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Join Fly, Cicadas, Fly I was reminded this week of why I dislike the warmer months of the year so much (in addition to the fact that they’re warmer). I found a big spider on my kitchen counter. He was just sitting there, not even bothered by my presence, as if he were waiting for me to make something to eat so he could crawl on it. But I’ll take that over swarms of flying insects. I saw all those “killer bees” movies when I was a kid. 2021 marks the year that the cicadas come back. Like bell bottom jeans and other things we don’t really need to see again, they return every once in...

Hester Ford, who died on Sunday and was the oldest living person in the country. According to her family, Ford was 116 years old. She had 12 children, 68 grandchildren, 125 great-grandchildren and at least 120 great-great-grandchildren. This article was originally published on WBUR.org. Copyright 2021 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org.

April 21, 2021 SAN RAMON, Calif. (AP) — Apple spruced up its product line at an event Tuesday while slipping in quiet notice of a software update, now due next week, designed to enhance the privacy of iPhone users at the expense of digital advertisers such as Facebook. Timing for the software upgrade ... April 21, 2021 Ahead of Sunday's 93rd Academy Awards, Associated Press Film Writers Jake Coyle and Lindsey Bahr share their predictions for a ceremony that is forging on in the midst of the pandemic. BEST PICTURE The Nominees: "The Father,""Judas and the Black Messiah,""Mank,""Minari,""N...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Daunte Wright, the young Black man shot by an officer during a traffic stop in suburban Minneapolis, was not “just some kid with an air freshener,” but a “prince” whose life ended too soon at the hands of police, the Rev. Al Sharpton said Thursday during an emotional funeral. More Headlines

Mother Hester McCardell Ford, believed to have been the oldest living person in America, has passed away at the age of at least 115.  Ford’s relatives told the Charlotte Observer their matriarch died peacefully at home April 17. Ford’s great-granddaughter Tanisha Patterson-Power says their beloved relative was a “pillar and stalwart” to the entire family. Hester Ford passes away at 125. (Credit: Family photos) “She was the seed that sprouted leaves and branches which is now our family,” wrote Patterson-Power in a prepared statement. “God saw fit to make her the matriarch of o...