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One particularly rough year early on in my parenting journey, I had one request of my husband for Mother’s Day. I said, and I quote, “You know what I want for Mother’s Day? I want to be LEFT ALONE.”Read more...

If you choose your cardio exercise based on what burns the most calories, you may have noticed that the winner seems to be the elliptical machine. (That’s the one where your legs go in a running motion, but they stay in contact with the machine the whole time.) Unfortunately, machines’ calorie readouts are notoriously…Read more...

On Monday, the Supreme Court agreed to review discrimination cases of three LGBTQ employees in the workplace—a pivotal decision that could very well result in the changing of protections for LGBTQ workers across the country. What hangs in the balance? And when will a decision be made? Here’s what you need to know…Read more...

Good news if you’ve got a bored teen hanging around your house this summer: Planet Fitness is offering a Summer Challenge sweepstakes that basically amounts to a summer-long free gym pass for teens aged 15 to 18.Read more...

Web: When I’m on Windows, I can’t stand iTunes. Even when I’m on my MacBook, the experience is less than ideal. But what can you do? If you’ve bought into Apple’s ecosystem—especially its $9.99/month Apple Music—you don’t really have a choice. Right?

I’ve tried it all: Zyrtec, Allegra, Claritin, Xyzal, Benadryl, Nasacort, Flonase—even a neti pot—and still, I struggle to find one single, effective tool that’ll rid my bloodshot eyes and mucus-lined nose once and for all.Read more...

Two years ago Instagram added support for polls within Instagram Stories. Today it took that feature a step further with the introduction of a new “Quiz” feature that allows you to pose multiple choice questions to your friends in your Stories.

The biggest highlight from my trip to Copenhagen was getting to shoot a video on the farm and in the kitchen of Restaurant Relae, an establishment that is more than a little focused on sustainability. I learned many things (that you will also learn in the forthcoming video), including how to make a silky, crazy…Read more...

Kohl’s announced this week that all of its 1,150 locations will accept unpackaged Amazon returns, starting in July. So now, if you can’t figure out whether all those five-star reviews are fake or not, you could just order the thing, decide for yourself and inevitably return it—this time to a store. (Or you can just…Read more...

Did you take a personal finance course in high school? How about college? Depending on when you attended classes, you might have learned now-outdated information such as “how to balance a checkbook” and “why you should put your money in a high-interest savings account.”

One of our readers emailed us with an interesting problem: He’s the father of three boys, ages 6, 10, and 12, and they love watching gaming streamers on YouTube, but all the gamers they watch are white dudes. Guys like DanTDM and Ninja make fantastic content that really connects with kids, but they do it from a white…Read more...

It’s a tough week to be a geek, unless you like watching characters you’ve loved for years, if not decades, bite the big one. Be sure to bring your Mjölnir-sized Kleenex box to Avengers: Endgame this week (especially if you, like me, have Thanos as your #1. Though he’s unlikely to get an Ant-Man up his ass, I somehow…Read more...

While visiting Atlantic City’s greige boardwalk last Sunday, I set foot in my very first casino, a come-as-you-are joint called Bally’s with years’ worth of cigarette smoke ground into its red carpet. It was Easter—not a great day to commune with sin—but a day off nonetheless. Passing the ringing slot machines, I sat…Read more...

Chicken thighs have a lot going for them, particularly in regards to their meat-to-skin ratio. But their roundish, mound-like shape means browning the skin on all sides takes some manipulation and maneuvering.Read more...

Two words for May, Netflixsters: Mister. Mom.

Twitter has been rolling out its newest redesign for the desktop site over the past several months. The new layout has a more compact and streamlined look and adds in new features such as image editing tools and a bookmarked tweets tab.Read more...

Drowning should be easy to spot, right? The victims thrash around, screaming for help as they struggle to stay above water.

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If you earned under $34,000 and paid to file your taxes with TurboTax, it’s time to call and ask for a refund.

As security concerns grow, visas are becoming more and more necessary when traveling out of the country. With the changing rules, knowing where you need a visa to travel to and where you don’t can be a bit challenging. Passport Index is a website that can help.

Some of you are naturally hardwired to excel at do-it-yourself home improvement projects. You revel in the chaos that is tearing up carpet, building a shed or knocking down a wall to achieve that coveted “open concept” layout.Read more...

When my wife and I moved our family from the Bay Area to Seattle in 2015, we initially settled on an overpriced but otherwise unremarkable rental home. It wasn’t big enough for what we needed, delivery trucks roared down the street out front at all hours, and the apple tree out back—which was supposed to be some kind…Read more...

Antidepressants are weird drugs: they often take weeks to begin working, they don’t work for everybody, and in some cases they can have serious side effects. If you and your doctor decide your meds aren’t working for you, you’ve got another hurdle: antidepressants are hard to quit.Read more...

Merriam-Webster just added another 640 words to its dictionary, which is always an exciting moment for grammar stans everywhere who can’t wait to dive in to see what made the cut.

Feeding children can be a struggle. When our kids were toddlers, my neighbor and I would trade kitchen-table war stories at 9 a.m. “I just made three different breakfasts,” she would tell me, “and he wouldn’t eat any of them.” The easiest thing to do is give in: “Here! Fine! Subsist on dino nuggets and dino nuggets…Read more...

It is easy to get overenthusiastic at the salad bar. I tend to both overestimate my appetite and underestimate the filling nature of fiber, and thus usually end up with at least half a cup of salad that is fully dressed with nowhere to go. Unless it’s made of sturdy stuff, next-day salad is a sad affair, but only if…Read more...

We’re on track for a record-breaking measles season. Go USA!Read more...

Last fall, my husband and I had a new fence installed in the backyard. It’s white cedar and the wood has dried out enough since it was installed that it’s time for us to stain and seal it before the weather starts to take its toll. The thing is, we really don’t want to do it.

A new study suggests that the power of positive thinking could also have a positive effect on your bank balance.Read more...

iOS: I’m a big fan of apps that give you a bunch of useful privacy tools in a single, easy-to-use interface, which is why I think the free iOS app Jumbo is a must-have addition to your iOS arsenal. With it, you can scrub Twitter, limit what others can see of your life on Facebook, delete your Google search history,…Read more...

Last night, CNN and the Harvard Kennedy School Institute of Politics co-hosted one of the first big town hall events featuring five candidates vying for the Democrat presidential nomination: Senators Kamala Harris, Amy Klobuchar, Bernie Sanders, and Elizabeth Warren, and Mayor Pete Buttigieg.

Last week, writer Mackenzie Fegan boarded an international JetBlue flight without so much as handing over a boarding pass or passport. “I looked into a camera before being allowed down the jet bridge,” she wrote on Twitter. “Did facial recognition replace boarding passes, unbeknownst to me? Did I consent to this?”

I have never fully understood the appeal of a bacon-wrapped scallop. Though I love both of these treasures, cured bacon is simply too aggressive for the delicate, sweet scallop. It’s self-defeating lily gilding, and I don’t like it. Plus, unless you pre-cook it, the bacon doesn’t have enough time to crisp up properly.…Read more...

You’ve probably heard about Elizabeth Warren’s proposed plan to cancel existing student debt, give incoming students the chance at a free college education, and fund it all with an “Ultra-Millionaire Tax” (a 2% annual tax on families with more than $50 million in wealth).

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The moment your baby is born, you’ll be madly in love. Your heart will be complete! Oh, and it’s going to be so sexy watching your partner take care of a newborn. You’ll just want to have sex with them all the time! Also, for all those things like breastfeeding, sleep, your body and your career, you’ve already come…Read more...

There’s an overwhelming sense of guilt that washes over me when I throw something in the trash that probably shouldn’t be there—particularly when it comes to e-waste. Are broken headphones recyclable? What should I do with old laptop chargers? And what do I do with all these dead batteries piling up in my apartment?Read more...

I’m this close to letting my son walk our dog around the block by himself. One of these days in the not-too-distant future, I’m going to let him wait in the car while I run into the store to grab a loaf of bread. He’ll probably be allowed to ride his bike to the corner by himself this summer. I’m inching him toward…Read more...

I am a product of my northern Mississippi raising and, as such, a huge fan of the white emulsion known as “mayonnaise.” Not only is it essential on sandwiches, but it makes the dreamiest mashed potatoes, super moist chocolate cakes, and—I just learned recently—a pretty excellent seared steak.Read more...

Thousands of users of an app called WiFi Finder, the stated purpose of which is, obviously, to locate and provide credentials for public wifi hotspots, inadvertently submitted their own home wifi passwords to the app’s database, which has now leaked online.Read more...

Having a large belly is associated with a greater risk of heart disease and death, but to understand the beer belly (which you can’t actually blame on beer), you have to look inside it.Read more...

Nine bombings occurred in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday, killing 290 people and injuring more than 500, including several U.S. citizens.

Subscribing to SiriusXM’s satellite radio platform previously required a compatible car stereo. Even accessing channels through devices like Alexa speakers or streaming boxes was an option only available to those with the car-based subscription. That’s no longer the case, however, thanks to SiriusXM’s new in-home and…Read more...

If you’re currently trying to set up a passive income stream—because you’re working towards financial independence, chasing that 4-hour workweek, or simply hoping to earn a little extra cash—you’ve probably figured out that earning passive income takes a lot of work.

Maybe your daughter has your same shade of dark brown hair or piercing blue eyes. You can’t help yourself, really; every now and then, you don matching dresses, put on a bit of a photo shoot in the backyard and post the photos for all the world to see, #myminime! Who could blame you? The kid is totally your spitting…Read more...

Everything I wear has holes.

I didn’t used to believe in bay leaves. Though I felt contractually obligated to put them in all stews, soups, and (most) rice dishes, it wasn’t until I conducted this very important piece of investigative journalism that I began to truly value and cherish them. When I saw the “bay leaf martini” on the cocktail menu…Read more...

When we celebrated Earth Day in elementary school, we learned about the Three Rs: reduce, reuse, and recycle.

For the past few years, I’ve watched the rising popularity of meal kits from companies like Blue Apron and HelloFresh with deepening skepticism. Stuffed with refrigerator packs and individually wrapped ingredients, festooned with farm-to-table marketing and recycling symbols, these conveniently packaged dinners seemed…Read more...

If you have celiac disease, gluten causes your body to attack itself, damaging your intestines. So it’s essential to avoid the stuff—but a new study suggests that restaurants’ “gluten-free” labels are often wrong.Read more...