OSF HealthCare has been named a recipient of the Nursing Continuing Professional Development (NCPD) Premier Award by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)  Accreditation Program, ...

The late Amada Cardenas was called many things — the “angel of peyote,” the “peyote rose” or simply “Grandma Amada.” The beloved Mexican American peyotera — who was the ...

The Native American Church is considered the most widespread religious movement among the Indigenous people of North America. It holds sacred the peyote cactus, which grows naturally only in some ...

In this corner of southern Texas, the plump cacti seem to pop out of arid dust and cracked earth, like magic dumplings. It’s ...

Republicans plan to move quickly in their effort to overhaul the nation’s voting procedures, seeing an opportunity with control of the White House and both chambers of Congress to ...

While elections in Virginia, New Jersey and New York City will receive the most attention next year, 2025 will also see ...

Asian shares were mostly higher Thursday in thin post-Christmas holiday trading, while oil prices rose. Japan’s Nikkei 225 ...

Kevin Durant and Bradley Beal each scored 27 points and the Phoenix Suns beat the Denver Nuggets 110-100 on Wednesday night ...

LeBron James and the Lakers delivered once more when big man Anthony Davis went down. Davis didn’t return for Los Angeles ...

Defending line honors champion LawConnect led the Sydney to Hobart yacht fleet out of Sydney harbor on Thursday at the start of the 79th running of the 628-nautical mile (722 miles, ...

Quarterback C.J. Stroud summed up Houston’s performance in an embarrassing 31-2 loss to Baltimore on Wednesday. “Sometimes ...

As winners of the 2024 Iowa Blues Challenge, a Quad-City blues band is leaving for Memphis for the chance of a lifetime. John ...