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ARIES (March 21-April 19). Relationships knit together with shared experiences, not a shared point of view. Each has a different version of the story, and it will be fun to listen, compare and contrast them all. TAURUS (April 20-May 20). You’re in charge of your own agenda. Don’t drive yourself too hard. You’ll be more productive when you make a loose plan and give yourself the flexibility that comes from a long list of options. GEMINI (May 21-June 21). The reason you get to be in your current position is because you’ve earned it. So, while you feel lucky, don’t forget ...

Is a teenage bride ever OK?

Dear Annie: My 19-year-old daughter -- she’ll be 20 in July -- is a sophomore at Charleston College. She came home for spring break and informed my husband and me that she had found her soul mate at Charleston, and they plan to marry this summer. He’s 24 and a graduate student teaching English. She wants to go back to school in the fall as husband and wife. How they plan to support themselves we have no idea. Should we try to talk her out if it? We’ve already told her we think it’s a mistake. -- Disapproving Dear Disapproving: Have a candid conversation with your daughter ...

Blending made easy

Dear Heloise: I’ve discovered that when I make a cook-and-serve pudding, I need to stir the mix into the cold milk and bring it to a boil while stirring constantly. Unfortunately, the pudding mix takes a long time to blend with cold milk. So, before I start, I place the needed amount of cold milk in a microwave-safe bowl and warm it up. Then, when I mix the milk and pudding mix together, they blend much easier. I save time and frustration when I warm the milk first. -- Mary-Jane M., Sandy, Utah Send a great hint to: Heloise P.O. Box 795001 San Antonio, TX 78279- 5001 ...

Youngkin seeks plan for wastewater surveillance of fentanyl

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin signed an executive order Tuesday that directs state agencies to take 10 steps intended to bolster the fight against the fentanyl crisis, including setting up a plan to use wastewater surveillance to keep tabs on use of the drug. Fentanyl overdose deaths in Virginia have grown more than 20-fold since 2013, according to Youngkin’s executive order, which also states that since 2020, more Virginians have died from fatal drug overdoses than motor vehicle and gun-related deaths combined. “We must act,” Youngkin said in a statement. ...

El Chapo’s son, Sinaloa members face sanctions over fentanyl

WASHINGTON — The United States on Tuesday sanctioned a son of Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, three members of the powerful Sinaloa cartel and two Mexican-based firms, alleging they trafficked fentanyl and other drugs into the U.S. The sanctions came the day Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador talked with President Joe Biden by phone about immigration and the fentanyl crisis. A White House readout of the call said the two presidents recognized their nations’ recent efforts to counter fentanyl and arms trafficking “by dismantling criminal ...

Jill Biden: Writing about her grief after son’s death helped

WASHINGTON — Jill Biden says writing about the “crushing” grief she felt after her son Beau died of cancer helped give her the emotional strength to carry on as she encouraged young people who have lost loved ones during military service to spill their feelings out onto paper. “It takes courage to write,” she said Tuesday, “but it’s worth it, because it helps us glue ourselves back together. It connects to those who carry their own grief, reminds us that we aren’t alone. And you are not alone.” The first lady opened up about her experience with the children and ...