NEW YORK — The United States’ 250th birthday carries ambitions to galvanize Americans behind nationwide community-service drives and patriotic brand launches. Well-known U.S. nonprofits hope to inspire a record-setting level of volunteerism, while major companies such as Walmart and ...
PARIS — Jonathan Anderson arrived at Paris couture week with the fashion world still waiting to see the Dior wedding dress he made for Taylor Swift. On Monday, on the first day, he tried to give it something else to look at. Three days after Swift married NFL star Travis Kelce at New York’s Madison Square Garden, with both dressed by Dior, Anderson returned to the runway with a sculptural, heavily pleated haute couture collection inspired by American artist Lynda Benglis. The commission was a coup for the LVMH-owned house and for Anderson, the 41-year-old Northern Irish designer ...
PAMPLONA, Spain — Bill Hillmann has been gored three times while running with the bulls in Spain, but he wouldn’t miss this year’s San Fermin festival for anything. It marks the 100th anniversary of the publication of Ernest Hemingway’s book “The Sun Also Rises” that launched the ...
Local students working with the Pennsylvania Outdoor Corps rolled up their sleeves Monday afternoon to clean up the Holy Trinity Rain Garden. Part of the Student Conservation Association, the corps partners with the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources to provide ...
Cove Carnival week kicked off Monday with the Little Miss Morrisons Cove pageant and wraps up Saturday, July 11, with a fireworks show and swim party at Morrisons Cove Memorial Park. Tonight, Tuesday, July 7, the agriculture parade begins at 6 p.m. Wing Night is Wednesday, with a fireworks swim party from 8:30 to 11:30 p.m. Pool admission is $5, with the fireworks slated to begin at 10 p.m. Garden tractor pulls will be held at 6 p.m. Thursday, while Friday is half-price ride wristbands for the first 100 people. Saturday’s fireworks swim party is set for 8:30 to 11:30 p.m., ...
Three inches of rain in one hour Sunday afternoon caused several small streams in Tyrone to overflow their banks, causing damage to homes and other property, mainly in the north end of town, while also leading to a close call for two young girls who were swept into Bald Eagle Creek from ...
