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Feeling bad about dumb injury? Athletes did worse

By GEORGIA GARVEY Syndicated columnist I hurt my knee taking a step onto a riser in a performance at my kids’ elementary school the other day. I’m not sure yet how serious the injury is, but it’s the kind of incident that makes you feel about a hundred years old and like a complete ...

Kristi Noem rides off into the sunset

By RICH LOWRY Syndicated columnist At times, you could be forgiven for having thought that Kristi Noem wanted to be a uniformed Department of Homeland Security officer rather than the secretary of the department. Now, the cabinet member most inclined to glamour shots out in the field is ...

As clocks get changed, test alarms in home

Admittedly it’s a few days after the fact, but as Michiganders moved their clocks ahead one hour for daylight savings time Sunday, the Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs was encouraging residents to test their smoke alarms and carbon monoxide detectors. Daylight savings time serves as a seasonal reminder for households to check safety devices and replace batteries as needed. “Testing your smoke alarms is one of the simplest and most effective ways to increase your chance of surviving a home fire,” LARA Director Marlon I. Brown said in a news release. ...

Time to rethink gender transition for youths

By MONA CHAREN Syndicated columnist Within the past few weeks, two major medical groups, the American Society of Plastic Surgeons and the American Medical Association, have issued statements recommending against gender-affirming surgeries on minors. This is a break from the past few years, ...

IRS warns of ‘Dirty Dozen’ tax scams

For National Slam the Scam Day, the Internal Revenue Service on Thursday released its annual “Dirty Dozen” list of tax scams for 2026 that threaten the tax and financial information of taxpayers, businesses and tax professionals. The Dirty Dozen is part of a broader campaign conducted through the Security Summit, a partnership among the IRS, state tax agencies and the nation’s tax industry, according to an IRS news release. The IRS advises all taxpayers to remain cautious year-round, as criminals will always be on the lookout for new ways to obtain money, personal identifiable ...

You actually think Israel dragged Trump into war?

By IAN HAWORTH Syndicated columnist “It’s Israel’s war,” our collection of smooth-brained podcast class declared as they rushed to pump out as much propaganda as possible in the aftermath of the joint American-Israeli strikes on the Islamic Republic of Iran. The range of ...