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US Scare School
Shayne Powell, of Wixom, poses for a portrait at the Erebus Haunted House Oct. 2, 2025, in Pontiac, Mich. (AP Photo/Ryan Sun)
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Michigan haunted house teaches actors to ‘scare the pee out of’ guests

Grotesque makeup, menacing props and intimidating costumes are just one part of a Michigan haunted house’s 25-year-old formula to terrify guests. It starts by educating the actors looking to provide the most horrifying experience to its visitors. At Scare School, they learn all the tricks of the trade. Lessons begin weeks before the four-level walk-through […]

OCT. 8, 2025

Be Well-Financial Wellness-The Great Lock In
FILE - A shopper shops at a retail store in Arlington Heights, Ill., Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)
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How ‘The Great Lock In’ can help achieve your financial and wellness goals

As the end of 2025 approaches, a viral TikTok trend is helping people achieve their wellness goals: “The Great Lock In” encourages participants to finish the year strong by fully focusing on their life goals from Sept. 1 through Dec. 31. Many people focus on exercise or eating healthier. But the trend can also help you achieve […]

OCT. 8, 2025

Climate Mexico Ancient Farms Women
Jasmín Ordóñez, left, and Cassandra Garduño harvest Swiss chard grown in Garduño's chinampa, an island farm built by the Aztecs thousands of years ago, in San Gregorio Atlapulco, a borough of Mexico City, Sept. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Felix Marquez)
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Women in Mexico step up to protect ancient Aztec farms and save a vanishing ecosystem

Jasmín Ordóñez looks out from a wooden boat at the water as she crosses a narrow channel that connects a labyrinth of chinampas, island farms that were built by the Aztecs thousands of years ago. “Let’s close our eyes and ask our Mother Water for permission to sail in peace,” she said as the boat moves […]

OCT. 8, 2025

Thailand Buffalo
Thawatchai Daeng-Ngam and his "Tod," a 5-year-old buffalo, participate in a beauty buffalo pageant during an annual buffalo racing festival in Chonburi, Thailand, Monday, Oct. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
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A beauty pageant for buffaloes in Thailand raises status of the humble animal

It was 5-year-old Tod’s first time competing in a beauty pageant and the bright red interior of his ears turned out and popped against his black fur. The main stud for his owner, food vendor and farmer Thawatchai Daeng-Ngam, Tod was one of the competitors Monday at the annual water buffalo racing festival in Chonburi, […]

OCT. 7, 2025

Suns Lakers Basketball
Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James, left, talks with assistant coach Scott Brooks during the second half of an NBA preseason basketball game against the Phoenix Suns, Friday, Oct. 3, 2025, in Palm Desert, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
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LeBron James teased ‘the decision of all decisions’ announcement. It was an ad

LeBron James had another “decision” to announce. Turns out, it was an ad. The Los Angeles Lakers star teased that he would have something to say Tuesday. The “decision” reference is a nod to how he announced in July 2010 that he was joining the Miami Heat. It was supposed to come out at noon Eastern, […]

OCT. 7, 2025

Canada Hockey Stick Factory
Wooden hockey sticks are stacked as they move along the assembly line at the Roustan Hockey factory, which is the last major manufacturer of hockey sticks in Canada on Aug. 27, 2025 in Brantford, Ontario. (AP Photo/Kelvin Chan)
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Canada’s last hockey stick factory survives in face of tariff threats and globalization

Wearing protective gloves and earplugs, a worker feeds lengths of wood into a machine that makes an earsplitting whine as it automatically cuts a groove into the end of each piece. Nearby, stacks of wooden wedges wait to be slotted into those grooves to form the beginnings of a hockey stick. Further down the Roustan […]

OCT. 6, 2025

Be Well-Cold Water Immersion
FILE - Revelers enter the cold water during the annual Polar Bear Plunge on New Year's Day, Jan. 1, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki, file)
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Cold-water immersion may offer health benefits — and also presents risks

Dr. Mark Harper recalls his first cold-water swim in the south of England 20 years ago. It was August, but the initial jolt from the plunge took his breath away. The shock to his system lasted a minute or two until he was “recombobulated and able to think about something other than the cold,” Harper says. A […]

OCT. 6, 2025

Food-Dubai Chocolate
Leonessa Dubai chocolate bars are displayed in New York. (Katie Workman via AP)
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The Dubai chocolate craze is now about much more than bars

Some flavor crazes flirt with us and fade. Others stay and make themselves at home. It’s too soon to tell for sure, but the Dubai chocolate movement seems to have put down roots and is spreading at a brisk clip. The sweet flavors and thick texture that have made Dubai chocolate bars a hit are […]

OCT. 6, 2025

Immigration Enforcement Chicago
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents make an arrest during an early morning operation in Park Ridge, Ill., Friday, Sept. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley)
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ICE airs ads stirring up local frustration to recruit police for mass deportation efforts

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is spending millions of dollars on television advertising in select metro areas around the country, an Associated Press tally found, aimed at recruiting local officers frustrated with their cities’ restrictions on immigration enforcement into President Donald Trump’s mass deportation efforts. “You took an oath to protect and serve, to keep your family, your […]

OCT. 6, 2025

Interstellar Comet
This image composed from multiple exposures and provided by NSF's NOIRLab shows a comet streaking across a star field above the International Gemini Observatory on Cerro Pachon, near La Serena, Chile. (NSF's NoirLab via AP)
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Interstellar comet swinging past Mars as a fleet of spacecraft looks on

 A comet from another star system will swing by Mars on Friday as a fleet of spacecraft trains its sights on the interstellar visitor. The comet known as 3I/Atlas will hurtle within 18 million miles (29 million kilometers) of the red planet, its closest approach during its trek through the inner solar system. Its breakneck speed: 193,000 mph (310,000 kph). […]

OCT. 2, 2025

Vatican Swiss Guards
Lieutenant Colonel Loic Marc Rossier, left, and Captain Lorenz Keusch pose for reporters as they present the Swiss Guard Mezza-Gala uniform in the Swiss Guard Barracks at the Vatican, Thursday, Oct. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
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The Swiss Guards have a new uniform. Don’t worry, the iconic one remains

The world’s oldest army has new uniforms. But don’t worry: The Swiss Guards’ famed blue, yellow and red Renaissance-style billowy garb isn’t going anywhere. Rather, the pope’s army on Thursday unveiled an additional uniform for nonceremonial, formal occasions, such as a diplomatic reception or official dinner outside the Vatican walls. Col. Christoph Graf, the Swiss Guards commander, donned […]

OCT. 2, 2025

Karen Attiah Black Media Voices
Former Washington Post opinion columnist Karen Attiah, center, speaks during a panel discussion about the impact of Black women in media at the Congressional Black Caucus's Annual Legislative Conference in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Matt Brown)
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In Black columnist’s firing, advocates fear decreasing diversity, vital perspectives in news media

As the founding global opinion editor for The Washington Post, Karen Attiah believed her job had always been about assessing world affairs in a way that elevated a diverse range of perspectives. “I’m not just a columnist,” she recently said. But last week, the Post’s only Black female opinion writer revealed she had been fired […]

OCT. 2, 2025

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