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Health, Lifestyles & History

Haunted by the skeletons in my wife’s closet

Dear Annie: I've been married to a wonderful woman for almost 50 years. That alone should explain our relationship: 50 years. I've never loved anyone else. Our courtship and marriage were wonderful. She was everything I wanted my wife and the mother of my children to be, and she has been, ...

Jazzing up the daily crossword

Dear Heloise: I liked the idea of doing easy crosswords upside-down. Something I enjoy is to try to solve the puzzle using only the across clues. It makes it fun, and it requires imagination and visualizing the possibilities when the clues are vague. -- Tim K., in Elkhorn, Nebraska WASHING ...

Today in History: September 4, the 1949 Peekskill Riots

Today is Thursday, Sept. 4, the 247th day of 2025. There are 118 days left in the year. Today in history: On Sept. 4, 1949, more than 140 people were injured following a performance by singer Paul Robeson in Peekskill, New York, as an anti-Communist mob attacked departing ...

Horoscopes by Holiday for Sept. 4

Offering lots of options is the act of help that doesn't help, the lesson that doesn't teach, the route that goes nowhere, the work of bad designers, the offering of a weak friend. Leaders keep it tight. Too many options equals stuck. People will thrive when given a clear path that doesn't ...

Sluggish grandson won’t get his act together

Dear Annie: I am at my wits' end. I don't know what to do for my 29-year-old grandson. He needs help, but I don't know how to help him. This is what I call a wasted life. He has no motivation to better himself. He has been living at my house for five months. After he got here, he got fired, ...

Treatment for staghorn calculi includes lithotripsy and more

DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a 77-year-old female who recently had an abdominal and pelvic cat scan to rule out diverticulitis, and it came back showing a left staghorn calculus measured at 2-by-3 centimeters. This wasn't present in 2019. I have gas, gas pains, and diarrhea that is typical of IBS, ...