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Former senator Bob Packwood of Oregon dies at 93

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Former Sen. Bob Packwood, a moderate Oregon Republican whose reputation as a champion of abortion and women’s rights was spoiled at the end of his career by allegations of sexual harassment, has died. He was 93. Packwood’s death on Saturday was announced in an obituary sent to media outlets by his family. The release didn’t include additional details. Packwood was a political scrapper who first refused to quit the chamber in which he had served for 27 years, saying he didn’t want to be remembered only for that controversy. Before the #MeToo era, ...

Actor Anthony Head, of ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer,’ dies at 72

LONDON (AP) — Anthony Head, the suave, smooth-voiced British actor known for roles in “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” and “Ted Lasso,” has died, his family said Friday. He was 72. Head’s daughters, actors Emily and Daisy Head, told the Press Association news agency that the actor ...

Surgical sequencing decision requires triage

Dear Doctors: I need to have knee replacement surgery as well as spinal surgery on my neck. Would it be better to have the knee or neck surgery first? Which would take the longest to recuperate from? Which would interfere less with the other during the PT? Dear Reader: Any kind of surgery takes careful planning. It requires learning about the procedure, choosing a surgeon, reviewing anesthesia options and arranging for aftercare. When two or more surgeries are involved, the decision-making moves into the realm of triage. This is an area of medicine in which urgency and risk direct the ...

House of the Week — The Arvada

The Arvada blends contemporary styling with warm architectural character, creating a midsize home design that feels both impressive and welcoming. An elegant arched entry porch draws guests inside, while brick wainscoting with decorative turned brick caps and multipaned windows give this stock house plan timeless curb appeal. Designed for today’s homeowners, the Arvada offers a balance of open gathering spaces, private retreats, and practical everyday functionality. Natural light fills the entry through an arched clerestory window and sidelight, setting a bright and inviting tone ...

Mom too busy making memories to enjoy them

Dear Annie: Every year, around Memorial Day, I tell myself this will be the summer we slow down. I picture lazy mornings, dinners outside, long walks after sunset and maybe even reading a book that is not interrupted every three minutes. Then somehow, by the second week of June, my calendar looks like it was planned by a cruise director with a caffeine problem. There are family visits, graduation parties, barbecues, kids’ sports, camp forms, beach weekends, house projects and friends saying, “Let’s definitely get together soon,” which apparently means finding one open Tuesday ...

When stars are viewed on a human timescale, they appear to never change

During one of my recent night sky tours, an elderly guest gazed into the sky and asked if the stars ever move. He said the constellations look the same now as when he was a child, and he was convinced that nothing in the heavens ever changes. It was an excellent observation but one that didn’t consider an important fact: Human time scales are considerably different than cosmic time scales. Even the healthiest of humans will live at most about a century, and during our lives, we measure time in seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, years and decades. The cosmos, on the other ...