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What is Lunar New Year and how is it celebrated?

Jan. 28, 2025 12:48 PM EST

On Jan. 29, Asian American communities around the U.S. will ring in the Year of the Snake with community carnivals, family gatherings, parades, traditional food, fireworks and other festivities. In many Asian countries, it is a festival that is celebrated for several days. In diaspora communities,...

AP PHOTOS: Hong Kong's snake soup is slithering away but still simmers in a decades-old kitchen

Jan. 27, 2025 02:57 AM EST

HONG KONG (AP) — As Hong Kong prepares to welcome the Year of the Snake on Wednesday, Chau Ka-ling displays a moving serpent with practiced ease, holding it like a pet in her decades-old restaurant in the city. As one of the last keepers of the city’s traditional snake soup...

Extreme cold and snow across the South isn't a threat to most native plants and animals, experts say

Jan. 21, 2025 20:51 PM EST

About 8 inches (20 centimeters) of snow covered the ground and plants outside Braden Doucet’s Lafayette, Louisiana, home Tuesday afternoon. It's also cold. Much colder than normal. The temperature Tuesday night is expected to sink to 12 degrees F (minus 11 Celsius) and evening lows...