DEAR ABBY: I am a 62-year-old man. I was born with a cleft lip and cleft palate. Growing up, I had several surgeries and much dental work to improve my appearance. I had wonderful friends who never teased me about it. Now, looking back at my childhood, I realize that my father hated me because … Read more
Wyndham Clark’s girlfriend Emily Tanner was thrust into the spotlight while Clark won the BMW Championship on Sunday. Clark’s father has joined her — but not the way he wanted. The Golf on CBS’ TikTok account posted a video of Tanner, Wyndham Clark’s mom, and his dad celebrating a putt that Clark drained on the 18th … Read more
A San Fernando Valley stone worker, Enrique Gonzalez, who has been unable to work for the past two years after developing an incurable disease has received a double lung transplant that his family says has put him on a miraculous path to recovery. The disease, silicosis, has increasingly been linked to workers who cut and … Read more
A college football athlete whose injuries derailed his playing career during his freshman year has decided to come back onto the field and compete — at the age of 47. Justin Buzzard, a South Bay pastor at Garden City Church, tried out for and made the football team this year for the San Jose City … Read more
Stephen Biebelhausen didn’t set out to beat a world record with his 1-year-old daughter Blake. But when the 30-year-old dad took to Hope Memorial Bridge in Cleveland for the city’s Guardian Mile race, he went a lot faster than expected. His original goal was to beat the course record, which was 4 minutes 44 seconds. … Read more
A dog’s ashes were launched 119,000 feet and scattered in space. Oscar, a six-year-old French bulldog who died suddenly from a brain tumor earlier this year, has been given one final adventure after his ashes were sent to the edge of the atmosphere in a weather balloon. His favorite Toy Story alien plush and a … Read more
After the Knicks clinched their first NBA title in 53 years, guard Jose Alvarado Jr. invited his dad to the locker room, where an epic merch drop took place. “He gave me his whole uniform, his jersey, shorts, sneakers, headband, the champion shirt. . . . He said, ‘Pa, hold this. It’s wet, but put … Read more
As parents trying to navigate the modern world of screens and kids, we have all felt the sudden urge to fling a device out the nearest window. For Joel Barbour, a father of five, that urge became a reality—instantly turning him into an internet sensation after he threw his son’s Nintendo Switch out of a moving … Read more
DEAR ABBY: At 82, my father continues to live alone and unassisted. He’s generally in good healt, but is starting to recognize that he won’t be forever. One thing he really wants to do while he still can (or thinks he can) is take a road trip — by himself — to visit his sister … Read more
LMFAO singer Lauren Bennett suffered a severe reaction to prescribed medication before her death, her father revealed on Wednesday. Richard Bennett claimed the UK’s NHS failed to appropriately treat her for five months before her tragic death in May at the age of 36. LMFAO singer Lauren Bennett suffered a severe reaction to prescribed medication … Read more
He’s saving people’s wallets, one fried chicken sandwich at a time. There’s no denying that prices have gotten out of control, especially for once-affordable treats like fast food. So it comes as no surprise that a dad of three recently went viral for his clever hack of keeping a Chick-fil-A bill under $45 for a … Read more
Former New York Yankees star Bernie Williams was at the height of his career, winning World Series Championships in 1996, 1998 and 1999. But behind the glory, he carried a heavy burden: his dying father. “My dad was our superhero. He was the guy that taught me how to play baseball, he taught me how … Read more
Don’t mess with him. A father is going viral for stepping in to reprimand a stranger who yelled at teen girls traveling for the first time — and people online are praising him for it. In a video shared on X (formerly Twitter) by user @Suzierizzo1, a crowd of people appears to be standing at … Read more
This father knows best — when it comes to shopping at Sephora. A New Jersey dad became an unlikely beauty influencer after his daughter started secretly filming him during their trips to Sephora and posting the clips on TikTok. David Rosenblatt of Bergen County, who is now known as “Sephora Dad,” has since been showered … Read more
“My neighbor tiled my roof for free. He said it was on the house.” While that dad joke might elicit a heavy sigh from family members, experts say a silly pun can alter internal body chemistry and lower stress, potentially providing real health benefits. Dad jokes are uniquely distinguished by their structure, content and comedic devices, according … Read more
The mother of the two young girls at the center of the viral women’s restroom confrontation said she’s heartbroken that her daughters have become internet fodder — and felt their father “handled the situation well,” but accused him of exploiting them for attention. Zoe Lavely, the mother of the girls featured in Tyler Brodsky’s widely … Read more
A road-trip bathroom stop turned into a viral parenting showdown — complete with police, shouting, and a wave of moms rushing to defend a dad who was just trying to help his daughters. In a now-viral TikTok video posted earlier this week, Tyler Brodsky is seen helping his young daughters wash their hands in a … Read more
DEAR ABBY: Three years ago, I found out that the man who raised me wasn’t my biological father. I suspected it for many years and asked my mother about it twice. She angrily denied it both times and said the man who raised me was definitely my dad. He passed away in 1989. I recently … Read more
A man was left fighting for his life in a coma after a gin distillery explosion saw him “engulfed in a fireball”. Leigh Taylor, 45, was distilling a new spirit in the brewery where he worked when the container overpressurised and exploded, blowing the roof off the building. The dad-of-two was engulfed in flames – … Read more
He couldn’t wait to show them off to his dad. A video of a young boy showing his dad his painted nails is going viral — but for all the right reasons. Mom of two, Siera Bearchell, explained in the caption of a TikTok video with over 1 million views how she was at the … Read more