DEAR ABBY: I am reaching out as a single mother grappling with a serious heart-lung condition. My son’s father abandoned us when I was pregnant, and I haven’t heard from him in more than a decade. Thankfully, my parents have been supportive co-parents during the years when my health made things incredibly challenging. I have … Read more
Shoe gotta be kidding, mom. Parents traveling with small children, especially at 30,000 feet in the air, may often find themselves in sticky situations. But this mother’s adhesive hack for keeping track of her baby’s footwear has frequent flyers flying off the handle. Mom Tsagana’s flight attendant-suggested hack for keeping tabs on kids’ shoes during flights … Read more
For about 20 minutes, “The Amateur” is pretty exciting: It’s glossy, it’s beautifully cast, and it boasts an intriguing premise. Charlie Heller (Rami Malek), a C.I.A. cryptographer — the movie informs us right off the bat that he has a “big brain” — bids his beloved wife, Sarah (Rachel Brosnahan), goodbye as she’s off to … Read more
George Lopez is firing back at the venue where he ended his sold-out show early because of heckling crowd members. Eagle Mountain Casino revealed Friday that the 63-year-old comedian walked out of his show 30 minutes before it was scheduled to end and blamed his security team who could’ve “easily escorted any hecklers out.” The … Read more
Does cannabis legalization mean a safer product? Not necessarily. Anne Hassel, a 56-year-old physical therapist in Chicopee, Massachusetts, said she developed twitching muscles, numbness in her feet, nausea and cramps after using marijuana, only for doctors to find high levels of nickel, lead and cadmium. “People consider that if it’s legal, it’s safe. It’s a … Read more
The following cities ranked among the top 10 most “unsafe” places in the U.S. during the holidays, according to new research from Vivint, a smart-home security company. Researchers combined “property crime data, Google search trends and other security factors” to rank the 50 largest cities in the country in order by crime risk. Those factors … Read more
You’re doing it all wrong. A recent study revealed that nearly a fifth of households keep their refrigerators at the incorrect temperature, according to researchers from RMIT University in Australia. “Most households blamed their own behaviors, such as reading the use-by date wrong, before considering their fridge might be the culprit,” Dr. Bhavna Middha, the … Read more
Mom to the rescue. Jax Anderson and her 12-year-old daughter, Evelyn, have their own private distress signal. The secret “S-O-S” allows the preteen to quickly and discreetly telegraph the need for parental intervention, in case of uncomfortable or even life-threatening situations — without anybody knowing she’s calling for help. It’s the “poop” emoji. “Whenever Evelyn … Read more
Washington — The Air Force has detected unsafe levels of a likely carcinogen at underground launch control centers at a Montana nuclear missile base where a striking number of men and women have reported cancer diagnoses. A new cleanup effort has been ordered. The discovery “is the first from an extensive sampling of active U.S. … Read more