Murphy

DEAR ABBY: My husband and I have been married three years, and we generally trade off spending holidays with each of our families. Because neither set of our parents is willing to travel to us, we go to them.

DEAR HELOISE: I don’t think I’ve seen this tip before: I’ve started folding up a plastic grocery bag as small as I possibly can, and I put it in my purse before sporting events. Then when I get to my seat, I remove the bag and put my purse in it, so when I put the purse under my seat, it sta…

Around 60 million kids and teens play “organized” sports. That’s terrific — and we wish it were more. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, even a single day of play can help kids manage stress and anxiety. And when they play regularly, it improves cardiorespiratory fi…

Dear Car Talk:

COMMUNICATIONS

Lately, it’s become popular in conservative media circles to brand certain things as a psychological operation, or “psyop.”

A nationwide cell service outage Thursday morning prevented some AT&T customers from making or receiving calls, including emergency calls.