When Rhonda Grayson was growing up in Oklahoma, summer visits to her grandparents' house in Wewoka meant time spent in the kitchen with her grandmother. Together they cooked peach cobbler and traditional Native foods like wild onions, poke salad and hominy, the corn used to make grits.
Most of us grow up hear stories "from before." Sometimes, they are so fantastical that they become another chapter in family lore. Other stories seem rather unremarkable, yet they are brought up, recounted, slightly changed year after year. Thanksgiving and Christmas meals often provide the perfect opportunity to share and hear these historical vestiges.
A Mount Joy woman used money that was meant to support a three-day motorcycle event to buy concert tickets, pay credit card bills and make monthly motorcycle loan payments for her boyfriend, according to the York County District Attorney's office.
The surge reported by the FBI, a 21 percent increase in the first three years of Donald Trump's presidency, was predictable, but that doesn't make it any less terrible. An FBI report released Monday reveals hate crimes under President Donald Trump are surging.
Why hasn't Zika virus (ZIKV) disease caused as much devastation in Africa, its continent of origin, as it has in the Americas? Outside of Africa, this flavivirus is transmitted by a ubiquitous mosquito subspecies, Aedes aegypti aegypti , which emerged from the African forerunner subspecies A.
What does emergency use of a COVID-19 vaccine mean? It's when regulators allow shots to be given to certain people while studies of safety and effectiveness are ongoing. Before any vaccine is permitted in the U.S., it must be reviewed by the Food and Drug Administration, which requires study in thousands of people.
A man who was sentenced to life in prison last year will not get any relief from his sentence, according to a Pennsylvania court which ruled that the sentence was appropriate earlier this week. Jose Ferrufino, 52, was convicted of fatally shooting his wife's partner, Hugo Garcia-Hernandez in 2017.
Nearly 15 years ago, then-Sen. Joe Biden voted to fund hundreds of miles of new fencing along the border with Mexico. He was joined by Sens. Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and other Democrats. One of the first things President-elect Biden said he will do after being sworn in on Jan.
A small plane crashed through the fence at Lancaster County Airport on Thursday evening. The crash happened about 7:45 p.m. It appeared that one man was on the plane. He was loaded onto an ambulance, which left the scene about 8:23 p.m.
President Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address remains among the most recognized and inspiring statements of America's purpose. We often focus on Lincoln's allusion to the Declaration of Independence and its ideals of equality or look forward with him to the global march of self-government.
Nov. 19-It didn't take long for Daryl Morey to start re-making the Philadelphia 76ers' roster. Morey and the Sixers are trading veteran big man Al Horford, a first-round pick, a second-round pick and the rights to highly regarded Serbian point guard Vasilije Micic to the Oklahoma City Thunder in exchange for small forward Danny Green and swingman Terrance Ferguson, according to ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski.
NEW YORK (AP) - ESPN is turning to a familiar face to women's basketball fans for its top college broadcast team. Ryan Ruocco is joining Rebecca Lobo and Holly Rowe for the lead announcing team this season. Ruocco has worked with Lobo and Rowe on the network's WNBA coverage for the past eight years.
New York City FC (12-8-3, fifth in the Eastern Conference) vs. Orlando City SC (11-4-8, fourth in the Eastern Conference) Orlando, Florida; Saturday, 12 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Orlando City SC hosts New York City FC in the opening round of the MLS Cup Playoffs. Orlando City SC is 11-3-6 against Eastern Conference opponents.
Pennsylvanians could be getting a COVID-19 vaccine before the state rings in the new year. Health Secretary Dr. Rachel Levine announced Thursday that if approval stays on track, Pennsylvania could have a vaccine "within the next month."
The ninth annual Extraordinary Give - a 24-hour marathon of online giving to local nonprofit organizations - is today. Over the past eight years, the annual event has raised more than $50 million for more than 500 organizations. Last year's event brought in $10.9 million.
A pair of Maryland brothers who own Pa. farms were federally indicted Wednesday, accused of working with an Adams County veterinarian to defraud the U. S. Department of Agriculture while selling cattle to buyers all over the world, according to the Department of Justice.
When Trayvon Martin was killed by George Zimmerman in 2012, it was Evanston artist Fran Joy's birthday. As she celebrated another year of life, Trayvon Martin's family mourned the loss of his. Joy has experienced loss and gun violence herself, and Martin's murder had such a profound impact on her that she sought an outlet...
When asked about their ancestry, about 1% of Americans tell the US Census they are "Scotch-Irish" (also sometimes spelled "Scots-Irish"). Scotch-Irish people trace their ancestry to Protestant Christian Scottish people who moved to Northern Ireland in the 17th century and then immigrated to the US in the 18th or 19th century.
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BELMONT, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov 19, 2020-- RingCentral, Inc. (NYSE: RNG), a leading provider of global enterprise cloud communications, collaboration, and contact center solutions, today announced that Nat Natarajan will join the company as its Executive Vice President of Products and Engineering.