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The newspaper's public editor has apologized, but the updated story was issued without a correction

He checked out of my life when I needed him most. Now, he wants to be my dad again

Years of health-care reporting couldn't prepare me for what befell my mother -- and my family

According to Nielsen, it requires less than you might think.

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One writer takes on her grandma's recipe to reclaim her cultural identity — and her relationship with cooking

As she faces terminal cancer, I've had to learn just how vulnerable she really is

My son's leaving for college and I'm having empty-nest panic but his generation gives me hope for the future