Lifestyle

Nextdoor and other social websites are winning fans in Minnesota and across the country using digital tools to help mobilize people within their neighborhoods. But those stronger ties can also bring problems neighbors didn't bank on.

The Earth won't enjoy total solar eclipses forever because the moon is moving farther away, so it looks smaller and smaller over time.

Scientists will focus on the sun, but they will also examine what happens to Earth's weather, to space weather, and to animals and plants on Earth as the moon totally blocks out the sun. The moon's shadow will sweep along a narrow path, from Oregon to South Carolina.

Technology is fundamentally changing how we deal with death, memorials and human remains. One of the latest examples: A startup offers a smartphone-connected urn where ashes are used to grow a tree.

Workers who have to face customers endure a disproportionate share of abuse, which can include sexual harassment and bullying.

A weeklong camp focused on young teens teaches everything from goose calling to prairie ecology and shooting. Waterfowl hunters see it as a path to reviving a tradition long in decline in Minnesota.

The Minnesota State Capitol is open again after four years of renovations, and Minnesotans are celebrating with a three-day party.

MnDOT plans to shut the key ramp for two weeks, starting Sunday night -- earlier than expected. The agency initially said it would shut it down on Tuesday.

Archaeologists will start the process by digging for walls from three old milling sites, which will be incorporated in the park's design.

Catch-and-release angling for the popular sport fish resumes on Friday at 6 a.m.

It seems nothing is safe from fake news this year, not even the annual astronomical event. This year's Perseid show will be at its peak Saturday night into Sunday.

Being miserably bored is no fun, and it's a feeling animals can develop, too, including in zoos, labs -- and our own homes -- says anthropologist Barbara J. King.

Carhenge in Alliance, Neb., will be prime viewing for this month's total solar eclipse. The town is preparing for thousands of visitors.

The Hiawatha Golf Club has been pumping more groundwater than its permit allows. A city vote could lead to its closure.

A recent survey showed more than 90 percent of Duluth residents lacked confidence in the city's streets.

"If you retire to spend more time with your family, check with your family first," Letterman said.

You'd think that after hundreds of years of watching total solar eclipses, scientists would know all they'd need to about that particular phenomenon. You'd be wrong.

A small number of passionate "shadow-lovers" roam the world to be at exactly the right place when the moon blots out the sun. One man has seen 33 -- and calls each "one of the top events of my life."

After a series of $14 tax bills went unnoticed, San Francisco auctioned Presidio Terrace off to the highest bidder -- a couple from San Jose. They're thinking of charging residents to park there.