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Ask Amy: How can I avoid the vortex of the other grandmother?

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 13:32:11 GMT

Dear Amy: My wonderful daughter is soon to have her first child.Related ArticlesAdvice | Ask Amy: He has resurrected this wedding drama and is using it against me Advice | Ask Amy: Should I tell my neighbor about her child’s bullying behavior? Advice | Ask Amy: My wife has big-league dreams for our son, but I think he should give up the sport Advice | Ask Amy: We’re not inviting her, but it will be hard to tell her why Advice | Ask Amy: This teen mom is trying to manipulate my son She and her husband, “Jackson,” moved to a community not far from his mother. My husband and I live much farther away.The mother-in-law is a very big personality and often demands attention (especially after a cocktail or three).Our relationship is not exactly warm, but definitely cordial.My worry is that when I visit my daughter and the new baby, the mother-in-law will come over and “suck all the oxygen...

Harriette Cole: We split up a year ago, and I can’t stop thinking about him

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 13:32:11 GMT

DEAR HARRIETTE: I have not dated in a year, and due to lack of closure, I cannot stop thinking about my ex.Related ArticlesAdvice | Harriette Cole: I want to shut down my friend’s snooping without a lot of drama Advice | Harriette Cole: My birthday wish list could get me in trouble with my family Advice | Harriette Cole: My two roommates are moving out, and I don’t believe their excuse Advice | Harriette Cole: My old friend is back in my life, and she has brought a lot of drama Advice | Harriette Cole: I’m on the brink of unloading on my husband about the car crash I have not thought about him as frequently as I did when we first ended things, but now that I have become sort of a recluse and do not go out very much, I have been daydreaming about it more.I know I need to get out of the house. Last year, I would go out every weekend and meet new people, which may be because I was a colleg...

Two Months That Shook the World: The First Phase of the Gaza War

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 13:32:11 GMT

On Friday morning, Israel resumed its bombing campaign against Gaza, and the civilian death toll is once again rising. Both Hamas and Israel accused the other of violating the temporary truce. Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant has promised, “We will fight in the entire [Gaza] Strip.” Despite meekly worded suggestions from Secretary of State Antony Blinken that Israel make an effort to reduce civilian deaths, the U.S. position remains one of full-throttled support for a military campaign that has killed more than 15,000 Palestinians, the vast majority of them children and other civilians.In this special episode of Intercepted, political analyst Mouin Rabbani, co-editor of the Arab Studies Institute’s ezine Jadaliyya, offers a provocative analysis of the current situation. In a discussion with Jeremy Scahill and Murtaza Hussain, Rabbani suggests that behind the belligerent rhetoric and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s proclamations he will eradicate Hamas, Israel may already ...

Pac-12 ends on a high note, but the future is much more daunting for 2 remaining schools

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 13:32:11 GMT

LAS VEGAS (AP) — George Kliavkoff, as is the custom for a conference commissioner, handed the Pac-12 Championship trophy to Washington coach Kalen DeBoer on Friday night and quickly got out of the way.Having been at the center of the Pac-12 meltdown and with this almost certainly the conference’s last championship game, Kliavkoff could hardly be blamed for wanting the spotlight shone elsewhere.As joyous as the third-ranked Huskies felt about defeating No. 5 Oregon 34-31 for a spot in the College Football Playoff, those emotions also were tempered about what’s being left behind. Both teams will be Big Ten Conference rivals beginning next season.“It is sad to see it happen, for that to be the last football game,” DeBoer said. “I think the other part was understanding how strong the conference was this year. There were eight teams, I believe, that at one point were ranked in the Top 25 and we played the best ones and one of them twice. I don’t think there’s anyo...

A few tips on navigating grief during the holidays

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 13:32:11 GMT

The holidays are filled with activities, excitement, and very high expectations for a joyful season.But for families experiencing the loss of a loved one, the holidays can be especially tough.Children and GriefWhen it comes to children, Andy McNeil, senior advisor for Youth Programs at the nonprofit Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors or TAPS, told WTOP in an interview that it’s common to hear that “kids are resilient, they bounce right back.” But, McNeil said, “kids are not resilient in a vacuum,” they need guidance and support from the adults around them.Everyone, child or adult, grieves differently. Adults, McNeil advised, shouldn’t assume that children are doing just fine if they don’t bring up the loss of the loved one or if they seem to be carrying on as normal.“Silent grief is not absent grief,” McNeil said.He said adults who are having a difficult time with their own grief, or simply want to express it, shouldn’...

Bayern Munich’s game with Union Berlin called off due to snow chaos in southern Germany

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 13:32:11 GMT

MUNICH (AP) — Bayern Munich’s home game against Union Berlin was called off because of heavy snowfall on Saturday.Cold weather, snowfall and ice have caused transport chaos in Munich and southern Germany.“It was decided not to play the game because of the security risks for all involved,” Union said in a statement 5½ hours before the Bundesliga game was due to start.The league added that the Allianz Arena management “has kept the stadium from hosting today’s game due to persistent heavy snowfall.”News agency DPA reported that flight operations at Munich airport were suspended, and numerous railway lines around Munich had to be closed on Saturday night. Passengers had to spend the night on trains in Ulm and Munich.___AP soccer: https://apnews.com/hub/SoccerSource

Record Heat Possible this Saturday as Heat and Humidity Returns

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 13:32:11 GMT

This time of the year, South Florida can experience a flip flop in weather conditions, with a cool down occurring earlier this week but temperatures have now returned above average this weekend ahead of our next cold front.In Miami, the record high of 86F today can even be tied!Expect partly sunny to partly cloudy skies this Saturday across South Florida paired with a light, southeasterly breeze and only the chance for seeing a stray shower. Highs will reach the mid 80s.Sunday will be fairly similar with times of sunshine and clouds although rain chances will be higher at a 30% chance courtesy of more moisture in place being drawn in by a southerly wind. Lots of dry time is still ahead so this rain chance shouldn’t disrupt your outdoor plans too much. Otherwise it will remain relatively hot with highs in the mid to upper 80s. There will also be the chance for areas of morning fog.One more day of heat is on the docket for our Monday before a weak front crosses through late in t...

Kamala Harris at climate summit: World must ‘fight’ those stalling action

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 13:32:11 GMT

DUBAI — The vast, global efforts to arrest rising temperatures are imperiled and must accelerate, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris told the world climate summit on Saturday. “We must do more,” she implored an audience of world leaders at the COP28 climate talks in Dubai. And the headwinds are only growing, she warned.“Continued progress will not be possible without a fight,” she told the gathering, which has drawn more than 100,000 people to this Gulf oil metropolis. “Around the world, there are those who seek to slow or stop our progress. Leaders who deny climate science, delay climate action and spread misinformation. Corporations that greenwash their climate inaction and lobby for billions of dollars in fossil fuel subsidies.” Her remarks — less than a year before an election that could return Donald Trump to the White House — challenged leaders to cooperate and spend more to keep the goal of containing global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius within reach. So far, the pl...

France and Philippines eye a security pact to allow joint military combat exercises

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 13:32:11 GMT

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — France and the Philippines are condiering a defense pact that would allow them to send military forces to each other’s territory for joint exercises, the Philippine defense chief said Saturday after holding talks with his French counterpart.Gilberto Teodoro Jr. said in a joint press conference with French Minister for the Armed Forces Sebastien Lecornu that they were seeking authorization from their heads of state to begin negotiations.“We intend to take concrete steps into leveling up and making more comprehensive our defense cooperation, principally by working to get authorization from our respective heads of state and relevant agencies to begin negotiations for a status of visiting forces agreement,” Teodoro said.“The first goal is to create interoperability or a strategic closeness between both armed forces, see how both navies work together, how air forces work together,” Lecornu said through an interpreter.The Philippines has such an agreement ...

Russia brings new charges against jailed Kremlin foe Navalny

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 13:32:11 GMT

MOSCOW (AP) — Imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been handed new charges by Russian prosecutors.The 47-year-old is already serving more than 30 years in prison after being found guilty of crimes including extremism — charges that his supporters characterize as politically motivated. In comments passed to his associates, Navalny said he had been charged under article 214 of Russia’s penal code, which covers crimes of vandalism.“I don’t even know whether to describe my latest news as sad, funny or absurd,” he wrote in comments on social media Friday via his team. “I have no idea what Article 214 is, and there’s nowhere to look. You’ll know before I do.”He said that the charges were part of the Kremlin’s desire to “initiate a new criminal case against me every three months.” Never before has a convict in solitary confinement for more than a year had such a rich social and political life,” he joked.Navalny is one of President Vladimir Putin’s most ardent opponents, best kno...