Church sues Colorado town to be able to shelter homeless in trailers

(AP) — Behind a church surrounded by rolling prairie on the outskirts of this Colorado town sits a donated RV that Joe Ridenour called home for a year after he lost his job during the pandemic.

J.D. Vance focuses on 'wisdom from the Book of Mamaw'

The young J.D. Vance was used to the melodramas surrounding his mother, Beverly Vance, with her addictions to painkillers, heroin and alcohol, as well as the chaos caused by her five marriages and countless live-in boyfriends.

Old age deserves dignity, respect

One of the dumbest expressions ever uttered is something along the lines of “Sixty is the new 40.” No, 60 is 60, just like 70 is 70, 80 is 80, and so on.That’s not a knock on someone feeling more youthful than their age – power to them.

Housewife questions reentry into workforce

DEAR HARRIETTE: At 36, after I’ve spent 10 years as a devoted housewife and raising our three boys, my husband’s recent job loss due to healthrelated issues has brought us to a crossroads: How can I return to work?

SNHL most common category of hearing loss

Dear Doctors: I developed sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) due to lupus in 2019. It affects high-pitched tones, and it makes it harder to hear in a crowd. It’s confusing because sometimes I am able to hear high-pitched tones. I just finished nursing school and will be working with patients soon.

Democrats rally around worst candidate

It wasn’t really a surprise that President Joe Biden announced Sunday that he will no longer be a candidate for a second term.

Shooting was real; aftermath is all theater

Friedrich Nietzsche famously wrote, “He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster.

People make their own luck, good or bad

Ronald Reagan had it, Jimmy Carter didn’t. George H.W. Bush had it until he didn’t, and the same can be said for his successor, Bill Clinton. Joe Biden had it, lost it, regained it and lost it again. Donald Trump has it in surfeit.

Recognizing heat-related dangers

Dear Doctors: My landscaping business keeps me outside a lot, and my son has a job as a line cook. We both worked through heat waves last summer that made our jobs dangerous. Can you please write about how to know if you’re in trouble with the heat and what you can do about it?

Mother seeks help for daughters’ fighting

DEAR HARRIETTE: I am a mother of two teenage daughters, ages 14 and 16, and their constant fighting is driving me insane.