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The animatronic band Figrin D&#039;an and the Modal Nodes, from the Mos Eisley Cantina scene in 1977&#039;s &quot;Star Wars&quot; now calls Rancho Obi-Wan home.

Trip to central Calif. ranch worth it for ‘Star Wars’ fans

The animatronic band Figrin D&#039;an and the Modal Nodes, from the Mos Eisley Cantina scene in 1977&#039;s &quot;Star Wars&quot; now calls Rancho Obi-Wan home.

March 27, 2016, 5:55am Life

PETALUMA, Calif. -- My descriptive powers fail utterly to convey the depth, breadth and sheer vertiginous volume of "Star Wars" ephemera on display at a converted chicken farm known as Rancho Obi-Wan in the rolling Sonoma County hills. Read story

Kathy Herman of Vancouver was one of five women to travel to Phnom Penh, Cambodia, with Medical Teams International as part of organization&#039;s Healthy Women, Health World initiative.

Woman travels world to give help

Kathy Herman of Vancouver was one of five women to travel to Phnom Penh, Cambodia, with Medical Teams International as part of organization&#039;s Healthy Women, Health World initiative.

March 26, 2016, 6:05am Clark County Life

Kathy Herman of Vancouver recently returned from a 10-day trip to Phnom Penh, Prey Veng and other cities in Cambodia. She was part of a team of five women volunteers to see the new "Healthy Women, Healthy World" initiative from Medical Teams International. Read story

Uber, Lyft to start offering rides at Sea-Tac

March 23, 2016, 9:25am Northwest

Ride-hailing services, like Uber and Lyft, will soon be allowed to pick up riders at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. Read story

Spring into planning your family vacation

March 20, 2016, 10:17am Life

Spring is upon us, and it's time to move forward with family-travel planning. Here are five ideas to consider: Read story

Step out of comfort zone on trips

March 20, 2016, 10:17am Life

President Barack Obama is scheduled to visit Cuba on Monday and Tuesday, and that trip could portend the cutting of more red tape that makes travel to the island nation more about learning about a culture and less about sunning on the beach. Read story

Visitors might feel nostalgia for bygone times at the 11-year-old American Sign Museum in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Sign museum lights up American capitalism

Visitors might feel nostalgia for bygone times at the 11-year-old American Sign Museum in Cincinnati, Ohio.

March 20, 2016, 6:04am Life

About the only thing that isn't incandescent about Cincinnati's American Sign Museum is its name -- a moniker a little too bland for an experience that has visitors strolling through with wide-eyed wonder. Read story

Greg Irons, the owner and director of Bonorong Wildlife Sanctuary, holds Prada, a Tasmanian devil, who, along with her brother, Prince, was abandoned by her mother.

Wildlife sanctuary heaven for Tasmanian devils

Greg Irons, the owner and director of Bonorong Wildlife Sanctuary, holds Prada, a Tasmanian devil, who, along with her brother, Prince, was abandoned by her mother.

March 18, 2016, 6:01am Pets & Wildlife

BRIGHTON, Tasmania -- It's December on Tasmania, and my shoulders are baking in the late afternoon sun as Greg Irons, the owner and director of Bonorong Wildlife Sanctuary, climbs into an enclosure with two Tasmanian devils. Prince and Prada, a male and a female, are siblings that were hand-raised at… Read story

Timelooper co-founder Andrew Feinberg looks through a Google cardboard virtual reality headset across from the Tower of London in London, England, on Feb. 2. The Timelooper app allows users to experience key moments in London history with just a smartphone and a cardboard headset.

New app takes travelers back in time

Timelooper co-founder Andrew Feinberg looks through a Google cardboard virtual reality headset across from the Tower of London in London, England, on Feb. 2. The Timelooper app allows users to experience key moments in London history with just a smartphone and a cardboard headset.

March 16, 2016, 6:01am Life

LONDON -- Imagine watching frantic shopkeepers busily extinguish the Great Fire of London, or sheltering from Nazi bombing raids during the Blitz. Read story

Fans use Lovecraft’s fame to promote Providence’s weird side

March 15, 2016, 11:47am Nation & World

Fans of H.P. Lovecraft's writings are trying to use the growing fame of the early 20th century fantasy-horror writer to promote Providence's weird side. Read story

A classic American convertible sits parked outside the National Theatre where U.S. President Barack Obama is expected to speak during his upcoming trip, in Havana, Cuba, on Monday. Obama will travel to Cuba on March 20 for a trip that will mark a watershed moment in U.S.-Cuba relations, making Obama the first sitting U.S. president to set foot on the island in nearly seven decades.

Obama administration loosens rules on Cuba travel, dollar

A classic American convertible sits parked outside the National Theatre where U.S. President Barack Obama is expected to speak during his upcoming trip, in Havana, Cuba, on Monday. Obama will travel to Cuba on March 20 for a trip that will mark a watershed moment in U.S.-Cuba relations, making Obama the first sitting U.S. president to set foot on the island in nearly seven decades.

March 15, 2016, 10:29am Nation & World

The Obama administration on Tuesday loosened rules on travel to Cuba and the Cuban government's use of the dollar, removing obstacles to closer ties between the two countries five days before President Barack Obama makes a historic trip to Havana. Read story