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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Brandi Carlile, Allison Russell and Yola are the leading nominees for the 2022 Americana Honors and Awards, with each one up for album of the year, artist of the year and song of the year.
May 2022
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Can a low oxalate diet improve blood pressure?
Dear Dr. Roach: My blood pressure crept up on me, and I went on medication. I had been eating what I thought was a healthy diet to keep my blood pressure in check. My nutritionist suggested to me I back off my handful of almonds daily and check my intake of other foods high in oxalates. Two weeks later, my blood pressure was normal. I stopped taking blood pressure medication, and after four years, my pressure has stayed low-to-normal.
Abuse victim can’t get mother to see truth
Dear Abby: One of my siblings was abused as a child. In turn, he abused me when he was a pre-teen and into his teens. It stopped when he got a girlfriend at the age of 14. This was news to my parents.
Carolyne Hibbitt Alsup
Carolyne Hibbitt Alsup, age 93, passed from this life peacefully on Saturday, April 30, 2022. Born in Itasca TX in 1928, she grew up in Denison TX and lived there until 2009. For the past 11 years, she was a resident at StoryPoint Assisted Living in Chattanooga. She issurvived by her loving family, Bob and Lota Alsup of Chattanooga, Hal Alsup of Austin TX, and Mike and Lien Alsup of Tulsa OK; grandchildren, Joel and Lindsey Alsup of Memphis TN, James and Kathleen Alsup of Howell MI, and Emily and Justin Forsythe of Chattanooga TN; and seven great-grandchildren (Audrey and Jacob Wilkerson, Ethan and Harper Alsup, and Afton, Eleanor and Ronan Forsythe). She was preceded in death by her parents, Rev. Bruce T. Hibbitt Sr. and Merle Martin Hibbitt, and her siblings Nita Baxley and Bruce Hibbitt Jr. of Denison TX and Patsy Barnett of Baltimore MD.
Texas is the king of energy states. Why the hell can’t we be sure the power will stay on?
Ah, the rituals of a Texas summer: A run through the sprinklers. A hot grill and a cold beer.
Analysis: Grief. Horror. Inaction. Texas mass shootings follow a numbing script
Mass shootings in Texas have become so common, they begin to collectively feel familiar. But each lands with fresh horror.
Memorial Day – Reflection and Renewal
Memorial Day, celebrated on May 30, is cause for contemplation as well as ceremonies. Parades featuring people in uniform – those currently serving, those who have served, and others who protect us – should always be welcome. Military uniforms remind us of the roles of war in our history – and our present.
Green options transforming a wedding industry prone to waste
NEW YORK (AP) — The wedding industry remains fraught with waste, but a growing contingent of brides and grooms is pushing for more sustainable changes, from the way they invite guests to the food they serve and the clothes they wear.
Why isn’t my daylily blooming?
Dear Neil: My daylily isn’t blooming this year, and its leaves are covered with these little pests. What are they and are they the reason for the non-flowering? These are aphids.
Pandemic-weary Americans plan for summer despite COVID surge
HONOLULU (AP) — A high school prom in Hawaii where masked dancers weren’t allowed to touch. A return to virtual city council meetings in one Colorado town after the mayor and others tested positive following an in-person session. A reinstated mask mandate at skilled nursing facilities in Los Angeles County after 22 new outbreaks in a single week.