recreation and leisure

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — More cities are recognizing Native Americans on Columbus Day this year as they revive a movement to change the name of the ho...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Black men and women joyously returned to the National Mall on Saturday for the 20th anniversary of the Million Man March, calling fo...

PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — North Korea is holding what is expected to be one of its biggest celebrations ever Saturday for the 70th anniversary of ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Comedian, actor, writer, musician, and now we can add art curator to that long list of titles placed alongside Steve Martin's name....

LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) — SeaWorld wants to greatly expand the tanks it uses to hold killer whales in San Diego, but animal rights activists fear the ...

BOSTON (AP) — Renoir didn't leave much of an impression on a group of art lovers in Boston. Protesters gathered outside the Museum of Fine Arts in Bos...

NEW YORK (AP) — A New York auction of American coins from 1792 to the 1830s fetched $26 million on Wednesday. The auction was held jointly by Stack's ...

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Mormon church's renovated history museum set to reopen this week features a small and surprising display about an uncomforta...

NEW YORK (AP) — Pharrell Williams has launched a "Happy" campaign for young readers. The singer has partnered with FirstBook, a nonprofit literacy org...

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Move aside one-armed bandits. The casino floor is making room for game zones with oversized popping dice, digital spinning Big Six wh...

LONDON (AP) — Street artist Banksy has said he will send the material from his closed amusement park in England to France to help shelter refugees who...

PARIS (AP) — The Alps are the birthplace of downhill skiing and a crucible for mountain climbing — but now the French government is trying to help the...

PARIS (AP) — A $15 million Pablo Picasso painting is back on display in a Paris museum after a long and unusual journey. "La Coiffeuse" ("The Hairdres...

NEW YORK (AP) — There was scant evidence suggesting it would be a hit. "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" was a last-minute pickup by CBS, plugged into ...

SEQUOIA NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) — Giant Sequoias growing in California's Sierra Nevada are among the largest and oldest living things on earth, but...

RIVER FOREST, Ill. (AP) — An Illinois man has spent up to 10 hours every day for 11 years cleaning and fixing 1,500 paintings for museums nationwide. ...

ZION NATIONAL PARK, Utah (AP) — Some in the group of seven hikers were new to climbing and swimming through narrow canyons when fast-moving floodwater...

CHICAGO (AP) — The team behind George Lucas' art and movie museum released revised renderings showing more green space at the Chicago site but no radi...

TORDESILLAS, Spain (AP) — Men on horseback in a Spanish town chased down a bull and speared it to death Tuesday during the annual Toro de la Vega fest...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Three Americans who stopped a gunman on a Paris-bound passenger train talked about the significance of 9/11 on Friday at a f...