Experts detail the benefits of swimming, from strengthening your muscles to reducing inflammation and boosting your mental health—and how to get started. Swimming offers a low-impact exercise with ...

Zemira spent her short life fighting for everything she had. The Connecticut 6-year-old died of cancer last week, and her mother wants to give her a funeral fit for a warrior. Zemira was born with a ...

Long-term exposure to toxic air can substantially weaken the health benefits of regular exercise, suggests a new study by an international team including UCL (University College London) researchers.

OK, every so often, you see something online that makes your entire day better, and this is one of those things. A little duckling named Ducktavious has stolen hearts everywhere, thanks to the ...

NPR announced Wednesday that Mishka Pitter-Armand will take over as its chief marketing officer. “I look forward to working with teams across NPR to grow and diversify our audience and revenue sources ...

Mishka Pitter-Armand is NPR's Chief Marketing Officer. An experienced business leader, she began her career in the for-profit sector before moving to marketing leadership roles with data-driven, ...

October 15, 2025; Washington, D.C. — NPR President and CEO Katherine Maher announced today that Mishka Pitter-Armand will become NPR's Chief Marketing Officer. She will play a key role in efforts to ...

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Earlier this week, Pirates! The Penzance Musical opened on Broadway, bringing back one of the OG patter songs of the the musical theate canon- "I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major General." In this ...

The ambitious plan to completely transform the site of the former Richmond Town Square Mall in Richmond Heights into a modern lifestyle center cleared a major hurdle on Thursday. On Tuesday, State Rep ...

Sometimes, just as it did this past Sunday night, the snow falls peacefully onto the ground, coating it with a soft, untouched layer of powder. I’ve always thought that if perfection could be embodied ...