I’ve always held Stephen King in pretty high regard. I grew up in Maine about an hour from where the thrill master lived. I remember one Halloween, some college friends and I drove by his Addams Family-esque house to see if it was a truly spooky sight. I remember it being very dark and ...
Donald Trump has trampled on another taboo, and it’s a good thing. The president said in a Truth Social post that the United States will begin “immediately” testing our “Nuclear Weapons” on “an equal basis” with Russia and China. It’s not clear what this means exactly. Trump could be referring to the delivery systems that carry nuclear weapons or the weapons themselves. If it is the latter, as most news accounts assume, it will represent an advance for the U.S. nuclear deterrent and a victory of common sense over superstition. The United States conducted more ...
Dear Annie: I recently moved into a new townhome, and for the most part, I love it here. It’s quiet, cozy and exactly what I wanted for this next chapter of my life. That is, until my new neighbors moved in upstairs. It’s a couple with a dog. The dog is an angel –– never barks, never causes a problem. The issue is the husband. From morning until late at night, it sounds like he’s walking around in boots made of concrete. Heavy, constant thumping across my ceiling, sometimes so loud it startles me out of a nap or drowns out my TV. For a while it even sounded like he was ...
Dear Heloise: I work as a nurse in the ICU in a major metropolitan hospital. As many people know, hospitals have relaxed their rules about the length of a visitor’s visit, have done away with age limits for children to visit, and have implemented many other restrictions. As a nurse, here are a few requests to make the process smoother: • Know that if you must bring small children, we will not “keep an eye” on them for you. We’re working. Please keep them with you at all times for their safety. • Please do not smoke in the patient’s room. This includes vapes. It happens ...
DEAR DR. ROACH: At age 76, I was diagnosed with sinus node dysfunction last year after several episodes of what I’d call being “spaced out” (for lack of a better term). I couldn’t explain these instances to myself, much less anyone else lest they think I was crazy, until I had one where I passed out. This scared me, and I told my husband, who immediately made a doctor’s appointment. The wise physician assistant sent me to a cardiologist who had me wear a heart monitor for two weeks. During this time, I had another episode that lasted for seven seconds, according to the very ...
Today is Monday, Nov. 3, the 307th day of 2025. There are 58 days left in the year. Daylight saving time ends today. Today in history: On Nov. 3, 1979, five Communist Workers Party members were killed in a clash with heavily armed Ku Klux Klansmen and neo-Nazis during an anti-Klan protest in Greensboro, North Carolina, in what became known as the Greensboro massacre. State and federal trials subsequently acquitted six defendants of murder and rioting charges. Also on this date: In 1908, Republican William Howard Taft was elected president, outpolling Democrat William Jennings ...
