Alaska Air To Buy Virgin America For $2.6 Billion
If approved by regulators and Virgin America's shareholders, the combined airline will become the fifth-largest U.S. carrier.
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Chihuahua With Chutzpah: Dog Leads Police On Chase Across San Francisco Bridge
The dog's only identifying tag — black, with a silver human skull — served to cement his status as a hardcore animal who's not wowed by authority. Now he has actor Erik Estrada on his side.
When Is It OK To Profit From Cooking Other Cultures' Food? You Weighed In
We started a conversation about food and race. Who gets to cook and become the face of a culture's cuisine? While our question was prompted by an interview with Rick Bayless, the issue transcends him.
Princeton Will Keep Woodrow Wilson's Name On School Buildings
Some students had wanted the former U.S. president's name removed because of Wilson's views on segregation.
Cooking For Cancer Patients, Teens Learn More Than Recipes
The Bay Area-based Ceres Community Project recruits teen volunteers — many of whom were formerly homeless — to cook healthful meals and deliver them to local hospitals.
Joseph Medicine Crow, Historian And Last Crow Tribe War Chief, Dies At 102
Medicine Crow, who was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2009, was also the last person alive to have heard direct testimony from someone who took part in the Battle of Little Bighorn.
New Mexico's Truth: Stunning Vistas And Child Poverty?
"New Mexico True" is the state's tourism campaign, but an advocacy group created "New Mexico Truth" as a parody to highlight a reality in the state: high child poverty and low graduation rates.
'Going Green' Is Really 'Going Native': Western Apache Chef Nephi Craig
Chef Nephi Craig of the Apaches in the Kitchen blog reflects on what the "mainstream" culinary world has to learn about Native foodways.
Denying Housing Over Criminal Record May Be Discrimination, Feds Say
New guidance released by the Department of Housing and Urban Development warns landlords that they may be breaking the law by turning down tenants based on their criminal records.
You Can't Learn What You Can't See: Here's How Your State Screens For Vision Problems
That frustrated kid at the back of the class? It's not that he doesn't get it — or doesn't care. It could be he just can't see. A new report provides a look at children's vision screening by state.