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Horoscope: Friday, August 21

The world makes room for your ideas, your style and your presence. Aries (March 21-April 19) Leo season featured an emboldened version of you. You surprised a few of your nearest and dearest with your swift action. You’re headed into a season where you impress them with how hard you can work on what’s important to you. Taurus (April 20-May 20) In the last few weeks, the cosmic cat vibes echoed through your stealth observations. You lingered in the tall grass, unseen, observing the experts who are already doing something you dearly want for your life. And now, no more watching. ...

Legionnaires’ disease causes, spread

Dear Dr. Roach: I’ve been hearing about Legionnaires’ disease. What is it? How’s it spread? Can it really be spread through windshield wipers? — D.G. Answer: Legionnaires’ disease is a pneumonia caused by Legionella pneumophilia. It was first described in 1976, when an outbreak killed 34 people at an American Legion convention in Philadelphia. Since then, much has been learned about this condition. Legionella live in soil and water, and water remains the most important source of infections in humans — not from drinking the water but through aerosolized water. ...

Time to move on for forgotten friend

Dear Annie: I have a friend, “Rosie,” who kicked me out to the curb (metaphorically speaking) when her sister moved into her mobile home park. Prior to her sister’s moving into the neighborhood, Rosie and I saw a lot of each other. I was always sewing for Rosie, her husband and her mother-in-law at little or no cost. I sent food to her after her surgery. I helped Rosie’s sister with planning Rosie’s 60th birthday party. Meanwhile, when I had health issues and told her, she didn’t contact me afterward to see how I was. When I had a baby shower for my daughter, she did not ...

‘Reminder that Mary won’t give up’

KONOTOPIE, Poland — An enormous statue of the Virgin Mary that is believed to be Europe’s tallest was inaugurated on Saturday in a small Polish village, in the presence of legendary anti-communist leader Lech Walesa. Hundreds of people took part in the consecration of the monument, which ...

Swiss tourist sentenced for insulting sacred day

DENPASAR, Indonesia — A court on the Indonesian resort island of Bali sentenced a Swiss tourist on Thursday to one year in prison for insulting a sacred Balinese Hindu observance. Luzian Andrin Zgraggen, 26, was found guilty of violating Indonesia’s new criminal code by posting social media messages about the Day of Silence, when people are required to stay home and are urged to remain silent and meditate. The Denpasar District Court determined that he posted the messages even after staff at the villa where he was staying informed him of the restrictions. “What the defendant ...

US military base schools shifting to values, Christianity

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Department of Defense is introducing a course centered on Western civilization and Christianity this fall in the schools it operates for military families, part of an effort by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to redirect the education system toward patriotic values and classical learning. The Department of Defense Education Activity operates about 160 schools across 11 countries and educates roughly 70,000 students who are children of active-duty military or civilian service members. Conservatives have eyed the schools — which, unlike most public schools, are ...