Mexico, in a journey on foot through desert badlands to reach a spiritual wellspring. For generations, people of the Upper Rio Grande Valley and beyond have walked to […]
Microdosing is gaining popularity with a new breed of health seekers. These self-experimenters take a very small amount of psilocybin mushrooms or LSD to try to reduce anxiety, stress and depression. Some claim the practice gives them access to joy, creativity and connection they can鈥檛 get otherwise. This isn鈥檛 a full-blown acid trip 鈥� or […]
N’GATTAKRO, Ivory Coast (AP) 鈥� Jean Mari Konan Yao says he’s struggling as a cocoa farmer in the west African nation of Ivory Coast, which produces almost half the world鈥檚 cocoa supply of the raw ingredient used in chocolate. Like many in Ivory Coast 鈥� the world’s biggest cocoa producer 鈥� Konan Yao says cocoa […]
SRINAGAR, India (AP) 鈥� Mohammad Yousuf Dar and his wife, Shameema, sit cross-legged before their loom, deftly tying consecutive knots to create the floral patterns of the famed Kashmiri carpets that are now threatened by the Trump administration鈥檚 sweeping tariffs. Genuine hand-knotted Kashmiri carpets are typically made from pure silk, and sometimes pure wool, which […]
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) 鈥� China-founded e-commerce sites Temu and Shein say they plan to raise prices for U.S. customers starting next week, a ripple effect from President Donald Trump’s attempts to correct the trade imbalance between the world’s two largest economies by imposing a sky-high tariff on goods shipped from China. Temu, which is owned […]
Navigating bedtime with a teenager is, in many homes, a nightly battle with a constant refrain: Get off your phone! Go to bed! Research shows that today鈥檚 teenagers are more sleep-deprived than ever before. Adolescents need between eight and 10 hours of sleep, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. But nearly 80% […]
MANSFIELD, Ohio (AP) 鈥� The topic of a new course at Mansfield Senior High School is one that teenagers across the country are having trouble with: How to Get to Sleep. One ninth grader in the class says his method is to scroll through TikTok until he nods off. Another teen says she often falls […]
CHELSEA, Mich. (AP) 鈥� Residents of all ages in a small Michigan community helped a local bookshop move each if its 9,100 books 鈥� one by one 鈥� to a new storefront about a block away. A 鈥渂ook brigade鈥� of around 300 people stood in two lines on the sidewalk in downtown Chelsea on Sunday, […]
Here are four dangerous assumptions that could hurt your retirement. Assumption #1: Stock and bond market returns will be robust If you鈥檙e estimating what your portfolio will return over your holding period, think twice before plugging in strong returns. Stocks鈥� long-term gains have been pretty robust. But there have been stretches in market history when […]
BETHLEHEM, Pa. (AP) 鈥� Love them or hate them, those marshmallow Peeps that come in blindingly bright colors and an array of flavors are inescapable around the Easter holiday. Millions are made daily in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, by Just Born Quality Confections, a family-owned candy manufacturer that also churns out Hot Tamales, Mike and Ike fruit […]
NEW YORK (AP) 鈥� Robbie Randolph is a real estate agent and interior designer for the rich, yet even he’s not immune from the anxiety of 鈥渉ouse shame.鈥� That’s the judged, bullied, defeated feeling you can get when Pinterest-perfect syndrome takes over, either in our own minds thanks to social media or fed by the […]
As a bipartisan measure to allow new parents in Congress to vote by proxy has failed, some lawmakers hope their states can find solutions to bring and keep younger women in state capitols. Republican Florida Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, who had been leading the congressional push, said she reached an compromise with U.S. House Speaker […]
ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. (AP) 鈥� Animal lovers now have a place to hang out with the 鈥渋t鈥� animals of the moment 鈥� big furry rodents. In the back of a real estate office building in what is known as America’s oldest city, capybaras are crawling into visitors’ laps, munching on corn on the cob and […]
MISSION, Kan. (AP) 鈥� With egg prices stubbornly high, the internet has offered up a host of alternatives, with crafters painting rocks and influencers dyeing everything from marshmallows to potatoes. 鈥淔inally a use for B sized potatoes!!鈥� one commenter wrote in response to a video posted on Facebook. But amid the laughing emojis, LOLs and […]
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) 鈥� A proposal to designate the tortilla as New Mexico’s official state bread had unanimous support from lawmakers. On Friday, though, it ended up falling flat. It wasn’t because Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham isn’t a fan of the round wraps that have long been a staple of Mexican, Central American and Southwestern […]
The wonderful world of the weekend is back, and there’s no shortage of things to do! It’s start at the Washington State Spring Fair. If the sunshine already has you dreaming of summer days at the State Fair, good news鈥攖hose dreams are springing to life at the Washington State Spring Fair! Now celebrating its 35th […]
PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (AP) 鈥� A Japanese pilot slammed his Zero fighter plane into the USS Missouri and ignited a fireball on April 11, 1945, during the Battle of Okinawa. The suicide attack instantly killed the pilot, but none of the battleship’s crew members were badly hurt. The Missouri’s captain ordered a military burial at […]
