Rowe staffers go out on the bars with tractors and disk the overgrowth, including acres of solid purple loosestrife and ... “The rituals are symbols of how to keep a family strong.” ...

Above: Damage from an F4 tornado that tore through the heart of Omaha, Nebraska, on Easter Sunday 1913 (March 23). It was part of the worst tornado outbreak on record for eastern Nebraska and ...

One reader wonders: Since purple dye was scarce, why didn’t people just combine blue and red? Illustration by Aurélia Fronty Q: I’ve heard that purple was called the royal color because ...