LIFESTYLE

Nearly a quarter-century after Google’s search engine began to reshape how we use the internet, big tech companies are racing to revamp a familiar web tool into a gateway to a new form of artificial intelligence.

Shopping for a new or used car over the last few years has become a frustrating and expensive undertaking.

The only Black designer belonging to Italy’s fashion chamber has withdrawn from this month’s Milan Fashion Week, alleging a lack of support for diversity and inclusion after the chamber “abandoned” a project to promote young designers of color working in Italy.

A fan publication devoted to Bruce Springsteen says it is shutting down after 43 years, with its publisher saying he's been disillusioned by the talk about ticket prices for their hero's current tour.

Disney’s government in Florida has been the envy of any private business, with its unprecedented powers in deciding what to build and how to build it at Walt Disney World.

Rob Gronkowski might be retired from the NFL, but the former all-pro football player is still in the game during the league’s championship week.

A jury has sat solemnly in a gilded hall in central London, presided over by a bewigged representative of the crown in flowing black robes, but there were no criminals in the dock.

Mezcal is not your ordinary pet.

A recent Gallup survey says just 2 in 10 adult U.S. employees say they have someone at work they consider a best friend.

Middle seats at many U.S. movie theaters just got more expensive.

Lizzo wowed in a huge bright orange custom opera coat by Dolce & Gabbana at the Grammy Awards on Sunday.

The 2023 Grammy Awards show is coming to a close.

It is a long and sometimes dangerous journey for avocados destined for guacamole on tables and tailgates in the United States during the Super Bowl.

Southern California's most popular puma gained fame as P-22 and cast a spotlight on the troubled population of California’s endangered mountain lions and their decreasing genetic diversity.

U.S. Agriculture officials have proposed new nutrition standards for school meals, including the first limits on added sugars.

Set in the Belgian countryside, Lukas Dhont's “Close” is about a friendship between two 13-year-old boys whose tender intimacy is tested, tragically, when one seeks to fit in with more macho boys.

Spanish-born fashion designer Paco Rabanne has died at age 88.

Whether looking for love or a casual encounter, 3 in 10 U.S. adults say they have used a dating site or app.

He gets most of the PR, at least nationally, but Punxsutawney Phil isn't the only groundhog to purport to predict the weather.

Growing numbers of people are flocking to U.S. churches that center their practice around a bitter psychedelic tea known as ayahuasca.

A furry critter in a western Pennsylvania town has predicted six more weeks of winter during an annual Groundhog Day celebration.

President Joe Biden is taking swipes at airlines and hotels over some of the fees that they charge consumers.

The sweet smell of green chile roasting on an open flame permeates New Mexico every fall.

The official curriculum for a new Advanced Placement course on African American studies released Wednesday downplays some components that had drawn criticism from conservatives including Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who said the class would be banned in his state.

If you live in a colder climate, winter tires will add safety and confidence to your drives.

Devotees in Ireland are marking the feast day of St. Brigid of Kildare.

The maker of ChatGPT is trying to curb its reputation as a freewheeling cheating machine with a new tool that can help teachers detect if a student or artificial intelligence wrote that homework.

In Mexico City, it is the busy season for the craftsman who can repair Catholic families' beloved but broken baby Jesus figurines.

Experts are warning that Nigeria's push to replace its paper money with newly designed currency notes has created a shortage of cash.

Ira “Bob” Born, a candy company executive known as the “Father of Peeps” for mechanizing the process to make the marshmallow chicks, has died.

France’s national rail operator is recommending that passengers stay home if possible Tuesday to avoid labor strikes.

The U.S. population center is on track this decade to take a southern swerve for the first time in history.

Two months after undergoing surgery for serious burns, Jay Leno is now contending with a number of broken bones after being knocked off a motorcycle.

Social life in the Norwegian village of Longyearbyen — hemmed in by mountains, a glacier and a fjord on a remote Arctic island — has long revolved around its only church.

The experimentalism and audacity of 1980s club kids inspired Valentino in one of the last high-octane shows of this Paris Fashion Week couture season.

For decades, Monterey Park has been a haven for Asian immigrants seeking to maintain a strong cultural identity — and a culinary heaven for anybody near Los Angeles craving authentic Asian cuisine.

Tax season is here again.

Elie Saab has whisked his guests away to Thailand for a Paris Fashion Week couture show that gleamed with gold and intricate silk embroidery.

The co-creator of the beloved children’s education TV series “Sesame Street,” Lloyd Morrisett has died.

Auto manufacturers are applying more computer and software-based features to their vehicles.

The ocean blue tweed dress and matching coat Jill Biden wore for Joe Biden's presidential inauguration are on display at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History.

Art has returned to a glittering Chanel universe, with monumental animal sculptures gathering in the center of the runway-in-the-round for its Paris Fashion Week couture show.

Remember when you were a kid and you got something in the mail addressed just to you? What an exciting feeling! Now that we're adults, there's still something intimate about receiving a physical card or letter.

For many American schoolchildren, school lunch consists of mass-produced, reheated meals they would rather skip.

Native Hawaiians who have been priced out of Hawaii are finding more affordable places to live in cities like Las Vegas.

After surviving the worst of the pandemic, the nation's gyms and fitness centers have made a comeback, often using tricks learned during the downturn to lure back customers.

Designs by Loewe’s Northern Irish designer Jonathan Anderson are often credited by front-row editors as among the best if not the best gracing the Paris runways today.

Dior mania descended on Paris Fashion Week menswear as over a thousand screaming fans thronged the magnificent Place de la Concorde for a glimpse of their favorite stars.

In crowded Hong Kong, where most apartments range from small to miniscule, rabbits are popular pets.

The Agriculture Department issued new requirements for foods labeled organic, a move aimed at cracking down on fraud and boosting oversight.

Charlie Watts kept his feet firmly on the ground despite the success of the Rolling Stones.