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'I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER'

Rated R for bloody horror violence, language throughout, some sexual content and brief drug use.

What it’s about: A group of friends are wracked by guilt after a terrible accident and start receiving ominous anonymous notes.

The kid attractor factor: Teens will be drawn to the slasher about young friends. ...Read more

It is nearing twilight, and I have come home to stand at the edge of the woods.

My ears at first can only pick up the chirping of crickets and tree frogs in the still of the South Carolina summer evening.

But then, daring to move in closer, I hear what I came for, the sweet trickle of the little creek that winds its way behind the woods and ...Read more

NORFOLK, Va. — Thousands of Virginians use Medicaid at Planned Parenthood health centers across the state for reproductive health care services every year. But a provision in President Donald Trump’s “One Big, Beautiful Bill Act” could cut off those people from accessing services using federal support.

The organization serves roughly 25...Read more

Parents are giving credit cards to children so young that some of them aren’t able to make their own beds or cross the street alone. These newly minted cardholders are buckled into car seats whenever they travel and wear water wings at the pool but have credit cards linked to their parents’ account.

One mother said she and her husband added...Read more

Q. I’m wondering if I should attend my former mother-in-law’s funeral. I have had no contact with her since our breakup, years ago, but my children remained close to both their dad and their grandmother. According to my kids, their dad is pretty broken up by the passing and I am concerned he may not be much comfort to the kids (adults now) ...Read more

Romance authors have such huge and wonderful imaginations. If anyone thinks that because romance has a formula that it’s boring, you couldn’t be more wrong. And with all of the hockey romance that’s out there, you would think that because it’s so niche, that there couldn’t be a different take on the subgenre. That’s where you’re ...Read more

Marianna Marlowe’s "Portrait of a Feminist" isn’t your typical feminist memoir. It doesn’t shout its message or come armed with statistics and slogans. Instead, it invites you into the quiet, powerful moments that shaped one woman’s identity across years, continents and cultures. Told in a series of beautifully written personal essays ...Read more

Set in the shadow of World War II during the Berlin Airlift, this sweeping, character-rich work brings the past into sharp focus — not just in terms of facts and figures, but in the emotional stakes of those who endured one of the Cold War’s earliest and most decisive confrontations. The result is a moving, deeply human story about standing ...Read more

DENVER — Despite congressional Republicans’ stated intention to “defund” Planned Parenthood, the reproductive-health nonprofit expects to hold on in Colorado — though about 5,000 people who received primary care at its clinics will need to find new doctors.

H.R. 1, the GOP-backed tax-and-spending law previously known as the One Big ...Read more

'SUPERMAN'

Rated PG-13 for violence, action and language.

What it’s about: The iconic superhero is reborn in James Gunn's vision, but with all the familiar elements in place — enemy Lex Luthor, lover Lois Lane — as he fights for truth, justice, and a better tomorrow.

The kid attractor factor: Older kids will be drawn to the superhero ...Read more

The last time we sold a house was 40 years ago, so we were unfamiliar with the current concept of “staging a house” before selling it. When our youngest daughter and husband mentioned staging their house, we thought live music and refreshments might be involved. Wrong again.

Staging a house means you declutter, deep clean and enter all your...Read more

Q. Although my ex has never been officially diagnosed, she must have some sort of affliction because no one could be as terrible as she is without having something. That’s fine for me. I left her long ago, but my children, who are now adults, constantly complain about her. I can certainly identify with their observations, and I wish I had been...Read more

To say Bill Ehnert appreciates women is an understatement. Whatever female strays into his peripheral vision, he sees through his own particular pair of rose-colored glasses, which makes Ken Rossal’s newest novel, "Wither Creek," a joyous and libidinous ride.

Starting out at 16, living in Smalltown America, Rossal’s everyman first falls in ...Read more

Michael Bienenstock’s "Love and Hope Have No Borders" is a rare novel that manages to be intimate and expansive at once. Told through the eyes of Joe Gold, a young Jewish medical student from New York, the book follows his reluctant journey to a Syrian refugee camp in Jordan, where his internship through Doctors Without Borders becomes much ...Read more

Imagine a covert operative enhanced by microscopic technology, only to discover the very tools that empower her might also be used to control her.

This is the exhilarating premise of Edward L.E. Phont’s "The Hidden Pulse," a high-octane blend of science fiction and thriller that grabs hold from page one. Set in the near future, the novel ...Read more