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Gravel gardens can cut wildfire and heat risks. It's being used outside fire zones too

Gravel gardens can cut wildfire and heat risks. It's being used outside fire zones too

  • JESSICA DAMIANO Associated Press

A simple switch from organic mulch to gravel can help cut wildfire risk and save water. Now, that strategy is becoming trendy in other regions. 

Grieving becomes real for Michelle Pfeiffer in ‘The Madison'

Grieving becomes real for Michelle Pfeiffer in ‘The Madison'

  • Bruce R. Miller Lee Enterprises

In the limited series "The Madison," Michelle Pfeiffer plays a woman who goes to a family hunting cabin to discover what her late husband liked about it.

George Takei’s book chosen for ‘West Coast’s largest book club’

George Takei’s book chosen for ‘West Coast’s largest book club’

  • Angela Lim, The Seattle Times

SEATTLE — George Takei was 5 years old when he heard U.S. soldiers, who carried rifles with bayonets, pounding on the door of his home in Los Angeles. In 1942, following the signing of Executive Order 9066, soldiers instructed his parents to quickly pack their belongings and vacate the house…

World's oldest known tortoise still very much alive despite rumor to the contrary

World's oldest known tortoise still very much alive despite rumor to the contrary

  • BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press

A hoax social media post claimed the 193-year-old tortoise died and asked for crypto donations, a veterinarian said.

World's oldest known tortoise still very much alive despite rumor to the contrary

World's oldest known tortoise still very much alive despite rumor to the contrary

    Reports of the death of the world’s oldest living land animal — a nearly 200-year-old tortoise — were greatly exaggerated.

    This week's bestsellers from Publishers Weekly

    This week's bestsellers from Publishers Weekly

    • Publishers Weekly, Tribune News Service

    Here are the bestsellers for the week that ended Saturday, March 28, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide, powered by Circana BookScan © 2026 Circana. (Reprinted from Publishers Weekly, published by PWxyz LLC. © 20…

    Diabetes advocates hopeful as a bipartisan bill revives efforts to lower insulin costs

    Diabetes advocates hopeful as a bipartisan bill revives efforts to lower insulin costs

    • ALI SWENSON Associated Press

    The legislation is the latest in a long effort to rein in insulin prices for a wider population after Congress did so for Medicare beneficiaries in 2022.

    Diabetes advocates hopeful as a bipartisan bill revives efforts to lower insulin costs

    Diabetes advocates hopeful as a bipartisan bill revives efforts to lower insulin costs

      The legislation is the latest in a long effort to rein in insulin prices for a wider population after Congress did so for Medicare beneficiaries in 2022.

      Review: ‘Hoppers’ takes a serious look at the animal world

      Review: ‘Hoppers’ takes a serious look at the animal world

        "You get a bit of a science lesson with a political message in 'Hoppers,' an animated film that also has plenty of cute characters." Read Bruce Miller's review here:

        Review: Divorce rocks a ’70s community in ‘Lake Effect’

          An entire neighborhood full of people is racing to tell us about a shocking divorce in “Lake Effect” and, in the dazzling final sentences of the book, we finally understand who they are. All of them. Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney’s bestselling “The Nest” was about adult siblings, bickering over an inheritance, and “Lake Effect” also has to do with badly behaved grown-ups, money and love. The first ...

          Five books we can't wait to read in April

            There’s good news and bad news on the Anthony Horowitz book that’s hitting store and library shelves this spring. The good news is that his annual satiric mystery is almost here. The bad, for some fans, will be that it’s not the long-awaited fourth title in the series he kicked off with “Magpie Murders” (he has said he has an idea for “Mile End Murders,” but has not begun writing it). Horowitz’s ...

            Danish warship sunk by Admiral Nelson's fleet unearthed after 200 years

            Danish warship sunk by Admiral Nelson's fleet unearthed after 200 years

              Marine archaeologists are racing to unearth the Danish warship Dannebroge, which took heavy fire from British Admiral Horatio Nelson’s fleet and later exploded during the 1801 Battle of Copenhagen. The wreck lies about 15 meters (yards) down in thick sediment, with near zero visibility.

              Hershey says it will shift back to classic recipe for all Reese's products after criticism

              Hershey says it will shift back to classic recipe for all Reese's products after criticism

                The change comes after the grandson of Reese's founder criticized the company for shifting to cheaper ingredients.

                Review: Louise Erdrich’s latest is ‘Python’s Kiss’

                Review: Louise Erdrich’s latest is ‘Python’s Kiss’

                  What’s better than a new tale from Minneapolis writer Louise Erdrich? How about 13 new tales? “Python’s Kiss” collects a baker’s dozen stories, nine of which previously have been published in the New Yorker and elsewhere (each is illustrated with a drawing by the author’s daughter, Aza Erdrich Abe, who also created the cover painting). The stories are mostly not related to each other but if ...

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                  Grieving becomes real for Michelle Pfeiffer in ‘The Madison'

                  Grieving becomes real for Michelle Pfeiffer in ‘The Madison'

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                  Review: ‘Hoppers’ takes a serious look at the animal world

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                  'Happy's Place' is NBC's latest bar-centric sitcom | Streamed & Screened

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                  Bland County Officials Push for New Guardrails on Route 52

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                  Cryptocurrency Adoption in Business: Advantages and Challenges

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