[ad_1] Whether the government shuts down this weekend or limps into the new fiscal year with temporary funding, the Pentagon’s new, big ideas could see significant delays in the year ahead.  One example: the Air Force’s robot wingman, or collaborative combat aircraft, effort and the many individual programs that feed into it.  While the exact ...

[ad_1] DEAR ABBY: My 23-year-old daughter, “Chloe,” lives with me and refuses to acknowledge her grandmother’s emails and letters, which are delivered to our home. It has been four years since my mother has even seen Chloe. My mother is growing increasingly disappointed and is grieved by Chloe’s apparent distancing. (We live 20 miles apart.) ...

[ad_1] DEAR ABBY: When our son went to college years ago, he traveled all summer with a school-sponsored ministry singing group. The members were all smart, attractive, talented young men and women — a group of four. I stopped going to his concerts because my husband became attracted to one of the young women. She ...

About Bluetti For many of us, having access to electricity is something they often take for granted. However, there are millions of families in Africa without access to this basic necessity. That’s where BLUETTI comes in. Since 2020, the company has been running an incredible project called LAAF (Lighting An African Family) in Kenya, Africa. ...

[ad_1] DEAR ABBY: I have been married to a man I’ll call “Ed” for 15 years. We are seniors, but he is 17 years older than I am. I have three children from a previous marriage who are grown and on their own. I think my husband is gay but never came out of the ...

[ad_1] A government shutdown could halt munition production and the acceptance of equipment, and may stall efforts that support Ukraine, the Pentagon’s acquisition chief said Tuesday. “I have some testing work we want to do next week on an item for Ukraine, and unless we can get some type of a waiver—which we’re going to ...

[ad_1] Today, a 20-acre stretch of green space known as the “Coy facility” remains an active school campus in East Austin. But soon, Austin Independent School District will convert it into an apartment complex to house teachers and staff who are increasingly getting priced out of the urban Texas district. The goal is to create ...

[ad_1] DEAR ABBY: My mother-in-law is a heavy smoker. She lives two hours away from us, so when she visits, she likes to stay for one or two nights. My husband and I have a 3-year-old son, and my MIL’s smoking is a huge concern for me. Every two hours, she smokes outside on our ...