Q: My best friend’s 6-year-old daughter is an only child and a spoiled brat. She screams at her parents when she doesn’t get her way, always wants to be first at everything and is extremely bossy with other children. For whatever strange reason, my chi…
Debra-Lynn B. Hook: Due date is looming for grandmother’s hand-stitched quilt for her first grandchild
I am an over-the-moon, first-time grandmother-to-be who can’t seem to do what many have done before me. That is, make the baby a quilt. The baby’s 89-year-old great-grandmother made one. By hand. She apparently sat in front of the TV for weeks and stit…
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Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly vetoes GOP bill aimed at banning all future mask mandatesKANSAS CITY, Mo. — A Kansas bill that would ban mask mandates from any government institution on any public health matter is circling the drain following a veto from Democ…
Heidi Stevens: An important win for reason and inclusivity in battle over ‘love is love’ photos in Florida yearbook
Some cooler heads have prevailed in Florida, where Seminole County School Board members unanimously voted down a proposal to cover an entire high school yearbook page in stickers to hide photos of students carrying “love is love” signs. The photos were…
This week’s bestsellers from Publishers Weekly
Here are the bestsellers for the week that ended Saturday, May 7, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide, powered by NPD BookScan © 2022 NPD Group. (Reprinted from Publishers W…
Television Q&A: Charting the future of ‘Star Trek: Picard’
You have questions. I have some answers. Q: Do you know when the end of “Picard” is going to appear? A: The second season of “Star Trek: Picard” has been completed on Paramount+, and a third and final season is expected in 2023. While the series has se…
Movie review: ‘On the Count of Three’ a darkly demented buddy comedy
Comedian Jerrod Carmichael is officially a triple threat. The writer and performer can now add director to his bio, making his debut with the pitch-black suicide comedy “On the Count of Three,” in which he co-stars opposite Christopher Abbott. The film…
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NY Rep. Tom Reed resigns, cites ‘extremism’ in HouseWASHINGTON — New York GOP Rep. Tom Reed, who had already opted not to run for reelection this fall, resigned his seat Tuesday, saying on the House floor he hoped “to have a greater impact on the count…
Ask Anna: On game-playing, pulleys and invasions of privacy
Dear Anna, I met this female at a bar because I’m friends with her friend. I got her number, and we went to dinner later that weekend. We went back to her place and started furiously making out, during which I was informed that I would not get laid eve…
Movie review: ‘The Innocents’ a powerful horror film about supernaturally gifted children
The babes in the woods of Eskil Vogt’s “The Innocents” are some of the scariest kids you’ll see on movie screens this year. Bored over the summer holidays and living in a large Norwegian housing development, they while away the long summer hours inflic…