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NEW YORK (AP) — The moment I knew I had to get serious about work-life balance came without warning. I was writing a high-profile news story during the pandemic when my heart began pounding like a jackhammer.

Diwali is the most important festival of the year in India — and for Hindus in particular. It is celebrated across faiths by more than a billion people in the world’s most populous nation and the diaspora.

People with seasonal affective disorder, or SAD, typically have episodes of depression that begin in the fall and ease in the spring or summer.

Shaped like a bun, decorated with bone-like bread pieces and sugar on top, pan de muerto can be seen at coffee shops, dinner tables or homemade altars, which Mexicans build to remember their deceased loved ones.

Some Apple AirPods wireless headphones can be used as hearing aids with a new software update available Monday . It's a high-profile move that experts applaud, even if they only reach a small portion of the millions of Americans with hearing loss.

Few people can resist a creamy, rich stovetop mac and cheese. This one has a bonus dose of colour, texture and nutrition thanks to roasted pumpkin and onions, blended right into the pasta. It’s total fall comfort food.

Smushing a cheese sandwich in the pan leaves you with a crisp outside and gooey inside.

Columnist offers readers her smoothie recipe.

The scariest things lurking around the corner on Halloween aren’t monsters or ghosts. According to doctors, it’s cars. Halloween is one of the deadliest days of the year for pedestrians, especially for kids .

It is up to us to accept the lessons and give up what we used to know, and heal any generational traumas or dysfunctional parenting styles.