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Valentina
This film is only available in the United States and Canada because of territorial licensing. Valentina and her friends are fun-loving, teenage girls. They shop, they have sleepovers, and they dream about their first true love. But when Valentina and her classmates decide to throw a spring bonfire party, they never expected it would turn […]
A Delicious Hot Pot Dish for a Cold Night | Eat Better
Winter is a good time for reflection, contemplation, and looking within. It is the time to focus on nurturing and recharging ourselves for the next burst of growth and outward activity in spring. In traditional cultures, when people lived in close harmony with nature, they ate different foods. What they ate depended on the season, […]
Kenya’s Jepchirchir and Chebet Win Boston Marathon
BOSTON—Reigning Olympic champion Peres Jepchirchir won the women’s race at the Boston Marathon on Monday, as fellow Kenyan Evans Chebet won the men’s race. Jepchirchir won a see-saw sprint in the final mile on Monday as the world’s most prestigious 26.2-mile race returned to its traditional Patriots’ Day spot in the schedule for the first […]
Spring Equinox 2020: Earliest Arrival in More Than a Century
This is the earliest arrival of spring equinox in 124 years. It’s coming on Thursday, March 19, for almost all of the Americas. Much of the rest of the world will see its arrival in the early hours of Friday, March 20. We’re in This Together So we’ll all share something else in our social-distancing […]
Is it Spring in Chicago? Over 700 Flights Cancelled Amid Bizarre Snow
It doesn’t feel like spring in Chicago. Over 700 flights were cancelled amid a late winter storm warning on April 27. The schedule-breaking weather was also record-breaking, with more than two inches of snowfall in late spring, according to AccuWeather. Daily Herald reported that the O’Hare International Airport cancelled close to 600 flights as of […]
Video Shows Bison Dancing With Joy at Start of Spring
An 800-pound bison was video-taped doing a happy dance to welcome the first day of spring. The bison galloped, bucked, and hopped around, and then rolled in the dirt, looking very joyful. The video was posted by the North Carolina Zoo to Facebook on March 20. The bison is one of four that stays at […]
Czechs Mark 50 Years Since Crushing of Prague Spring
PRAGUE—Czechs marked the 50th anniversary of student Jan Palach setting himself on fire in central Prague, on Jan. 16. The self-immolation was a desperate act aimed at lifting the apathy hanging over the country in the wake of the Soviet invasion that crushed the Prague Spring of 1968. Having seen a period of reforms to […]
Cherry blossom season begins in Tokyo
The Japanese government announced on Tuesday (March 21) that this year’s first cherry blossoms had bloomed, kicking off the official start of the cherry blossom season. Every year, the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) issues an official announcement after five to six cherry blossoms are spotted by staff on their official tree at Tokyo’s Yasukuni Shrine. […]