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ST. PAUL, Minn. — There were four generations of Gordon Kirks at Holy Trinity Episcopal Church in St. Paul on Sunday morning.The eldest Gordon Kirk celebrated his 100th birthday last week, and his grandson, great-grandson and…

KNOXVILLE, Iowa ― Bette Helm was glad to have someone to talk with about her insomnia.Helm lives in a nursing home in this central Iowa town of about 7,500 people, where mental health services are sparse. On a recent morning, she had…

Anxiety is the most common psychological disorder affecting adults in the U.S. In older people, it’s associated with considerable distress as well as ill health, diminished quality of life, and elevated rates of disability.Yet, when…

BLUE BELL, Pa. — When the ballplayers first saw Jim Fullan swinging a bat last year, they figured he was just someone’s dad, hanging around practice.Fullan, 56, is a dad. He has nine grandkids too.On a rainy, windswept afternoon,…

RALEIGH, N.C. — The joy of whacking a green plastic orb first struck Richard and Mary Jo Panettieri in 2017, before the nationwide pickleball mania started spreading faster than spilled paint.But from that first swat, the retirees…

Hidden away in southwest Georgia, LaGrange is a small town with Southern heart and French-laced history. A textile town founded in 1828, LaGrange’s moneyed roots show up in the stately manses and architecturally significant buildings…

BALTIMORE — At one point, many years ago, Walter Reynolds just couldn’t sleep.He and members of his troop, who were stationed in the Philippines, lived in fear because Japanese soldiers would frequently try to stab them to death as…

BALTIMORE — The closest Art Beltrone had come to driving an ambulance was getting behind the wheel of a U-Haul rental truck. But before dawn on March 8 — after a test spin the day before — he climbed into one of the white emergency…

LOS ANGELES -- It's a daily ritual for millions of people. You wake up, pour a cup of coffee, and eventually make your way to one or more crossword puzzles, word games and other brain twisters.The test of banked knowledge and…

LOS ANGELES -- It's a daily ritual for millions of people. You wake up, pour a cup of coffee, and eventually make your way to one or more crossword puzzles, word games and other brain twisters.The test of banked knowledge and…