Southwest Lifestyle
Travel
Carnival aims to launch Miami to Cuba cruises
Starting in May 2016, Carnival plans to offer weeklong cruises from Miami to Cuba.Carnival Corporation via Associated Press Starting in May, Carnival Corp. plans to offer trips from Miami to…
And the West is History
And the West is History
The Indian School, which provides the backdrop for a group photo in 1895, was open from 1891 to 1910, after which it was converted to a high school focusing on…
Family
Bumble, the dating app where women make the first move
“Not too soon at all!” he replied. As someone who publicly encourages women to ask men out, I had a hunch that Bumble and I would click. There are few…
Family
The college majors that are most likely to marry each other
Picking a major is already difficult enough for college kids. But here’s an extra piece of data to weigh on your decision: You may be picking a life partner as…
And the West is History
And the West is History
75 years ago: “A new three-cent stamp commemorating 50 years of Idaho’s statehood was placed on sale. The stamp, a purplish-lavender, bears the picture of Idaho’s capital at Boise.” 50…
Religion
Religion Briefs
St. Ignatius Church in Ignacio will celebrate the feast of St. Kateri Tekakawitha at 10:30 a.m. Sunday at 15449 Colorado Highway 172. St. Kateri was the first Native American to…
Family
This Harvard grad offered $10,000 to find him a girlfriend – will he find love?
Meet Ren Lu You, the Harvard Business School graduate behind dateren.com. The site, launched last week by the McLean, Virginia, native, offers $10,000 to anyone who introduces him to a…
Family
New book offers lessons for parents from entrepreneurs
This book cover image released by Perigee Books shows Raising Can-Do Kids: Giving Children the Tools to Thrive in a Fast-Changing World, by Richard Rende, PhD and Jen Prosek. Self-entitled…
Family
To bring out this little one’s sisterly love, we’ll need pest control
A: Sibling squabbles are common. Although most siblings have minor issues throughout childhood, it is not hard to find adults who harbor serious resentments and anger from sibling drama. Most…
Family
Parenting and hypocrisy: From Free Range kid to Helicopter Mom?
I need to burn all my yearbooks. Parents know that when they bring a baby into the world, the day looms when they must face their hypocrisy. Whether we forget…
Family
Swiss pay out $4.9M to people taken from parents as children
The government-backed fund to support former “contract children” who face financial difficulties was set up last year. Many of those children experienced physical and sexual abuse from the very adults…
And the West is History
And the West is History
75 years ago: “Nine CCC boys are expected to arrive at the Reservoir Hill camp. The boys are reported arriving from Telluride district. Sometime before July 15, a shipment of…
Health
Study identifies 3 U.S. hot spots with the highest colon cancer death rates
The highest colon cancer death rates are in the lower Mississippi Delta, where rates were 40 percent higher than the rest of the country during 2009 to 2011, according to…
Health
Fear of Alzheimer’s spurs some to change lives
Instructor Jane Chente Wu Adams leads her class of seniors in their exercises in Burtonsville, Maryland. She pushes her students to think while working out by having them count their…
Health
Health Briefs
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced that San Juan Regional Medical Center is now an approved site to provide carotid artery stenting. For the medical center to become…
And the West is History
And the West is History
75 years ago: “Bert Thompson of the Bessie G mine has just sent out a five ton shipment of ore, mostly high-grade rock. Bert was lugging a hunk of rock…
Family
Baggage Check: Advice for a parent of a college-detouring daughter and a reader tired of hearing ‘it’s over’
A: It could be that a year off is the right plan, and she finds something that inspires her on to further study or work. Or it could mean sinking…
Family
Helicopter parents and their fragile kids
I didn’t expect to feel this way at the tender age of 42. I was supposed to find them puzzling, with their Snapchatting and their Venmo and never looking up…
Family
The economics of having your baby at home
But how safe are home births? Perhaps the answer lies in the Netherlands, the only developed nation in the world where such arrangements are relatively common. About a quarter of…
Family
Mom sues Ohio YMCA, says it excluded boy with Down syndrome
Steven Heffron, 6, and his mother, Denise Watts, play in Smale Riverfront Park in downtown Cincinnati. Watts has filed a federal lawsuit alleging discrimination, saying an Ohio YMCA excluded her…
Food
Are new Oreos more ‘sophisticated’?
Mondelez International Inc. is adding “Oreo Thins,” which have a similar cookie-to-filling ratio as regular Oreos, except that they’re slimmer, to its permanent lineup in the U.S. starting next week.Courtesy…
Food
Sunflower seeds make corn chowder rich and creamy
This corn chowder with sunflower seeds and onions was made from a recipe by J.M. Hirsch, food editor for the Associated Press.Matthew Mead/Associated Press Admittedly, it’s not an ingredient I…
Food
Maui GMO ban ruled invalid
The county’s ordinance creating the prohibition exceeded the county’s authority, U.S. District Court Chief Judge Susan Oki Mollway said in her order, which was issued June 30. The county, which…
Food
For summer, move pasta beyond the side salad
This penne pasta with tomatoes, zucchini and creme fraiche is a weeknight-friendly meal that is big on flavor, but not on labor.Matthew Mead/Associated Press But pasta doesn’t have to be…
Food
Easy chickpea crust makes pizza gluten-free
A chickpea crust makes a delicious pizza that also happens to be gluten-free.Matthew Mead/Associated Press Unless, that is, you’re one of those poor souls who is sensitive to gluten. Happily,…