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Lebanese-American designer and owner of ModernEID Jomana Siddiqui organizes her Ramadan and EID decor and gifts. there has been a rise in companies like hers that make Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of Ramadan, a more commercialized holiday.

Like Christmas, Eid is being commercialized – and that's a welcome thing

For many Muslims, western holiday celebrations like Christmas once felt like the kind of universal affirmation we could never attain. But, today, it's a markedly different story.

A TV display shows video evidence of a Grand Rapids police officer struggling with and shooting Patrick Lyoya at Grand Rapids City Hall on Wednesday, April 13. Lyoya, 26, was shot and killed about 8:10 a.m., on April 4, after what police said was a traffic stop.

Advocates demand prosecutor charge white Michigan policeman in Black refugee's death

"I'm asking for justice," says Peter Lyoya, whose son Patrick Lyoya, 26, was fatally shot by Grand Rapids police officer, Christopher Schurr, 31, during a traffic stop last month.

On #dementia TikTok, family caregivers find support and bring the disease to light

On TikTok, the hashtag "dementia" has 3 billion views. Caregivers of people with Alzheimer's and other dementias have been using the site to swap tips and share the burdens of life with dementia.

Then Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, is seen at a news conference with Republican members of the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in 2018. A longtime senator known for working across party lines, Hatch died Saturday at age 88.

Orrin Hatch, longtime Republican Utah senator, dies at 88

Hatch, the longest-serving Republican senator in history, was known for working across party lines.

In this Jan. 24, 1988 photo, actress Olympia Dukakis and Cher hold the Golden Globe awards they received for performances in the hit movie Moonstruck at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.

Olympia Dukakis, Oscar-Winning 'Moonstruck' Star, Dies At 89

Olympia Dukakis, who won an Oscar playing Cher's mother in the romantic comedy Moonstruck, has died. She was 89.

"I remember there was a river next to the hotel, or across the street. And I walked along that," Keith Jarrett says of the tour stop captured on <em>Bordeaux Concert.</em> "That's what I remember."

Keith Jarrett's eternal balancing act

Keith Jarrett's two strokes in 2018 left the pianist unable to perform publicly. On the occasion of Bordeaux Concert, WBGO's Nate Chinen caught up with Jarrett.

How island nations vulnerable to climate change need rich, polluting countries to act

Low-lying islands and nations are among those most at risk from rising sea levels, and have been sounding the alarm on the need for action by wealthier nations to limit global warming for years.

A Kenya Wildlife Services officer stands near a burning pile of 15 tonnes of elephant ivory seized in Kenya in 2015.

Elephant tusk DNA can expose poaching networks, new analysis finds

Researchers at the University of Washington have developed a way of using DNA from elephant tusks to solve poaching mysteries and bring animal traffickers to justice.

By the time Victoria Cooper enrolled in an alcohol treatment program in 2018, she was "drinking for survival," not pleasure, she says — multiple vodka shots in the morning, at lunchtime and beyond. In the treatment program, she saw other women in their 20s struggling with alcohol and other drugs. "It was the first time in a very long time that I had not felt alone," she says.

Women Now Drink As Much As Men — Not So Much For Pleasure, But To Cope

Women aren't just upping their drinking, researchers say. Increasingly they are "drinking to cope," instead of for pleasure — which accelerates the risk of alcohol use disorder and its health damage.

Facebook bets its future on the metaverse

Facebook has rebranded itself as Meta, banking on the metaverse becoming a significant part of our lives. Not everyone is happy with the company making a mark in a space that has existed for years.

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