Seeking the mystery of vortexes in Sedona, Ariz.
SEDONA, Ariz. — I suppose I shouldn’t have taken the parking attendant’s advice so literally.
Iceland’s Northern Lights: Beautiful sight, risky drives
AKUREYRI, Iceland — Police in Iceland have a warning for visitors: Beware of our roads in the winter.
Tropical Gardening: Plants for your home foundation
Foundation plantings are like spandex garments.
Freed by court, Pakistani Christian woman still a prisoner
ISLAMABAD — Aasia Bibi, a Pakistani Christian acquitted of blasphemy, still lives the life of a prisoner, nearly three months after her release from death row, awaiting a final ruling on her fate.
Acoustic guitar master Gerhard to play 3 Big Island shows
Grammy winning acoustic guitar virtuoso Ed Gerhard makes his island debut with three Big Island concerts this weekend.
Let’s Talk Food: Prebiotic foods
We have all heard of probiotic foods — those foods that have live cultures or bacteria such as yogurt, kefir, buttermilk, sauerkraut, kimchi, kombucha and sourdough bread. But have you heard of prebiotic foods? They are the nondigestible carbohydrates that feed the good bacteria in our guts.
Tropical Gardening: Mango and papaya thrive in the heat
We usually think of lush tropical gardens when Hawaii comes to mind, but much of our land — especially on the leeward side — is desert.
Toot! Toot! New riverboat to ride Mississippi in New Orleans
NEW ORLEANS — Few experiences capture old New Orleans and the Mississippi River quite like a paddlewheel riverboat coming round the muddy bend with its tooting whistle horn, towering smoke stacks and water-churning propeller.
US Border Patrol Museum opens a world on the evolving agency
EL PASO, Texas — For many Mexican-Americans living near the U.S.-Mexico border, the U.S. Border Patrol was viewed as a federal government agency to be feared. Its agents might raid the factory where you worked, question your citizenship status at checkpoints or detain you if an agent thought you were in the country illegally or were hiding drugs.
Vatican launches track team of Swiss Guards, nuns
VATICAN CITY — The Vatican launched an official track team Thursday with the aim of competing in international competitions as part of an agreement signed with the Italian Olympic Committee.