IN 1958, UNDER the rule of Mao Zedong, China began the Great Leap Forward, a four-year attempt to transform the country from an agrarian society into a modern industrialised one. It was a disaster: ...

PHOENIX — Sparrow at the Trailhead, a new restaurant by Valley-based Sky Restaurant Concepts, announced it will open on Sept. 20 in Peoria. The menu has a variety of options, including five different ...

Windows is known for its multitasking capability. It allows you to put multiple apps on your screen, run multiple tabs in one browser, and do a lot of other things. But what most people don’t know is ...

Since its premiere at Cannes Film Festival back in May of this year, The History of Sound has generated more buzz than your average wartime melodrama, largely due to its star casting. With Paul Mescal ...

Producer Jerry Bruckheimer has said he’s spoken to Johnny Depp about returning as Captain Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Caribbean 6 — and it sounds like the actor is interested. "If he likes the way ...

Looking for birding opportunities close to home? Birds with “house” built into their names are, not surprisingly, common urban residents. Three such birds found in Minnesota include the house wren, ...

Seaside sparrows at Cooks Beach have their own “dialect.” Rowan University researchers monitor their songs as a way to track salt marsh health. The salt marsh at Cooks Beach hosts many seaside ...

Far be it for me to complain, but I never really liked having to hop off my Sparrow in Destiny 2 to deal with some pesky enemies messing up my nice, clean patrol areas. The good news is that the ...

Rising Canadian singer, songwriter and guitarist Matt Andersen will unleash his soulful sound at Jammin Java in Vienna on May 11. Known for his powerful vocals, heartfelt songwriting, and captivating ...

Joshua grew up in poverty, deep in the Middle of Nowhere, Alabama. Gaming was a rarely afforded escape from reality that persisted throughout his life, something that saw him through good times and ...

The novel, “Sparrow and Vine” by Sophie Lark, was due out in April from Bloom Books. Readers with advance copies criticized passages that they found racist — or that praised Elon Musk. By Alexandra ...