National Lifestyle

Wildflower meadows have been growing in popularity among gardeners, and for good reason. They’re low-maintenance and drought-tolerant , provide food for birds, wildlife , pollinators and other insects , and they’re pretty.

Therapy can help improve your mental health, your stress levels and maybe even your relationship with your mom. It may also help improve your financial situation — a benefit many may not be aware of.

“Life Sentence: The Brief and Tragic Career of Baltimore's Deadliest Gang Leader,” by Mark Bowden (Atlantic Monthly Press).

CLIVE, Iowa (AP) — At first, the recent winner of a $40 million jackpot says he couldn't believe he won the lottery — after all, he bought the ticket on April Fools' Day.

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican ballad singer Julián Figueroa has died at the age of 27, his mother confirmed Monday. Figueroa was the son of actress Maribel Guardia and singer Joan Sebastian, who died in 2015.

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A high school along Florida's Atlantic Coast has removed a graphic novel based on the diary of Anne Frank after a leader of a conservative advocacy group challenged it, claiming it minimized the Holocaust.

NEW YORK (AP) — Makoto Shinkai was never the same filmmaker after the 2011 earthquake struck Japan .

Michael Lerner, the Brooklyn-born character actor who played a myriad of imposing figures in his 60 years in the business, including monologuing movie mogul Jack Lipnick in “Barton Fink,” the crooked club owner Bugsy Calhoun in “Harlem Nights” and an

“The Trackers” by Charles Frazier (Ecco) The characters that populate Charles Frazier’s new novel “The Trackers” are all searching for something.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Not even the annual White House Easter Egg Roll is safe from presidential politics.