NEW YORK (AP) — Nationwide enrollment in the Affordable Care Act health insurance marketplace could plummet by nearly 5 million people this year, shrinking the number of participants in the program by more than 20%, according to a new analysis from the healthcare research nonprofit ...
When Amy Trollinger isn’t driving her Toyota Corolla, she drives a white rental van. Not just for fun, but because she needs lots of room to accommodate giant coolers full of frozen breast milk. Trollinger works for the Kansas Breastfeeding Coalition, a nonprofit aimed at promoting and ...
Phones are an important part of everyday life for most people. From ordering food, online shopping and connecting with others, the average American spends more than five hours on their phone each day. That’s approximately 1,825 hours per year – the equivalent of two and a half months. ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday preserved women's access to a drug used in the most common method of abortion, rejecting lower-court restrictions while a lawsuit continues. The court's order allows women seeking abortions to continue obtaining the drug, mifepristone, at ...
When you look at your garden beds and borders, do you see any bare soil? If so, mulch is in order. Mulch is defined as a protective layer applied over soil to retain moisture, suppress weeds and moderate soil temperature around plants, as well as in uncultivated areas. But if used ...
Short on space? Consider microgardening. Although the term might conjure thoughts of minuscule garden gnomes and fairies, the reality is quite the opposite. You can get a surprisingly high yield from a small space, even a windowsill or balcony, if you plant it right. One way to maximize ...
DENVER — A few raindrops fell as Heather Grady gingerly transplanted beet seedlings into the earth, but the sky refused to release enough moisture to ease her worries about a dry winter that's left reservoirs low. With most of Colorado in drought, Grady and her husband Terrance began ...
I love the idea of transforming garbage into free mulch and fertilizer. Composting is a win-win: I save money and keep my eggshells, coffee grounds and weeds out of a landfill. Compost is the single best additive available for improving any soil type. Is your soil too sandy? Add compost. Too ...
I didn't understand leeks when I was growing up; in fact, I never ate them. It took living in France for me to fall for them. This Leek Quiche recipe, from my cookbook "V Is for Vegetables," was not only the first thing I learned in cooking school in Paris; it was also part of my final "exam." ...
My kids love this dish from my cookbook "Familia" because of the crispy chicken skin. You are essentially creating a confit where the chicken cooks in its own fat. The flavor comes from the smoky and tangy dressing, which you don't have to make in a molcajete, but if you have one please use ...
If you are a brunch person, then you may have noticed a new dish in town, sitting comfortably in recent years alongside longtime favorites like Eggs Benedict and French Toast. It's Chicken and Waffles, current darling of the brunch crowd. If you are on the hunt for a Mother's Day dish that ...
This recipe is excerpted from the cookbook "Linda McCartney's Family Kitchen." Linda was ahead of her time on plant-based eating in the '80s and '90s — today, it is much easier to follow a plant-forward lifestyle than when she wrote her first cookbooks. Now, all the ingredients you need for ...
Friday, May 22 Sons of Union Veterans’ Cemetery Gravesite Flag Placement, 9 a.m., Maple Grove Cemetery, 1710 N. Third St. Volunteers welcome. Spring Sale, 4-8 p.m., Lawrence Arts Center, 940 New Hampshire St. Gently used art supplies, costumes and more. Continues Saturday; details at ...
Wondering where the giant soccer photo collage on the side of City Hall went? Part of it came loose in this week's storms, but it will be going back up soon. The collage of photos of soccer games in the streets of Goma, Congo, is by photographer Gary Mark Smith and is titled "Soka Kila ...
The Watkins Museum of History will open a new temporary exhibition that will feature photography from two historic weather events that impacted Lawrence. The museum announced in a press release Monday the new exhibition, called “Lawrence in the Path of Destruction,” will open Tuesday. The ...
Lawrence's annual "wheeled art" parade, Art Tougeau, is inviting everyone on Saturday to bring anything that rolls – whether that's a skateboard, a car or something weirder. Art Tougeau started in 1997, and it's been a way to celebrate "creativity and ingenuity with some good, clean fun ...
Whether you know it for its train or its swimming pool or its basketball court and playground equipment, the park running for two blocks between Kentucky and Tennessee streets has been through a lot. Often referred to as “Train Park” in reference to the No. 1073 locomotive on its grounds, ...
Most of the rural schools in Douglas County are identified by a name as well as a number. An exception to this norm is “No. 6.” Goldie Piper Daniels, in her 1974 history of the educational buildings in our county, notes that the name “Crutchfield” was found attached to No. 6 on an ...
On the east side of Iowa Street, between 19th and 23rd streets, stands the United States Army Reserve Training Center, which bears the name of Samuel J. Churchill. Churchill is one of two Medal of Honor recipients to have been Lawrence residents and to be buried here. Churchill was ...
On the east side of the 700 block of Vermont Street, you can see a small bronze plaque on a brick building at about eye level. It tells of a First Methodist Church that once stood there, which was built in 1857 and was used as morgue following Quantrill’s Raid on Aug. 21, 1863. More than ...
