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Health, Lifestyles & History

Today in History: May 20, Lincoln signs Homestead Act

Today is Tuesday, May 20, the 140th day of 2025. There are 225 days left in the year. Today in history: On May 20, 1862, President Abraham Lincoln signed the Homestead Act, which was intended to encourage settlements west of the Mississippi River by making federal land available for private ...

Horoscopes by Holiday for May 20

As the sun reaches the edge of Taurus, it offers a grounded goodbye -- steady, focused, deliberate. Then comes the shift. Gemini breaks things open like a cell dividing. One becomes two. Suddenly, there are new ideas, diverging paths, overlapping conversations. The pace quickens. Curiosity ...

Breaking up without breaking him

Dear Annie: I've been with my boyfriend for over three years. We met when I was a freshman in high school and he was a sophomore. I fell head over heels right away, and we became official nearly a year later. Over time, I learned about his painful childhood -- absent father, a mother who had ...

Persistent lower back pain calls for neurosurgical intervention

DEAR DR. ROACH: I'm a 70-year-old active dentist and pharmacist with chronic lower back pain. My MRI shows a compressed/extruded disc in contact with a specific nerve. It is extruded by 5 mm. I know that this is very common, and not all patients with compressed nerves are symptomatic. I have ...

Cooking without using plastic

Dear Heloise: I love to cook with fresh food, and I am not a fan of plastics in my kitchen. They are totally unnecessary and not healthy. -- Hint 1: Save your taller thin glass jars for spring onions or herbs like cilantro or parsley. Rinse them, pat the tops dry, and put the bottoms in their ...

Horoscopes by Holiday for May 17

Your thoughts are like trains; they carry you somewhere. And while the "ride" (how a thought feels in the moment) may be comfortably familiar, the real question is: Where is this thought taking you? To end up at a destination you like, board the thought that will get you there. This message ...