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There’s nothing we hate more in the winter than dry, flaky skin. Our beauty editors try tons of different lotions, oils and creams every week but are always excited when ...

You likely take the various colors around you for granted, assuming there's nothing special about the blue of your jeans or anyhing potentially disgusting about the browns of that painting you bought at an antique store....

ORLANDO - Kyarra Garrett wants a career in health care - and she's not waiting to start her education.

Tony-winning actress Laura Benanti has many credits on her résumé. She made her Broadway debut at 18, subbing in for Rebecca Luker as Maria in "The Sound of Music." She's won a Tony for "Gypsy," played onstage parts la...

Benedict Cumberbatch has apologized for a comment he made during a conversation about British actors working in America, saying that he was "devastated to have caused offense" for using what he called "outmoded terminolo...

Benedict Cumberbatch has apologized for a comment he made during a conversation about British actors working in America, saying that he was “devastated to have caused offense” for using what he called “outmoded ter...

Despite travel bans and city slowdowns brought on by Winter Storm Juno, these people (and a dog!) below made snow cones out of snow. From a snowplower doing donuts to a snow Yeti in its element, check out who won #blizza...

The legal battle between Frederik de Pue, a Belgium-born chef once positioned to become one of Washington's major players, and a D.C. power couple who were his business partner and landlord has all the ingredients of a s...

The News & Observer has a new cooking website featuring favorite recipes, hunger-inducing photos and tutorials.

"Hot to Cold: An Odyssey of Architectural Adaptation," at the National Building Museum, is obligatory for anyone who cares about architecture and museums. The exhibition, which opened Saturday, not only surveys the work ...

Pierre Auguste Renoir, Nude in the Sun, circa 1875-6, oil on canvas, 32" -- 25.6" "...Try to explain to Monsieur Renoir that a woman's torso is not a mass of decomposing flesh with those purplish-green stains." - Critic ...

A family room is the workhorse of the home: television, playtime, conversation, games, relaxing. It's the room that has to handle it all. Here are some examples of rooms that manage not only to accommodate all those acti...

Name: Karie & Rob of Shelter Collective Location: West Asheville, NC My husband and I moved into our home about three years ago. We love the location because we are only 2 blocks from a bustling street with coffee shops,...

I read a stunning submission this week from one of my students that had all the elements of good storytelling minus one thing: body sensations. I found myself desperately wanting her to describe the sensations that must ...

Welcome, friends. It's here! My favorite time of the week: the Ellen's Design Challenge rehash. This week, our maiden voyage had four questionable hats, WAY too many hugs and one amazing winning piece of furniture. Let's...

Plus-size model and body-love activist Tess Holliday has a message for anyone who thinks beauty is related to size: #EffYourBeautyStandards. Got ready in a record 30 mins for an impromptu date last night miracles happen ...

Not everyone is in the position of tossing out the old to make way for the new (or DIYed). If you're stuck with a couch that doesn't exactly excite you (whether because it came with your partner or you don't have the fun...

A ranked selection of notable new recordings we heard in January.1. Bjork, "Vulnicura"Bjork's superpower: Delivering highly abstract vocalizations that simultaneously obey specific feelings, melodies and lyrics. Another ...

A ranked selection of notable new recordings we heard in January. 1. Bjork, "Vulnicura" Bjork's superpower: Delivering highly abstract vocalizations that simultaneously obey specific feelings, melodies and lyrics. Anothe...

How good was the red-hot Bessie Smith tribute "Bessie's Blues" when the Studio Theatre produced it in 1995?"The Studio may well produce something of this artistic power again," critic Lloyd Rose wrote in The Washington P...

Sometimes it takes a superhero to conquer hate. Earlier this month, a batch of anti-Islam ads purchased by right-wing extremist blogger Pamela Geller's American Freedom Defense Initiative (AFDI) appeared on buses in San ...

Taylor Swift -- already paranoid about technology! -- has been hacked. The pop star's Twitter and Instagram accounts were taken over by hackers on Tuesday morning, though they were shut down fairly quickly by authorities...