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Today in History: August 4, massive explosion rocks Beirut

Today is Tuesday, Aug. 4, the 216th day of 2026. There are 149 days left in the year. Today in history: On Aug. 4, 2020, nearly 3,000 tons of ammonium nitrate that had been improperly stored for years in the port of Beirut, Lebanon, exploded, killing more than 200 people, injuring more than ...

Horoscopes by Holiday for Aug. 4

Chiron is classified as a centaur, an object orbiting between Saturn and Uranus, and astrologically associated with the wounded healer of Greek mythology, who could heal others but not himself. Today's Taurus moon meeting retrograde Chiron reminds us that wisdom grows from experience the way a ...

Neighbor’s barking dog keeps baby awake

Dear Annie: My husband and I recently welcomed our first baby, and we are exhausted but overjoyed. We live in an apartment building, and after weeks of trial and error, we finally started getting our daughter onto a somewhat predictable sleep schedule. The problem is our next-door neighbor's ...

Doctors leave stroke patient without a single treatment option

DEAR DR. ROACH: A dear friend of ours was diagnosed with lung cancer and subsequently had a stroke. Since then, he was told that he had disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) and that there wasn't any treatment for it. The doctors don't want to do surgery for the cancer because they're ...

Testing basements for dampness

Dear Heloise: My husband and I decided to remodel our basement and use it as a hobby/crafts/half-bath/extra TV room, where our teenagers and their friends can enjoy themselves or where we can gather as a family to watch movies. Since my dad had been a builder all his life and knew what to look ...

Today in History: August 1, America gets its MTV

Today is Saturday, Aug. 1, the 213th day of 2026. There are 152 days left in the year. Today in history: On August 1, 1981, MTV began its American broadcast; the first music video aired on the new cable TV network was “Video Killed the Radio Star,” by The Buggles. Also on this ...