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Ask Amy: Sister ponders going “no-contact”

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:52:11 GMT

Dear Amy: I am the youngest of three sisters and have always had a rough relationship with my mom and sisters.I don’t fit in. They are all about drama.Recently, I received a call from my dad, asking me to visit.I was so stressed out the night before that I didn’t sleep. That morning, I almost threw up from so much anxiety about it. I never know what I’ll say that will set one of them off. Then the others follow suit.I can’t ask them questions. Anything I do say gets used against me.I have tried to give them a taste of their own medicine, but that only seems to increase the bullying.I want them in my life because they are my parents and sisters, but I don’t want to walk on eggshells around them.We have gone two years without talking before, and recently we went over a year with no contact.The times I didn’t have them in my life were amazing. My relationship with my husband flourished. I wasn’t stressed. My daughters did well because I was happy enough to...

Kosovo PM presents plan to defuse tensions in Serb-majority area

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:52:11 GMT

Kosovo's prime minister (pictured) on Tuesday (13 June) presented a plan to defuse tensions in its Serb-majority north that would include fresh local elections and cuts in special police, bowing to pressure from key Western supporters of its independence.But the arrest the same day of a Serb identified by the Kosovo Albanian interior minister as an organiser of assaults on NATO peacekeepers during Serb unrest last month stirred fresh anger in the volatile region.Around 200 Serbs gathered in North Mitrovica to protest against the arrest, with Kosovo Albanian police in anti-riot gear standing a few hundred metres away. US soldiers with the KFOR peacekeeping force were also in the vicinity.During the operation to arrest Milun Milenkovic, three Kosovo Albanian policemen were lightly injured, Interior Minister Xhelal Svecla said on his Facebook page.Some 30 peacekeepers and 52 Serbs were injured in the clashes late last month after ethnic Albanian mayors took office following a local ele...

Santiago: Tee time with the traitor, how Miami rolls for indicted Trump

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:52:11 GMT

He’s had trouble finding a first-class attorney to represent him at his Miami arraignment. His White House associates are now witnesses. His vice president is running against him.But Miami, oh Miami — alleged capital of democratic yearnings for the rest of the hemisphere — is staging a love fest for America’s caudillo in his darkest hour.The special counsel bringing Donald Trump to justice said the ex-president “put our country at risk.”But that Trump has been indicted on 37 felony counts of documented treasonous behavior — grave acts like bragging about possessing a military plan to invade Iran, knowingly stealing thousands of classified documents and storing them at Mar-a-Lago and obstructing justice instead of returning them — is only fuel to show him more adoration.“We love you!” a woman in an unmistakably rhythmic Miami accent kept shrieking as Trump entered his hotel in Doral Monday for an overnight stay before his arraignment Tuesday at the downtown Mi...

Single family residence sells in Palo Alto for $4.9 million

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:52:11 GMT

890 Marshall Drive – Google Street ViewA spacious house located in the 800 block of Marshall Drive in Palo Alto has a new owner. The 3,205-square-foot property, built in 1989, was sold on June 1, 2023. The $4,860,000 purchase price works out to $1,516 per square foot. The property features four bedrooms, four bathrooms, a garage, and two parking spaces. It sits on an 8,060-square-foot lot, which also has a pool.These nearby houses have also recently changed hands:A 1,351-square-foot home on the 800 block of Moreno Avenue in Palo Alto sold in May 2023, for $3,300,000, a price per square foot of $2,443. The home has 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms.In July 2022, a 3,415-square-foot home on Marshall Drive in Palo Alto sold for $7,700,000, a price per square foot of $2,255. The home has 5 bedrooms and 5 bathrooms.On Celia Drive, Palo Alto, in March 2023, a 1,594-square-foot home was sold for $3,100,000, a price per square foot of $1,945. The home has 4 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms.Related Article...

Bridge: June 15, 2023

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:52:11 GMT

Cy the Cynic defines the difference between good advice and meddling: He provides good advice; other people meddle.Cy, today’s North, could have overcalled 1NT at his first turn but doubled instead; he didn’t like his spade holding for notrump. When South “advanced” 1NT, Cy raised to game.West led the seven of spades: five, ten, queen. South finessed in diamonds through West and cashed four diamonds. West threw hearts. When South led a heart next, West won and led the king of spades. South had only eight tricks, and West won the last four tricks with the ace of clubs and good spades.OVERTRICK“A bit of advice,” Cy told his partner. “Let East’s ten of spades win. East must shift, and you have time to force out West’s aces and make the contract.”“Mind your own business,” South snapped. “If East has a second spade, I go down two.”Your partner’s dummy play should be none of your concern, but Cy had ...

Adolescentes y adultos jóvenes están muriendo por suicidio y homicidio en EE.UU. a las tasas más altas en décadas, según los CDC

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:52:11 GMT

(CNN) — En 2021, las tasas de suicidio y homicidio de niños y adultos jóvenes de 10 a 24 años en EE.UU. fueron las más altas en décadas, según un nuevo informe de los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades de EE.UU., CDC.El suicidio y el homicidio fueron la segunda y tercera causa principal de muerte para este grupo de edad, respectivamente, y ambos causaron aproximadamente 11 muertes por cada 100.000 personas de 10 a 24 años. La tasa de homicidios para este grupo de edad en 2021 fue la más alta desde 1997, y la tasa de suicidio fue la más alta registrada desde 1968.Las tasas de suicidio superaron las tasas de homicidio para este grupo de edad en 2010 y han seguido aumentando durante la última década. Pero un gran aumento en las tasas de homicidio durante el primer año de la pandemia de covid-19 unió las tasas de ambos tipos de muerte violenta por primera vez en una década.Para los niños de 10 a 14 años, sin embargo, quedaba una gran brecha. La tasa de suicidi...

England midfielder Bellingham signs with Real Madrid

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:52:11 GMT

MADRID (AP) — England midfielder Jude Bellingham has completed his move to Real Madrid from Borussia Dortmund by signing a six-year deal with his new club on Thursday.Bellingham posed with his new No. 5 shirt before Madrid’s packed trophy case after he passed his medical exam and signed the contract alongside club president Florentino Pérez.Despite reportedly being a transfer target for several top European clubs, including Manchester City and Manchester United, Bellingham opted to move to the Spanish club that has won the European Cup a record 14 times.Madrid did not confirm the transfer fee, but Dortmund said in a statement to the stock exchange last week that it could reach more than 130 million euros ($139 million). ___More AP soccer: https://apnews.com/hub/soccer and https://twitter.com/AP_SportsSource

ANÁLISIS | A medida que crecen las capacidades de inteligencia de Beijing, el espionaje se convierte en un punto crítico cada vez mayor en los lazos entre EE.UU. y China

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:52:11 GMT

(CNN) — Por segunda vez este año, las preocupaciones de que los chinos espíen a Estados Unidos han ensombrecido una visita planeada a China por parte del principal diplomático de EE.UU. mientras las dos superpotencias intentan mejorar los lazos fracturados mientras mantienen un ojo vigilante el uno del otro.Se espera que el secretario de Estado de EE.UU., Antony Blinken, aterrice en Beijing durante el fin de semana tras el aplazamiento de su viaje anterior planeado para febrero después de que un globo de vigilancia chino deambulara por el territorio continental de EE.UU., sobrevolando sitios militares sensibles antes de ser derribado por un avion estadounidense de combate.Pero con Blinken a punto de hacer un viaje considerado como un paso clave para reparar las comunicaciones fracturadas entre EE.UU. y China, otra controversia de espionaje ha estallado en los últimos días luego de los informes de medios de que China había llegado a un acuerdo para construir una posición de esp...

DC teen’s group bringing color to hospitalized children with creative cards

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:52:11 GMT

No artistic skills? No problem. That’s what one D.C. teen wants you to know if you want to volunteer making cards for hospitalized children.“Anybody can become a volunteer, anybody can just share their art with us because everyone has potential,” said Edie Young, 16, a sophomore at Jackson-Reed High School in D.C.Young started her organization We Are Artistic about four years ago to provide an outlet to young artists. Last year, she started partnering with the organization Cards for Hospitalized Kids.Jen Rubino, who is now a student studying international relations at George Washington University, started the cardmaking and delivery organization about 10 years ago.“Back when I was in high school, my own experience in the hospital really inspired me to want to help others, and it started really small. At first, it was mainly just in the community. But it really took off really quickly — and is now nationwide,” Rubino said.Rubino’s organization has ...

AP PHOTOS: MLB teams celebrate LGBTQ+ community with ballpark Pride Nights

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:52:11 GMT

All but one Major League Baseball team will celebrate Pride Night this season as a show of support for LGBTQ+ fans. MLB has been a leader among the four major pro U.S. sports in hosting Pride Nights, in part because its regular season overlaps with Pride Month in June. Twenty-nine teams are set to welcome LGBTQ+ fans for designated games this season. Many adopt rainbow-colored uniforms patches or logos, set up special signage around ballparks and invite guests including community leaders and drag performers. This year, former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., threw out a ceremonial first pitch at the Washington Nationals’ Pride game.The Texas Rangers are the only franchise that does not host a Pride Night. The team said in a statement to The Associated Press that it is committed to making everyone feel welcome and included, and “that means in our ballpark, at every game, and in all we do — for both our fans and our employees.”Pride Nights have drawn some push back in...