Last week’s column defined positive psychology and its relationship to happiness. A study of over 2,065 of age and older individuals, by Ostir, Markides, Black, and Goodwin found that positive emotion can predict health and longevity. The study discovered that happy people were half as likely to die or become disabled as unhappy people. Happy people also lead healthier lifestyles, have lower blood pressure and stronger immune systems. Today’s column will continue to explore Dr. Martin Seligman’s and others thoughts on the psychology of happiness.

You're worried the washing machine may be on its last spin cycle. It makes a horrible screeching sound and needs a lot of coaxing to make it all the way through a full cycle. Should you spend $319 to fix this inefficient appliance or replace it with a $999 new model that will use less electricity and water?

Dear Annie: My parents and my in-laws have a habit of cleaning out their houses by bringing their unwanted things to my house. When we first moved in together, my husband and I thought they were trying to help by giving us things so we wouldn't need to buy them, but it's been over a decade, and it continues.

Dear Annie: I so enjoy your column, and, as usual, you are on target in your advice concerning the woman who was hurt by not being notified about her cousin's death.

Assuming I'm not the only one who fails to do a deep clean on the outdoor grill after every use, today, I have lots of tips and tricks for cleaning and cooking on a grill.

Google has reached a level of monopolization that needs to be taken seriously as a threat to freedom, the free exchange of ideas and political diversity

Wednesday, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met for seven hours at Hickam Air Force Base in Hawaii with the chief architect of China’s foreign policy, Yang Jiechi.

There was a time when folks, especially girls, would pull the petals off of a daisy to see whether or not they were loved. As each petal was removed from the flower, it was,”He loves me, he loves me not.” The problem, with that amount of insecurity, was always the possibility of picking a daisy with a missing petal. Imagine pulling that last petal with “he loves me not.”

If you’re one of those people who like to save files and folders to the Windows 10 desktop purely for convenience, doing so, no matter how easy it makes finding recent photos or other documents you’ve downloaded, can lead to some problems that you may not be aware of. So as some friendly advice, here are some general tips that you might want to consider the next time you want to store any future files.

Dear Annie: I was given up for adoption at four months old and was adopted by my maternal grandparents. I was raised as an only child, even though I knew who my siblings were and saw them regularly. My biological mother sowed seeds of hatred and division between my siblings and myself at every opportunity.