Shoppers who bought certain prepared foods earlier this year can now move past one food safety concern, yet regulators continue to track fresh risks in the supply chain. The Food and Drug Administration has declared an E. coli outbreak linked to chicken wraps sold at Trader Joe’s resolved, even though the agency never publicly identified...
Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy has directed an investigation into Rep. Mary Peltola’s Senate campaign following reports of an effort to field a candidate who shares the name of Sen. Dan Sullivan. The move comes as the state prepares for the November election and centers on claims that the duplicate name was intended to draw votes...
Most people have dealt with a sore back at some point. You lift something wrong, sleep awkwardly, or sit hunched at a desk for too long, and by the next morning you feel it. In most cases, that kind of pain fades on its own within days. Rest, some movement, maybe an anti-inflammatory, and you’re...
America’s most talked-about haunted destinations often owe their reputations less to unverified sightings and more to documented chapters of hardship, ambition and reinvention. A grand hotel that once posed as a cancer treatment center under a convicted fraudster, a silver-mining boomtown that rose and fell with breathtaking speed, and a quiet village that officially adopted...
Halloween has always been a family affair, but coordinating costumes across different ages, body types, and personalities is genuinely tricky. Too many themes fall apart once you move past four people, or they simply don’t offer enough characters to go around. About 73 percent of Americans planned to celebrate Halloween in 2025, and the appetite...
Gardeners seeking reliable fall color often look to native perennials that also serve local wildlife. ‘Fireworks’ wrinkle-leaved goldenrod fits that description with its distinctive sprays of bright yellow flowers. The plant has earned recognition as a pollinator favorite while offering a structured, eye-catching presence in the landscape. Its common name reflects the way the blooms...
Retail sales of bagged salads fell noticeably during several multistate Cyclospora outbreaks even when stores kept products on the shelves. A new analysis of household purchase data shows the financial impact reached far beyond the states where illnesses were reported. Researchers tracked consumer behavior across media markets and found that public attention played a larger...
Many gardeners reach for the familiar Asian bleeding heart without realizing a tougher native option grows right in their own region. Wild bleeding heart offers heart-shaped blooms and ferny foliage while thriving across a wide range of conditions that would challenge its nonnative counterpart. Its reputation as an overlooked choice stems from a quiet reliability...
In Miami, where humidity can turn even simple sweets into a challenge, a couple has found a way to shape cotton candy into detailed figures that hold their form long enough to impress. Fairy Floss Miami focuses on one product only, yet that single offering opens the door to a range of custom creations. The...
A new study shows that smoke from the 2025 Los Angeles fires carried unusually high concentrations of toxic heavy metals. At the peak of the blazes, roughly seven million people breathed air with lead levels more than 80 times above typical background concentrations for a full 24-hour stretch. The findings come from detailed, real-time measurements...
Southern California residents along the shoreline woke up to an unusual sight this week. Ocean water pushed past berms and boardwalks on a clear day, turning streets into shallow rivers and seeping into homes and businesses. The flooding stretched from San Diego northward through Los Angeles County, driven solely by elevated tides rather than any...
A longtime food safety advocate who first raised concerns about petting zoos in 2004 has now outlined specific restrictions following fresh E. coli investigations at three fall attractions. Bill Marler, writing in Food Safety News, points to cases linked to Bengtson’s Pumpkin Farm in Illinois, Brookshire Farms in California, and the State Fair of Texas...
