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Argo, a Transportation Security Administration explosives detection canine, who works with handler Jonathan Lilly, walks through the ticketing area at Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport, Monday, Dec. 9, 2024, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)

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Argo the dog, a TSA calendar star, protects air travelers by sniffing out explosives
By LEA SKENE - Associated Press
Sat,12/14/24-11:10PM , 190 Reads
LINTHICUM, Md. (AP) — When Argo walks through the doors of Baltimore-Washington International Airport, he knows it’s time to work.

The 9-year-old black Labrador retriever spends most of his waking hours patrolling the airport, with his sensitive nose finely tuned to detect potential explosives.
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Revellers take part in SantaCon, Saturday, Dec. 14, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

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Thousands of Santas and a few Grinches hit the streets for annual SantaCon bar crawls
Sat,12/14/24-12:54PM , 218 Reads
NEW YORK (AP) — Santa Clauses are coming to town.

Thousands of Kris Kringles and jolly Old St. Nicks are jamming streets, sidewalks and bars from Adelaide to Vancouver on Saturday for annual SantaCon charity pub crawls.
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Sake brewer Mie Takahashi stirs mixture of steamed rice with koji mold and water in a tank at her Koten sake brewery in Okaya, central Japan, Saturday, Nov. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae)

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Once taboo, more Japanese women are brewing sake
By AYAKA MCGILL - Associated Press
Fri,12/13/24-8:20PM , 292 Reads
OKAYA, Japan (AP) — Not long after dawn, Japanese sake brewer Mie Takahashi checks the temperature of the mixture fermenting at her family’s 150-year-old sake brewery, Koten, nestled in the foothills of the Japanese Alps.
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Chestnuts are displayed at a food vendor as a person dressed as Santa Claus offers rides, Thursday, Dec. 12, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Alyssa Goodman)

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'Tis the season for roasting chestnuts. But in the US, native ones are almost gone
By MELINA WALLING - Associated Press
Fri,12/13/24-4:54PM , 137 Reads
It's been a very long time since vendors sold the American chestnut on city sidewalks. It's no longer the variety whose smell some people associate with Christmastime as it wafts from street carts. Because it's virtually extinct.
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