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A little light-intensity activity, like spring cleaning, is a first step toward better health.

It’s NEAT to be clean: Research shows household chores benefit physical, mental health

April 30, 2024, 5:58am Health

As traditions go, spring cleaning probably doesn’t bring the thrills that come from watching a college basketball tournament, taking a break at the beach or spying the first robins outside your window. But no matter how you approach it, cleaning might affect your health in ways you haven’t considered. We… Read story

FILE - A pedestrian walks past the entrance to Yellowstone National Park, June 15, 2022, in Gardiner, Mont. A man who kicked a bison in the leg was then hurt by one of the animals on April 21, 2024, in Yellowstone National Park, according to park officials. Park rangers arrested and jailed him after he was treated for minor injuries.

Yellowstone tourist from Idaho kicks bison in its leg before it turns and injures him, rangers say

April 29, 2024, 5:32pm Life

A Yellowstone National Park visitor was left injured while harassing a bison herd, park rangers said. Read story

Packages of macadamia nuts are displayed on store shelves on Friday, April 26, 2024, in Honolulu. For decades, tourists to Hawaii have brought home gift boxes of the islands’ famous chocolate-covered macadamia nuts for friends and family.

Hawaii is known for its macadamia nuts. Lawmakers want to keep it that way

April 29, 2024, 8:40am Business

For decades, tourists to Hawaii have brought home gift boxes of the islands’ famous chocolate-covered macadamia nuts for friends and family, but these days many of the kernels in the package might not be Hawaii-grown. Read story

This photo released by the San Diego Zoo shows giant panda Yun Chuan on Thursday, April 25, 2024, in the Sichuan province of China. A pair of giant pandas will soon make the journey from China to the U.S., where they will be cared for at the San Diego Zoo as part of an ongoing conservation partnership between the two nations, officials said Monday, April 29.

Pair of giant pandas set to travel from China to San Diego Zoo under conservation partnership

April 29, 2024, 8:32am Life

A pair of giant pandas will soon make the journey from China to the U.S., where they will be cared for at the San Diego Zoo as part of an ongoing conservation partnership between the two nations, officials said Monday. Read story

Keyboardist Page McConnell, left, and Trey Anastasio, guitarist and singer-songwriter of the band Phish, rehearse April 16 before the group’s four-night engagement at the Sphere in Las Vegas.

Sphere offered Phish a new canvas

April 29, 2024, 6:04am Entertainment

Adele, Mariah Carey and Garth Brooks tower over the Las Vegas Strip, peering out from billboards advertising their various casino residencies. But the 20,000 fans marching toward the glowing Sphere last week were there for a band that many Strip visitors have no idea exists. Read story

Scientists confine, study Chinook at restored Snoqualmie River habitat

April 29, 2024, 6:01am Latest News Updated 2 days ago

In newly restored river channels on the Snoqualmie, baby Chinook salmon are confined in 19 enclosures about the size of large suitcases as they munch on little crustaceans and invertebrate insects floating or swimming by. Read story

‘Fallout’ review: Walton Goggins as a swaggering, post-apocalyptic cowboy

Walton Goggins as The Ghoul in "Fallout." (Amazon)

April 29, 2024, 6:00am Entertainment

If fears about “the bomb” permeated life in the mid-20th century, the video game “Fallout” takes that premise to its worst conclusion. In a post-nuclear wasteland, some survivors have been recreating their 1950s-era idyll underground in elaborate bomb shelters called vaults. Those less lucky have been eking out a life… Read story