Crowds picnic to see Tokyo’s cherry blossoms at full bloom

04/08/2024

TOKYO (AP) — Crowds gathered Friday to enjoy Japan’s famed cherry blossoms in Tokyo, where cold weather has delayed their bloom. Cherry blossoms, known as “sakura” in Japanese, are the nation’s favorite flower. People often have sakura…

What is Eid al-Fitr and how do Muslims celebrate the Islamic holiday?

04/08/2024

CAIRO (AP) — Muslims around the world will soon bid farewell to the Islamic holy month of Ramadan and start celebrating the holiday of Eid al-Fitr. Eid is marked with congregational prayers and festivities that typically include…

Why is Taiwan so exposed to earthquakes and so well prepared to withstand them?

04/04/2024

TAIPEI, Taiwan — Taiwan was struck Wednesday, April 3, 2024, by its most powerful earthquake in a quarter of a century.  At least nine people were killed and hundreds injured, buildings and highways damaged and dozens of workers…

Gmail revolutionized email 20 years ago. People thought it was Google’s April Fool’s Day joke

04/01/2024

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin loved pulling pranks, so much so they began rolling outlandish ideas every April Fool’s Day not long after starting their company more than a quarter century…

Harvard says it has removed human skin from the binding of a 19th century book

04/01/2024

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Harvard University said it has removed human skin from the binding of a 19th century book about the afterlife that has been in its collections since the 1930s. The decision came after a…

Solar eclipse: How to view it without hurting your eyes

04/01/2024

DALLAS— Millions of people along a narrow band in North America will look up when the sky darkens during a total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024.  When they do, safety is key. Staring directly at the sun during a…

Girl, 8, only survivor of bus crash that kills 45 Easter pilgrims

03/30/2024

MMAMATLAKALA, South Africa — An 8-year-old girl was the lone survivor after a bus full of pilgrims making their way to a popular Easter festival in rural South Africa slammed into a bridge on a mountain pass…

Instagram limits political content in new update: Here’s how to change it

03/25/2024

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Instagram has started an automatic clampdown on the amount of political content appearing in its users’ feeds, but there is a relatively quick and easy way to turn off the controls if you…

The Oscars are almost here. Here’s what to know and how to watch

03/10/2024

LOS ANGELES (AP) — After a winter barrage of award shows — the Emmys, the Golden Globes, the Grammys — the grandaddy of them all, the Academy Awards, are around the corner. The 96th Oscars may be…

Where is MH370? Malaysia may reopen search for missing plane

03/05/2024

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Malaysian officials said Sunday, March 3, 2024, they may renew the hunt for MH370. This after a U.S. company that tried to find the plane in 2018 proposed a fresh search in the…

Astronomers spot new tiny moons around Neptune and Uranus

02/25/2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Astronomers have found three previously unknown moons in our solar system — two additional moons circling Neptune and one around Uranus. The distant tiny moons were spotted using powerful land-based telescopes in Hawaii and…

A watch that melted during the atomic blast over Hiroshima, Japan, sells for more than $31,000

02/24/2024

BOSTON (AP) — A watch melted during the Aug. 6, 1945, bombing of Hiroshima, Japan, has sold for more than $31,000 at auction. The watch is frozen in time at the moment of the detonation of an…

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