Advice Dear Annie: My family held grudges against me when I was a child and now I’m doing that with my stepkids Published: Jun. 27, 2025, 11:30 a.m.

More than 30 years after marching in Los Angeles as a child, I was back on the streets of my city advocating for immigrants.

The lines that had made me feel damaged as a child had become a source of strength — a reminder of my resilience. They shaped me but didn’t define me. I learned I was more than my trauma.

A reunion of teacher and student in Riverdale, a deli order faux pas and more reader tales of New York City in this week’s Metropolitan Diary.

DEAR ANNIE: When I married my husband, I was completely inexperienced and unaware of his interest in kink. Six months into our marriage, a woman contacted me claiming to be one of his submissives ...

Ghost Whisperer was a show that my mom used to love so I decided to check it out, and now I get why she loved it so much.

A 2-year-old Bronx boy was still alive when he was “callously” thrown into a river by his father — who later boasted to the child’s worried mother, “Shut the f—k up!… ...

15."As a child, my dad told me about an animal called a 'Side Hill Gouger.' Basically, it lived on the side of a mountain and had legs that were shorter on one side so it could stand upright.

SZA tells Chappell Roan that she was a "freakazoid" as a child and was into "mystical s---" during an interview with Chappell Roan for 'Interview' magazine.

Jenna Ortega said in a new interview with Harper’s Bazaar that she was “an unhappy person” in the aftermath of Netflix’s “ Wednesday ” becoming a global sensation and blowing up her ...

Dear Abby: Ever since I was a child my mom has regarded me as a confidant. Sometimes I feel like I'm her mom. She refuses to go to therapy. I’m getting ready to leave for college. How can I help ...