Melissa Fleur Afshar is a Newsweek reporter based in London, United Kingdom. Her current focus is on trending life stories and human-interest features on a variety of topics ranging from relationships ...

Here's a note from one of the customers who wonders why, during these hot days, I'm not sitting in the cool breezes on the front porch of the old country house in Washington County. That's easy to ...

Ants enter homes for food, water and shelter. The Bee asked a Sacramento insect expert for repellent, poison tips to get rid of the insects. RHJ Getty Images/iStockphoto If the teeny-tiny critters ...