Over 3,000 origami cranes are on display at the Iowa State Fair, honoring the 65th anniversary of Iowa’s sister-state ...

Over 3,000 origami cranes are on display at the Iowa State Fair, honoring the 65th anniversary of Iowa's sister-state ...

Evelyn Skye says her 10th book, The Incredible Kindness of Paper, is an important story right now with its roots in human ...

After 20 years at WHO 13, Jannay Towne is departing for a new adventure. She shares her thoughts on her journey.

My path to creating 1,000 origami cranes began in an unlikely place: a Japanese mystery novel. I read “A Death in Tokyo,” by Keigo Higashino, at the end of August.

We arranged our 300 origami cranes in a rainbow gradient on the living room floor where they were soon joined by our curious cat, Amber. The playfulness of the photos belied the somber reality.

A local organization is connecting Iowans to Japan one origami crane at a time. Teodora Mitov reports.

Folding 1,000 cranes and arranging them in 25 strands of 40 is called a senbazuru. According to ancient Japanese legend, anyone who folds a thousand origami cranes is promised a wish to be granted.

Ankeny family lost 5-year-old son, now raising money to donate books to children's hospitals Over 3,000 origami cranes are on display at the Iowa State Fair, honoring the 65th anniversary of Iowa's ...

We first became acquainted with the story of the 1,000 paper cranes when we saw a “flock” of the origami birds at the home of a good friend. An ancient legend says that if a sick person folds ...

The second life of Hiroshima's origami cranesAnd since 2015, the ash from the burned cranes has been used to glaze ceramic incense burners and candle holders, including one given to Ukrainian ...

At a hillside temple, a monk in saffron robes blows a refrain on a conch and begins chanting prayers as thousands of origami cranes donated to Hiroshima burn. For a decade, the Daisho-in Buddhist ...