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Health, Lifestyles & History

Today in History: August 16, American music loses two legends

Today is Saturday, Aug. 16, the 228th day of 2025. There are 137 days left in the year. Today in history: On Aug. 16, 1977, Elvis Presley died at his Graceland estate in Memphis, Tennessee at the age of 42; forty-one years later, in 2018, singer Aretha Franklin, known as the “Queen of ...

Horoscopes by Holiday for Aug. 16

HOROSCOPES BY HOLIDAY BY HOLIDAY MATHIS FOR RELEASE: SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, 2025 Social Savvy Stars Social intuition is the thing to test today. You can focus fate's fortune by asking for more than you think you will get as the moon moves into daring Gemini. There's a lunar conjunction to ...

A doctor in training with a family in crisis

Dear Annie: My daughter "Theresa," now 46, always wanted to be a doctor. I divorced her father when she was 4 and her sister was 2-and-a-half. When it came time for college, her father refused to help, and I couldn't afford to pay for it as a single mom. Determined, Theresa joined the Army ...

Try these tools out in the kitchen

Dear Heloise: Due to my wife's health, after 68 years, I am now the cook. I find that the most helpful tools for me are pliers, scissors and screwdrivers! I use the screwdriver to open cans with lift tabs. I stick the screwdriver through the tab and push down on the handle. Pliers can be used ...

Today in History: August 14, FDR signs Social Security Act

Today is Thursday, Aug. 14, the 226th day of 2025. There are 139 days left in the year. Today in history: On Aug. 14, 1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act into law, ensuring income for elderly Americans and creating a federal unemployment insurance ...

Horoscopes by Holiday for Aug. 14

When starting out -- in life, love, work, anything -- a lot of what happens is out of our control. We're born into certain circumstances, we meet people by chance, we stumble into opportunities... it's luck-heavy. Over time, what we say yes to, what we build or walk away from, the roles we ...