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The dead don’t stay buried in Lindy Ryan’s Southern horror series
With "Another Fine Mess" upon us, now is the perfect time to revisit Lindy Ryan’s chilling Southern horror series. If you haven’t yet stepped into the eerie world of the Evans family, you’re in for a fun, unputdownable experience. These novels are more than ghost stories — they’re a reckoning with history, grief and the ties that ...Read more

A heart artery tore weeks before her due date, putting the lives of mom and baby at risk
Nearly nine months pregnant, Nefertari Nelson-Williams sunk into her sofa after a long Sunday caring for her four kids. She clicked on the TV and flipped to her favorite show of late, TLC's "A Baby Story."
Although she was an experienced mom, watching episodes of pregnancy complications was a good reminder that every birth and baby are ...Read more
JD Vance Might Not Be a Fan of the Pope, But Chicago Sure Is
I don't know if you've heard already, but there's a new pope in town.
Not only is he American -- the first U.S.-born head of the Catholic Church -- but he's also from Chicago, which is close enough to where I live to have sent a thrill of victory through me when I heard the announcement.
For Greek people, it's like hearing someone famous is ...Read more
Make Every Day Mother's Day
With Mother's Day upon us like a tray of eggs and coffee accidentally spilled on the blanket, it is time to ask the equally burning question: What do moms want?
The answer: a little less.
A little less perfection. A little less worry. A little less time in the car. We want a way of parenting that is not quite so overwrought.
That's a tall ...Read more

Family guide to new movie releases
'FIGHT OR FLIGHT'
Rated R for strong bloody violence, language throughout and some drug material.
What it’s about: A washed up Secret Service agent has to protect a hacker from a plane full of assassins.
The kid attractor factor: This is a hyperviolent action film for adults only. Not any appeal for kids.
Good lessons/bad lessons: Trust ...Read more

Lori Borgman: Mother's Day celebrates the art of nurture
A real estate broker, an auctioneer and a columnist walk into a bar. Not really, but the setup is similar. I was standing with two friends, a man who sells real estate and a woman who appraises art and manages auctions. The three of us have known one another and one another’s families for years.
The man immigrated to the U.S. from Central ...Read more

Ex-etiquette: Love after loss
Q. My best friend’s husband passed away. She has been devastated and decided to join a grief group where she met a man who was also struggling with the loss of his wife. They hit it off, and although they each still maintain a separate residence, they stay together every night. They are both in their late 70s and were both married for over 50 ...Read more

An elegy for the duke: Are reports of the demise of historical romance exaggerated?
Who killed the duke? Long the most popular hottie in the ballrooms of English historical romance, there’s a rumor running through Romancelandia that his demise is imminent.
For decades, historical romance has been the backbone of the romance genre. Whether you mark historical romance as beginning with the social comedies of Jane Austen (...Read more

An 8-minute limit at cardiac rehab propelled heart attack survivor to push for more
Sheron Lee insisted she couldn't fit any sort of exercise into her busy day.
A systems accountant for the federal government, she often put work above everything, sometimes even skipping family vacations. Even getting to work took commitment; she commuted an hour each way between her home in Hammond, Louisiana, and her office in New Orleans.
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Centuries later, Michelangelo’s secret is finally unearthed …
D. Allen Henry has a passion for genius, the kind that stands the test of time. He also has a passion for inventing fiction that not only brings geniuses to life but also their legacies to bear in the modern-day era. Adding to his existing set of mysteries surrounding luminaries such as Galileo, Da Vinci and Dante comes his new novel, "And the ...Read more
Who Can Hold a Candle to Trump's Amazingness?
Attorney General Pam Bondi recently congratulated President Donald Trump in a cabinet meeting, saying that he has personally saved 258 million lives.
Bondi said millions of fentanyl-laced pills that teenagers would have bought thinking they were "a Tylenol or an Adderall" (there, apparently, being a demand for black-market acetaminophen) have...Read more
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