Arts

For 30 years, these Colorado snowboarders have been on the season's first chairlift

8:41pm October 30, 2023

by Stina Sieg

For 30 years, a pair of snow fanatics in Colorado have prided themselves on being on the first chair to head up the slopes every winter. It takes a lot of strategy.

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Threats against Palestinian, Muslim and Jewish people has spiked since the war began

6:10pm October 30, 2023

As the war between Hamas and Israel rages on, the diaspora is feeling the pain of discrimination. Advocacy groups in the U.S. report a spike in threats of harassment and violence.

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Arts

How a nurse comforted a woman in extreme pain

5:44pm October 30, 2023

In 2003, Reinhart suffered a traumatic fall that left her with life-threatening injuries. After three major surgeries and a medically-induced coma, she was in tremendous pain.

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What makes a good haunted house? Haunted house pros weigh in on the fun of fear

4:29pm October 30, 2023

by Katia Riddle

A husband-and-wife team are the brains behind ScareGrounds, a series of haunted houses in the Portland area. They also do sets for horror movies and got married inside one of their own haunted houses.

Horror trailers can be scary for kids — and avoiding them is hard, especially around Halloween.

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Scream time: Has your kid been frightened by a horror movie trailer?

4:29pm October 30, 2023

by Elizabeth Blair

Ads for horror movies and TV shows seem to be everywhere around Halloween — including during shows that kids might be watching. Avoiding them is a challenge.

Taylor Swift wears a friendship bracelet with Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce's number 87 while watching a game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Los Angeles Chargers on Oct. 22, 2023, in Kansas City, Mo.

A match made in fandom: Travis, Taylor and the weirdness of celebrity relationships

4:29pm October 30, 2023

by Linda Holmes

Did you know that Big Brother has resulted in more lasting marriages than The Bachelor? The course of true love never did run smooth ... and all the more so for famous people.

Josephine Baker (left), Mollie Moon (right) and the newly crowned Miss Beaux Arts Ball, 1960.

How Black socialite Mollie Moon raised millions to fund the civil rights movement

3:12pm October 30, 2023

by Tonya Mosley

Historian Tanisha Ford tells the story of the Harlem activist credited with raising millions to build economic and racial equality in the U.S. Ford's new book is Our Secret Society.

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Books
Arts

Alice McDermott's 'Absolution' transports her signature characters to Vietnam

1:50pm October 30, 2023

by Maureen Corrigan

McDermott's latest novel, which centers on two American women who meet in Saigon in 1963, explores themes of religion, humility and insistent charitable intervention.

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Poland's boogeyman, Bebok, is reimagined through a photographer's collaboration with local teenagers

6:01am October 30, 2023

by Karolina Jonderko

Through a collaboration with young people from the small town of Września, photographer Karolina Jonderko explores Poland's boogeyman, Bebok.

Arts

American Museum of Natural History will remove human remains from public display

5:10am October 30, 2023

by Elizabeth Blair

New York's American Museum of Natural History holds the remains of some 12,000 people. The museum is removing human remains from public display and reviewing its repatriation procedures.