WASHINGTON (AP) — Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander adults are more likely than the overall U.S. population to view legal immigration as an asset to the country's economy and workforce, according to a new poll.

2. Mini farm animals are adorable. There's also a growing demand for them - Friday, August 9, 2024

NEW YORK (AP) — They're adorable. They require less food and space. And without much coaxing, they might help cut the grass.

Americans are showing more interest in owning miniature cows, goats, donkeys and other diminutive farm animals, a trend driven by hobby farmers looking for easy-to-manage livestock and homesteaders who like the idea of having a petite pig or a scaled-down sheep as a pet.

3. Sour Patch Kids Oreos? Peeps Pepsi? What's behind the weird flavors popping up on store shelves - Friday, May 17, 2024

Van Leeuwen Ice Cream usually draws customers with gourmet takes on classics like vanilla and pistachio. But occasionally, the artisanal ice cream maker headquartered in New York slips in what it calls a "shock flavor," like Hidden Valley Ranch or pizza.

4. Making it on their own - Friday, July 21, 2023

On any given day, someone is waking up in Nashville committed to making something unique that you didn’t know you needed, something that you would come to crave.

Thai fried chicken. Tacos made with corn from a small farm in Oaxaca, Mexico. Korean egg sandwiches. Authentic French baguettes. Macha tea cake. Small-batch mead.

5. Experts share Disney hacks as travel costs skyrocket - Friday, May 12, 2023

Are you thinking about taking the family on vacation this summer? You are not alone. Demand for air travel is up in 2023, KAYAK reports, with domestic and international prices up 52% and 29%, respectively, compared to last year.

6. If slowdown comes, real estate not to blame this time - Friday, December 16, 2022

So, what’s to come in 2023? Now those who write and speak about such things think the economy will falter in the early months and recover very slowly in the months that follow.

Having lived through what could be considered numerous recessions, real estate has always contributed to the fall of the empire. This time around, real estate should escape blame, along with the lenders who support the real estate market.

7. 3 new coaches, 1 huge task - Friday, August 27, 2021

Doug Mathews played football at Vanderbilt, coached at Tennessee and has lived the past three decades in Nashville, where he hosts weekend radio talk shows about college football and on Sundays follows the exploits of UT football.

8. 'Our house is on fire': Suburban women lead a Trump revolt - Friday, October 16, 2020

TROY, Mich. (AP) — She walks with the determination of a person who believes the very fate of democracy might depend on the next door she knocks on, head down, shoulders forward. She wears nothing fussy, the battle fatigues of her troupe: yoga pants and sneakers. She left her Lincoln Aviator idling in the driveway, the driver door open -- if this house wasn't the one to save the nation, she can move quickly to the next.

9. From boom to bust to survival mode - Friday, May 22, 2020

Three months ago there was no doubt that Andy Mumma was one of Nashville’s brightest hospitality stars, and 2020 was set to be one of his best years ever.

His flagship Barista Parlor coffee shop in East Nashville was about to celebrate eight years in business, and his Tiki bar, Chopper, was approaching its first anniversary. His roasting company and Barista Parlor locations in Golden Sound, Germantown and Marathon Village were thriving. Later this year he was set to open locations at the airport, at the new W Hotel downtown and at Sylvan Supply in West Nashville.

10. Routine vital when working at home - Friday, April 10, 2020

Working from home always sounded like a dream. It was this amazing concept that you heard about on TV, probably being done by people in California. You always wished you could try for a few days a week.

11. Tourism even locals can sink their teeth into - Friday, February 7, 2020

Locals are accustomed to seeing tour buses slowly wind their way through Nashville, the guide pointing out where Dolly records when she’s in town or where Tammy Wynette lived.

But who’s in that small group of determined people resolutely marching down Broadway with a slightly peckish look on their faces? It’s the food tour people. They don’t care where country music stars hang out. They only have one question: What’s on the menu?

12. Burger-selling Iranians celebrate general’s death - Friday, January 24, 2020

Sitting on a needing-paint picnic bench behind his iconic South Nashville giant-hamburger-to-go joint, the native Iranian almost cheers when I bring up the topic of the general whose execution-by-drone has stirred the pot in his native land.

13. Spanish speakers turn to Paz to untangle IRS tax bill - Friday, September 6, 2019

The memory of her brother, Carlos – murdered by one of the gangs that have made El Salvador a wellspring for the stream of refugees seeking asylum or illegal safety at our border – is never far from the surface of Amy Paz’s emotions … even as she builds a successful tax and accounting business whose aim is to help those immigrants.

14. Sick and dying workers demand help after cleaning coal ash - Friday, August 23, 2019

KINGSTON (AP) — The Tennessee Valley Authority, long respected for providing good jobs and cheap electricity, is facing a growing backlash over its handling of a massive coal ash spill a decade ago, with potentially serious consequences for an industry often opposed to environmental regulation.

15. At-home radon testing should be a requirement - Friday, August 23, 2019

In the 1980s the air quality in Nashville and other cities around the country began to worsen to the point that states and the Environmental Protection Agency began to take steps to improve the air Tennesseans breathe.

16. ‘Roadhouse Rambler’ gets late start on country dream - Friday, July 12, 2019

The Roadhouse Rambler – a guitar leaning against the nearest wall – looks across the kitchen table in the tidy home his phone company career helped buy. His smiling eyes wander back to dusty Oklahoma.

17. King of the Road was like Nashville’s own Vegas, complete with Miller’s ‘Rat Pack’ - Friday, May 3, 2019

Standing on the open terrace outside the location of Roger Miller’s private suite next to The Roof, the Vegas-styled club atop his King of the Road Motor Inn, I look back in time and, dang me, I both wonder where it all went and celebrate that I can remember.

18. Bowden happily puts ego aside to make Vols a better team - Friday, March 8, 2019

There is a point during most games when Jordan Bowden takes a moment to look around Thompson-Boling Arena in appreciation.

He sees the little kids wearing orange and screaming their support. He knows exactly what they are feeling because he was one of them.

19. Most Valuable Mom - Friday, December 14, 2018

Diana Collins has a lot on the ball these days. The longtime Nashville resident is a regular league bowler at Donelson Plaza Strike & Spare and other lanes around Music City and serves as president of the Music City Senate of The National Bowling Association. Oh, and she’s the mother of baseball superstar Mookie Betts of the World Series champion Boston Red Sox.

20. Food truck evolution: Owners strategize as novelty wears off - Friday, June 8, 2018

NEW YORK (AP) — Starting a food truck to sell tacos or barbecue on downtown streets may seem easy or fun, but owners are finding they need more sophisticated plans now that the novelty has worn off.

21. Donuts, subs, long hours fuel this American dream - Friday, June 8, 2018

The former South Korean clothing importer-exporter once known as “Woo” is sold out of donuts. Doesn’t really matter because most folks don’t want apple fritters for lunch as Edward Lee’s 23-year-old business changes, kind of like Clark Kent to Superman, from its early morning identity “Best Donuts” to its alter-ego “Sub Shop.”

22. Joy, lament mark impending closure of International Market - Friday, September 15, 2017

Roosting at the International Market on Belmont Boulevard, Chris Gantry laments that this landmark restaurant across the street from his apartment is one more signal that his beloved “NashLantis” – a mystical city that drew wild-eyed artists like him 50 years ago – soon will disappear.

23. More money, flexibility are tempting lures for wait staff - Friday, September 8, 2017

Chances are if you’ve eaten out in some of Nashville’s hottest spots over the past 14 years or so, you’ve had the pleasure of being served by Kris Koon.

His first gig was at Carrabba’s, but it wasn’t long before he was working at Rumours Wine and Art Bar in the then barely burgeoning 12South neighborhood back in 2003, a job he says he is still recognized for almost daily.

24. Sideman ensures Campbell’s ‘Adios’ a fit farewell - Friday, July 7, 2017

Carl Jackson, who owes much of his musical success to Glen Campbell, wants to make sure people know the man and the music …. Even if the Alzheimer’s-stricken star knows neither who he is nor what he’s accomplished.

25. Vanderbilt cardiologist has a song in her heart - Friday, June 9, 2017

Perhaps it was Josephine, 3, who drew me in to the East Nashville house where the singing cardiologist markets her work. No, she doesn’t market cardiology here – too complicated – but it’s a dandy place to record and to peddle CDs.

26. Kingdom Café serves second chances at life - Friday, November 18, 2016

The reformed felon-turned-missionary who uses meatloaf and fried chicken to decorate his pulpit climbs from his chair as Fannie Holmes stops to talk with him.

“This is really nice,” says Fannie, a retired HCA mailroom supervisor as she leans into the lingering hug proffered by Howard E. Jones III, who is beaming with joy and gratitude at her comments.

27. Ghirardelli’s, Boudin: San Francisco treats - Friday, October 7, 2016

Don and I have been in San Francisco for the last week on a short vacation, and have been trying to enjoy everything the city has to offer. We haven’t done half bad, either.

We have spent two days in the city, just walking around and exploring all the little shops and restaurants. Fisherman’s Wharf is a whole other world, along with The Market and Ghirardelli’s Chocolate … um, village. I don’t know how many stores are located in that complex, and each one full of chocolate. It was a dream come true for me!

28. Bringing the mission back home - Friday, August 5, 2016

Crunching through an almost invisible gap in the fence and onto the rutted “road” of mostly loose gravel, I’m looking forward to meeting up with the produce and life nurturer I first met in a church parking lot on the other side of this very hill.

29. PB&J before bed may calm nightmares - Friday, July 1, 2016

I have mentioned in a few of my past articles that I don’t dream very much. Or, if I do, I don’t often remember them.

It is very rare that I wake up and remember dreaming, but it is different with hubby. When he wakes up and I ask how he slept, he will tell me if he dreamed or not. If not, he didn’t sleep well.

30. Let's put on a (big, original, really ambitious) show! - Friday, June 24, 2016

COOKEVILLE – “Hey kids! Let’s put on a show!” Well, the same sentiment – if not those specific words – that guided Mickey Rooney, Judy Garland and the rest from gloom and into the world of entertainment is pretty similar to what’s going on in Cookeville these days.

31. Lovingly baked: Slice of heaven in Berry Hill - Friday, February 26, 2016

Thick coffee and baked pie aromas mingling inside the tidy building signal I’ve found perfect refuge from the storms of life. All the damned snow. And then the cold rain. Waiting for the sun.

32. Planning the perfect wedding - Friday, December 11, 2015

Weddings begin with the venue. “A venue holds everything,” says Kristin King, who is opening a new event facility, The Sloane, in Nashville’s Gulch area in 2016.

“It’s the vibe, the feeling. It’s the house for the event,’’ she adds. “It gives the whole feeling of what you’re trying to convey. Where you have an event, is to me, one of the most important things. You can dress it up however you want to, but it sends the message of what you want your guests to know about you as a couple.”

33. Holiday weight loss advice: Forget about it - Friday, November 27, 2015

I hardly ever dream, and when I do, I hardly ever remember them. Usually, when I lay my head down on my pillow and close my eyes, that’s all. It’s all over until the next morning.

Hubby, however, always remembers his dreams.

34. Younger ‘Mosko’ revives family brand - Friday, September 11, 2015

Lauren Moskovitz started hanging around her parent’s shop, Mosko’s and the Muncheonette, at age 5. After school, her mother Cindy would bring her back to the newsstand and deli, located beside the Exit/In in the Rock Block of Elliston Place.

35. Rekindling the flame that was Jefferson Street - Friday, July 24, 2015

Lorenzo Washington pushes “pause” on his conversation so he doesn’t have to compete with the scream of a fire engine as it roars past his Jefferson Street recording empire and into the barbecue-flavored haze of this steamy, storm-threatened mid-summer’s day.

36. ‘Pioneering is a bitch’: Longtime business owners, residents squeezed out of hot neighborhoods - Friday, April 17, 2015

Christy Shuff was robbed on the night she moved some equipment into her soon-to-open new business, Rumours Gallery, on 12South Avenue.

That was 12 years ago, and Shuff, now 40, and her then-husband Will Shuff were aspiring urban pioneers, ready to take a chance on the downtrodden, but affordable 12South area, then home to a few businesses and mostly older houses.

37. Sewing seeds of success at Sunflower Café - Friday, January 30, 2015

Dreams, cancer, tofu, death, love, loyalty and the quest for good gut bacteria are parts of the story of the hidden little gem that is the Sunflower Café.

Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban are among those who have discovered this comfy vegetarian outpost, tucked behind the Twelve Oaks Motel in Berry Hill, where Chef Brian Storrs and his sister, Kimber Saunders, proselytize healthy eating.

38. Top September 2014 residential real estate transactions - Friday, October 24, 2014

Top September 2014 residential real estate transactions for Davidson, Williamson, Rutherford, Wilson and Sumner counties, as compiled by Chandler Reports.

39. Embracing immigrants with open arms - Friday, October 24, 2014

Immigrants have warmly embraced Nashville, and increasingly, the city is warming up to them, welcoming a broad international community to add to the city’s burgeoning success.

“Immigration is obviously a sensitive issue and people get passionate about it, but I think Nashville has benefited a great deal from the fact that it’s become more diverse, benefitted a great deal from the influx of new immigrants, and I think that our rise to prominence and our increased prosperity, is actually linked to that,’’ says Mayor Karl Dean, who recently created the Mayor’s Office for New Americans [MONA].

40. Same playbook, different routes: Lassing, Matthews follow on-field success at VU with golden opportunities in post-grad world - Friday, May 2, 2014

By this time next week, Thursday night at the earliest and Saturday afternoon at the very latest, Jordan Matthews will have a job lined up.

Fitz Lassing already has one.

Two Vanderbilt graduates with economic majors, football teammates, young men with shared goals, faith and values, they are preparing to leave the relatively sheltered campus life on West End and head for the fast lane.

41. GOP budget slashes spending, aid to poor - Friday, March 28, 2014

WASHINGTON (AP) — A budget plan stuffed with familiar proposals to cut across a wide swath of the federal budget breezed through the House Budget Committee on Wednesday, but its sharp cuts to health care coverage for the middle class and the poor, food stamps and popular domestic programs are a nonstarter with President Barack Obama.

42. Thompson Lane market a neutral zone in Russia-Ukraine conflict - Friday, April 4, 2014

With Russian troops pushing against his homeland’s borders, you might expect Ukraine native Yuriy Kvaternyuk to be wary.

The same, of course, could be said for his partner in life and business, Yevheniya Kvaternyuk, a native Russian.

43. Living the dream, preserving a legacy - Friday, April 6, 2012

Doug Havron smiles as cooks and servers bounce and harmonize to a mix of oldies and Motown blaring from the radio in the squat joint where, in 1981, Reggie Jackson bought humility while loading up on meat-and-three offerings.

44. Strobel sees housing as human right - Friday, December 2, 2011

Sometime in our country’s rich history, the real estate wizards of their day produced the term “the American dream” as a pseudonym for home ownership. The term has played well and provided those incapable of dreaming their own dreams a nice crutch.

45. Events - Friday, July 8, 2011

Cheekwood Summer Nights Party is set for Friday at Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art. The 7 p.m. event starts with live music from the San Rafael Band and hors d’oeuvres and cash bar on the Museum loggia. At 9, there will be a screening on the lawn of The Great Gatsby. Tickets: $35 per person and can be purchased online through July 12 at cheekwood.org/public_programs. Information: 356-8000.

46. Events - Friday, July 1, 2011

Moving Towards a Cure 5K is scheduled for Saturday at Edwin Warner Park. Miles For Hope, Inc., an organization dedicated to funding cutting-edge brain tumor research, is hosting the event at 9 a.m. (on-site registration 8 a.m.). Information: braintumorevents.org/Nashville.

47. Healthy choices - Friday, April 1, 2011

With a nod and a bright smile, Chandlér Bradley, 63, glances up from the cashier’s table at The Nashville Mobile Market.

“This is good,” he says of the portable business that on this day has rolled into the courtyard in the shadows of Gernert public housing development – the high rise and cottages at 12th Avenue South and Edgehill – in the heart of the city’s food desert.