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Today in History

Today is Monday, June 16, the 167th day of 2025. There are 198 days left in the year. Today in history: On June 16, 1963, the world’s first female space traveler, Valentina Tereshkova, 26, was launched into orbit by the Soviet Union aboard Vostok 6. Tereshkova spent 71 hours in flight, circling the Earth 48 times before returning safely. Also on this date: In 1858, accepting the Illinois Republican Party’s nomination for the U.S. Senate, Abraham Lincoln said the issue of slavery in the United States had to be resolved, declaring, “a house divided against itself cannot ...

Horoscope

ARIES (March 21-April 19). If someone only pays attention when they want something from you, this describes a dynamic of opportunism. Hold out for those who truly reciprocate energy and invest in you as a whole person. TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Today’s experiences will deepen your empathy, humble you and help you return to yourself. What’s uncomfortable is also clarifying. Illusions will be stripped away, helping you see where things are out of alignment. GEMINI (May 21-June 21). You’ll meet life and people with openness. You’ll accept things you don’t yet understand, ...

Amazon to spend $20B on data centers in Pa.

HARRISBURG (AP) — Amazon said Monday that it will spend $20 billion on two data center complexes in Pennsylvania, including one it is building alongside a nuclear power plant that has drawn federal scrutiny over an arrangement to essentially plug right into the power plant. Kevin Miller, vice president of global data centers at Amazon’s cloud computing subsidiary, Amazon Web Services, told The Associated Press that the company will build another data center complex just north of Philadelphia. One data center is being built next to northeastern Pennsylvania’s Susquehanna nuclear ...

Family means showing up

Dear Annie: My husband and I have been married for nearly 39 years. He has always had a tendency to put himself first –– even before our sons, and now even our toddler grandson –– but I’m at my wits’ end over his latest act of selfishness. His only sister recently suffered a traumatic fall. She was airlifted to a trauma center with a fractured skull and brain injury. Thankfully, she’s expected to make a full recovery, but she spent several weeks in a rehab facility and now continues outpatient therapy from home. I’ve been there for her and my brother-in-law from the ...

Sleep inertia occurs after going back to sleep

DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a reasonably healthy 76-year-old woman. I eat a healthy diet, avoid processed sugar, and work out usually twice a week, plus one day with a personal trainer. I am a breast cancer survivor. I drink 5 ounces of wine with dinner on weeknights and slightly more on the weekends. I am in bed around 11:30 p.m. every night and asleep easily by midnight without any sleep aids other than magnesium glycinate. I generally sleep 7 hours with a few trips to the bathroom but always get back to sleep right away. I often wake up on my own around 7 a.m. and feel perfectly rested ...

Everyone should learn to swim

Dear Heloise: I have been reading letters in your column about the importance of children learning how to swim. I am 82 now, but back in the 1950s, my parents signed up my sister and me for swimming lessons, even though we had to drive to the next little town in Central Nebraska. –– Marvin T., York, Nebraska Marvin, this was a very kind thing your parents did for you and your sister. You never know when one day you’ll need to know how to swim or how to save another person from drowning. Swimming is also a good way to get some exercise on a nice, sunny day. –– Heloise SEND A ...