Heat illnesses range annoying to life-threatening

ASK THE DOCTORSDear Doctors: I had a scare exercising on a hot day. I got a terrible headache, my skin got clammy and I felt really weak. I was sure I was going to faint. I had to get into a cool bath to start feeling better. I drank plenty of water and was sweating a lot.

Binge-watching TV turns into compulsion

DEAR HARRIETTE: During the pandemic, I got wrapped up in watching movies and series on Netflix. I can't even tell you how many shows I have binge-watched. Plus, there are the old movies, new films and documentaries I consumed. I really got into it, so much so that I am still hooked.

Campaign drama isn’t limited to 1 stage

If you blinked – if you were on vacation, buying school supplies for the kids or moving your college student into their dorm – you just missed the most important week of the 2024 campaign thus far. Maybe the most important week until the Iowa caucuses in January.You want decisive moments?

Apple empanadas only in the afternoon

Usually, just as I am getting close to leaving Mexico, I find some absolutely irresistible treat and have to eat it every single day until I leave.I arrive back in the U.S. a few pounds heavier, wondering how I ever got so carried away.

Reader with racing heart can’t quit coffee

DEAR HARRIETTE: This year has been challenging for me. I started having heart palpitations and couldn't figure out why. After a bunch of tests, the doctor could not necessarily pinpoint the root cause of my problems, but he did tell me to stop drinking coffee because it seems to make my heart race.

Looking at the wildcard Latino vote

Latinos are already Republicans, Ronald Reagan used to say, they just don’t know it yet. That ancient but insightful cliche hovers over the 2024 election.

Handling oppressive heat levels

After an usually rainy start to the summer, the blast furnace of August is here. Boy, is it ever here.Dealing with Oklahoma heat takes a certain degree of skill when it comes to navigating successive triple-digit temperatures.

TODAY IN HISTORY

In 1768, British explorer James Cook set sail from England on his first expedition to the southern Pacific Ocean.In 1920, the 19th Amendment was formally adopted, granting women the right to vote.

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

30 YEARS AGO• Nearly 270 youngsters attended the fifth annual Southwestern Oklahoma State University Middle School Band Camp on the Weatherford campus. The camp was designed specifically for students in grades sixth through eighth.

Song by a 'nothing in particular' believer captures YouTube

Oliver Anthony counted about 20 listeners when he performed earlier this summer at a produce market in coastal North Carolina.That was before Aug. 8, when YouTube channel radiowv posted his 'Rich Men North Of Richmond' video.