Would you let a teenager file your taxes? That’s not a riddle, but a reality at Rancho Cucamonga High School in the Southern California city of the same name. There, a group of students trained in tax filing and led by accounting teacher Chris Van Duin help run a free...

Instrument discovered in attic in East Sussex only a few miles from former Beatle’s home after campaign to find it. Sir Paul McCartney’s lost Hofner bass guitar has been found in a loft in East Sussex, 52 years after it was stolen from the back of a van in Notting...

The widow of a prominent Wall Street investor has donated $1 billion to a Bronx medical school for tuition for all future students. The gift from Ruth Gottesman, 93, is the largest-ever to a US medical university and comes from the fortune left behind by her late...

Connecticut divers have discovered the wreckage of an experimental submarine that was built in 1907 and later scuttled in Long Island Sound. The Defender, a 92-foot-long boat, was found recently by a team led by Richard Simon, a commercial diver from Connecticut....

A new study by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) identifies the key role hydration is thought to play in the aging process. This new research serves as great proof of the importance of drinking enough water to stay properly hydrated. The study determined that...

When a Preschool Was Opened Inside a Dementia Care Home, All Heaven Broke Loose They say it takes a village to raise a child. Centered on that concept of communal flourishing, Northwest England’s first intergenerational care village, home to both older people and...

Research finds that having plants at home is good for our health and well-being. How do you pick the right ones? In both Europe and the U.S., people spend up to 90% of their time indoors. But spending so much time inside can have consequences for your mental health. ...

The departure of Ed Clark is the first significant change in Boeing leadership since the Jan. 5 Alaska Airlines incident. The man who lead Boeing’s 737 Max program and the Renton factory where the jets were built will leave the company, the first significant staff...

A computer program, powered by artificial intelligence, is capable of identifying and differentiating between babies' cries to tell parents what their children want. The system can detect whether the cry is because of hunger or fatigue, illness or if it is in pain. ...

The sun is about to pull another disappearing act across North America, turning day into night during a total solar eclipse. The peak spectacle on April 8 will last up to 4 minutes, 28 seconds in the path of total darkness — twice as long as the total solar...