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Dear Abby: I have a gay friend I’ll call “Allen.” We have been close friends for 13 years. Allen has visited me often with his friends from England, and two years ago, when I could finally afford to visit him, he invited me to stay in the home he shares with his boyfriend, “Rupert.” Rupert took an instant dislike to me. He treated me rudely and mocked my American accent the entire time I was there. I let it be and concentrated on the beautiful scenery, the beautiful people I met and my longtime friend.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – The call came from one of the many people Wanda Howard Battle considers a family member, whether they’re related or not. They were asking her to do something different: Lead tours of one of the nation’s most historic places, Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church in her hometown of Montgomery.

It’s become a Memorial Day tradition here at TGIF to reflect on a poem that, for many of us who worked in the Brownwood Bulletin newsroom, was the essence of what it commemorates. Written on a World War I battlefield more than a century ago, “In Flanders Fields” is a moving tribute to fallen soldiers written by Canadian army physician John McCrae.

UVALDE, Texas – Law enforcement authorities faced questions and criticism Thursday over how much time elapsed before they stormed a Texas elementary school classroom and put a stop to the rampage by a gunman who killed 19 children and two teachers.

Anguish spilled from a local civic center, where families desperately awaited news of their children after a shooter gunned down 19 children and two teachers at a Texas elementary school. Wednesday, the names of those killed in the state’s deadliest school shooting in modern history began to emerge.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – California could soon hold social media companies responsible for harming children who have become addicted to their products, permitting parents to sue platforms like Instagram and TikTok for up to $25,000 per violation under a bill that passed the state Assembly on Monday.

Americans on the cusp of retiring are facing a tough choice as they watch their nest eggs shrink: Stay the course or keep working. A stock market slump this year has taken a big bite out of investors’ portfolios, including retirement plans like 401(k)s.