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Packages are being loaded onto UPS planes for shipment at the UPS West Coast Region Air Hub on Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2021 in Ontario, CA. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

Why we're skipping priority shipping

Cara Michelle Smith
Imaan Hammam walks the runway during the 2024 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show at Duggal Greenhouse on October 15, 2024 in Brooklyn, New York. (Taylor Hill/WireImage/Getty Images)

Why is the VS Fashion Show back?

Nardos Haile
Bonnie Bedelia is held down by Bruce Willis in a scene from the film 'Die Hard', 1988. (Photo by 20th Century-Fox/Getty Images)

'80s-era action movie bonds disappeared

Zina Kumok
Credit card Theft, Identity Theft, concept (Getty Images/jariyawat thinsandee)

Outsmart your digital doppelgänger

Nina Jagannathan
Caroline Calloway attends the 11th Annual Shorty Awards on May 05, 2019 at PlayStation Theater in New York City. (Noam Galai/Getty Images for Shorty Awards)

Influencers turn hurricane into content

Nardos Haile
Riley Keough and Lisa Marie Presley attend "Commando: The Autobiography of Johnny Ramone" launch party hosted by Linda Ramone on April 27, 2012 in West Hollywood, California. (John Sciulli/WireImage/Getty Images)

Lisa Marie Presley's memoir is wild

Nardos Haile
A person walks past downed power lines as people deal with the aftermath of Hurricane Helene on October 05, 2024 in Greenwood, South Carolina. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Climate change jacking up insurance cost

Matthew Rozsa
Empty shopping cart in front of a red wall (Getty Images/Christian Adams)

Washington, Colorado take on Kroger

Ashlie D. Stevens
A woman entering a voting polling place. (YinYang / Getty Images)

Can we trust polling data?

Matthew Rozsa
Father holding his son hand walking him back to school, boy is wearing protective face mask and carry a backpack in his shoulders. (Getty Images/Juanmonino)

Back to school for long COVID kids

Nicole Karlis
A staff member packs overdose prevention kits, including Narcan nasal spray used to treat narcotic overdoses in an emergency situation, at St. Ann's Corner of Harm Reduction in New York City on April 24, 2023. (ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images)

Overdoses decline but not for everyone

Elizabeth Hlavinka
Rue Mclanahan, Betty White, and Bea Arthur pose for a portrait on the set of "The Golden Girls." (Mark Sennet/Getty Images)

“The Golden Girls” taught us about money

Zina Kumok
Stressed man covering his face with both hands and going through his bills and financial reports. (Getty Images/urbazon)

Gen Z's financial stress-out

Melanie Lockert
May Berthelot carries a beige leather Birkin handbag from Hermes, during a street style fashion photo session, on March 18, 2023 in Paris, France. (Edward Berthelot/Getty Images)

Can a Birkin bag beat the S&P 500?

Zina Kumok
Nicola Coughlan as Penelope Featherington and Luke Newton as Colin Bridgerton in "Bridgerton" (Liam Daniel/Netflix)

The "Bridgerton Ball" fail explained

Nardos Haile
Planet Earth Seen From Space (Getty Images/fotograzia)

485 million years of Earth temperatures

Matthew Rozsa
MoveOn Political Actions Banned Book Mobile stops for an event with local authors and teachers on October 18, 2023 in Charlottesville, Virginia. The MoveOn Banned Book Mobile handed out frequently banned books for free to anyone who attended the event. (Leigh Vogel/Getty Images for MoveOn)

What to know about Banned Books Week

Gabriella Ferrigine
Woma in supermarket reading and comparing the product information of two bottles of cooking sauces. (Getty Images/d3sign)

How "guarded" contracts set food prices

Cara Michelle Smith
Education Savings (Getty Images/Altayb)

A cheat sheet for saving on college

Vanessa McGrady
Household Expenses (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

5 easy ways to save on household bills

Dori Zinn
Jessi Ngatikaura, Jennifer Affleck, Mayci Neeley, Taylor Frankie Paul, Mikayla Matthews, Layla Taylor and Demi Engemann on "The Secret Lives Of Mormon Wives" (Disney/Fred Hayes)

Mormon MomTok scandal explained

Nardos Haile
Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump, debates Democratic presidential nominee, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, for the first time during the presidential election campaign at The National Constitution Center on September 10, 2024 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Behind Trump’s “execute the babies” lie

Nicole Karlis
Brandy Norwood in "The Front Room" (A24/Jon Pack)

"The Front Room" honors Brandy's music

Nardos Haile
A doctor talks with her patient about her concerns. (Getty Images/ljubaphoto)

Tubal sterilization not very "permanent"

Nicole Karlis
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