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In a series of YouTube ads viewed more than 195 million times, a red-lipped Taylor Swift tells viewers about a “new thing” in Florida: Just visit a website, answer two questions and the state will send you a $6,400 ...Read more

DEAR ABBY: My wife and I are approaching our 40th anniversary. Friends and family have already begun to mention the upcoming milestone. While I politely acknowledge the event, I hide my indifference. You see, my wife has ...Read more

Q: I'm ashamed to say that I've done and said some hurtful things to my wife over the past couple of years. She's withdrawn from me emotionally, and I'm not sure how to convince her I've changed. How can I get her to ...Read more

Health officials in San Bernardino County, California, have confirmed the first case of measles in the county since 2023.

The county's Department of Public Health said the case involves an unvaccinated child who was ...Read more

DEAR ABBY: I have grown children, grandchildren and a great-grandchild. I don't know if they think I am senile, but they seem to think I must cater to their every whim. Most of them are self-centered, thinking only of ...Read more

From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: Does God really have a purpose for my life, or does He just pick up the pieces when we mess up? Wouldn’t it be better just to go to Heaven, where we’re assured of a ...Read more

NEW YORK — Archbishop Ronald Hicks was officially installed Friday as New York’s top Catholic leader, outlining a vision of a missionary church that would put people above politics.

“This is a call to be a ...Read more

DENVER — The Colorado Senate this week approved a bill that would expand the list of who can authorize and prescribe vaccines and, in the words of the sponsor, sidestep “the dysfunction coming out of Washington, D.C.�...Read more

COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina is reporting nearly four dozen new cases of the measles virus, public health officials said Friday.

This brings the state’s total reported cases close to topping 1,000.

There have been...Read more

The measles outbreak in South Carolina reached 876 cases on Feb. 3, 2026. That number surpasses the 2025 outbreak in Texas and hits the unfortunate milestone of being the largest outbreak in the U.S. since 2000, when ...Read more

What do collecting old editions of Dungeons & Dragons monster manuals, securing the same tailgate spot for over 20 years and mastering yoga postures have in common? They are all forms of “serious leisure.”

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GENEVA — Regular reading, having a command of more than one language, remaining fit or at least physically active, healthy eating, and sleeping well earlier in life have all been linked in recent years to preventing ...Read more

ROCHESTER, Minn. — Mayo Clinic researchers have developed a promising gene-editing therapy that directly corrects a genetic mutation responsible for autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD), the most common ...Read more

In a recent column, I described myself as a “nutrition nerd” regarding my fascination with the human body’s ability to process food into substances we need to maintain health.

Outlining how food is digested, I wrote...Read more

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The spread of a highly contagious disease is creeping into the Charlotte region. But experts say there are steps the community can take to prevent the kind of widespread outbreaks springing up in other ...Read more

DEAR ABBY: I have been happily married for 30 years. Unfortunately, my wife's family (two older sisters and her mother, who is 97) have rejected not only me, but now my wife. While our relationship with my mother-in-law is...Read more

DEAR DR. ROACH: I was recently diagnosed with superficial spreading melanoma. I had a wide excision and was told to follow up with a dermatologist. The dermatologist says to follow up every six months; is this frequent ...Read more

Overall, Americans aren't as full of beans as folks in Mexico, Latin America and Asia. Studies have found that only 5% of us eat beans every day and the average person consumes about a third of a cup a week -- far below ...Read more

From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: My daughter stormed in from school and shouted, “Life isn’t fair at all,” and my knees went to knocking. What does a mom tell a teen daughter faced with all kinds of ...Read more