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From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: Is it true that we can be blessed because of what others did in the past, suffering hardship, yet we benefit for the good? And if true, what are some examples? – H.B.

A: We...Read more

DEAR ABBY: I have been divorced from my ex-husband, "Cliff," for a year and a half. My nearly adult children live with me. They rarely see their dad. Our divorce was relatively painless, but the custody battle was ...Read more

Q: My kids' friends are all excitedly talking about their families' summer vacation plans. Unfortunately, we're in a tight spot and can't do anything substantial. I know my children are disappointed. How can I make it up ...Read more

DEAR ABBY: I have spent 40 years serving the public and my country, putting other people first and feeling guilty if I didn't. However, I am becoming resentful of the demands for my time.

I'm retired, and my husband still...Read more

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated its childhood vaccination schedule to say that healthy children “may receive” COVID shots — softened from its previous stance calling for them — after ...Read more

A new, highly transmissible COVID subvariant has been detected in California — heightening the risk of a potential summer wave as recent moves by the Trump administration threaten to make vaccines harder to get, and more...Read more

The Department of Justice under the Trump administration is going after a tiny Idaho town you’ve probably never heard of.

The Justice Department filed a religious liberty lawsuit against the town of Troy in Latah County...Read more

Skin cancer is the most common cancer in the U.S. More than 6 million adults are treated for it each year, says Dr. Michael Colgan, a Mayo Clinic Health System dermatologist in Eau Claire, Wisconsin.

Melanoma is an ...Read more

We were driving through a small (as in 158 people) town in the far northwestern corner of Colorado when I saw something that made me smile. Several yards from a small farmhouse, a white wooden container was perched on a ...Read more

MIAMI — Easing herself into the sofa in her Cutler Bay studio apartment, Alida Gonzalez said she’s been trying to relax recently. But, she continued, living in a daily state of “counting pennies,” particularly at ...Read more

DEAR ABBY: A man I know has been married for 40 years. His wife gets mad at him for small things and stops talking to him for three to four months at a time. Also, he will make her supper, and she'll make something else. ...Read more

DEAR DR. ROACH: I have been taking 25 mg of amitriptyline for sleep for several years; I am 79 and have noticed occasional difficulty remembering some facts. I read that this drug can affect cognition. I don't believe ...Read more

I'm a great fan of walking 10,000 steps a day -- or the equivalent. But what exactly is equivalent? And how does that get figured out?

Well, the conversion of steps into other activities is based on the estimated effort, ...Read more

From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: I am attending a Bible study, and the leader has said that Abraham, Moses and God are the key figures in the Old Testament, and the disciples and Jesus are the main figures in...Read more

LOS ANGELES — For the second year in a row, California is on track to have a record-breaking number of valley fever cases, which public health officials say are driven by longer, drier summers.

There have been more than...Read more

BOSTON — A nurses’ union isn’t satisfied with a Mass General Brigham investigation that found the brain tumor cluster at Newton-Wellesley Hospital is not connected to working conditions.

The hospital has identified ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Penn Medicine will no longer provide gender-affirming surgery to patients under age 19, effective this week, citing new federal orders targeting such procedures among transgender minors.

President Donald ...Read more