Opinion

As the Pac-12 fights for survival in the wake of USC and UCLA announcing their joint departure for the Big Ten in 2024, merger, acquisition and going-out-of-business talk is all the rage. Washington and Oregon are also headed to the Big Ten … No, Stanford is really the next target … Arizona State, Arizona, Utah and Colorado are preparing to jump to the Big 12 … The Pac-12 and Big 12 should merge to form a super-conference … Meanwhile, the grandmaster stays quiet, examining the chessboard and plotting its next move.

A year from now, the good people of Highland Park will be wondering whether to hold a parade. There will be a school of thought believing the town must get back to something approaching Independence Day normalcy, if only for the sake of its children; others will worry that a parade will trigger the trauma of 2022, when a hidden assailant fired his assault-style rifle in the direction of grandparents and kids, community stalwarts and hardworking parents.

Dear Doctors: Our mom is 79 years old and in good health. She was lonely after our dad died, and went into assisted living to be near other people. She’s lost a few steps physically, and my sister thinks it’s because her daily tasks -- like shopping, cooking and cleaning -- are taken care of. Does that really keep you fit?

It’s officially summer and extreme temperatures continue to affect many parts of the U.S. “It’s important to protect yourself and your family from high temperatures and humidity,” says Dr.

Lost in the furor over the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn the nearly five decades of American bodily autonomy guaranteed by Roe v. Wade was another appalling ruling in Vega v. Tekoh. It undermined the landmark 56-year-old precedent that established what have come to be known as Miranda rights.