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In this April 11, 2018, file photo, a high school student uses a vaping device near a school campus in Cambridge, Mass.

Dying smoker offers deathbed warning to teens: ‘If you’re thinking of lighting up, think of me’

February 7, 2019 at 11:10 a.m.

Ted Kwong was the first of many readers to contact me after reading my column on today’s youth being targeted by companies of electronic cigarettes and vaping devices. Within five...

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam, speaking Feb. 2, 2019 from the Governor's Mansion in Richmond with his wife, Pam, defended his integrity and alluded to past mistakes.

Davich: Blackface or red-faced, does a racist act from our youth make us a racist for life?

February 5, 2019 at 12:10 p.m.

I’ve never dressed in blackface as a prank. I’ve never draped a white sheet over my head to pose as a Ku Klux Klan member. And I’ve never been photographed...

Chesterton boy serves as ‘chief inspiration officer’ of feeding-tube food startup

February 1, 2019 at 9:31 a.m.

When AJ Bombacino was 6 months old, he suffered a 45-minute seizure out of the blue. “We were in complete shock, scared and confused,” said his father, Tony Bombacino. AJ...

The New England Patriots and the Los Angeles Rams will compete for the Lombardi Trophy in Super Bowl LIII Sunday.

Davich: Best bet on the Super Bowl? Just enjoy it

February 1, 2019 at 9:18 a.m.

For Chicago Bears fans, watching this year’s Super Bowl will feel like attending your high school prom, alone, and watching the girl who turned you down dance with another boy...

Dylan Ford, 18, of Westville, started smoking traditional cigarettes at 17, and he switched to JUUL electronic cigarettes the following year.

Davich: When a teen smoker of e-cigarettes says, ‘I’m not all that worried,’ a marketing campaign has won

January 31, 2019 at 10:48 a.m.

Dylan Ford smoked his first cigarette Nov. 7, 2017. He was 17 and feeling depressed over the death of a friend. He said smoking helped him deal with his feelings....

The Chicago lakefront from North Avenue beach on a cold and frigid morning, Jan. 25. 2019.

What’s behind our extreme weather alerts fascination?

January 29, 2019 at 9:23 a.m.

“You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows.” - Bob Dylan Brutal cold. Below zero temps. Frostbite warnings. Travel advisories. Life-threatening wind chill factors. Weather-related deaths....

Davich: Family photos in the digital age, when every moment seems to be a Kodak Moment

January 28, 2019 at 10:26 a.m.

Remember back in the olden days when you got stuck talking to some gray-haired grandpa who habitually pulled from his wallet every family photo he owns? “And THIS one is...

Microphones from different media outlets are set up on a stand in front of the West Wing of the White House on Jan. 31, 2017.

Fact or opinion: Can you tell the difference between the two?

January 25, 2019 at 8:46 a.m.

Can you tell the difference between factual news and opinion statements in the news? It sounds like a no-brainer, right? Not quite, as we keep getting reminded in a country...

Breanne Zolfo, second from right, pays for the groceries of an ALDI customer as a CBS news crew records the exchange.

Crown Point coffeehouse owner ‘just trying to spread positivity’ will get a national TV audience

January 28, 2019 at 10:26 a.m.

Breanne Zolfo nervously laughed while standing in the checkout lane at ALDI supermarket, waiting to surprise random customers by paying for their groceries. Zolfo is usually a little anxious when...

Davich: Misperceived exchange at Lincoln Memorial reminds us of hard truth as a nation

January 23, 2019 at 8:19 a.m.

I was wrong. Were you, too? When I first watched the initial viral video of a group of Catholic high school students from Kentucky interacting with a Native American elder...

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