DEAR ANNIE: My 11-year-old son, “Max,” used to eat, sleep and breathe baseball. He wore his glove to the grocery store, slept in his favorite team T-shirt and spent hours in the backyard throwing a ball against the fence, narrating imaginary World Series games. This year he finally made ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: In 1998, I was diagnosed with lupus anticoagulant and was put on Coumadin. I tolerated it well. A couple of years ago, I was changed to Eliquis, which I also tolerate well. I noticed that when I was on Coumadin, I would find bruising on me that I didn’t realize I had until I ...

DEAR HELOISE: I, too, had no idea who was calling me — whether it was a “friend or foe” so to speak. I have a Samsung phone, and I categorized my contacts, such as all doctors, family members, auto services and medical groups, by assigning different ringtones to each of the groups. I ...

It isn’t easy to see how South can make four hearts after West starts out by leading the ace and another diamond. Declarer apparently must lose a spade, a heart, a diamond and a diamond ruff and go down one against best defense. But the late Albert Dormer, British expert and one of the most ...

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YOUNGSTOWN — The Diocese of Youngstown has announced three churches in Columbiana County will be merging effective Jan. 1. Bishop David J. Bonnar said the merger of St. Jude and Our Lady of Lourdes, both in Columbiana, and St. Patrick in Leetonia will merge with the new parish name ...