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At summer's end, indoor plants need attention too

At summer's end, indoor plants need attention too

As summer winds down, we tend to focus on enjoying the last of the season’s harvests, clearing away spent plants and planning next year’s garden. But indoor plants need our attention now, too.
Brad Pitt, Nick Cave make surprise art debut in Finland

Brad Pitt, Nick Cave make surprise art debut in Finland

HELSINKI (AP) — Hollywood's Brad Pitt and Australian musician Nick Cave have debuted as artists in an exhibition in Finland that displays sculptures and ceramics created by the movie star and the singer-songwriter.
Review: Coming up for air in Strout’s pandemic voyage

Review: Coming up for air in Strout’s pandemic voyage

“Lucy by the Sea," by Elizabeth Strout (Random House) Returning to characters of previous novels, Elizabeth Strout folds them into COVID-19’s twist of fate in “Lucy by the Sea.
With ceremonies over, King Charles III faces biggest task

With ceremonies over, King Charles III faces biggest task

LONDON (AP) — The cannons have sounded, the bells have rung and the mourners have paid their respects .
Millennial Money: Furnish your new place on a budget

Millennial Money: Furnish your new place on a budget

Moving season is almost over. But if you’re one of the many people settling into a new home right now, you might feel like the furniture-buying season is just getting started. And that can get expensive.
Angelina Jolie makes surprise visit to flood-hit Pakistan

Angelina Jolie makes surprise visit to flood-hit Pakistan

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Hollywood actress and U.N. humanitarian Angelina Jolie made a surprise visit to one of the worst flood-hit areas in southern Pakistan on Tuesday, officials said, as the death toll from months-long deluges rose to 1,559.
Pierre Kwenders wins Polaris Music Prize for 'José Louis and the Paradox Of Love'

Pierre Kwenders wins Polaris Music Prize for 'José Louis and the Paradox Of Love'

TORONTO — Pierre Kwenders has won the 2022 Polaris Music Prize for his album “José Louis and the Paradox Of Love.
Continuity and change: What experts expect for the reign of King Charles III

Continuity and change: What experts expect for the reign of King Charles III

As the longest-serving heir apparent in British history, King Charles III brings decades of public service — and personal baggage — to Buckingham Palace.
Energy crisis key to Italy's election - but not conservation

Energy crisis key to Italy's election - but not conservation

MILAN (AP) — Giambarini Group’s plants in northern Italy must keep zinc baths that rustproof steel and iron parts super-heated around the clock, seven days a week, an energy-intensive process that has grown exponentially more costly as natural gas pr
"Don't Look Up" director McKay gives to climate activists

"Don't Look Up" director McKay gives to climate activists

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — In director Adam McKay's “Don't Look Up," a 2021 satire about two scientists who try in vain to warn the world about a planet-destroying comet, the scientists' desperate plea for action ultimately doesn't work.
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