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My 6-year-old daughter “Alyssa” had a pet mouse, “Bluey.” I don’t particularly like rodents, but she had been really out of ...

Recently, “Mark,” an older gay man from the church, reached out to us to ask if we could be on a team of people named as executors of his will and his medical powers of attorney. He’s in decent health ...

I have been with my boyfriend for a little over a year. Within the last month he has been doing something unusual in bed that ...

This is a response to your message about being unsure of your purpose. Prudie, we need you now more than ever. Your column ...

President Donald Trump’s surprise post on Truth Social at lunchtime on Wednesday announcing he was temporarily backing down ...

If the cuts are upheld, however, small local museums and libraries will almost certainly close. Efforts to digitize local ...

In New York—where Trump is already a convicted felon—the crime of what we normally think of as extortion is called “coercion.

“A GREAT DAY FOR JUSTICE IN AMERICA!” Trump crowed on Truth Social. Meanwhile, just this week CBS’ 60 Minutes found that of ...

We shouldn’t be celebrating “de-extinction.” We should be focused on the species that are currently in danger.

Before you leave, throw yourself a going-away party. Make it a “take all the stuff I can’t take with me to the city” theme ...

My wife quit shaving her legs during the last months of her pregnancy when it became too difficult for her to do it every day ...