Amanda Smith is a freelance journalist and writer. She reports on culture, society, human interest and technology. Her stories hold a mirror to society, reflecting both its malaise and its beauty.

WASHINGTON — An apparent prankster dialed into C-SPAN Friday using President Trump’s famous pseudonym, “John Barron,” and sporting a remarkably family accent, calling into the public access channel to ...

Feyenoord fans gave Raheem Sterling a warm welcome at Rotterdam airport on Friday. Fans waited for Sterling's flight to touch down and gave him a rousing welcome as he signed autographs and posed for ...

Mayfield Central School District agriculture student Lilly Perham has recently been awarded Farm Credit East’s FFA SAE Scholarship. This scholarship is awarded to students with a strong Supervised ...

ANDOVER — The School Committee has turned its attention to how it will fill the role of superintendent permanently as bids are open for outside firms to help with its search about a month after its ...

God took Norma’s hand from ours on February 2, 2026, at Good Shepherd in Rushford. Norma E. Anderson was born Norma Estévez González on July 25, 1936, in Guantanamo City, Cuba. The third child of ...

For those who have used PCs for a sufficiently long time, you probably remember trying to insert a USB plug into a port, only to have to flip it upside-down to get it in there. The advent of USB-C in ...

Sarah Bradley is a writer with six years of experience creating personal essays, reported features, and content related to health and parenting topics. Susan Bard, MD, is a board-certified general and ...

C-sections can be lifesaving, but sometimes the procedure can be overused. Data helped show how a hospital decreased its rates of the operation in healthy first-time mothers. By Sarah Kliff Times ...

OSHKOSH — Behind Justin Klinkner's three scoring passes and a stubborn defense, the UW-Whitewater football team defeated UW-Oshkosh 24-7 on the road in the WIAC regular-season finale Saturday. The ...

From simple text generation to autonomously powering robotic arms on production lines, AI technology offers enterprises a kaleidoscope of new capabilities. So which aspects of AI advancement have ...