The world of auto racing is full of odd traditions and superstitions that would make non-racing fans scratch their head. Between forbidding shelled peanuts at many tracks, the unlucky color green, and ...

Ashland Fire Chief Donald Bouley walks across the site of a fire at the Northeast Pellets mill in Ashland in 2017. A fire destroyed the company's main production building and firefighters were still ...

Many gardeners believe that pine needle mulch makes soil more acidic. Since the needles themselves are acidic, this only makes sense. When we add a thick layer of pine needle mulch—aka pine ...

Thu., May 14, 2026 This year has been a good one for falling ponderosa pine cones. The trees are responding to the drought conditions we have been facing the last few years. However, picking up these ...

That came in over email this week from a reader, Joe Pipe. It’s a good question and a more interesting one than it looks. The short answer is that a cone’s shape does real work that a straight joint ...

In “Why Do We Exist?” Hakeem Oluseyi explores how life may have emerged to move energy through matter—and why Earth is the perfect setting. The following is an excerpt from “Why Do We Exist?: The Nine ...

Barry has been watching the news on television for as long as he can remember. His parents regularly tuned into KDKA news, religiously watching it to learn about their community and their world. As a ...

In the wake of a fourth vehicular incident, Bob Harig explores why Tiger Woods continues to get behind the wheel. Also: a new Rory McIlroy book and the Masters field grows. Over the years, long before ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — The Albany Pine Bush Preserve conducted a prescribed fire on Wednesday. The burn took place during most of the day and closed certain trailheads while it was completed. The ...

When parents reach out to me for help with their children, teens, and even grown children, it is often about anger. They bring up yelling, arguing, slamming doors, rigid refusals, and even punching ...

About 58 per cent of Iran’s attacks on its Gulf neighbours have been directed at the UAE. We find out why. The UAE has long lived with an uneasy proximity to Iran. Just 55km of water separates the two ...

Before governments, countries and writing, there was war. People have always fought with each other. Archaeologists have discovered skeletons with weapon injuries that are over 10,000 years old. Wars ...