Tag: Recreation and leisure
Comic, Netflix staple Jo Koy talks race, rejection in memoir
Like many famous comics, Jo Koy had early struggles at comedy clubs. But, unlike them, the half white and half Filipino comedian could only...
High court won’t hear fishermen case against ocean monument
PORTLAND, Maine — The Supreme Court ruled on Monday that it will not consider a fishing group's attempt to challenge the creation of a...
Mars findings cataloged in Navajo language
Native people have had ties to land in North America since time immemorial, and now that connection is expanding to the cosmos.
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Park authorities plan four spring fires for Indiana Dunes
CHESTERTON, Ind. — Authorities plan four prescribed fires at Indiana Dunes National Park this spring, totaling more than 900 acres.
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L.L. Bean sees sales boom amid pandemic’s push to outdoors
FREEPORT, Maine — With Americans hunkering down and hankering to get outdoors during the pandemic, L.L. Bean recorded its best annual sales growth in...
EXPLAINER: Why Georgia attack spurs fears in Asian Americans
Chicago — The shootings at three Georgia massage parlors and spas that left eight people dead, six of them women of Asian descent, come...
Spa shooting victims ID’d as Biden, Harris head to Atlanta
ATLANTA — The names of four additional victims in the Atlanta-area massage businesses shootings have been released, hours before President Joe Biden and Vice...
Skydiving school to pay $40M over death of 18-year-old
LODI, Calif. — The family of an 18-year-old man who died in a 2016 after his parachute didn't open was awarded a $40 million...
Slain spa worker toiled tirelessly to support her family
ATLANTA — Hyun Jung Grant loved disco and club music, often strutting or moonwalking while doing household chores and jamming with her sons to...
Japan raises tariffs on US beef after hitting import limit
TOKYO — Imported American beef in Japan has proved so popular it's topped the annual limits called “safeguards,” and the U.S. Meat Export Federation...
