A constable was on patrol in Blairmore, Alberta, when she spotted a red-haired fox carrying five or six full hot dogs in its mouth.
Friendship Bench was founded by Dixon Chibanda, a psychiatrist in Zimbabwe, and recognizes elders as respected leaders in their community.
In a 10-hour shift, Merla had ferreted out beef sausages from Kenya; pork possibly from Serbia; milk products, pork sausage and hamburgers from Japan; plant roots ...
" I worried more about whether I would remember a neighbor’s name than I did about whether I would seem kind. But it turns out, the research shows that if I’m warm ...
" Brody was super special to me because he would sleep with me in my bed every night,” Buddy said. “He just looked after me, and he was the best boy in the world.” ...
It's a fast-moving epidemic in a conflict-ridden region, involving a strain with no approved vaccine, at a moment when the global health infrastructure has been ...
Despite recent headlines about a rare hantavirus outbreak, common stomach bugs remain the most frequent health risk on cruise ships, with gastrointestinal illnesses ...
The film is irresistible - lush, funny, operatic in all the ways that matter. But its central premise, that Antonio Salieri orchestrated Mozart’s death out of professional ...
Zuidgeest-Craft pursued a career in health care years later, becoming a nurse practitioner and pediatric educator. She still planned to become a doctor, but she ...
End of life parties, help while a person is still alive, are increasingly replacing funerals
In a sense, tequila itself is a mezcal. But to be called “tequila,” the spirit must come from specific areas of Mexico and contain only one species of agave, the ...
Three years ago, the jazz drummer who rents a room in his St. Paul home discovered an abandoned soda in the fridge he shares with guests. Instead of drinking or ...
The adhesive had hardened around the cat’s eyes and mouth, restricting his ability to breathe, eat and drink. The kitten would have probably died without prompt ...
Hantavirus is normally linked to exposure to infected rodents’ urine or feces - a particular risk while cleaning - in rare cases it can spread between people.
Sheer, skin tight frocks may may stun all on the red carpet, but could you possibly go to the loo wearing them? The stars share some of their toilet tactics.
Katie Slocum pulled off her bookshelf a novel she had picked up at a little free library years before but had never opened. Flipping through Ann Patchett’s “State ...
The wildlife patrol at West Virginia International Yeager Airport has gone to the dogs - specifically, to border collies Hercules and Ned.
The model of “fortress conservation” - protecting what’s inside a park while ignoring what happens outside - was born in the colonial era. The system was flawed ...
About halfway through a flight from Dallas to San Diego, a flight attendant made an unusual announcement over the intercom. “Today we do have a very special passenger ...
Paulette Dorflaufer loves to dress up. Her job as a crossing guard starts at 7:15 a. m., but every morning she wakes early to assemble her elegant outfit and apply ...
The idea that two conditions at opposite ends of life might be biologically linked is beginning to upend long-standing assumptions in brain science, blurring a divide ...
A major new review in the journal Trends in Endocrinology and Metabolism found that the timing of exercise can, in some instances, meaningfully influence how that ...
Five AIs, 250 questions and a total score of just over 50 percent correct responses. And 1 in 5 of the ones that were wrong were dangerous.
Two raffle tickets, one Picasso
The real reason your dog steals your shoes
