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Carolyn Hax: Will girlfriend’s toxic mom ruin their future together?Jun 13, 2025 6:00 am - Man loves his girlfriend, but worries her abusive, rude mother will negatively influence potential future children. He has asked his girlfriend to try therapy, but she refuses. Carolyn Hax says if couples therapy is out, try individual counseling.
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Why singing is good for your brain, even if you are no BeyoncéJun 13, 2025 3:23 am - Making music — even if we aren’t especially good at it — can still be good for us. Music has the power to soothe the mind, promote brain health and bring people closer together, research has consistently shown. But even though music can make us want to move and groove, we can find it difficult to muster up the courage to make it ourselves.
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Trump White House opens door to historic military deployment on U.S. soilJun 12, 2025 3:39 pm - President Donald Trump is prepared to send National Guard troops into more U.S. cities if protests against immigration raids expand beyond Los Angeles, administration off...
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He’s dying. She’s pregnant. His one last wish is to fight his cancer long enough to see his baby.Jun 12, 2025 1:37 pm - Tanner and Shay found themselves facing an unbearable duality: Preparing for their daughter’s arrival and bracing for her father’s death.
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Hegseth resists when pushed to explain Trump’s Air Force One dealJun 11, 2025 8:00 pm - Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Wednesday resisted lawmakers’ demands for transparency about the luxury airplane from Qatar that President Donald Trump wants to use as ...
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Anti-ICE protests spread across the country, from New York to SeattleJun 11, 2025 5:27 pm - Protests over the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement have spread to cities across the United States, as the president warns that the deployment of national gu...
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Violent anti-immigrant riots follow sex assault arrests in Northern IrelandJun 11, 2025 5:09 pm - LONDON — Rioters broke windows, torched cars and attacked police with bricks and petrol bombs for a second night in a small Northern Ireland city late Tuesday, after publ...
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Thanks, Dad: This Black Forest cake is all about himJun 11, 2025 5:00 am - This Black Forest cake includes all the elements you’d expect in the retro dessert, including rich chocolate cake, whipped cream frosting, juicy cherries and a generous pour of kirsch. It might seem complicated, but at Father’s Day the effort is kind of the point, isn’t it?
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I hate the recessed lights in my kitchen. What are my options?Jun 11, 2025 3:01 am - Q: My townhouse was built with can lights in the ceiling. What are my options to replace them? In the kitchen, I am always cooking in my shadow and can’t see anything!
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What really keeps mosquitoes away? Probably not your lavender plants.Jun 11, 2025 2:22 am - Alternatives to slathering yourself with DEET to keep the mosquitoes away are often the topic of online lists and articles. Typically these including surrounding yourself with scented plants. Fragrant plants such as citronella, geranium and peppermint do tend to deter mosquitoes, studies say, but that’s not enough to keep them from biting you. Here’s how science explains it.