Today is Thursday, Aug. 17, the 229th day of 2023. There are 136 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Aug. 17, 1982, the first commercially produced compact discs, a recording of ABBA's "The Visitors," were pressed at a Philips factory near Hanover, West Germany. On ...
The wake of the new moon brings a charged pause -- the anticipatory silence, like the moment in a concert right before the artist comes onto the stage. Mysterious shadows and fog, then a light in the place where the entertainer will burst onto the stage. These last breaths of Leo season offer ...
Dear Annie: My husband and I welcomed our first child in March. My husband is a child of divorce and has a mother with a long history of narcissistic behaviors. Both of his families and my family live two hours from where we live. We have run into a problem in which grandparents want to see ...
DEAR DR. ROACH: I am an 81-year-old male who is in generally good health, except that I suffer from heart disease and acid reflux. My heart disease started in 1994 when I had three stents inserted, and I underwent an angioplasty in 1995 to have one of the stent ends opened up. In subsequent ...
Dear Heloise: When I turned 65, I told myself I would start making my end-of-life plans and would not delay doing so. While visiting my estate planning attorney, I was urged to "freeze" my credit in the case that if someone attains my financial information, they cannot raise my credit limit ...
Today is Wednesday, Aug. 16, the 228th day of 2023. There are 137 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Aug. 16, 1977, Elvis Presley died at his Graceland estate in Memphis, Tennessee, at age 42. On this date: In 1777, American forces won the Battle of Bennington in ...
