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Charles Johnson, a former Buffalo Grove trustee and retired judge, hands out treats to children on the parade route at last year’s Pride Parade in Buffalo Grove.

Buffalo Grove, other suburbs gear up for annual Pride festivities

Buffalo Grove’s seventh annual family-friendly Pride Parade kicks off Sunday ushering in a season of Pride Month festivities across the suburbs.

Some of the best broths come from picked-over poultry carcasses and vegetable scraps.

Bacon grease, herb stems and other flavorful food scraps worth saving

There’s a special joy in getting one more use out of something that would have otherwise been tossed or composted. This kind of repurposing saves money, of course. Plus, it’s the environmentally responsible thing to do.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated its guidelines Thursday on the COVID-19 vaccine after U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced this week they would no longer be recommended for healthy children and pregnant women. However, the CDC language opens the door for those vaccines to be approved in consultation with health professionals.

CDC removes language that says healthy kids and pregnant women should get COVID shots

NEW YORK — The nation's top public health agency posted new recommendations that say healthy children and pregnant women may get COVID-19 vaccinations, removing stronger ...

White House MAHA Report may have garbled science by using AI, experts say

Some of the citations that underpin the science in the White House’s sweeping “MAHA Report” appear to have been generated using artificial intelligence, resulting in nume...

Former MBA player Melky Cabrera, then with the Cleveland Indians, sprays sunscreen before a baseball game against the Texas Rangers on July 22, 2018.

You should wear sunscreen even if you have darker skin. Here’s why

People with darker skin still need to wear sunscreen. Too much ultraviolet exposure from the sun can lead to sunburn, dark spots and wrinkles and increased risk of skin cancer. The melanin in darker skin offers some extra protection from the sun, but dermatologists say that isn’t enough on its own.

A viewer looks at “The Dish Mansion at Bancho” and “The Laughing Demoness” during a press preview of the “Hokusai and Ukiyo-e: The Floating World” exhibition Wednesday at the McAninch Arts Center on the campus of the College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn.

At College of DuPage, see a ‘Great Wave’ of Japanese art that inspired through the centuries

The art of Japan’s Edo period is undeniably beautiful, influencing creators across the centuries. Starting Saturday, the public can view the new exhibition “Hokusai and Ukiyo-e: The Floating World, Artworks from the Chiossone Collection” at the McAninch Arts Center.

Container plantings offer a chance to pop in some color wherever you need it in your landscape, but make sure the container has at least one drainage hole.

Find the trunk flare when planting new trees

Did you know that the top of the root ball is not an accurate guide for determining the planting depth for your new tree? Instead you must find, sometimes buried in the root ball, the flare of the trunk to plant at ground level so the flare is exposed.