Q: My 30-year-old house features a large concrete front porch. One side edge has been crumbling over the past few years, and paint is peeling from a brick design that was pressed into the concrete. How extensive is it to repair a problem like this? Who does this type of repair? Herndon, Va. A: Your porch is suffering only cosmetic damage and doesn’t appear to have a structural problem, said Frank Owens, vice president for marketing at the Quikrete Companies, which makes an array of concrete products.

An arctic blast that has sent the Pacific Northwest into the ice box is about to mix with a strong Pacific storm later Thursday and Friday, bringing a recipe for a significant ice storm across northwestern Oregon and western Washington, including Portland and the Willamette Valley, and Seattle and the Puget Sound region, threatening to grind holiday travel to a halt and knock out power to thousands. Winter storm warnings are in effect across much of the coastal Pacific Northwest, including the greater Portland and Seattle areas for a myriad of winter woes.

Holly Holm wants a rematch with Ronda Rousey. Rousey really wants a rematch with Holm. The UFC and MMA fans everywhere really, really want to see those two square off again. Just one problem: the rematch can’t happen anytime soon, because of the beating Holm (10-0) gave Rousey (12-1) in their first encounter in mid-November. That’s actually fine, though, with their company, which would like nothing more than to have Rousey-Holm 2 headline UFC 200 in July, already set to be an extravaganza at a state-of-the-art arena still under construction in Las Vegas.

Ian Machado Garry has explained why he hired his wife’s ex-husband as his nutritionist, clarifying the situation which has been the subject of rife speculation.  Machado Garry, 26, and his relationship with wife Layla, 40, has been in the spotlight for a number of months, with the likes of Sean Strickland spreading misinformation and encouraging online trolls.  Some fans online had claimed the Machado Garrys lived with Layla’s ex-husband, Richard Cullen.

Is the prodigal son really about to return? In a bombshell report, friends of Prince Harry tell the UK Times that he is seeking a ‘royal return to heal the rift with King Charles’. That he is willing to return to a ‘temporary royal role’ in support of his father during his illness. And, according to a royal insider, Charles has tentatively welcomed the offer. Could this possibly be true, after all that has been said and done?