BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — And Rosalía said, “Let there be Lux.” Rosalía, the global Spanish pop star loved by millions for fusing flamenco with Latin hip-hop and reggaeton,…
Read more Catholic clergy are ecstatic about Rosalía’s songs of faith in her new album ‘Lux’NORTH SEA, Denmark (AP) — Appearing first as a dot on the horizon, the remote Nini oil field on Europe’s rugged North Sea slowly comes into view from…
Read more Ambitious plan to store CO2 beneath the North Sea set to start operationsTOKYO (AP) — Sanae Takaichi made history by becoming Japan’s first female prime minister in October. She must now decide whether she’ll break another barrier: the taboo barring…
Read more Japan’s first female leader faces a taboo over entering the male-only sumo ringEddie Murphy is being celebrated with a life achievement award from the American Film Institute, AFI’s board of trustees said Friday. The award will be handed out at…
Read more Eddie Murphy to receive life achievement award from the American Film InstituteAfter spending two college semesters in northern Thailand, Sarah Jongsma found herself back home in the rural Nevada town where she grew up, surrounded by everything familiar yet…
Read more Preparing to study abroad requires knowing what might go wrong during and after the tripLONDON (AP) — iPhone users have a new tool to combat the scourge of nuisance phone calls: a virtual gatekeeper that can screen incoming calls from unknown numbers.…
Read more One Tech Tip: Annoyed by junk calls to your iPhone? Try the new iOS 26 call screen featureNEW YORK (AP) — For little ghosts, witches, KPop Demon Hunters and superheroes, Halloween is one of the most exciting nights of the year. But it’s also one…
Read more One Tech Tip: Keeping up with your Halloween trick-or-treaters with these tricksNEW YORK (AP) — A beloved Christmas tree tradition is returning to Manhattan for the holiday season next week. No, it’s not the towering spruce at Rockefeller Center,…
Read more Holiday tree featuring thousands of origami works opens at NYC’s American Museum of Natural HistoryThe rapid rise of ChatGPT and other generative AI systems has disrupted education, transforming how students learn and study. Students everywhere have turned to chatbots to help with…
Read more One Tech Tip: Do’s and don’ts of using AI to help with schoolworkOlympic gold-medalist Rowdy Gaines has swimming tips if you’re an older swimmer, or returning to the pool after years away. Gaines won three Olympic gold medals at the…
Read more Olympic gold-medalist Rowdy Gaines has tips for older swimmers, or if you’re returning to the poolNEW YORK (AP) — When Jennifer Austin met Molly in second grade, they quickly became best friends. They giggled through classes until the teacher separated them, inspiring them…
Read more How to connect with old friends and why it mattersJesse Plemons has a plea: Pause Netflix and go see “Bugonia” in the theater. The film, in which he plays a conspiracy theorist who kidnaps and tortures Emma…
Read more Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons make the case for the wild ride that is ‘Bugonia’NINOSHIMA, Japan (AP) — Baumkuchen originated in Germany but has become a wildly popular sweet in Japan, where a prisoner of war on a small western island started…
Read more German Baumkuchen ‘tree cake’ survived a disaster and world wars to become a Japanese favoriteBERN, Switzerland (AP) — The first thing that hits you at the World Cheese Awards is the smell. As the 37th edition — part competition, part a celebration…
Read more Heady odors and sensory overload as 5,200 cheeses compete for the World Cheese AwardsNEW YORK (AP) — When Kristen Wiig steps out of a vintage Rolls-Royce in the opening scene of Season 2 of “Palm Royale,” she’s sporting a tall, yellow,…
Read more How the funny and feminist fashion in ‘Palm Royale’ further the storytellingROME (AP) — A 15th-century Bible which is considered one of the most spectacular examples of Renaissance illuminated manuscripts went on display in Rome on Thursday as part…
Read more Bible described as the ‘Mona Lisa of illuminated manuscripts’ goes on display in RomeNEW YORK (AP) — As workers face frozen salaries, inflation and fear of layoffs, some have decided to branch out from their traditional careers. They’re taking on side…
Read more Workers turn to ‘polyworking’ to combat frozen salaries and inflationThere are a lot of leaves outside my window, and I’m guessing your view might be similar. This carpet of dead foliage is often viewed as a nuisance,…
Read more Transform fallen leaves into valuable leaf mold for your garden this fallYou won’t find dumbbells or weight machines in the gym Sean Keogh runs. At Calisthenics Club Houston, it’s all about training with body weight. “That’s all we do,”…
Read more Calisthenics are making a comeback. Is body weight enough to get a good workout?Slime, that gooey, sticky and often-homemade plaything, was enshrined into the National Toy Hall of Fame on Thursday along with perennial bestselling games Battleship and Trivial Pursuit. Each…
Read more Slime, Battleship and Trivial Pursuit join the Toy Hall of Fame