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On September 9, 1966, Life magazine featured a story on Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr., the rising boxing star who’d recently changed his name to a moniker more familiar to sports…
Along with vaccines for polio and mumps, the measles vaccine was a triumph of investigative research and public health when it debuted in 1968. It quickly became part of the…
An estimated 43.7 million American adults — 18.6 percent of all adults in the U.S. — suffer from a mental illness. But only 13.4 percent of U.S. adults get any…
There are many myths being told about mushrooms. To be fair, mushrooms are the most mysterious of ingredients that frequent the kitchen counter — from the way they grow to…
We’re not going to sugarcoat it, baking can be hard. If you don’t know what you’re doing it’s really easy to get things really wrong. Like, I-don’t-even-want-to-eat-that wrong. Cakes cave…
Most self-respecting bacon lovers wouldn’t dare admit to liking turkey bacon. It doesn’t cook up the same. It’s not fatty enough. And, well, it’s just not pork. It’s true, turkey…
On a Friday in January, I had the great pleasure and privilege of consuming The Best Carrot Cake In The Entire World. It was a good start to 2015, to…
Sewage beer sounds like something out of a dystopian movie or someone’s terrifying, unsavory nightmare. We’ve seen beer made from seaweed and whale bones, but of all the weird and…
It’s something everyone should know — yes, even you. Even if you can hardly boil yourself a pot of spaghetti, you should still know how to finely chop an onion….
Yes, I replied, and I realized I was grateful for the question. 5 things to know about measles While I’m less worried about chicken pox, rightly or wrongly, I know…
Norse gods have been making a comeback in popular culture, with Thor and Loki now staples of the summer box office. But the ancient religion is making a spiritual comeback,…
BEIJING — Outside China, he is best known as the man behind Mr. Chow — the high-end Chinese restaurants and longtime watering holes for artists and celebrities in London, New…
DAVIS, Calif. (AP) — While detectives investigate spray-painted swastikas on a University of California, Davis off-campus Jewish fraternity house as a hate crime, a Muslim civil liberties group has come…
If a diva is a female version of a hustler, then, logically speaking, a vegan diva is the female version of a vegan hustler. – Beyonce’s first public stint with…
Your typical gym is packed with plenty of exercise machines, but there’s a growing number of group fitness classes that use bulky equipment, too. From treadmills to ellipticals, and indoor…
On Monday morning, Michelin announced the star rankings for the 2015 red guide to France, which goes on sale Friday. For the first time, to underline the importance that the…
The U.S. officially declared measles eliminated way back in 2000, but more than 100 cases of the illness have been identified so far this year. That’s due at least in…
Have you ever turned your nose up at a novel simply because its title font was a girly script or a goofy sans-serif typically associated with pulp? The adage about…
At a party about 15 years ago, Jeff Bridges found himself seated between spiritual leaders Bernie Glassman and Ram Dass, which led to an unexpected conversation about the parallels between…
We’re living in what might be deemed a golden era of Hollywood literature. Female comedians from Mindy Kaling to Amy Poehler have been producing funny memoirs that transcend the celeb…
“Modesty is part of our Islamic faith,” Khan wrote in an email. “No one should be discriminated (against) for following their faith.” So Khan started World Hijab Day to build…
particularly one as large and with as storied a past as Illinois’ Cook County Jail. But a new beginning is exactly what’s being served up these days in Division 11….
If you’ve ever tasted a Big Mac from McDonald’s, you know there’s definitely something in the sauce that gives it that tangy, delicious flavor. – Want to read more from…
Each year, Catholic faithful in Mexico honor the story of the infant Christ being presented before the temple in Jerusalem by adorning a figure of baby Jesus in fine clothing…
If the attribution is confirmed, the sculptures would be the only known surviving bronzes by Michelangelo, according to the Fitzwilliam Museum at Cambridge, which is displaying the works beginning Tuesday….
A new analysis of data from the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Postsecondary Education shows several campuses in the State University of New York system have some of the…
Diverse authors and titles from 2014, such as “The Crossover” by Kwame Alexander and “Brown Girl Dreaming” by Jacqueline Woodson, were highlighted with many awards, causing the audience to cheer…
The Vatican’s Pontifical Council for Culture will meet to discuss “the life of women” during a Feb. 4-7 conference. The conference’s aim is to unpack “women’s cultures” with four sessions…
People have been wearing hair extensions and wigs for centuries. Amazingly, 70 extensions were uncovered still intact on the skeleton of an ancient Egyptian woman in 2014. Her stylist deserves…
“Athleisure” apparel is not going anywhere. Now, there’s yet another new, surprising collaboration in the works: Athleta and Derek Lam 10 Crosby. – Either way, we have a feeling this…