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Today, olive oil is often hailed as helping to protect against disease, but beliefs in its medicinal or even sacred ...

Sara Moniuszko is a health and lifestyle reporter at CBSNews.com. Previously, she wrote for USA Today, where she was selected to help launch the newspaper's wellness vertical. She now covers breaking ...

Demonstrators from the Palestine Coalition gather in support for Palestinians, after a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza went into effect, in London on October 11, 2025 [Jaimi Joy/Reuters] ...

MANKATO — At this year’s 20th annual Living Earth Conference, organizers are taking what they call a bold step: laying the foundation for a new undertaking called the Mankato Area Earth Coalition. The ...

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The Catholic Church has a "moral and spiritual obligation" to do more to help the victims of sexual abuse - and must take tougher action against their abusers, a Vatican report says. The highly ...

Take back the conversation with these tips. By Jancee Dunn I was at a party not long ago and met a very pleasant man who would not stop talking about his basement renovation. For about an hour, he ...