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  • The American flag wasn't always revered as it is today. At the beginning, it was an afterthought

    July 03, 2023 - 9:44 PM

    PHILADELPHIA (AP) — In the bedroom of the Betsy Ross House, a reconstruction of where the upholsterer worked on her most famous commission, a long flag with a circle of 13 stars hangs over a Chippendale side chair and extends across the floor. Over the weeks in 1776 needed to complete the project, Ross would have likely knelt on the flag, stood on it and treated it more like an everyday banner — not with the kind of reverence we'd expect today.

  • Inside the Met Gala: A furry feline star, a tardy Cinderella

    May 02, 2023 - 11:06 AM

    Jared Leto was looking for a place to hang his hat. Er, actually his head.

  • Met Gala 2023 live updates: Fashion highlights from carpet

    May 02, 2023 - 7:59 AM

    NEW YORK (AP) — Fashion's biggest night is underway — after all, it is the first Monday in May. Follow along for real-time updates on the 2023 Met Gala from The Associated Press. We'll be bringing you news in all formats, all day and all night, from the carpet at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and behind the scenes. This year's theme revolves around late fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld.

  • Christmas ornament honors gingerbread White House tradition

    December 07, 2022 - 12:37 PM

    WASHINGTON (AP) — This year's Christmas ornament from the White House Historical Association honors the tradition of displaying a gingerbread model of the executive mansion as part of the holiday decorations at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.

  • Richard Robinson, longtime Scholastic CEO, dead at 84

    June 06, 2021 - 6:27 PM

    NEW YORK (AP) — Richard Robinson, who as the longtime head of Scholastic Inc. shaped the reading habits of millions of young readers through such bestsellers as J.K. Rowling's “Harry Potter” novels and through a wide range of educational materials, reading clubs and book fairs, has died. He was 84.

  • Final goodbye: Recalling influential people who died in 2019

    December 31, 2019 - 6:55 PM

    A lauded writer who brought to light stories overshadowed by prejudice. An actress and singer who helped embody the manufactured innocence of the 1950s. A self-made billionaire who rose from a childhood of Depression-era poverty and twice ran for president.

  • Final goodbye: Recalling influential people who died in 2019

    December 16, 2019 - 10:46 AM

    A sharecropper's son who rose through the seats of power to become one of the nation's most influential voices. A Republican who went on to lead the U.S. Supreme Court's liberal wing. A lauded writer who brought to light stories overshadowed by prejudice.

  • At the Turn: Canadian golf exec sings praises of premium equipment

    November 02, 2018 - 4:00 AM

    Golf may have already given way to hockey season in Canada, but Bill Holowaty still has irons, wedges and putters on his mind. Expensive ones. So should you, he surmises.

  • Woman who created green bean casserole dies at 92

    October 24, 2018 - 11:39 AM

    HADDONFIELD, N.J. - The woman who created a Thanksgiving staple enjoyed by millions — the green bean casserole — has died at age 92.

  • RIGHT AT HOME: Lighting that makes a statement

    July 18, 2017 - 7:25 AM

    Creative new shapes and technology mean that home lighting fixtures often do far more than provide illumination. They can be exciting and sculptural works of art.
  • iN RESPONSE: Readers have their say
    Following are emailed reader responses to stories or letters to the editor for the third week of April 2024. They have been edited slightly for readability.  Got something you want to add? Send an email to editor Marshall Jones at mjo
  • Discharge coming from the Sandher Fruit Packer plant. Fruit packers near Kelowna fined another $78,000
    A fruit packing plant in the Ellison area east of Kelowna was hit with another $78,368 in fines for discharging effluent into a failed septic field. That’s now more than $110,000 in fines since 2022 for the same issue at Sandher Fruit

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