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Published on June 29, 2025 - Page 23
Kristina Smithe was running the California International Marathon in 2019, grabbing cups of water to stay hydrated when she started to think about...
Published on June 29, 2025 - Page 23
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If you're parking cash in a money market fund while waiting for recent market volatility to subside, you might be paying dearly for...
Published on June 29, 2025 - Page 23
Last week, we discussed tomato diseases. This week, we will cover pests just as destructive: insects. Damage to plants via insects, animals or harsh...
Published on June 29, 2025 - Page 23
Master Gardeners can respond to your gardening questions by email or by telephone.
Submit your gardening questions to: ColumbiaMG@psu.edu at 570-316...
Published on June 26, 2025 - Page 4
DENVER (AP) -- It's often said music is the universal language of humanity. Now a 12-year-old Houston boy is putting that to the test for an unlikely...
Published on June 24, 2025 - Page 7
Got weeds in your lawn? Me too. It's tempting to reach for a spray bottle, but that shouldn't be our first impulse.
Weeds are messengers with...
Published on June 22, 2025 - Page 4
LONDON (AP) -- As the sun rose Saturday on the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere, a crowd erupted in cheers at Stonehenge where the...
Published on June 22, 2025 - Page 21
Chances are, if you're reading this, you got some sleep last night. But are you feeling rested?
Experts say it's an important question to consider....
Published on June 22, 2025 - Page 23
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There's bad customer service -- and even worse bogus customer service where anyone can easily be taken by a scammer who demands a credit...
Published on June 22, 2025 - Page 23
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There's a glimmery new icon swimming into your summer: A sardine.
Apparel and products featuring the petite fish are all over the internet...
Published on June 22, 2025 - Page 23
As vegetable gardeners, we look forward to bringing in an armful of vegetables. Of these, tomatoes win the prize.
Tomatoes may be the nation's most...
Published on June 22, 2025 - Page 23
Look for the Master Gardeners at the Mount Carmel Farmers' Market in Atlas on Saturday, but usually on third Saturdays throughout the growing season...
Published on June 22, 2025 - Page 28
NEW YORK (AP) -- Salman Rushdie has a collection of novellas and short stories coming out this fall. It's his first published fiction since being...
Published on June 20, 2025 - Page 5
NEW YORK -- A shaky economy. Overwhelming student debt. Few job prospects. Some recent college graduates have a burdensome mountain of reasons to...
Published on June 19, 2025 - Page 18
NEW YORK (AP) -- It is one of the largest repositories of Black history in the country -- and its most devoted supporters say not enough people know...
Published on June 17, 2025 - Page 8
Asparagus isn't the most common vegetable among home gardeners. That's likely because growing it is an exercise in patience. But three years of...
Published on June 17, 2025 - Page 11
GARDNERS -- Sam Cooper had just trekked 7 miles through a rain-sodden stretch of the Appalachian Trail when he sat down outside a little country...
Published on June 17, 2025 - Page 14
There are some new cars many shoppers tend to overlook even though they have a lot to offer. These hidden gems boast a special combination of...
Published on June 17, 2025 - Page 15
If you wanted a midsize truck 10 years ago, your choices included an aging Toyota Tacoma or an even older Nissan Frontier design. Today, renewed...
Published on June 17, 2025 - Page 15
NEW YORK -- The leaders of a sex-focused women's wellness company that promoted "orgasmic meditation" have been convicted of federal forced labor...
Published on June 15, 2025 - Page 23
NEW YORK -- Weddings in the United States are often dependent on goods imported from countries hit with new tariffs.
Vendors and engaged couples are...
Published on June 15, 2025 - Page 23
Thanks to Doug Tallamy and his book "Nature's Best Hope," there has been a surge of interest in buying and planting native plants for pollinators....
Published on June 15, 2025 - Page 23
Come to Berwick Innovation Center, 134 W. Front St., for a free, in-person presentation on Wednesday evening, 6-7:30, June 18.
Darlene Mensinger,...
Published on June 15, 2025 - Page 28
NEW YORK (AP) -- Former CIA director and Biden cabinet official William J. Burns is working on a book about his years leading the intelligence agency...
Published on June 14, 2025 - Page 6
M.K. WILDEMAN, MELINA WALLING, JOSHUA A. BICKEL and MATTHEW DALY
Associated Press Writers
When the head of the Environmental Protection Agency...
Published on June 12, 2025 - Page 6
It's one of the most impactful climate decisions we make, and we make it multiple times a day.
The U.N. estimates about a third of the world's...
Published on June 12, 2025 - Page 18
Want a COVID-19 vaccination this fall? For many Americans, it's not clear how easy it will be to get one -- and some doctors see signs of trouble....
Published on June 10, 2025 - Page 8
In the garden, the start of the growing season means the return of dirt under our fingernails, the scent of freshly spread mulch and the first...
Published on June 10, 2025 - Page 16
LAS VEGAS -- It wasn't going to be easy to track down the woman known as "Miss Atomic Bomb." All Robert Friedrichs had to go on was a stage name he...
Published on June 10, 2025 - Page 16
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) -- Nearly half a century after a woman was strangled to death, officials say a thumbprint on a carton of cigarettes led to an...