ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — A Florida bill is taking aim at paper straws. A bill has been introduced in both the House and Senate that would require jurisdictions with straw laws to allow options other ...

Paper towels are the go-to for cleaning almost anything—from greasy messes that’d destroy your favorite dish rags to covering food in the microwave for splatter prevention. However, they’re not always ...

During recent conversations with friends and others in the community, I asked about their memories of the first live music event they ever attended. What was the first concert you attended? My first ...

A team of scientists has confirmed that the nearby star GJ 887 hosts at least four planets, one of which could be a habitable world — the second closest to our own solar system. RELATED: Animal life ...

Dear Heloise: This is to add to Karen from Michigan’s suggestion about recycling toilet paper rolls. I reuse them by cutting the rolls in half and standing them upright in the bottom of a plastic ...

There is a lot going on this weekend. On Saturday, the Sutter Theater Center for the Arts hosts our annual Scholastic Art & Writing Awards program, where hundreds of students from seven counties have ...

Faith writes guides, how-tos, and roundups on the latest Android games and apps for Android Police. You'll find her writing about the newest free-to-play game to hit Android or discussing her paranoia ...

Astronomers have captured some of the most detailed images of debris discs—rings of leftover dust, gas, and rocks that circle a star—from fully formed, "teenage" planetary systems. And those images, ...

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has updated its guidance on sending and receiving payments as the federal government ends the use of paper checks. Tax filing season opened on Monday, meaning ...

Parchment paper is a versatile tool for bakers and cooks, with lots of uses that not everyone knows about. But by the same token, it's best to know exactly the right ways to use it, or you might just ...

Measurements of the masses of exoplanets orbiting a young star have identified a system of low-density ‘super-puff’ planets. Read the paper: A young progenitor for the most common planetary systems in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (AFP/Getty) Scientists have spotted a “rogue” planet floating on its own through space. Most of the planets we know are found ...