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Artist Betye Saar, whose work reflects Black identity, dies at 99

Artist Betye Saar, whose work reflects Black identity, culture and spirituality, died Sunday morning in Los Angeles at 99. Saar’s death was confirmed Monday by relatives. She would have turned 100 this week. A central figure of the 1960s Black Art Movement, Saar pioneered assemblage boxes, or sculptures made of found objects, and reclaimed Jim Crow-era memorabilia as powerful totems of Black liberation. “Her symbolically rich body of work has evolved over time to demonstrate the environmental, cultural, political, racial, technological, economic, and historical context in which ...

Horoscope: Tuesday, July 28

Tuesday, July 28 It’s your Year of the Relay, when someone passes you something of value, and you pass it on. Aries (March 21-April 19) Write out your idea before you talk about it because putting your thoughts on paper helps you discover what you actually think. Conversations are better when you’ve already done a little thinking alone. Taurus (April 20-May 20) It seems like rules would limit your creativity, but they actually help it. The limits give you a direction by eliminating options. It’s easier to choose the best option of three than 103. Gemini (May 21-June 21) ...

Finding forgiveness can be a beautiful goal

Dear Annie: Most often a cheating husband or wife causes the divorce. Most would want to end their marriage after finding their partner cheated. And most people would advise the offended partner to leave. This is most of what I read in people’s letters and people’s responses to you. But it doesn’t have to be like that. Actually, it can be one of the most beautiful things in the world. Love. Love and forgiveness. Love, forgiveness and thankfulness. I remember a serious girlfriend telling me once she would divorce me immediately if she found I cheated, no questions asked. And I ...

What actually constitutes protein?

Dear Dr. Roach: I know this maybe an ignorant question, but what exactly constitutes protein? I know that it naturally comes from livestock and their byproducts. But one can find diverse categories -- such as cereals, pasta, sweet/salty snacks, and even soda pop — with “protein” displayed on the packaging. What’s up with that? — E.M. Answer: I’m sure that many people have the same question. There are three major macronutrients (molecules for us to get the calories that we need for all of our activities), and most foods contain some amount of all three macronutrients. One is ...

Two crime families don’t equal good

In tribal politics, we are not supposed to raise this. Someone should, and the truth does not care about your feelings. Republicans built a decade-long movement on two promises: drain the swamp, and expose the Biden Crime Family. That investigation established Biden relatives took more than $10 million from foreign sources but never tied a payment to an official act. Set that standard against this administration’s own disclosures. The men who promised to drain the swamp are cashing in. Start with crypto. President Donald Trump’s 2026 disclosure put his income above $2 billion ...

Is Trump losing his touch?

For over a decade, Donald Trump has demonstrated a shrewd -— even brilliant — grasp of what motivates his followers. That’s why he’s won two elections and only barely lost a third. But Trump has always been more effective as a challenger than as an incumbent -— the one election he lost was as a sitting president -— and 18 months into his second term, the president seems to be losing his political touch. A glaring gap keeps growing between what he’s focused on and what voters care about, and his recent tone-deaf speech about voter fraud highlights that damaging ...