DEAR ANNIE: My younger sister “Natalie” got married this spring to a man none of us really know. They met online, and within six months, they were engaged. My parents were uneasy about how fast it all happened, but Natalie was sure. She said she’d never felt so connected to anyone. Since ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: After over 50 years of smoking, my wife has chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and bad scarring of her lungs, but fortunately she doesn’t have cancer. She had respiratory syncytial virus and no longer has nicotine cravings, but we aren’t sure if it was RSV that killed her ...

Assume you reach seven hearts on the bidding shown and West leads the ace of clubs, which you ruff. The contract seems very easy to make; the only conceivable complication is the possibility that one defender might have all four missing diamonds. You begin by drawing trump, West turning up ...

DEAR HELOISE: Hey there. I wanted to write in with two hints from a boy in Illinois. My mother lives alone, and I’ve asked her to turn on the front porch light when she goes to bed, then turn it off when she gets up. I’ve asked the neighbors to check on her light. If it’s still on around ...

If you’ve ever wandered into the cheese section with the innocent intent of “just picking up some mozzarella,” you know it’s not that simple. What was once a single white orb in plastic wrap is now an entire category. Fresh, low-moisture, smoked, buffalo, burrata — mozzarella ...