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Do elected officials owe us health reports?

We were glad to see the photo of a smiling U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., alongside his wife, Elaine Chao. The 84-year-old McConnell revealed he had been hospitalized following a rough June 14 fall at his home, leading, he said, to “mild pneumonia.” In a statement, McConnell attributed the lack of information as to his whereabouts to his reticence, as an older American, to share health information. “Folks of my generation often hesitate to share the vulnerability that comes with growing older,” he said. “Even in the public eye, I feel that same instinct — I can’t help ...

Why debate life-saving vehicles?

Somewhere in Los Angeles this year, someone will get home who otherwise wouldn’t have. You’ll never learn her name. There will be no headline, no celebration, no council resolution -- only an unremarkable Tuesday that ends the way Tuesdays are supposed to end. The same nonstory will eventually play out in more than a dozen other metro areas where autonomous vehicles will serve as cabs. Last year, 36,640 Americans died in traffic crashes. That was the fewest since 2019, yet it still works out to more than 100 fatalities per day. The new generation of vehicles quietly accumulating ...

Horoscope: Monday, July 27

Monday, July 27 You’ll be in new rooms where you’re treated royally. Aries (March 21-April 19) Accountability is the recurring theme in this retrograde cycle of Saturn. You thrive when your actions have real consequences, even difficult ones, because consequences are thorough teachers. By the end of this cycle, you’ll have earned a new skill. Taurus (April 20-May 20) Saturn asks you to think like an investor instead of a shopper. Which purchases save you time? Which ones create more work? The best investments make your future days easier, not just your present moment happier. ...

Sister’s planned proselytizing on trip may upset neighbors

Dear Annie: I have a family problem for which I would appreciate your opinion. My wife and I are Americans living in a small village in Italy, in an area popular with tourists. Recently, I contacted my sister and her husband from the States and expressed our interest in having them visit us and stay at our house, since we haven’t seen them for many years. We’re all retired, they easily have the means to make the trip, and our house has plenty of room for visitors. Her reply caught me unprepared. She said that they were expected by their church to do a mission outside the U.S. and, ...

Pompeii ceiling vault reconstructed

ROME — Archaeologists in Pompeii, the ancient city buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79, have unveiled the partially reconstructed frescoed ceiling vault of a banquet hall featuring detailed images of Greek mythology. The curved vault was presented late Thursday at the end ...

Court upholds block on federal voter list

A federal appeals court has upheld a ruling that in nearly half of U.S. states halted President Donald Trump’s executive order to create a federal list of eligible voters and limit delivery of mail ballots only to people on that list. The ruling Saturday by judges of the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected the Trump administration’s effort to move forward with the mail-in voting restrictions in 23 U.S. states that sued ahead of November’s midterm elections. Trump issued an executive order in March for the director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and the ...