Modern Life

Published on March 19, 2024 - Page 16
A growing number of older adults are in debt in retirement, according to the 2022 Survey of Consumer Finances from the Federal Reserve. Among people...
Published on March 19, 2024 - Page 16
Social media CEOs were recently grilled by Senate lawmakers in an emotional and often heated hearing about the dangers their platforms pose to...
Published on March 17, 2024 - Page 5
NEW YORK -- If it's March, and it's green, it must be St. Patrick's Day. The day honoring the patron saint of Ireland is a global celebration of...
Published on March 17, 2024 - Page 5
NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- The grandly colonnaded old city hall was designed by an Irish architect. A neighborhood near the wharves is still known as the...
Published on March 17, 2024 - Page 5
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- California Assemblyman Anthony Rendon likes to spend his spare time away from the Capitol in Sacramento with his 4-year-...
Published on March 17, 2024 - Page 27
It's been eight months since I closed the door for the last time to my childhood home in suburban New Jersey and said goodbye to more than a half...
Published on March 17, 2024 - Page 27
As you grow up, you learn about money from the people who raise you. Hearing their stories can spare you from making financial mistakes. You're...
Published on March 17, 2024 - Page 27
EDITOR'S NOTE: The Penn State Extension Master Gardeners of Columbia County, of Northumberland County, and of Montour County are sharing their...
Published on March 17, 2024 - Page 27
Master Gardeners can respond to your gardening questions by email or by telephone. Submit your gardening questions to: ColumbiaMG@psu.edu at 570-316...
Published on March 17, 2024 - Page 32
NEW YORK (AP) -- Charlamagne Tha God's next book is an ode to hard truths and getting to the point. Black Privilege Publishing, a Simon &...
Published on March 16, 2024 - Page 4
HAMBURG, N.Y. (AP) -- An ailing alligator was seized from an upstate New York home where it was being kept illegally, state officials said....
Published on March 14, 2024 - Page 14
St. Patrick is believed to have used a three-leaf clover to explain the complexity of the Trinity to nonbelievers in 5th century Ireland. Ever since...
Published on March 12, 2024 - Page 10
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- Students and teachers can discuss sexual orientation and gender identity in Florida classrooms, provided it's not part of...
Published on March 12, 2024 - Page 16
Women have long been at the forefront of gardening, whether passing agricultural traditions from generation to generation, organizing garden clubs...
Published on March 10, 2024 - Page 10
and JAKE COYLE Associated Press Film Writers The Academy Awards honor many things in movies but not some of the most important. Ahead of tonight's...
Published on March 10, 2024 - Page 27
Dark hues have a bad rap as gloomy and depressing. One weekend, I painted our family room Benjamin Moore's Kendall Charcoal, a deep, earthy gray....
Published on March 10, 2024 - Page 27
For Ambus Hunter, what started as a fun trip to Las Vegas when he was 25 soon turned into a gambling addiction. He loved the feeling of winning. He...
Published on March 10, 2024 - Page 27
EDITOR'S NOTE: The Penn State Extension Master Gardeners of Columbia County, of Northumberland County, and of Montour County are sharing their...
Published on March 10, 2024 - Page 27
The Penn State Extension Master Gardeners return to our live and in-person March into Spring presentations at the Ag Services Building, 702 Sawmill...
Published on March 10, 2024 - Page 32
NEW YORK (AP) -- Former diplomat and White House aide Stuart E. Eizenstat has a book out this spring on some of the country's most consequential...
Published on March 9, 2024 - Page 5
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Most of America "springs forward" Sunday for daylight saving time and losing that hour of sleep can do more than leave you tired...
Published on March 9, 2024 - Page 8
The Pritzker Architecture Prize has been awarded to Japan's Riken Yamamoto, who earns the field's highest honor for what organizers called a long...
Published on March 8, 2024 - Page 6
DALLAS (AP) -- Once again, most Americans will set their clocks forward by one hour this weekend, losing perhaps a bit of sleep but gaining more...
Published on March 3, 2024 - Page 4
NEW YORK (AP) -- Iris Apfel, a textile expert, interior designer and fashion celebrity known for her eccentric style, has died. She was 102. Her...
Published on March 3, 2024 - Page 23
POMPANO BEACH, Fla. -- Retired Army Col. Farrell Patrick taught computer science at West Point during the 1970s, then at two private universities...
Published on March 3, 2024 - Page 23
Financial planners talk about three phases in retirement: the go-go years, the slow-go years and the no-go years. Expenses tend to be highest at the...
Published on March 3, 2024 - Page 23
EDITOR'S NOTE: The Penn State Extension Master Gardeners of Columbia County, of Northumberland County, and of Montour County are sharing their...
Published on March 3, 2024 - Page 23
Join us Saturday for a live webinar from 10-11:30 a.m. on "Noxious vs. Native Weeds." Register online: https://extension.psu.edu/second-saturday-...
Published on March 3, 2024 - Page 23
Penn State Extension Master Gardener volunteers are to present "Planting for Pollinators" by John Colatch Saturday at the Degenstein Community...
Published on March 3, 2024 - Page 28
NEW YORK (AP) -- Billionaire businessman-environmentalist Tom Steyer has a book out this spring that combines personal and professional stories for a...