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Ringling Bros. announces comeback tour without animal acts

MIAMI — “The Greatest Show on Earth” is making a comeback featuring extraordinary humans and no animal acts five years after shutting down its three-ring circus, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey announced Wednesday. Talent teams have already conducted auditions in Argentina, ...

To Your Good Health: Look for these key signs of lactose intolerance

DEAR DR. ROACH: I’m a 78-year-old retired medical oncologist. While in residency in New York, I got a gastrointestinal virus that left me with lactose intolerance. After a while, it improved somewhat. But in the past couple of years, using Lactaid tabs when I ate yogurt started not to be ...

Dear Annie: The stress of a stay-at-home mom

Dear Annie: I recently got married to the father of my youngest child, and so far, nothing is going as planned. Some background: When we discovered I miraculously got pregnant with my third child (his first), he wanted me to quit my job and be a stay-at-home mom. I didn't like the idea, ...

Dear Annie: Singing with grandma, against all odds

Dear Annie: Growing up, my siblings and I were not particularly close with my father’s mother. My mom and dad had religious differences with Grandma, and she kept a distance from us. We were like the black sheep of the family! Years later, Grandma had Alzheimer’s. She attended a family ...

To Your Good Health: Should you switch your vaccine brand for second booster?

DEAR DR. ROACH: My wife and I are both in our late 60s. She has gotten three doses of the Pfizer vaccine, and I have gotten three doses of the Moderna, only because that was what was available when we got our first dose. Because of our age, we are considering getting a second booster dose. I ...

Passenger who landed plane says ‘hand of God’ was with him

A Florida man with no flying experience who kept his cool while landing a small plane says “the hand of God” was with him after the pilot collapsed at the controls. Darren Harrison told NBC’s “Today” show that he was relaxing with his feet up in the back of the single-engine Cessna ...