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Students, some as young as 15, in a New Jersey college’s Investigative Genetic Genealogy Bootcamp, helped unlock the mystery.
Students, some as young as 15, in a New Jersey college’s Investigative Genetic Genealogy Bootcamp, helped unlock the mystery.
People really do leave everything but the kitchen sink in Ubers; some other people are traveling to see cicadas, whose butts may fall off.
When close neighbors start their circular saws and drills and begin pounding hammers at daybreak, do you fume or admire their ambition?
“I’m fine with no frills and willing to ‘not’ pay for them,” one reader said. Others are glad they can afford to fly on major airlines.
The restaurant’s limited-time endless shrimp promotion was added permanently to the menu in June, resulting in Q4 losses of $12.5 million.
The Lyrid meteor shower has a history of producing bright fireballs that blaze across the sky and are bright enough to penetrate moonlight.
Seven people in a dozen states have been sickened in a salmonella outbreak federal health officials say is linked to Infinite Herbs basil.
People leave meditation crystals, pet turtles and slabs of meat in Uber cars (those aren’t the weirdest things in the lost-and-found box).
Love ’em or hate ’em — and there are legions on both sides — two broods of periodical cicadas emerging this year make a loud impression.
A periodic comet that comes around every 71 years is getting brighter as it races toward the sun; meteor showers are back with the Lyrids.
Budget airlines can save money — or costs can add up with fees for seat assignments, priority boarding, carry-on bags, beverages and snacks.
When neighbor kids overstay, there may be a reason. When it comes to setting boundaries, “you don’t,” one reader said. “Just enjoy the kids.
A cicada emergence veteran eager for this year’s dual emergence admits “those suckers used to headbutt me. But I love those clumsy bugs!”
Burger King, Chick-fil-A, Dairy Queen, IHOP, McDonald’s, Panera and Starbucks are among fast food chains freshening their spring menus.
People have shown in the past they’re willing to do almost anything to acquire a Stanley, which officially drops Mother’s Day cups Thursday.
The cosmic eruption, which only happens every 80 years or so, could happen at any time in the Corona Borealis, or the Northern Crown.
With an early start to spring nationwide, the hunt is on for morels, which are among the most desired wild mushrooms in the world.
Treatment systems are expensive to install, and the first-ever national drinking water limit on PFAS could end up costing customers more.
President Joe Biden unveiled a new federal student loan cancellation proposal targeting borrowers for whom student debt is a major obstacle.