HOUSTON (KTRK) -- "They didn't give her a very good percentage to live," said Penny Pate. "I would've missed out on all of this." Faithlyn Pate was never supposed to make it this far. Born with fluid ...

A team of experts has found a bone bead that is nearly 13,000 years old at the La Prele Mammoth site in Converse County, Wyoming, and they’re saying it is among the oldest known beads, if not the ...

Renieda said most beads used today are made from ceramic and clay, differing from earlier traditional materials such as bone, ...

Flame retardants and lead in Mardi Gras beads may pose a danger to people and the environment. Ninette Maumus / Alamy Shiny, colorful bead necklaces, also known as “throws,” are now synonymous with ...

So lusted after in the moment, Mardi Gras beads have a cruel afterlife. The lucky ones find a useful purpose long after the parades stop: decorating a fence, maybe, or as an eye-catching art project.

MOBILE, Ala.—The trees tell the tale. In the weeks before Lent, their branches begin to glisten in the late winter sunlight. The parades begin, and day after day, the beads make their landing, ...

Government officials, public health professionals and concerned parents are calling on Congress to ban water beads, a children’s toy that they say poses significant health risks. In a news conference ...

From her perch at the tail end of the Iris parade, rider Dian Winingder peers out along St. Charles Avenue each year, watching the fun, the festivities and the ever-growing amounts of beads. Over five ...