CANFIELD COOKIES AND COCOA: Canfield Christian Church, 123 S. Broad St., will host free cookies and coffee or hot chocolate to those who want to stop in 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday after viewing the Christmas displays around the city, including light displays on Fairview Avenue. BLUE CHRISTMAS: ...

Have you ever searched for information about the side effects of a medication? These days, most people put the name of their drug into a search engine along with the phrase “side effects.” Whatever comes up is assumed to be an authoritative answer. Such searches are often incomplete. Now ...

TOKYO — I speak decent Spanish, picked up working several decades ago as a news and sports reporter in Spain, Mexico and Argentina. Now I report from Tokyo. After seven years, I still can’t grasp Japanese. My weekly language classes have taught me humility more than anything else. Ayaka ...

DEAR ANNIE: This letter describes my life experiences with bullies and how I managed to succeed. I was a scrawny, pimple-faced little kid growing up, had a weak voice, got fists shaken in my face while being held to the ground several times, was held underwater in swimming class and nearly ...

DEAR HELOISE: My mother always complained that her first daughter-in-law, Sally, did not know how to do laundry. Her dish towels were always dingy. Ma called them “battleship grey.” This was 50 years ago. Now, after a few decades of married life myself, I know how this dull color came ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a 70-year-old male with a large inguinal hernia on the right side. I have consulted two different surgeons, and both surgeons recommend taking care of the condition at the earliest convenience. The surgeon who specializes in robotic surgery recommends laparoscopic surgery ...