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New Yorkers hold a memorial for Flaco, the Eurasian Eagle owl who died last week, leaving cards in his memory under a tree ...

State Sen. Gayle Harrell filed a bill to protect Florida state parks after the uproar last summer over Gov. Ron DeSantis’ ...

With more and more women in their 50s seeking a fresh start, one high-flying editor reveals why she quit her job and headed ...

Presented by Dance Alive National Ballet, this performance features Kim Tuttle’s “Dangerous Liaisons” with guest actors Nell Page Rainsberger and Gregg Jones; Judy Skinner’s “Rhapsody in Blue” with ...

A sneak peek at upcoming street fairs, festivals, concerts, performances, art shows, library events, community meetings and ...

Thailand is expected to welcome a record-breaking 40 million visitors in 2025, many of whom will be drawn to the country’s ...

The overturned convictions regarding allegedly faked Brett Whiteley paintings provide a lesson in how we tend to evaluate ...

Prepare to get schooled If you have kids in school, or even if you don’t, you’ve probably realized that there’s a lot about ...

But that hasn’t stopped us from being fascinated by intelligence tests that attempt to assign a numerical value to how smart ...

Basic Bird, the Korean fried chicken restaurant from Joe and Alexandra Tripp at 2607 Beaver Ave., Des Moines, reopened on Wednesday after shutting down over the weekend when a motorist driving an ...