A historic seaport where Russian explorers clashed with the Indigenous Tlingit people and Gold Rush pioneers “socialized” with prostitutes. An ill-fated love triangle whose spectral impact can still be felt. A former hotel whose halls are haunted by a grisly 70-year-old murder.

We walked the streets of Sitka, Alaska, on a late-summer ...Read more

I started strength training about nine years ago for admittedly vain reasons. Fresh off a breakup at the time, weight training offered a welcome distraction and the prospect of a revenge body.

I trained two or three times a week — nothing crazy, just good old fashioned bicep curls, weighted squats, plank holds. But the results were astounding...Read more

I started strength training about nine years ago for admittedly vain reasons. Fresh off a breakup at the time, weight training offered a welcome distraction and the prospect of a revenge body.

I trained two or three times a week — nothing crazy, just good old fashioned bicep curls, weighted squats, plank holds. But the results were astounding...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The search party walked slowly up Alvarado Street by MacArthur Park and turned right onto Wilshire Boulevard, filled with heartbreak and hope.

Barbara Siegman and Michele Wood, mother and daughter, were searching for a 34-year-old named Jackie, who is homeless and addicted to drugs. Jackie is Siegman's granddaughter and Wood's ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The search party walked slowly up Alvarado Street by MacArthur Park and turned right onto Wilshire Boulevard, filled with heartbreak and hope.

Barbara Siegman and Michele Wood, mother and daughter, were searching for a 34-year-old named Jackie, who is homeless and addicted to drugs. Jackie is Siegman's granddaughter and Wood's ...Read more

Gerri Norington, 78, never wanted to be on her own as she grew old.

But her first marriage ended in divorce, and her second husband died more than 30 years ago. When a five-year relationship came to a close in 2006, she found herself alone — a situation that has lasted since.

“I miss having a companion who I can talk to and ask ‘How was ...Read more

Gerri Norington, 78, never wanted to be on her own as she grew old.

But her first marriage ended in divorce, and her second husband died more than 30 years ago. When a five-year relationship came to a close in 2006, she found herself alone — a situation that has lasted since.

“I miss having a companion who I can talk to and ask ‘How was ...Read more

A significant weapon in the fight against lung cancer may be going to waste, as a survey revealed most Americans aren’t aware it. Annual CT screenings administered to people with a history of smoking can raise the five-year survival rate of lung cancer by 63%, but as few as 38% of people in the U.S. know about it.

“The survey shows that we ...Read more

For some people, it's chocolate. For others, pizza. Or perhaps it's Chinese food, cheeseburgers or fries.

Most people experience food cravings of some type. But where do those cravings come from? And what, if anything, can be done to control them?

Cravings are nothing more than a desire for something that's rewarding, said Dr. Rajita Sinha, a ...Read more

If you've watched a sporting event lately – and especially if you've ever bet on one – odds are you already know how radically sports gambling has changed in recent years.

"It's not even the same world," said Dr. Timothy Fong, a professor of psychiatry at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Twenty years ago, if you wanted to legally...Read more

HUDSON, Wis. — Sure, there are pickleball workshops, lunches in the dining hall, yoga classes and nature hikes. You’ll make friends over s’mores around the fire pit and maybe share a bunkhouse with roommates.

The biggest difference is that you — yes, you, a full-grown adult — are the camper.

“I’m here to find my zen,” Perry ...Read more

My butler snaps open a white linen cloth and smooths it over the table. He lays out a silver coffee pot, cream pitcher, a selection of sweeteners, salt and pepper shakers and two sets of flatware tucked within folded cloth napkins.

Next come the covered plates of chilled fruit, omelets accompanied by crisp bacon and a stack of blueberry and ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Programs that feed older, homebound adults are instituting waiting lists amid budget crunches, rising costs of food, growing demand for their services and funding cuts from the government.

Combined with the end of COVID-19 era aid, local groups are finding that they can no longer serve the same number of people, resulting in ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Programs that feed older, homebound adults are instituting waiting lists amid budget crunches, rising costs of food, growing demand for their services and funding cuts from the government.

Combined with the end of COVID-19 era aid, local groups are finding that they can no longer serve the same number of people, resulting in ...Read more

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- It’s always a joy to visit the downtown San Jose Fire Museum, but being there for retired Fire Capt. Sam Seibert’s birthday celebration was really something special.

Seibert turned 105 on Monday, and he was the guest of honor at a party at the Market Street firehouse-turned-museum on Tuesday. He sat upon a throne, was ...Read more

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- It’s always a joy to visit the downtown San Jose Fire Museum, but being there for retired Fire Capt. Sam Seibert’s birthday celebration was really something special.

Seibert turned 105 on Monday, and he was the guest of honor at a party at the Market Street firehouse-turned-museum on Tuesday. He sat upon a throne, was ...Read more