Costco is making a big change to one of its beloved bakery items — and customers are not happy. Earlier this week, a shopper saw a sign at their local store showing the changes being made to Costco muffins. The bakery is switching to smaller muffins and will no longer offer mix-and-match muffins. Instead of … Read more
A man who weighed 500 pounds and was so big he struggled to walk says his relative remarking he was “too big” spurred him on to lose more than half his body weight. Carlos Rivera, 28, said he struggled with his weight in high school and college and would often grab convenience meals. It wasn’t … Read more
A woman was shocked to discover she had five biological siblings and tracked them down on Instagram to reunite after 15 years. Jessica Murace, 20, found out when she was 14 that she had been adopted as a baby. She had accidentally found social services documents after the family moved house. She found a book … Read more
They fight for our freedoms but often struggle to live their own lives freely due to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Roughly 7% of all US service veterans have PTSD, with symptoms such as severe anxiety, sleep disturbances and agoraphobia. For some struggling vets, a service dog proves invaluable. “He’s totally changed my life,” said Tarik … Read more
Michael Strahan gained some perspective about his future after his daughter, Isabella, was diagnosed with a medulloblastoma, a type of malignant tumor in her cerebellum, and underwent brain surgery. The legendary Giants star and “Good Morning America” anchor, 52, explained his retirement from television might come “a lot sooner” following Isabella’s cancer treatments over the … Read more
A Texas fan is trying to make the most out of his viral moment. Grant Walther became a meme for Longhorns sadness after ESPN cameras showed him glumly looking out on the field Saturday night with Texas trailing Georgia, 30-15, with a little more than three minutes left in the game. Walther’s look of disappointment … Read more
A woman’s hair is more than something that merely covers her head. Little girls learn this early. At least I did. I watched my mother color her gray roots over the bathroom sink, pomade her short crop, hide her frizz under a hat. I suffered as she combed out my knotted tresses and sat still as she … Read more
DEAR ABBY: Eight years ago, my husband of 26 years had a stroke, and his personality changed. He was difficult to deal with, but, with time, his old personality came back, and things got better. Two years ago, he finally kicked a longtime prescription drug habit. Our finances improved almost overnight (for which I am … Read more
“The stadium,” writes Frank Andre Guridy in ‘The Stadium – An American History of Politics, Protest, and Play’ (Basic Books), “has never been a merely a sports facility.” From the first wooden ballparks, through the huge concrete edifices of the 1950s and 1960s and on to today’s vast, state-of-the-art arenas, Guridy reveals just what the stadia means to American life — … Read more
For the Roots’ rapper Black Thought, the pastoral pleasure of playing SummerStage in Central Park is a no-brainer. “It’s classic New York — or old New York, as people sort of refer to it — in its energy and the vibe,” the 50-year-old frontman told The Post about the Rumsey Playfield concert series that the … Read more
A Mack truck smashed into Emmy-nominated composer Steve Sandberg as he crossed an England street in the ’80s, propelling him into a street sign and launching a 40-year battle with back pain. Finally, last year, he had had enough. The Upper West Side pianist — who served as lead composer and musical director for Nickelodeon’s … Read more
Rob Lowe credits the fallout of his notorious sex tape being leaked with helping him get sober. The “St. Elmo’s Fire” actor, 60, said in a new interview with People that the 1988 scandal, while humiliating for him at the time, was actually a major reason he beat his struggles with addiction. “[The fallout] definitely … Read more
Change is brewing at Starbucks. The coffee chain has made a big change to its iced coffee, updating the recipe for the first time in 18 years. The previous iced coffee blend was launched in 2006, and the new recipe update rolled out on May 7, Starbucks revealed to TODAY.com. Starbucks made a big change … Read more
This year marks the 200th anniversary of one of the weirdest and most reality-shifting moments in science. On Feb. 20, 1824, at the annual meeting of the Geological Society in London, the world was introduced to the very first dinosaur: the megalosaurus. Life-size prehistoric dinosaurs at Britain’s Crystal Palace Park. Heritage Images/Getty Images Before a … Read more
Sally Field shared a never-before-heard story of her “Mrs. Doubtfire” co-star, the late Robin Williams. The 77-year-old actress starred alongside Williams in the 1993 iconic family comedy. Thirty years later, Field expressed her appreciation for the actor, who died in 2014 at 63, revealing in a recent interview with Vanity Fair that she confided in … Read more
The early summer of 1982 was a very spacey time on America’s movie screens. Six major studios released a whopping eight science fiction and fantasy films between May 16 and July 9, with hundreds of millions of dollars riding on the line — from “E.T.” to “The Thing,” from “career-grounding flops to career-making triumphs,” writes … Read more
Everyone knows that Bruce Springsteen was born to rock. But even a certified rock god like the Boss is rolling into country territory now: This week his “Sandpaper” duet with Zach Bryan marks the first time that Springsteen has ever appeared on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart since the New Jersey legend first greeted … Read more
The tide has turned for Debi Mitchell. At 285 pounds, the Floridian was suffering from foot and knee pain and shortness of breath that made it difficult for her to cross the street. “I was retired. I wanted to walk, and I wanted to go places,” Mitchell, 68, griped to TODAY.com last week. At her … Read more
Netflix has long been a company known for its secrets: no Nielsen ratings, little feedback on why shows are canceled, no box office numbers for the rare movies that are actually released in theaters. Yet for a place defined by its opaque approach to the outside world, the streaming giant has long been aggressively transparent … Read more
Jason Kelce says his brother, Chiefs star tight end Travis Kelce, hasn’t let Taylor Swift’s superstardom phase him. The former Eagles center shared his thoughts on his brother’s exponential rise in fame since starting a relationship with Swift in the fall on the “Whiskey Ginger with Andrew Santino” podcast on Friday. “I haven’t seen him … Read more