National Lifestyle

Planning this year's garden? My guess is you’re envisioning plants bathed in daylight.

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Under the fluorescent lights of a fifth grade classroom in Lexington, Kentucky, Donnie Piercey instructed his 23 students to try and outwit the “robot” that was churning out writing assignments.

It’s been a bumpy ride for mortgage companies lately. Some lenders have gone out of business, merged with other companies or narrowed their focus. And more changes are likely in 2023.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Actor Idris Elba says he's going to stick with being the tormented detective John Luther — not James Bond.

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Forensic experts have determined that Chilean poet Pablo Neruda died of poisoning nearly 50 years ago, a family member of the Nobel Prize winner said Monday.

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — The slap sat front and center at Monday's Oscar nominees luncheon.

NEW YORK (AP) — Carolina Herrera is a brand synonymous with elegance and class and in this year's fall/winter debut, the brand pushed the boundaries on high drama, romance and grandeur — while also showing restraint when necessary.

David Jude Jolicoeur, known widely as Trugoy the Dove and one of the founding members of the Long Island hip-hop trio De La Soul, has died. He was 54. His representative Tony Ferguson confirmed the reports Sunday.

“All the Beauty in the World,” by Patrick Bringley (Simon & Schuster) When his older brother died of cancer at age 26, Patrick Bringley’s life was upended.

A 2010 federal law that boosted nutrition standards for school meals may have begun to help slow the rise in obesity among America’s children — even teenagers who can buy their own snacks, a new study showed.