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Elton John credits Ryan White’s family with saving his life

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Elton John credits teenage AIDS victim Ryan White and his family with saving his life. The singer told the crowd at his concert at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis on Friday that spending time around White’s family caused him to make changes in his life.

LENGTHY MARRIAGE NOW INCLUDES THREATS AND ILL WILL

DEAR ABBY: I am a 50-year-old man, married for 25 years. My wife is older than me. In the beginning, it was great, but our relationship slowly started failing, and now we argue about everything. I feel like I’m trapped in a cage. We don’t have one single thing in common anymore.

ENTERTAINMENT NEWS

MOVIES — Tony Hawk may not have seemed the most obvious Academy Awards presenter but he does have a new movie coming out. “Tony Hawk: Until the Wheels Fall Off,” a documentary about the professional skateboarder’s life, debuts Tuesday on HBO Max and on HBO.

TODAY

Today is the 77th day of 2022 and the 88th day of winter. TODAY’S HISTORY: In 1850, the American Express Company was founded.

Taking a step in the right direction

On Friday, April 1, CASA of Southern Oklahoma kicked off a shoe drive that will be collecting shoes for area children in need. The event will run through the month of April and end on May 2. All shoe sizes are needed as they will be going to children of all ages, from infants up to 18.

BIG little LODGES

Amid a persistent housing crunch in many parts of the country, some people are finding a solution in Accessory Dwelling Units, or ADUs, also know as granny flats, in-law units or backyard bungalows. • These small homes – separate from the main house – tend to be low-impact and energy-efficient. Where legal, they can add housing to a neighborhood while causing less disruption than constructing new apartment buildings, proponents say.

New vehicles must average 40 mpg by 2026

DETROIT – New vehicles sold in the U.S. will have to average at least 40 miles per gallon of gasoline in 2026, up from about 28 mpg, under new federal rules unveiled Friday that undo a rollback of standards enacted under President Donald Trump.

West, Russia ponder nuclear steps amid war

WASHINGTON – Russia’s assault on Ukraine and its veiled threats of using nuclear arms have policymakers, past and present, thinking the unthinkable: How should the West respond to a Russian battlefield explosion of a nuclear bomb?

Ex-UN official: Arrest Putin

GENEVA – The former chief prosecutor of United Nations war crimes tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda has called for an international arrest warrant to be issued for Russian President Vladimir Putin.