Assume you’re East and partner leads a heart against three notrump. You take the ace and realize that a heart return would be pointless, since it is impossible for partner to have a holding where a heart return would be beneficial. Your best chance, therefore, is to shift to your own suit, ...

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DEAR ANNIE: My sister moved in with our parents in the family home. After my mother sadly passed away, my father and sister continued living there together. Over time, my sister seemed to take over the running of the household. She even had the telephone disconnected, and there were other ...

Recess isn’t just a fun break for grade schoolers. It’s crucial to good health and good grades for kids of all ages. That’s the message from a leading pediatricians group, which just released the first new guidance in 13 years about this unstructured time at school and how it needs to ...

Health and wellness advice is available in abundance on social media — from trendy to informative to straight-up disinformation — and you’re far from alone in seeing it. A new survey by the Pew Research Center finds that about 4 in 10 U.S. adults — and around half of those under 50 ...

DEAR HELOISE: I noticed that my dog was constantly licking his feet; I’m not certain, but it could be due to allergies, irritation or contact with something from outdoors. It took a lot of trial and error to find relief. I tried several products for my 95-pound chocolate Lab, and then I found ...