Last week my article garnered surprising comments. The older women seemed to get a hearty chuckle. The younger women were horrified. The men were silent. It was a spoof! I thought that was obvious. I ...

A Las Vegas couple promised investors eye-popping returns on exotic cars and boats they claimed would be resold to wealthy buyers overseas, but the police now allege these buyers never existed.

The following imaginative scenario contains no provocative material. More’s the pity. Let’s begin with full disclosure. I am 80 and have been on my own recognizance for a goodly number of years. No ...

MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: Biologists in western North Carolina are out looking for a precious fish. The Southern Appalachian brook trout are ancient. They've been here since the ice age. They are also a ...

MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: Biologists in western North Carolina are out looking for a precious fish. The Southern Appalachian brook trout are ancient. They've been here since the ice age.

The Southern Appalachian brook trout are ancient. But the fish only like clean streams. Now scientists want to know how the trout is doing a year after floods from Hurricane Helene.