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WASHINGTON (AP) — Chair yoga modifies traditional yoga poses to suit older adults and those with physical limitations. But as AP Lifestyles Writer Leanne Italie explains, that doesn’t mean it’s any less of a workout. As older adults embrace active lifestyles, chair yoga has surged in popularity. In this episode of “The Story Behind the AP Story,” Italie explains the origins of chair yoga, its benefits and how it works. AP AUDIO: AP lifestyles reporter explains the origins, benefits of chair yoga and its surge in popularity In this episode of The Story Behind the AP Story, AP Lifestyles reporter…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Ian Andersen was biking through Iran last week when Israel launched strikes on Iranian nuclear sites and the country’s military leaders, drawing Tehran’s swift response with barrages of missiles.The 32-year-old from Minnetonka, Minnesota, said he did not expect to get caught up in what looked like a real war zone. He fled to neighboring Azerbaijan on Monday. “The bombs started falling,” Andersen said Wednesday, speaking to The Associated Press over Zoom from a hotel in Baku, Azerbaijan’s capital. “It was extremely scary.”Andersen was on a yearslong, personal mission to cycle across all seven continents.…

In this age of heightened anxiety, many of us turn to our pets for emotional support. But is our behavior increasing our furry friends’ fears?The answer isn’t simple, says Frankie Jackson, a veterinary nurse and animal behavior consultant, and the owner of Canine Counseling in Smyrna, Georgia. She said she’s seen an increase in anxiety among her animal and human clients, but that it’s hard to unwind the cause and effect.“Dogs are incredibly responsive to our expressions, our body language and our scent,” she says. “There is a feedback loop — the owners are nervous; the dog gets nervous. Our…

In the shadow of an imposing stone bell tower, market stalls fan out by the dozens from the central plaza of Sineu, Mallorca.Every Wednesday, vendors fill the surrounding streets with produce from the fertile central plain of the Spanish Mediterranean island. Interspersed among the plump tomatoes, leafy chard and bright citrus are more stalls overflowing with handcrafts, textiles, jewelry and more.The scene plays out much like it has every week since at least the early 1200s. Designated a royal market in 1304, it’s the only remaining market in Spain’s Balearic Islands allowed to sell live rabbits, poultry and farm animals.Naturally,…

Just about every automaker these days offers an entry-level SUV. Though they are smaller than the most popular SUVs, such as the Honda CR-V and Toyota RAV4, their appeal is obvious. They are affordable, good on gas, and are easy to drive and park. They also provide many of the attributes shoppers love about SUVs, such as a more commanding view of the road than a sedan offers and available all-wheel drive for extra traction on icy or snowy roads.But which one should you get? Edmunds’ team of automotive experts have undertaken thousands of miles of testing in order to…

Indian Creek, a man-made island near Miami with only 41 properties, has an impressive roster of wealthy and high-profile residents—and is about to add another.CHANDAN KHANNA/AFP via Getty Images An empty lot on Indian Creek Island, Miami-Dade County’s “billionaire bunker,” sold on Monday for $105 million, a record price for a property on the island. The seller is Mikhail Peleg, a German developer and investor living in Switzerland who “exclusively buys top-tier real estate at the highest prices,” according to Ilya Reznik, the broker who represented him in the deal. Reznik declined to share details about the buyer, citing a…

A child during his father’s first term, Barron Trump has become a political advisor—and business partner—to the president.GIORGIO VIERA/AFP via Getty Images Barron Trump was all in on cryptocurrency before his father knew hardly anything about it. “Barron knows so much about this,” the president said during an interview in September, when the Trump family launched a crypto venture named World Liberty Financial. “Barron’s a young guy, but he knows it—he talks about his wallet,” Trump added. “He’s got four wallets or something, and I’m saying, ‘What is a wallet?’” In the nine months since, Donald Trump has made an…

BERLIN (AP) — A century after the city of Berlin banned swimming in the Spree River because it was so polluted that locals were at risk of falling ill, there’s a push by swimmers to get back into the water.On Tuesday, around 200 people jumped into the river’s slow-moving, greenish water to show that it’s not only clean enough, but also lots of fun to splash and swim in the city’s historic Mitte neighborhood along the world-famous Museum Island.A group calling itself Fluss Bad Berlin, or River Pool Berlin, has been lobbying for several years to open up the city’s…

Juneteenth may mark the day in 1865 when enslaved people in Galveston, Texas found out they had been freed, but thousands of people in Oklahoma are still fighting for full citizenship in the tribal nations that once held their ancestors in bondage.Several tribes practiced slavery, and five in Oklahoma — The Cherokee, Seminole, Choctaw, Chickasaw, and Muscogee nations — signed reconstruction treaties with the U.S. in 1866 abolishing it three years after President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation. They granted the formerly enslaved, known commonly as Freedmen, citizenship within their respective tribes. Only one of those tribes, the Cherokee Nation, continues…

Got weeds in your lawn? Me too. And although it’s tempting to reach for a spray bottle, that shouldn’t be our first impulse.Believe it or not, weeds aren’t just freeloaders crashing our garden party. They’re messengers with important information that requires our attention. We just have to learn to speak their language.What common lawn weeds tell usA dandelion popping up in the lawn is there because the soil is infertile and the grass is too thin. Fertilize and sow seeds for a fuller turf, and the opportunists will move on.Black medic is a demure, clover-like weed with small yellow flowers…