ROME (AP) — Victor L. Simpson, the longtime Rome bureau chief for The Associated Press whose four decades as a foreign correspondent spanned five popes, wars and violence that touched him personally, has died. He was 84. Simpson died of cancer Sunday at his home in Rome, his children said ...
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Sixty-three years ago, dynamite planted by Ku Klux Klan members exploded through the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, killing four girls as they prepared for Sunday services. Hundreds of people filled the church on Tuesday on the 63rd anniversary of ...
Warning, this column discusses mental health issues and suicide. September has always been my mother’s birthday, the return to a school-year routine and the solemn reminder of 9/11. But for the past 12 years, it has also carried another meaning: It is the month I think about my uncle Matt ...
As cooler weather arrives and baking season begins, many home bakers are taking a different approach in the kitchen. Instead of filling the counter with oversized cakes, dozens of cookies or large pans of brownies, they're choosing recipes that make just enough to enjoy without days of ...
There are some cars that are designed to get you from one place to another, and then there are cars that make you want to take the long way home. The 2026 Mazda MX-5 Miata RF Club definitely belongs in the second category. We recently spent a week with the MX-5 Miata RF Club, finished in a ...
According to Utah Wildfire Information, Utah has had 1,127 fires burning a total of 559,525 acres as of September 8, 2026. The Widemouth 2 and Cottonwood Fires have had the greatest economic impact. Where fire wasn’t the problem, monsoonal storms have been. Three inches of rain fell ...
