DAYTONA BEACH SHORES­—Thousands of gulls wheeled outside a 10th floor balcony at the Shores Resort and Spa on Wednesday, framed against a backdrop of blue ocean and rolling breakers. But the women ...

Buttons are interesting things. There are buttons that fasten shirts together. There are buttons that close the ends of a sleeve. There are buttons on coats, buttons on sweaters, buttons on pants.

Dr. Robert Adler, inventor of the TV wireless remote control (1956), died on February 15. He was 93. I’m certain that Dr Adler was both delighted and dismayed at what happened to his invention.

In the early evening of Jan. 2, the president of the United States tweeted this boast: “North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un just stated that the ‘Nuclear Button is on his desk at all times.’ Will someone ...

From the turn of the previous century through the 1950s, a child wasn’t celebrating Christmas properly if he or she hadn’t been to a local department store, sat on Santa’s lap and received a pin for ...