Robins Air Force Base Staffer Sues, Says Bosses Discriminated After Learning He Was Gay

A woman accused of plotting with her ex-boyfriend to murder her own grandparents at their Fort Lauderdale home in a suspected inheritance scheme has entered a plea of not guilty. Claudette Melvin, 85, and her husband, Major, 89, were peaceful, doting grandparents and great-grandparents who appeared to have no enemies, family members said, living out their days inside their quiet home in the shade on Southwest 30th Terrace.

Samantha Masunaga | Los Angeles Times (TNS) LOS ANGELES — It was a typical day on the set of Tim Burton’s “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice,” and a dead mime was screaming. The most unsettling problem? The actor’s tongue still had a visible and decidedly not-ghostly shade of pink. Christine Blundell and her hair and makeup team quickly got a blue food dye concoction for the actor to gargle and spit out so his tongue would go dark.

My family of five traveled often as I was growing up, usually with all of us piled into a single hotel room. My two siblings and I would argue over who slept where and who had to suffer through a night on the floor or on the lumpy pull-out couch. The three of us have had our ups and downs as we grew up and our personalities developed in different ways.

Gretchen McKay | (TNS) Pittsburgh Post-Gazette PITTSBURGH — Gathering with family or friends for a backyard cookout is always a good time. But for the person tasked with manning the grill? Maybe not so much. It’s often hot, tends to be smoky and the hosts almost never get to socialize with guests because they’re too busy cooking for everyone. “And there’s always some guy with dad shorts running around, and char on the food,” jokes self-taught chef Sorcha Murnane, who identifies as non-binary, trans masculine. Murnane’s career was largely focused on fast-casual dining in New York and Atlanta.

Elizabeth Hawse, MD, FAAP | American Academy of Pediatrics (TNS) As the school year begins, every family wants their children to be healthy, active and ready to learn. To prepare children and teens to be at their best – physically, mentally, socially and emotionally – the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends regular visits with the pediatrician, as well as immunizations that help keep all family members healthy. As school attendance plays a huge role in the development of children and teens, families can partner with pediatricians and schools to help students thrive and succeed. The AAP offers 10 tips on giving children their best chances for success this school year. 1.

Sam Whitehead, Renuka Rayasam, Andy Miller | (TNS) KFF Health News WINDER, Ga. — About an hour after gunfire erupted at Apalachee High School, ambulances started arriving at nearby Northeast Georgia Medical Center Barrow with two students and two adults suffering from panic attacks and extreme anxiety, not bullet wounds. A fifth patient with similar symptoms later arrived at another local facility, according to a health system spokesperson. The day after the Sept.