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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

US By Women-For Women
Laura Youngson, CEO of IDA Sports, poses for photographs at a store in Regent Street, in London, Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)
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Interest in women’s sports is growing. Here’s how some women-owned companies are responding

Laura Youngson didn’t expect to focus so much on soccer cleats when she organized a group of women to climb Mount Kilimanjaro and play a high-altitude match. The point of the 2017 game was to highlight inequality in sports for women and girls. On that front, Youngson achieved her goal with the match becoming the […]

OCT. 7, 2025

US Norway-Crown Prince
Crown Prince Haakon of Norway arrives at the Norway House in Minneapolis on Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)
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Norwegian Crown Prince Haakon visits Minnesota to mark 200 years of emigration to the US

Norwegian Crown Prince Haakon visited Minnesota on Tuesday as part of a tour marking the 200th anniversary of organized emigration from his homeland to the United States, highlighting the deep connections between the two countries. The Upper Midwest has some of the largest concentrations of Scandinavian Americans in the U.S., and Minnesota has well over 800,000 […]

OCT. 7, 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

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AP CEO: Future of news centers on ‘the facts’

During a wide-ranging conversation with Barron’s, AP President and CEO Daisy Veerasingham discussed the future of the news industry and how The Associated Press continues to make itself indispensable to its thousands of customers around the world.  “I think the role that we play is still as important today as it has ever been,” she […]

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

Nepal Living Goddess
Nepal's newly appointed living goddess, Kumari Aryatara Shakya, is carried by her father as they walk towards Kumari Ghar, the temple palace where she will be residing in Kathmandu, Nepal, Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
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Nepal chooses a 2-year-old girl as new living goddess worshipped by both Hindus and Buddhists

A 2-year-old girl chosen as Nepal’s new living goddess was carried by family members from their home in a Kathmandu alley to a temple palace Tuesday during the country’s longest and most significant Hindu festival. Aryatara Shakya, at 2 years and 8 months, was chosen as the new Kumari, or “virgin goddess,” replacing the incumbent, who is considered […]

OCT. 1, 2025

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AP, LaPresse renew longstanding collaboration  

The Associated Press and LaPresse have renewed their longstanding collaboration, extending their relationship through 2029. This renewal reaffirms their shared commitment to providing independent and high-quality journalism amid a rapidly evolving global media landscape. Marco Maria Durante, President of LaPresse, stated: “I am honored to continue LaPresse’s collaboration with The Associated Press, a partnership that […]

SEPT. 30, 2025

Australia Beach Boxes
Visitors take photos by the Bathing boxes at Brighton Beach in Melbourne, Australia, Monday, June 2, 2025. (AP Photo Rod McGuirk)
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Australia’s iconic beach boxes lack the comforts of home but can cost more than a house

The iconic, brightly painted coastal sheds in and around Melbourne, Australia, are a quirky real estate mix: absolute beachfront views, but lacking basic features including a bedroom, bathroom, running water and even power. While they lack homely comforts, some can sell for more than an average Melbourne suburban house. And while the house comes with the […]

SEPT. 25, 2025

One Tech Tip Transferring Music
FILE - Buildings are reflected behind the logo at an Apple Store, in downtown Chicago, Oct. 19, 2017. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato, File)
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One Tech Tip: How to move your music library to another streaming platform

Want to switch to Apple Music because you can’t find your favorite indie band on Spotify? Or maybe you’re on Amazon Music but saw a new subscriber offer on Tidal that’s too good to pass up. There are a variety of reasons to change music providers. But if you’re thinking about it, and you’re worried […]

SEPT. 25, 2025

NFL Ireland Gaelic Games
FILE - Irish kicker Andy Quinn, second left, lines himself up for a field-goal attempt in warmups before a "kicking king" competition at Donnybrook Stadium in Dublin, Ireland, on Friday, Aug. 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Kenneth Maguire, File)
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What are Gaelic games and how are they producing NFL hopefuls in kicking and punting?

Ireland’s indigenous sports are called Gaelic games, and Gaelic football in particular features kicking skills that can transfer to American football via placekicking and punting. A growing number of Gaelic football players are giving American football a shot, either through college programs or the NFL’s international player pathway program. Before the Pittsburgh Steelers face the Minnesota Vikings at Croke Park in the first regular-season NFL […]

SEPT. 24, 2025

Japan Sacred Shrine Rebuilt
Priests and officials in the Shinto priesthood march during Yamaguchisai, a kickoff ceremony of the Shikinen Sengu ritual, which concludes in 2033, at Kotaijingu, also known as Naiku, or the inner sanctuary, of the Jingu shrine complex in Ise, central Japan, Friday, May 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae)
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Japan’s most sacred Shinto shrine has been rebuilt every 20 years for more than a millennium

Deep in the forests of the Japanese Alps, Shinto priests keep watch as woodsmen dressed in ceremonial white chop their axes into two ancient cypress trees, timing their swings so that they strike from three directions. An hour later, the head woodcutter shouts, “A tree is falling!” as one of the 300-year-old trees crashes down, […]

SEPT. 23, 2025

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