People prone to seasonal depression are bracing themselves as winter approaches. Many have found strategies to get through the dark days. Depression that begins in the fall and eases in the spring or summer is called seasonal affective disorder, or SAD. Doctors recommend starting the morning by sitting near a special device that emits light about 20 times brighter than regular indoor light. Working with a therapist can help people with seasonal depression identify and modify unhelpful thoughts. And doctors recommend keeping a regular sleep schedule and walking outside, even on cloudy days.

The pilot of a business jet that crashed in Florida, killing all nine people aboard, was a longtime aviator, husband and a father from the Philadelphia suburbs. That's according to a colleague who organized an online fundraiser for his family and social media posts from people who knew him. Jeff Gregory was one of two crew members in the cockpit of the Bahamas-bound Learjet 60 when it encountered bad weather and slammed into the ground Sunday near West Palm Beach. As the plane plunged, a man’s voice could be heard reciting the Lord’s Prayer during the copilot’s final radio transmissions. Friends are convinced it was 55-year-old Gregory, a devout Christian.