Lastest Stories by Colman Andrews

It’s fuel-efficient and inexpensive (with a basic MSRP of $21,895) and this year’s model got the highest possible safety rating from the Insurance Institute of Highway Safety — but the Subaru...
A man from Queens, arrested in 2017 for bringing more than 750 liters (1,000 bottles) of untaxed liquor from New Hampshire to New York, has pleaded guilty to violating New York’s liquor...
Many kinds of food — cooked or uncooked — spoil quickly, usually due to a high oil and/or moisture content that encourages the proliferation of bacteria. These are some foods that spoil faster...
Would you drink vodka made from grain grown near the site of one of the planet’s worst nuclear disasters? The English trade publication The Spirits Business reports that that might soon be an...
If you don’t drink — especially if you don’t even like being around people who do — the American college experience can be challenging. To quote a BioMed Central Public Health report on...
With its not-bad academic rating of 86/99, its attractive campus, its sunny climate, and its proximity to sand and surf, the University of California at Santa Barbara might seem like a collegiate...
Is America on the verge of going CBD-crazy? There’s some evidence that we’re headed that way. Cannabidiol, or CBD — an active but not psychoactive compound found in marijuana (that is, it...
Most Americans have never heard of one of the most common forms of skin cancer — one that’s about five times more common than melanoma, and is estimated to kill about twice as many people...
If you’re a young man in America today — and especially a young black man — you might want to give law enforcement a wide berth. A new study found that shootings, chokeholds, and other uses of...
Some foods have naturally long shelf lives, and if stored properly will keep for months or years. Other foods spoil quickly, usually due to a high oil and/or moisture content, and will last a long...
It is well-established that our bodies need omega-3 fatty acids, substances found primarily in certain varieties of fish (one kind also appears in nuts and seeds). Among other benefits, these...
New England — comprised today of the states of Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island — was given its name by English explorer John Smith in 1616, and the...
Sesame seeds are on hamburger buns, bagels, and crackers, and in cereals; the oil is commonly used in Asian dishes; the paste is an ingredient of hummus. Even some non-food items, like cosmetics and...
Though it wasn’t technically the first video streaming service — that honor goes to Hongkong Telecom’s now-defunct iTV — when the faltering DVD-rental-by-mail business Netflix started...
A new survey of some 75 U.S. cities that have established greenhouse-gas reduction targets reveals that no more than a dozen are on track to achieve their objectives. According to the 2019 City Clean...