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Planting azaleas the right way is key to growing healthy plants! This guide covers soil preparation, sun and shade requirements, proper spacing, watering techniques, and mulching to help your azaleas ...

To ensure your hydrangeas put on a show next summer, they need some attention in the fall. Learn what to do and not to do with your hydrangeas before the first frost.

Winter is also a good time to plant bare-root trees and hardy shrubs in temperate climates. Beyond this, the cold season also demands extra precautions in order to protect your garden. Utilizing mulch ...

Elaine Chen covers biotech, co-writes The Readout newsletter, and co-hosts STAT’s weekly biotech podcast, The Readout Loud. You can reach Elaine on Signal at elaineywchen.70. A troubled Indiana ...

A pro-Russian hacktivist group called TwoNet pivoted in less than a year from launching distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks to targeting critical infrastructure. Recently, the threat actor ...

FREEPORT, Texas — A fire that broke out at the Dow chemical plant in Freeport is now contained and the investigation into what started it begins. It happened at the plant on Brazosport Boulevard near ...

MONT BELVIEU, Texas — Mont Belvieu firefighters responded to a plant explosion and fire late Monday morning. The blast happened around 11 a.m. at the ONEOK MBC Maintenance plant on SH 146 near SH 99 ...

A mother fiercely defended her eight-month-old after a man asked her to quiet her screaming baby in a restaurant, claiming he had sensitive hearing. The confrontation, filmed by the mom and shared on ...

The site of the Ford Kentucky Truck Plant on Chamberlain Lane will soon begin expanding. Jess Enoch, a communications director for Ford, confirmed the expansion in a Oct. 3 email to The Courier ...

NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — The city of Norfolk is getting ready to celebrate with the 2025 Norfolk Arbor Day Festival. The festival is set to take place on Saturday, Oct. 11 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — No injuries have been reported after an explosion at a chemical plant in a west Louisville industrial zone. MetroSafe confirmed it received a report of an explosion at a chemical ...