“You can fool yourself into thinking those ‘fun size’ packages are small, so you can eat a lot of them,” says Amy Keating, RD, a CR nutritionist. But calories and added sugars can add up fast. To help you keep your consumption in check, we calculated the exact amount of 25 trick-or-treat favorites you can…
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Carter termed this alleged discrimination campaign Operation Chokepoint 2.0, in reference to an Obama-era antifraud program under which US officials reportedly discouraged banks from dealing with pornography, payday lending, and other disfavored industries. On the campaign trail ahead of the 2024 presidential election, Trump adopted the terminology himself. “I’m glad the Trump administration is taking…
While Netflix seemingly led the way for other streaming networks to create compelling original programming, Hulu actually beat them all to the punch. In 2011, a year before Netflix’s Lilyhammer and two years before the arrival of House of Cards, the burgeoning streamer premiered The Morning After, a pop-culture-focused news show that ran for 800…
The CPSC has flagged safety issues with loungers for years. The Boppy infant lounger was recalled in 2021, several lesser-known loungers sold by Amazon and Walmart were all recalled in 2024, and four more baby loungers have been recalled so far in 2025. In 2024, the CPSC passed a new rule to try to make…
Main theme: For those who can manage to hold on to their homeowners insurance policies, the price of premiums is crushing budgets. The reasons are many: from the rising price of building materials and construction labor to the growing frequency of extreme weather events. In this episode, hosts Tanya Christian and Brian Vines get an…
Browne, a retired bus driver, now finds himself staring down estimated rebuilding costs of as much as $1.8 million. “A lot of people are selling and going elsewhere to start over, saying it’s too hard to come back here,” Browne says. “I gotta come back.” In Altadena, the decision to stay or go is at…
I first encountered LetPot as a brand earlier this year, while testing its LPH-SE Senior hydroponic growing system for my guide to the best indoor gardening systems. Positioned as alternatives to the long-beloved OG Aerogarden tabletop hydroponic systems, LetPot’s countertop gardens (which are popular enough to have their own subreddit) allow you to grow any…
Brian Barrett: I just this week was looking back at some of our earliest DOGE reporting and reminded of what a crazy couple of months that was. So just as a reminder for folks who were slumbering through the first half of the year, A, I’m jealous. I respect that. Zoë Schiffer: I was just…
Other Leak Detectors We Like TP-Link Tapo T300 Water Leak Detector Photograph: Simon Hill TP-Link Tapo T300 Water Leak Detector for $20: What I like most about these water leak detectors is that they have four metal probes underneath and two above, so they swiftly detect water dripping on top or pooling beneath. Alerts came…