Macabre is a word often associated with the late cartoonist John Callahan. He's the man who in his widely published cartoons, drawn in his signature squiggly style, poked fun at lesbians, Chinese people, the handicapped, women, Oprah, Alzheimer's patients, chiropractors and even sexual harassment in a cartoon that features a woman showing cleavage in a tight dress telling her similarly outfitted colleague "Remember...it's only sexual harassment if they're not dateable." His website proudly featured all the "hate mail" sent to the newspapers that published his cartoons. It's extensive.

WASHINGTON -- The separation of families at the U.S.-Mexico border caught the attention of the world and prompted mass outrage, but it only tells a small part of the story surrounding the Trump administration's immigration policy.

LOS ANGELES -- Nancy Sinatra Sr., the childhood sweetheart of Frank Sinatra who became the first of his four wives and the mother of his three children, has died. She was 101.

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HOT SPRINGS VILLAGE -- The HSV Breakfast Lions Club recently held its annual Recognition Banquet to recognize Lions who served the community through fundraising and service activities.

The National Park Photography Club will meet at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Garland County Library on Malvern Avenue. The meeting will feature a lesson entitled "Macro Photography Illuminated," where participants will explore macro photography in the digital world with explanations about lenses, depth of focus versus F-stop, focus stacking and what are the most important things to remember when trying a macro shot. Those who have never tried true macro shots may be awed with the view of the world very close up. Bring an example of a personal macro shot on a thumb drive, 1024 x 768 pixels. NPPC charter member Robert Sonnen will make the presentation.

The Garland County Master Gardener July Yard of the Month Award went to Bea Sanders.

Submitted photo The Garland County Master Gardeners awarded the World Buffet, on Albert Pike, the Business Yard of the Month award for July. The restaurant is managed by Pike and Li Dong. The beds feature several Japanese maples, holly and nandina shrubs for year round color. Bright colored zinnias and a variety of gladiolus add summer color with liriope edging the beds. From left are Li Dong, Kristen Mangham, Garvan Woodland Gardens special events coordinator, and Master Gardeners Lin Johnson and Gaye Harper. Not pictured is Master Gardener Carolyn Davis. If anyone knows a yard or business they would like to nominate for consideration as Yard of the Month, call the Garland County Extension Office, 623-6841, or email the name and address to cjd945@sbccglobal.net.

DEAR ABBY: We have three grandchildren and are due to make our annual visit. Two of the children are easy to plan for, and we have good relationships with them. The third is a 12-year-old boy with Down syndrome, and we struggle with how to deal with him -- what to do and what to buy him. Any ideas? -- UNSURE IN THE SOUTH

NEW YORK -- A painting by the modernist master Robert Motherwell that disappeared from a New York warehouse in 1978 and was presumed stolen has been returned after 40 years, federal law enforcement officials announced.

MOSCOW -- Budweiser has a boat on the Moscow River and a disco. Coke set up an interactive sculpture-video installation in Gorky Park and entertained 5,000 guests during the monthlong tournament. Visa built a campaign around former Sweden star Zlatan Ibrahimovic.

PAWLING, N.Y. -- Four men who wear Mexican wrestling masks onstage have reacquainted singer Nick Lowe with his rock 'n' roll roots.

NEW YORK -- Scarlett Johansson has pulled out of the film "Rub & Tug" after her plans to portray a transgender man prompted a backlash.

If you haven't yet watched this week's roller-coaster finale of "The Handmaid's Tale" -- no spoilers here -- the show's creator has a suggestion.

GARDEN CITY, Ind. -- Vice President Mike Pence turns nostalgic when he talks about growing up in small-town Columbus, Indiana, where his father helped build a Midwestern empire of more than 200 gas stations that provided an upbringing on the "front row of the American dream."