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This summer, about 300 children with ADHD have learned how to focus on listening to directions and following rules. In week one, the children interrupted the counselors, poked the kids next to them, and wandered from their group between activities. By week eight, they stayed with their groups and lined up quickly for the next activity when the whistle blew. ... Read More

At their one-bedroom Fort Lauderdale apartment, artists Khadine and Robert Spruce constantly jockeyed for studio space. The bedroom? Off-limits (except to store paintings, of course). The garage? Way too cramped. So the couple often traded off in the dining room, with Khadine painting mermaids on the table while Robert, a 12-year Air Force veteran, painted American flags on the floor. ... Read More

“This weekend was a tipping point for me,” said Sen. Rob Bradley, who chairs the appropriations committee. “When these events start to stack on each other, from California, to New Zealand, to Charleston, to El Paso, it becomes clear that an ideology is motivating these mentally deranged individuals.” ... Read More

European Wax Center offers waxing services to remove unwanted hairs from men and women. Services listed on the company’s website include full Brazilian bikini waxes, eyebrow waxes, and waxings of the legs, chest, stomach, underarms, lips, toes, and any other body part with hair. ... Read More

There are plenty of hunting rifles that hold 10 or less rounds. Semi-automatic military-grade weapons, on the other hand, are not meant for hunting animals, or for self-defense –– they’re meant for killing as many people as possible as quickly as possible, as we’ve seen in Parkland, Pulse, Gilroy, and now in El Paso and Dayton. ... Read More

The agency now says an above-normal season is more likely. NOAA maintained one earlier prediction, however, calling for two to four major hurricanes, which means those of Category 3 strength or higher, or storms with wind speeds of at least 111 miles per hour. But the agency said the more pessimistic prediction means that individual hurricanes could be worse than previously expected. ... Read More

“We had outgrown it,” he said, “and were more impressed with the big, fancy theaters. But when I realized it was gone it was sort of a melancholy feeling. It’s a symbol of how things have changed. That theater today couldn’t survive, a small neighborhood theater.” ... Read More