NEW YORK (AP) — One of the first sights we see in “Costume Art,” the new fashion exhibit to be launched at Monday’s Met Gala, is a glittering …
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Just 17 women have trained a horse that ran in one of the first 151 renditions of the Kentucky Derby. Only six women ha…
MILAN (AP) — The international jury of the Venice Biennale resigned Thursday, just days before the world’s oldest and most important contempor…
NEW YORK (AP) — Teenagers are more inclined than their elders to get news from nontraditional sources such as social media and influencers, he…
Horses are poised, bets are on, hats are at the ready and the bourbon is standing by, ready to be poured into thousands of mint julep cocktail…
Keeping your eyes on the road is vital if your car travels at a speed of 200 mph (322 kph). A strong neck helps.
Proponents of raw milk are pushing to make the unpasteurized product more widely available and easy to obtain. More than three dozen bills supporting raw milk have been introduced in statehouses across the nation, the AP found. The momentum is growing even as a new outbreak sickens U.S. children. Health officials have long warned that raw milk can contain potentially deadly germs. But government officials like Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., along with social media influencers, have fueled sharp new interest in unproven health benefits.
If you can't visit the original Liberty Bell in Philadelphia, you might find a dead ringer nearby. For a 1950 bond drive, the Treasury Department commissioned replicas for each U.S. state and several territories. These replicas have become a fascination for “bell hunters” like Tom Campbell from Colorado. Campbell stumbled upon his first replica in Denver in the late 1990s, sparking a quest to visit them all. The replicas, cast in France, weigh the same as the original and even have faux cracks, but differ in metallurgical makeup. Many have suffered from neglect, but some are being restored as the U.S. approaches its 250th anniversary.
HAVANA (AP) — On a recent afternoon, a group of elderly residents slipped through the wooden doors of the Church of the Holy Spirit in Old Hav…
BOSTON (AP) — For decades, the 1990 theft of 13 artworks from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum — now valued at more than $500 million — has…
