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Walk into any Japanese convenience store and you will always find a shelf dedicated to one item: onigiri. The onigiri, often translated as “rice ball”, literally means “grasping a fistful” and is in many ways Japan’s original fast food, before fast food. Quick to make, quick to eat, easy on the wallet, reminds you of …

At the M Health Fairview Forest Lake and Saint Paul stations, crews are receiving much-needed stress relief through a comforting companion. Clayton, a yellow lab, has been making visits for roughly the last four months. “He knows when you’re not yourself, or something has happened and you’re feeling down,” said Nicole Foster, an EMS Education …

For the past three years, Martez Files, a professor of African American studies at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, has created mental health kits for struggling students. What started as an effort to give back to the school district he grew up in, Birmingham City Schools, has grown into a full-scale operation involving student …

The city of New York is preparing for the arrival of USNS Comfort, the hospital ship scheduled to come into port Monday.  New York is ready to welcome a “much needed” hospital ship, Chris Singleton, spokesperson for the New York City Economic Development Corporation, told USA TODAY on Saturday. On Saturday, while speaking as a part of …

It’s all over the magazines, frequently featured on television, and even some newspapers are in on the game. Advice on what to wear and what not to wear. The people we surround ourselves with tend to be all too happy to share their thoughts on our outfits. It’s hard to avoid, because the message is …