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As I wandered a Mass Audubon wildlife preserve, I reflected on the paradoxes of such a place.

Texas-born crooner Joshua Ray Walker expands his mastery of sounds beyond genre definition with new indie-folk album "Stuff." ...

"The Lowdown" actor explained that he got so "starstruck" during his audition that he had to ask to step outside.

Abilities Independent Community, Inc. (AIC) has released an editorial reflection situating its mission within America's long ...

We’ve come too far to go back to a time when autism was defined solely in terms of deficits and mothers were made to feel guilty.

Gabrielle became our second hurricane of the 2025 season. Rapid intensification is about to occur, and here's all the details ...

After a 15-year career that included five Pro Bowls and three All-Pro teams, Abraham squandered millions and went into a nine ...

Geoffrey Kabaservice on political violence and assassinations in the 1960s. Plus: Is Trump making a massive political miscalculation?

Our concern is the harm imposed on people with mental health conditions, no matter which terms are used. Identity is solely ...

The potential of brain-computer interfaces ‘could be magical,’ but their collection of large amounts of neural data also ...

Merriam-Webster has a similar yet broader definition of a Debbie Downer, explaining that they are "a negative or pessimistic ...