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Husband missing contact from children

Dear Annie: My husband and I are in our 70s, and he is experiencing depression from lack of contact with his children. I don’t mean Facebook, because he sees them on there. They do not call like they did in the past. I am sure they feel that since he can actually see them on the screen, he knows what they are up to and what they are doing. Thus, they think this is all we need to do. We do not text either. We used to FaceTime but not anymore. When he calls them, usually he can only leave a message because they rarely answer the phone. If he does get hold of them, the typical response ...

Man wants to treat arthritis with GAE

Dear Dr. Roach: I’m a 74-year-old male who’s in otherwise excellent health. However, I have severe arthritis in my knees to the point where it keeps me up at night. I keep reading about this treatment called GAE (genicular artery embolization), and since I only have about a good 10 years or so left on this planet, I wanted to know your thoughts on this treatment. A full knee replacement requires a year of physical therapy, so I’d rather not do one. — P.C. Answer: GAE uses biologically inert material (absorbable gelatin microspheres) to block specific abnormal blood vessels in ...

Horoscope: Monday, August 17

It’s your Roaring Era, lively with a liberated self-expression, convention-defying choices and inner strength. Aries (March 21-April 19) You know better than to act on every feeling just because you have it. Feelings are information, not instructions. Today, you’ll notice your feelings and hear them out, but you won’t let any one of them have absolute authority. Taurus (April 20-May 20) Just as another person’s good fortune doesn’t cancel yours, the hardship of others doesn’t erase your own difficult experiences. But not everyone is mature enough to know this. Be careful ...

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Nation District of Columbia Pentagon to scale back exercises with SKorea WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has ordered the Pentagon to scale back annual joint military exercises with South Korea. He explained the decision by saying South Korea had declined to help with the ...

Police seek more suspects in shooting

ETTRICK, Va. — Authorities were seeking additional people who fired weapons during a shooting at Virginia State University that left five people wounded, police said Sunday, as a 19-year-old suspect remained in custody and investigators sought to unravel what happened. Investigators were trying to determine what led to Saturday’s shooting and if the others who fired did so in self-defense or if they were among the aggressors, said Lt. James Lamb, commander of the Chesterfield County Police Department’s Major Crimes Unit. He did not say how many others fired weapons. “We ...

Hurricane Lala skirts Big Island

Hurricane Lala weakened Sunday to a tropical storm after raking Hawaii without making landfall, its heavy rains and winds strong enough to sweep around 100 homes off their foundations on the Big Island, officials said. Gov. Josh Green said no one is believed to have died when the homes ...