Overwhelmed mom can’t take on duties

DEAR HARRIETTE: I was asked to be my friend’s maid of honor, and I said no. For context, I said no because I had a baby five months ago and I’m recovering and getting used to now having three young children. I have had little energy to do much of anything.

Girlfriend complains boyfriend has bad breath

DEAR HARRIETTE: I’ve been on the dating scene for quite some time now, and the rumors are true – no one is perfect. It’s been a harrowing few years since my last relationship, and I’ve tried blind dates, the apps, meeting friends of a friend, you know the deal.

Neuropathy has many causes beyond diabetes

Dear Doctors: I often read about neuropathy in the feet, and it is always linked to diabetes. I’ve had pain, tingling, burning and partial numbness in my feet for years but do not have diabetes. Why is neuropathy not talked about separately from diabetes? Can I do anything for my symptoms?

TODAY IN HISTORY

In 1898, the Supreme Court ruled that a child born in the United States is a U.S. citizen.In 1939, the Spanish Civil War ended with the surrender of Republican defenders of Madrid to Francisco Franco’s Nationalist forces.

CLINTON’S HISTORY 10, 20, 30 AND 40 YEARS AGO

30 YEARS AGO• Black Heritage Week was celebrated recently with a whole menu of lunch hour activities, including a skit on Monday, a drum-making demonstration by Lee Darryl Henderson on Tuesday, a demonstration on personal hair care on Wednesday, a film on Thursday and highlighted by a buffet...

President Trump needs a short war

How many times has President Trump said that the war in Iran, now entering its fourth week, will be brief ? Many. I asked Grok for 20 examples of Trump promising a short war, and got a list very quickly. Here are a few: “This war will be over very soon.

Divorced woman feels invisible to men

DEAR HARRIETTE: As I get older, I feel like I am becoming invisible to all men. I don’t want to sound as if I’m a “pick-me girl,” as my daughters say, but it’s been difficult.

It is possible to get false positive TB test

Dear Doctors: I got a tuberculosis skin test for my health care job and tested positive. A follow-up blood test was also positive, and I was diagnosed with latent TB. However, I had no known exposure.Seven months later, both tests were negative. I never received any treatment. How can this happen?

This is not what the people voted for

What did you vote for? That is the critical question facing Americans – more than 77 million of them – who voted for Donald Trump in 2024.

Life requires more than vegetables

Ihad a really good ice-cream cone this week.I suppose this does not qualify as news, but I try not to eat too much ice cream, and I don’t usually keep ice cream in my freezer because I have a tendency to eat it all right away.I love ice cream. I have always loved ice cream.