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Parents Are Skipping Rent and Gambling to Buy Back-to-School Supplies
A new survey found some parents have gambled, pawned belongings, taken out loans, or used buy-now-pay-later plans to afford school supplies.
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Universal’s New ‘Fast & Furious’ Coaster Has Neighbors Complaining About Screams
Residents say screams from Fast & Furious: Hollywood Drift are carrying into their homes, prompting Universal to add more sound barriers.
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A Boat Operator Was Fined for Waking a Sleeping Polar Bear With a Foghorn
Officials say the act violated rules against needlessly disturbing polar bears, which now require people to keep hundreds of meters away.
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Your Dog May Know You’re Sad Just by Looking at Your Face, Study Finds
Researchers found dogs’ brains responded differently to human expressions of happiness, fear, anger, and sadness.
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Gen Z Started Using TikTok to Find Jobs Out of Desperation, and It’s Actually Working
With AI filters screening out applications before a human sees them, job seekers are using social media to get noticed.
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A Wealthy Woman Funded a Drama Series Just So She Could Kiss the Male Lead 60 Times
A historian says the Chinese tea label likely dates to the 1860s, not the 1773 protest it was long associated with.
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Why Everyone Is Suddenly Fighting About Dogs in Grocery Stores
Service animals are allowed, but pets generally are not, even as the pet economy keeps pushing dogs into public life.
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A Supposed Boston Tea Party Artifact May Not Be From the Boston Tea Party at All
A historian says the Chinese tea label likely dates to the 1860s, not the 1773 protest it was long associated with.
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A Jellyfish Swarm Shut Down Reactors at One of Europe’s Biggest Nuclear Plants
EDF said three Gravelines reactors shut down after jellyfish clogged cooling-water systems, despite new precautions.
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Ancient Shackled Men Found Near Athens Were Probably Locals, Not Invaders
Tooth analysis suggests the men grew up near Athens, raising new questions about why they were executed and buried in chains.
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Archaeologists Found Coins Depicting Wrestlers Inside a 2,400-Year-Old Grave
Coins showing wrestlers were found inside the tomb, but experts say more evidence is needed to confirm who was buried there.
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Why Gen Z Hates Mascara So Much (And What They’re Replacing It With)
The ghost lashes trend skips mascara for a softer, bare-lash look that has already hit runways and red carpets.
