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Dear Annie: I read a letter in your column about inheritance issues, and I wanted to share my own story. My mother transferred a $930,000 house near the ocean to my single brother a few years ago in secret.

Back on May 30, 2023, after then-Speaker Kevin McCarthy cut a deal with President Joe Biden to suspend any limit on the federal debt through all of 2024, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer praised the deal as an act of “responsible” government.

Barack Obama got it right. He refused to be held captive to his party’s left wing. He adopted a strenuous policy of border enforcement, even as some Latino activists threatened to withhold their support for him. He had tense relations with Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu, but when anti-Israel protesters interrupted a Biden fundraiser over the Gaza conflict, Obama reprimanded them: “Here’s the thing, you can’t just talk and not listen.” And the hall broke into applause.

Imagine making a documentary about one of the 20th century’s leading opponents of the Ku Klux Klan -- without ever talking about the evil of the KKK itself. If that sounds like malpractice, consider PBS’s new documentary on the life of William F.

Dear Annie: I’m writing in response to the letter from “Brokenhearted Grandma,” whose husband grew angry and controlling over time. Reading about what has happened in her family brought back memories of what happened in my own family. After 20 years of marriage, my husband also became angry, self-centered, self-destructive and uncaring about the consequences of his hurtful and neglectful words and actions. He would tell lies to everyone, including our friends, our counselor and his doctors.

Today is the 101st day of 2024 and the 23rd day of spring. TODAY’S HISTORY: In 1866, the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) was founded in New York City.

Dear Annie: I’m 74 years of age, and I rent a room from a lady who has a 15-year-old son. I pay $600 a month for rent. I pay her $350 in cash, and I work off the other $250 by cleaning and cooking. I vacuum and make her bed and clean the restrooms. I wash dishes and clean the kitchen. When I cook food, I always wash the dishes and put them away as I go. So, when the food is prepared, I put it in the oven and leave the kitchen spotless and the floors mopped and cleaned.

The State’s Policies and Practices Seemed Designed to Strangle the Legal Marijuana Supply Three years after New York legalized marijuana, unauthorized pot shops outnumber licensed retailers by more than 20 to 1. Legislators and regulators could have avoided this “disaster,” as Gov.

There are a lot of famous arches across the globe that visitors travel long distances to see. There’s Utah’s natural Delicate Arch, and the architectural marvels that are Paris’ Arc de Triomphe and St.

Today is the 100th day of 2024 and the 22nd day of spring. TODAY’S HISTORY: In 1865, Robert E.