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DEAR ABBY: My boss doesn't set boundaries between work and our personal lives. I adore her, but the job is very stressful and comes first. She recently became engaged, and I don't know how to accept her husband-to-be. When we're all together, he's constantly on his cellphone or makes mean-spirited jabs at my husband over sports. We can't all cheer for the same team, an...

Parents often notice the physical symptoms first. Their child wakes up with a headache, mysterious stomach pain before school or tears at the kitchen table over homework. The anxiety underlying these symptoms is easier to miss. Adults frequently dismiss this behavior as a personality quirk, mislabeling compulsion as a harmless habit.

Yet childhood anxiety diagnoses cont...

Last April, Southwest Side residents celebrated the grand reopening of a Save A Lot, the last from a deal backed by $13.5 million in city money to renovate six of the discount grocery stores in food deserts.

The man behind the project was Joseph Canfield, CEO of Ohio-based Yellow Banana, heralded by fellow cofounders for his “couple decades of grocery experience." Follo...

The same week I met Pope Leo XIV, I watched my eldest son graduate.

Like any parent, I felt immense pride seeing him step into adulthood. But I also found myself thinking about the wounded country and world h...

Summer is starting out tough. Customers who rely on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program — also known as SNAP, Link in Illinois, or food stamps — are losing critical grocery benefits because of new feder...