By Gretchen McKay, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Football isn’t the only thing people go nuts over this time of year. September also marks the start of pumpkin-spice season, with the warming (and controversial) seasonal fall flavor finding its way into everything from your Starbucks latte and Southern Tier Brewing Co.’s Pumking Imperial Pumpkin Ale to cookies, popcorn,…
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By Laura Mclively, special to Bay Area News Group The classic combo of beets, goat cheese and pistachios is one-upped by bringing sizzled radicchio leaves and fennel on board in this easy sheet pan meal. Whipping the goat cheese into Greek yogurt lends a billowy softness to the root-heavy dish, with fresh mint, caraway seeds…
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By Kelvin Chan | The Associated Press British competition regulators gave preliminary approval Friday to Microsoft’s restructured $69 billion deal to buy the Santa Monica-based video game maker Activision Blizzard, easing a final global hurdle that paves the way for one of the largest tech transactions in history to go through. The Competition and Markets…
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By Patrick Clarke, TravelPulse It’s no secret that the Caribbean is one of the world’s premier regions for breathtaking nature. However, some places stand out as can’t-miss destinations for travelers seeking to make a closer connection with Mother Nature. Here are five attractions that offer visitors a unique experience in the natural environment. Waitukubuli National…
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Arthur Allen | (TNS) KFF Health News Tennessee last year spent $48 million on a single drug, Humira — about $62,000 for each of the 775 patients who were covered by its employee health insurance program and receiving the treatment. So when nine Humira knockoffs, known as biosimilars, hit the market for as little as…
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It is coming up on one year for Aaron Pico. To fight so close to his hometown, in front of so many family and friends, only for his body, a vessel he tolls hours daily designing it for maximum speed, power and utter destruction, to betray him in that moment. And for Pico to ignore…
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Happy Friday, Ghosties! When I was a kid, living on a military base in rural Indiana in the ’80s, I couldn’t wait for our local pumpkin patch to open. The humid summer months were over, there was a chill in the air, the leaves were turning and I was ready to get elbow deep in some pumpkin…
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Despite Southern California’s well-deserved reputation as the epicenter for vehicular dependency, the train system in Orange County — stretching from San Clemente to Brea — has 11 stations-slash-stops, many of which offer a bevy of eateries, cafes and cocktail spots near the depots. Enter the Orange County Register’s new transit dining series. Our first stop?…
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Gov. Gavin Newsom pledged after appointing former California Secretary of State Alex Padilla to the Senate in 2021 that he would name a Black woman to the job if the seat long held by Democrat Dianne Feinstein became vacant on his watch. Democratic Congresswoman Barbara Lee of Oakland took that to mean her, plainly figuring…
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For years, Boy Scouts gathered to showcase their skills and experience an adventure at the annual Scout-O-Rama; but the pandemic put a wrench in that beloved tradition. When it was brought back last year, the Orange County Council, Boy Scouts of America took the opportunity to share the fun, opening the event up to families…
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