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ABC cancels ‘Bachelorette’ season with Taylor Frankie Paul, citing 2023 video

LOS ANGELES (AP) — ABC has scrubbed the upcoming season of “The Bachelorette,” starring Taylor Frankie Paul, three days before its planned premiere, citing a newly released video from 2023 in which she appears to punch, kick and throw chairs at her former partner as her young daughter watched and cried. Thursday’s cancellation of the already filmed 22nd season of the reality show is unprecedented. While ABC parent company Disney cited the older video, the move comes amid a current domestic violence investigation involving Paul and Dakota Mortensen, father to a son who is the ...

Hints From Heloise

Understanding protein overload Dear Heloise: Forty years ago, when I was doing Weight Watchers, I had terrible dandruff until a new hairdresser told me, “It is caused by eating too much protein.” So, I cut back, and lo and behold, I haven’t had any more dandruff since then. — P.M., in St. Louis P.M., dandruff isn’t directly caused by protein. It comes primarily from a fungus (Malassezia) that feeds on sebum. A diet with protein helps the scalp maintain a healthy balance. On the other hand, a diet that is heavy in refined sugars, dairy and processed foods seems to worsen the ...

From retirement dreams to raising kids again

Dear Annie: I never imagined I’d be packing school lunches again at 62. My husband, “Tom,” and I raised our children, worked hard and finally reached that stage where life felt calmer. We downsized, paid off most of what we owed and talked about traveling, volunteering and enjoying a quieter home. Then everything changed. Last year, our daughter, “Nicole,” hit a wall. I won’t share all her business, but there were issues with addiction and an unstable relationship. One night she called crying, and by the next morning, our two grandkids, “Sophie” (8) and “Mason” ...

Horoscope

We care how we are perceived because we can imagine how we are perceived. All humans have some form of self-model, and most are sensitive to how that self is perceived by others. Social Gemini moon in a profound trine with Pluto and squared to Mercury offers up a mirror. Gazing into it isn’t about vanity, but about making sure one’s existence registers in the social world. ARIES (March 21-April 19). It feels like the reward isn’t enough or isn’t there at all. That doesn’t mean your work is meaningless. Yes, there are tedious aspects. Don’t let exhaustion masquerade as ...

Nonprofits, unions and airports rally to feed TSA officers as shutdown drags on

(AP) — Across the country, collections are popping up to help Transportation Security Administration officers who have been without full pay for more than a month due to the partial government shutdown affecting the Department of Homeland Security. The charity World Central Kitchen, more accustomed to feeding those in war zones and disaster areas, started providing meals to Washington, D.C.-area airports after many TSA officers missed their first full paycheck. On Thursday, Feeding San Diego began distributing 400 boxes with pasta, beans and peanut butter as well as fresh produce ...

Iran threatens to ‘completely’ close Strait of Hormuz and hit power plants after Trump’s ultimatum

ARAD, Israel (AP) — The United States and Iran threatened to target critical infrastructure Sunday as the war in the Middle East, now in its fourth week, puts lives and livelihoods at risk throughout the region. Iran said the Strait of Hormuz, crucial to oil and other exports, would be “completely closed” immediately if the U.S. follows up on President Donald Trump’s threat to attack its power plants. Trump late Saturday set a 48-hour deadline to open the strait. Israeli leaders visited one of two southern communities near a secretive nuclear research site struck by Iranian ...