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    Daylight Saving Time was introduced in 1918, and we’ve been confused ever since. Don’t ask me to to explain it or give the history of the “on again, off again” practices in the U.S. of trying to save daylight or power or provide more time for recreation when the weather is most likely to be …

      WEXFORD, Pa. (AP) — By the time the doors open at 4:30 p.m., a boisterous line of 50 hungry people is looping around the gymnasium foyer at Blessed Francis Seelos Academy. Their objective: to occupy tables on the basketball court and, for the parish’s first time since the pandemic descended …

        We had to get away — we just had to. Sammie and I love to travel, and we had not been able to get more than a hundred miles from home in over three months. It was all because of pain in my back, hip, knee — okay let’s face it, I’m just falling apart! Anyway, my doctor — make that doctors, pl…

          Through simile, metaphor, and parable, Jesus reached people “where they were” and taught them who they were: the expression or idea of God. He said, “I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world,” and by his word and works…

          Last year it was candied hams that made their way to our tables thanks to Reynolds, this year the foil icon is back, this time turning nice and sweet to spice and heat with three new HOT HAM recipes (fire extinguisher optional). Buzz60’s  Maria Mercedes Galuppo has the story.

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          California Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to use Medicaid money to pay for housing for some vulnerable people. Medicaid is the government health insurance program for people with disabilities or low incomes. Historically it has only been used to pay for medical expenses. That's changing as state and federal officials acknowledge the link between housing and health care. The federal government last year gave Arizona and Oregon permission to use Medicaid money to pay for up to six months of housing. Now California wants to join them. California has the nation's largest homeless population. It also has the largest Medicaid population, about 13 million people.

          Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell says has been released from the rehabilitation facility where he had physical therapy for a concussion caused by a fall earlier this month. The 81-year-old Kentucky Republican says he will be working from home for the next few days. McConnell was at dinner on March 8 after a hotel reception for a campaign committee aligned with him when he tripped and fell. In addition to the concussion, he also suffered a rib fracture. McConnell was released from the hospital on March 13 and moved to an inpatient rehabilitation facility for physical therapy.

          ABINGDON, Va. — As many as 50 Abingdon High School students will make a big splash at center stage when the school presents the musical production of “Disney’s The Little Mermaid,” opening in March.

          For the first time in three decades, the U.S. has a new favorite dog breed, according to the American Kennel Club. Adorable in some eyes, deplorable in others, the sturdy, push-faced, perky-eared, world-weary-looking and distinctively droll French bulldog became the nation's most prevalent p…

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