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- What’s the best TV show for kids? The easy answer: The one that will give you 20 minutes to boil a pot of spaghetti and wonder how long a Cheerio has been stuck to your butt, writes columnist Monica Hesse.
- A physician tells the story of her 28-year-old hospice patient and the transformative conversation no one else could hear. “It undoubtedly was the most powerful thing I’ve ever experienced as a physician.”
- Approval for the president among rural Americans dropped this month to 50 percent — a new low. Farmers, one of Republicans’ most loyal voting blocs, are increasingly voicing discontent with the party’s policies.
- President Trump left no ambiguity as to how he felt about the Obama administration’s 2015 nuclear deal with Iran. Now, Trump has a preliminary deal with Iran of his own. Here’s how his compares:
- As a physician and the chief medical officer of Hospice Buffalo, Chris Kerr has seen his patients experience end-of-life dreams and visions for nearly 30 years. He has made a mission of educating the public about the value of deathbed dreams.
- Amtrak’s Downeaster can take you to Maine's beaches. Venture on the T to Massachusetts coast. Before you pack up your car, see where you can catch the train for your next beach getaway:
- She has seen patients experience end-of-life dreams and visions but was still astounded when her mother had one.
- Regulators for years have asked for tougher rules for air tours with paying customers. They undergo fewer safety inspections, don’t need to carry black-box crash recorders, and don’t need to maintain systems for spotting and fixing safety problems.
- Researchers put professional fundraisers and commercial AI models head-to-head to raise money for the nonprofit Save the Children. The chatbots won — with a caveat.
- Scientists have found that fermented foods may lower inflammation, improve blood sugar control and increase the diversity of your gut microbiome. Here are some easy ways to eat more of them:
- SpaceX’s $2.4 trillion market value is based on promises of putting data centers in space and establishing a colony of a million people on Mars, a premise so far-fetched that experts decline to ascribe any impact to it.
- Alina Fernández Revuelta, longtime regime critic and estranged daughter of Fidel Castro, and other exiles in Miami anxiously watch from afar Cuba’s instability and wait to see President Trump’s next move for the island.
