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There are a number of ways to buy prescription eyeglasses, including from local opticians, independent optometrists, optical departments in big-box retailers and online-only vendors. Regardless of the option you choose, ...Read more

California wildlife authorities are urging residents of a small Central California town to lock up their pets and secure livestock following a series of mountain lion attacks.

Multiple animals have been killed in the ...Read more

Normally, altering a driveway configuration in the front yard of a home in a residential neighborhood on suburban Chicago's North Shore would draw scant attention and interest from the broader public.

However, when it’s...Read more

If you picture a first-time homebuyer in the Seattle area, you probably wouldn’t think of 24-year-old Edwin Nino Delgado with his hip-hop posters taped to the wall of his $770,000 Lake City triplex.

He’s nowhere near ...Read more

Just because you can buy a home, should you?

It seems like a no-brainer when home prices soar year after year. But experts say first-time homebuyers need to consider factors beyond pure capital before jumping into the ...Read more

Tomorrow is the beginning of a new year. Are you ready? First, of course, there are parties to go to tonight, or maybe you will stay home and binge-watch something. I like to watch trilogy movies, starting in the late ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — I keep my New Year’s resolutions simple. Stay out of jail at Christmas. And trust dogs to do the right thing.

Some years ago, in Tennessee, early on Christmas Eve, I was coming off the East Coast in a ...Read more

WICHITA, Kan. — Deer carcasses and aluminum containers with the remnants of baked beans were found illegally dumped in a public ditch Friday, the McPherson County Sheriff’s Office said.

“With little info at this ...Read more

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Imagine pulling up to a fishing spot. You hook a fish, a beautiful snook. As you reel it in, the water boils, a shark’s tail smacks the surface. The fish stops struggling. All that’s left of ...Read more

PITTSBURGH — Frank Gillis laid out four sheets of fiberglass inside the Penn College Building Performance Lab in Pittsburgh's Homewood neighborhood.

With a knife, he demonstrated how to cut through the insulation layer,...Read more

Travel has a way of revealing who’s really in charge of your schedule. For some people it’s the museum clock. For others it’s the dinner reservation. For me, increasingly, it’s a senior dog who has very clear ...Read more

Australian shepherds are not subtle dogs. They are fast learners, relentless problem-solvers, and creatures of motion whose idea of a good day involves both physical exhaustion and mental satisfaction. Bred to herd ...Read more

By any outward measure, the modern pet lives a life of abundance. Heated homes. Soft beds. Specialized diets. And yet cats still wedge themselves into cardboard boxes, dogs still sprawl on cool tile floors, and both will ...Read more

By now, most pet owners have asked some version of the same quiet question while locking the door behind them: *Do they know how long I’ll be gone?* The answer, like most things involving animals, is stranger and more ...Read more

Dear Cathy,

My wife and I have a wonderful companion in Julia, a loving, playful four-year-old King Charles Spaniel. There are two situations that are concerning.

The first occurs when one of us leaves for the ...Read more

Dear Mrs. Mary Hunt: My name is Abby. I am 13 years old. So, my mom got your book, "Raising Financially Confident Kids." She is on Chapter 9, and she wants to do that -- give your kids money and make them buy their clothes...Read more

The American dream of owning a home has never seemed further out of reach for young people. You can hardly blame Gen Z and younger millennials for adopting an economic nihilism that prioritizes the here and now — whether...Read more

WASHINGTON — A standoff has developed between U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz and the Detroit Three automakers over executives' attendance at a planned hearing next month on vehicle affordability.

The Texas Republican last month ...Read more