Here are the nominees for The Observer’s boys’ high school athlete of the week. Vote now. Vote often. The poll closes at noon Friday.

For five years, the pews of St. Luke’s Church sat empty after the COVID-19 pandemic swept through the country. That’s about ...

HELSINKI (AP) — Finland is the happiest country in the world for the eighth year in a row, according to the World Happiness Report 2025 published Thursday. Other Nordic countries are also once ...

From embracing simplicity to spending time in nature year-round, Finland offers valuable life lessons—no matter what you think of the World Happiness Report.

Kelsea Ballerini celebrated the 100th anniversary of the Grand Ole Opry with a moving cover of Barbara Mandrell‘s 1981 tune “I Was Country When Country Wasn’t Cool.” Ballerini took the ...

Award-winning US star Cody Johnson has said it means "everything in the world" to be headlining the UK's biggest country music festival this weekend. Country to Country (C2C) runs for three days ...