DEAR DR. ROACH: My doctor’s office makes patients sign in for appointments on their electronic kiosks. When you sign in, you must accept that doctors are using an AI tool during your appointment. You cannot decline using AI; either you accept, or you cannot sign in for the appointment. It ...

There are times when declarer must do something extra-special to accomplish his mission. Usually, the required play is well off the beaten path, and the difficult part lies not so much in executing it, which might be easy, but in recognizing it in the first place. Take the present case where ...

DEAR ANNIE: My children are trying to move me into assisted living, and I feel like I’m being slowly erased. I am in my early 80s, and I still live in the home where I raised my kids. It is not fancy, but it is mine. I know every creaky stair. I know which window sticks in the winter. I ...

Fitness pro and author Robin Arzon has a vegan lentil sloppy joes recipe that tastes hearty and smoky, without a sugary ketchup vibe. It comes from her cookbook “Eat to Hustle.” And it’s in a chapter that reworks road-trip favorites into healthier, protein-rich meals. For this recipe, ...

DEAR HELOISE: When I buy a rotisserie chicken, I eat one leg and thigh while it is nice, warm and tasty. Then I put the bag of chicken in the fridge. I later take the breast meat off for chicken salad to eat alone or as a sandwich, and I always put a 1/2 teaspoon of curry powder in the chicken ...

MOORHEAD, Minn. — It’s still winter in Minnesota, but for the people lined up Sunday in single-digit cold at the Moorhead Dairy Queen, spring is in the air. The annual March 1 opening of the 77-year-old walk-up ice cream shop is a tradition, no matter the weather. Heavy snow, subzero cold ...