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Carolyn Hax: Retired parent blamed for son’s spiraling marriage, financesJun 02, 2025 8:56 am - 73-year-old woman blamed by son and daughter-in-law for their collapsing marriage after refusing to buy them a house. Carolyn Hax says it is time to step back and feel guilty for their situation.
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Patti LuPone apologizes for ‘flippant’ remarks about other Broadway starsJun 01, 2025 10:50 am - Patti LuPone apologized Saturday for what she said were “flippant” responses she made about fellow Broadway stars Kecia Lewis and Audra McDonald, which spawned backlash in the theater community and an open letter signed by hundreds of theater artists condemning Lupone’s behavior.
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Trump’s week shows the risks of his full-speed-ahead approachMay 31, 2025 1:34 pm - President Donald Trump’s second term has been marked by volatility, brought about in part by his insistence on bulling forward in search of maximum gain, even if that heightens the risk of ultimate failure. This week crystalized just how rapidly his fortunes can rise and fall.
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Supreme Court says Trump for now can revoke ‘immigration parole’ for 530K migrantsMay 30, 2025 7:14 pm - A divided Supreme Court on Friday cleared the way, for now, for the Trump administration to revoke the provisional legal status of potentially hundreds of thousands of im...
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Bono’s memoir gets a third iteration, this time on the small screenMay 30, 2025 11:58 am - “Writing a memoir is a whole other level of navel-gazing,” the eponymous navel gazer tells us at the top of the new Apple TV+ release “Bono: Stories of Surrender.” What, then, is a concert film of a stage show adapted from a memoir?
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Carolyn Hax: Minimalist troubled by girlfriend’s excessive familyMay 30, 2025 6:00 am - Minimalist worries his girlfriend will adopt her family's wasteful lifestyle. After criticizing them, she snaps back that he is being too judgmental. Carolyn Hax says he is, and they need to communicate their views and assess the relationship.
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More kids are beating cancer. Improving the rest of their lives is next.May 29, 2025 10:25 pm - The National Cancer Institute says 85% of children diagnosed with cancer are alive at least five years later and that there were nearly 496,000 pediatric cancer survivors in the United States in 2020. While the good news is encouraging, long-term survivor care brings its own challenges — something pediatric oncologists are working to improve.
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I’m an oncologist. Here are 11 science-based ways to reduce your cancer risk.May 29, 2025 10:09 pm - About 1 in 5 people around the world will develop cancer throughout the course of their lives. About 40% of new cancer diagnoses in U.S. adults aged 30 and older are considered preventable, according to a study from the American Cancer Society. Here are some tips to reduce your risk.
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Double-dipping may seem gross, but it’s not as risky as you thinkMay 29, 2025 9:51 pm - Like George Costanza on “Seinfield,” many of us have done it — dip a chip into a communal bowl of salsa or stick a veggie into the hummus, bite it and then go for a double-dip. Yes, double-dipping can transmit bacteria and viruses from your mouth to the shared bowl. And yes, in theory, those microorganisms can be spread to other eaters. But in most cases, that might not be as risky as it seems.
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Record heat to hit Las Vegas, California’s Central Valley this weekendMay 29, 2025 3:17 pm - A short-lived but punishing blast of intense heat will spread over the western United States through Saturday, pushing temperatures 10 to 20 degrees above normal for this...