National Lifestyle

Katja Rivera, 64, is a massage therapist and theater director in Berkeley, California, who says she’s never earned more than about $30,000 a year. When her two daughters were small, she sometimes earned much less.

The omelet as most Americans know it is a French import. But cooks the world over have combined whipped eggs with cooked ingredients since at least the ancient Persians.

TORONTO — The Oscar-nominated documentary "Fire of Love" begins with archival footage of two tiny figures venturing across a frozen tundra towards an active volcano.

Shoppers could soon find it easier to tell if those grocery store steaks or pork chops were really “Made in the USA.

MILAN (AP) — When conductor Daniel Harding lands in Rome to take over the role of music director at one of the world's oldest music institutions, there is a chance he could be piloting the plane.

“A Kind Worth Saving,” by Peter Swanson (William Morrow) Henry Kimball failed as a poet, washed out as a school teacher and screwed up so badly as a policeman that he got fired.

Celebrity birthdays for the week of March 12-18: March 12: Actor Barbara Feldon (“Get Smart”) is 90. Actor-singer Liza Minnelli is 77. Singer-songwriter James Taylor is 75. Singer Bill Payne of Little Feat is 74.

NEW YORK (AP) — Hoda Kotb returned to NBC’s “Today” show on Monday after spending a few weeks tending to her 3-year-old daughter, Hope.

TORONTO — Canadian costume designers for a “Star Trek” spinoff and a Guillermo del Toro horror anthology are among the winners of the CAFTCAD Awards.

TOKYO (AP) — Hit Japanese manga “One Piece” is coming to Netflix as a live-action series — a development that's both exciting and worrisome for fans who have seen mixed success in a growing list of Hollywood adaptations.