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A Little Something participants Khei Hung from Burma, from left, Sabah Almobarak from Syria, Eh Gay Ju from Burma, and Mounira Kuru from Syria, work through frustration and creative challenges in their first lesson making wire-wrapped necklace pendants May 15 in Aurora, Colo. A Little Something helps women refugees turn their crafts into dollars. Around the world there are organizations that use crafting and the arts as tools to help refugees build community and learn new skills. (Sharon L.

Crafts can help refugees find community, more

A Little Something participants Khei Hung from Burma, from left, Sabah Almobarak from Syria, Eh Gay Ju from Burma, and Mounira Kuru from Syria, work through frustration and creative challenges in their first lesson making wire-wrapped necklace pendants May 15 in Aurora, Colo. A Little Something helps women refugees turn their crafts into dollars. Around the world there are organizations that use crafting and the arts as tools to help refugees build community and learn new skills. (Sharon L.

February 28, 2020, 6:03am Life

When Bahija Karim arrived in Idaho as an Afghan refugee in 2005, she knew little about American culture. She didn’t speak English. A volunteer directed her to Artisans for Hope, a local crafts initiative for refugees. Read story

More high school students are coming out

February 28, 2020, 5:20am Health

The proportion of high school students who identify as a sexual minority — lesbian, gay, bisexual or questioning— doubled in the past several years, according to a new study published Monday. Read story

In this undated photo provided by Hinge is a page from the dating app. Justin McLeod, who launched Hinge in 2011, thinks that dating apps should be focused on getting people offline.

Online daters looking for more than endless swiping

In this undated photo provided by Hinge is a page from the dating app. Justin McLeod, who launched Hinge in 2011, thinks that dating apps should be focused on getting people offline.

February 27, 2020, 6:05am Life

While taboos surrounding online dating are long gone, some of today’s app users are sick of the endless swiping and virtual pen-paling that leads nowhere when it comes to long-term relationships, according to industry leaders who are responding with new ways to get users off their phones and out meeting… Read story

A newsstand in the Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles has survived for decades in a time when technology is taking over news consumption. But the tech is catching up to them and now they hardly make a profit. Rafael Ramos, above, bought the stand 25 years ago and is likely closing it this year after the man who runs it retires.

Spanish-language newsstand set to fold

A newsstand in the Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles has survived for decades in a time when technology is taking over news consumption. But the tech is catching up to them and now they hardly make a profit. Rafael Ramos, above, bought the stand 25 years ago and is likely closing it this year after the man who runs it retires.

February 27, 2020, 6:04am Life

Rafael Ramos stood at his Boyle Heights newsstand on a sunny morning. Above, a faded green awning proclaimed: ALL KINDS OF SPANISH MAGAZINES AND NEWSPAPERS. Read story

Tattoo artist Mike Kohler works on a custom tattoo on the arm of client Wyatt Hare of Baltimore during a recent session at Flesh Tattoo Company in Fallston.

Artists craft tattoos as memorials and keepsakes

Tattoo artist Mike Kohler works on a custom tattoo on the arm of client Wyatt Hare of Baltimore during a recent session at Flesh Tattoo Company in Fallston.

February 27, 2020, 6:01am Life

The woman lies, unflinching, on the table as the tattoo artist works his craft. Her skin is his canvas; the needle, his brush. What’s the design on her shoulder to be? A delicate, flowering pea vine. Read story

This photo provided by the New York Botanical Garden shows the Native Plant Garden at the NYBG in New York. Sustainability and resilience were important considerations for landscape architect Sheila Brady&#039;s design of the garden. Storm water captured on site feeds the central water feature. Black locust, considered invasive in parts of the US, was used to construct the wooden promenade. The regionally native plants provide invaluable food and shelter for native birds and butterflies at risk from climate change and other anthropogenic stresses.

Landscape architects shift priority

This photo provided by the New York Botanical Garden shows the Native Plant Garden at the NYBG in New York. Sustainability and resilience were important considerations for landscape architect Sheila Brady&#039;s design of the garden. Storm water captured on site feeds the central water feature. Black locust, considered invasive in parts of the US, was used to construct the wooden promenade. The regionally native plants provide invaluable food and shelter for native birds and butterflies at risk from climate change and other anthropogenic stresses.

February 22, 2020, 6:05am Life

Landscape architects are finding themselves on the front lines of the climate change crisis, having to come up with creative ways to adapt and help mitigate problems like rising oceans and extreme weather as they design projects across the country. Read story

Three pairs of handmade mittens were each constructed from sweaters using slightly different techniques.

Turn old sweaters into mittens

Three pairs of handmade mittens were each constructed from sweaters using slightly different techniques.

February 22, 2020, 6:05am Life

A certain groundhog’s prediction notwithstanding, there’s plenty of winter left where I live in New Hampshire. That means it’s time to restock my supply of mittens, an alarming number of which seem to disappeared since the temperature started to dip last fall. Read story

This undated photo shows a converted garage project by Bunch Design in the Highland Park area of Los Angeles, Calif. In this converted garage project, long clerestory windows were placed high on the walls of a small living room. Afternoon light streams through a west-facing skylight, and a stepped ceiling creates more interesting light plays. &quot;The house sits in the middle of a dense residential neighborhood,&quot; says Bo Sundius of Bunch Design, &quot;yet it feels airy and open.&quot; Sundius says they always think of how sun and light moving across space can be utilized to connect interiors to the outside world.

Ways to bring feel of nature indoors

This undated photo shows a converted garage project by Bunch Design in the Highland Park area of Los Angeles, Calif. In this converted garage project, long clerestory windows were placed high on the walls of a small living room. Afternoon light streams through a west-facing skylight, and a stepped ceiling creates more interesting light plays. &quot;The house sits in the middle of a dense residential neighborhood,&quot; says Bo Sundius of Bunch Design, &quot;yet it feels airy and open.&quot; Sundius says they always think of how sun and light moving across space can be utilized to connect interiors to the outside world.

February 22, 2020, 6:00am Life

The term “biophilia,” an affinity for the living world, was coined back in the ’80s by American biologist and author E.O. Wilson. We have an instinctive drive to connect with nature, he said, and the more we connect, the happier we are. That’s why a walk in the woods can… Read story

This Oct. 20, 2019 photo released by 412 Food Rescue shows a volunteer using the Food Rescue Hero app to check in at a Pittsburgh grocery store to pick up donated food. While millions of people struggle with food insecurity and hunger nationwide, the USDA estimates that more than 30% of the food in America is wasted each year.

Apps help get excess food to the hungry

This Oct. 20, 2019 photo released by 412 Food Rescue shows a volunteer using the Food Rescue Hero app to check in at a Pittsburgh grocery store to pick up donated food. While millions of people struggle with food insecurity and hunger nationwide, the USDA estimates that more than 30% of the food in America is wasted each year.

February 20, 2020, 6:03am Life

Food waste and hunger are two enormous problems that some non-profit groups say can be addressed together by getting the extra food to the people who need it. Read story

In this Feb. 7, 2020, photo, converted Catholic Priest Joshua Whitfield, left, his daughter Zoe-Catherine, 5, and the rest of his family stand behind their chairs to say grace before dinner in north Dallas.

Father Josh: A married Catholic priest in a celibate world

In this Feb. 7, 2020, photo, converted Catholic Priest Joshua Whitfield, left, his daughter Zoe-Catherine, 5, and the rest of his family stand behind their chairs to say grace before dinner in north Dallas.

February 16, 2020, 6:00am Life

The priest wakes up at 4 a.m. on the days he celebrates the early Mass, sipping coffee and enjoying the quiet while his young children sleep in rooms awash in stuffed animals and Sesame Street dolls and pictures of saints. Then he kisses his wife goodbye and drives through the… Read story