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After decades in comedy, Tim Heidecker is ready to get serious about music

Oct. 15, 2024 20:36 PM EDT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tim Heidecker is working through his existential dread. “There’s a million things to think about as you’re trying to go to sleep at night,” he said. “ Post-pandemic, in the age of Trump, you know, North Korea, whatever it is." Best known...

Feeling stressed about the election? Here's what some are doing and what they say you can do too

Oct. 09, 2024 11:36 AM EDT

If the high stakes presidential election is causing troublesome thoughts, existential dread or rifts with loved ones, there’s no need to white knuckle through it. Take a deep breath. Literally. Meditation and mindfulness teacher Rosie Acosta says focusing on each...

More US schools are taking breaks for meditation. Teachers say it helps students' mental health

Aug. 04, 2024 16:40 PM EDT

REX, Ga. (AP) — The third-grade students at Roberta T. Smith Elementary School had only a few days until summer vacation, and an hour until lunch, but there was no struggle to focus as they filed into the classroom. They were ready for one of their favorite parts of the day. The...