Daniel Jack Goins, 34, was found guilty on Aug. 21 after testimony revealed abuse involving four minor victims, the Claiborne ...

Deadly parasite-carrying bugs in the Triatomine family — known as kissing bugs — are popping up in Louisiana. The parasite, Trypanosoma cruzi, causes Chagas disease, a disease endemic to South America ...

Holiday classics like 'Frosty the Snowman,' 'How the Grinch Stole Christmas' and 'Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer' hit the airwaves this week.

At Crimson Lights, Cane thanked Phyllis for her entertaining company, and he prepared to leave. She chided him for leaving after she’d rescued him from an uncomfortable conversation with Nina and Amy, ...

Scientists have traced kissing back to early primates, suggesting it began long before humans evolved. Their analysis points to great apes and even Neanderthals sharing forms of kissing millions of ...

Kissing, for all popularity, is a bit of a mystery. Scientists have long debated when humans’ ancestors first put their lips together, and whether the act is simply a cultural trait. A new study ...

West Nile virus is currently the best-known insect-borne illness in Colorado, and its effects can be absolutely devastating. Last year, Westword detailed the struggles of Rick Enstrom, a Denver-area ...

For humans, kissing holds major cultural cachet, accompanying confessions of romantic love, religious rituals of reverence and even betrayals, à la The Godfather Part II’s “kiss of death.” New ...

The first kiss in history probably took place over 16.9 million years ago — long before humans even existed, a new study suggests. Despite its popularity in many cultures among lovers, family members ...

The act of kissing may have started long before modern humans existed, a new modeling study suggests. Kissing stretches back roughly 21 million years, to the shared ancestor of humans and other large ...