National Lifestyle

SPANISH FORK, Utah (AP) — Charu Das was in Los Angeles in 1980 when a for-sale ad for a small radio station in rural Utah County — about 50 miles south of Salt Lake City — caught his eye.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran has summoned France's representative in protest after the French foreign minister praised a prize-winning Iranian film as “a gesture of resistance against the Iranian regime's oppression.

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MIAMI (AP) — Flamingos, pelicans, herons and parrots are just a few of the wild birds that call Miami home, but it’s the roosters, hens and baby chicks that have come to rule the roost in recent years.

U.S. children whose parents divorce when they are age 5 or younger have reduced earnings as adults and increased chances by young adulthood of teen pregnancy, incarceration and death, according to a study released this month.

NEW YORK (AP) — Susan Brownmiller, a prominent feminist and author of the 1960s and '70s whose "Against Our Will" was a landmark and intensely debated bestseller about sexual assault, has died. She was 90.

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — A group of friends gather to play cards in their host’s cozy home when the power cuts. Cellphones die. An eerie snow falls all over the city, killing everyone it touches.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Strauss’ “Blue Danube” is heading into space this month to mark the 200th anniversary of the waltz king's birth . The classical piece will be beamed into the cosmos as it's performed by the Vienna Symphony Orchestra.

ROME (AP) — The Roman basilica of the Augustinians — Pope Leo XIV’s religious order — preserves an iconic painting of the Virgin Mary by Caravaggio, the blockbuster artist who revolutionized the use of light and darkness in Western art.

SAN DIEGO (AP) — A private plane approaching an airport crashed in a San Diego neighborhood , killing the six people on board, including groundbreaking alternative music executive Dave Shapiro .