This summer, Southern California’s cherished Thrifty Ice Cream is making a sweet return — launching nationwide shipping, popping up in major grocery stores, and reviving its nostalgic ice cream truck to delight SoCal streets once again. The 86-year-old ice cream brand’s future was thrown into doubt last year after Rite Aid filed for bankruptcy and … Read more
Forget prune juice — a Trader Joe’s sweet treat is the new unexpected laxative shoppers are learning about the hard way. The beloved grocery store’s new sugar-free Sweet and Sour Gummy Worms contain 14 grams of fiber per eight pieces — a single serving. To put that into perspective, that amount is roughly half of … Read more
Live from New York! It’s time to bash Republicans on Saturday Night! A whopping 91% of jokes delivered on “Saturday Night Live’s” Weekend Update segment this season targeted conservatives, while 82% of characters during the show’s cold opens mocked President Donald Trump or fellow Republicans, according to a new analysis by Media Research Center’s NewsBusters. The … Read more
movie review IN THE GREY Running time: 97 minutes. Rated R (violence, language and a sexual reference). In theaters. During “In the Grey,” underworld characters call each other “clever” so many times that the viewer starts to wonder if these trigger-happy people, as well as the man who wrote their repetitive lines, really are clever … Read more
Alix Anfang, an Upper West Side mom, created an AI app to manage school emails. Anfang developed DailyNest after missing her 7-year-old son’s early school dismissal. Users like Becky Katz Davis praise DailyNest for organizing overwhelming school communications. She’s a Claude mom. An Upper West Side mom-of-two has turned to AI to keep track of … Read more
Come and knock on our door, we’ve been waiting for you — if you’re ready to romp! The newest cruise ship craze is Mrs. Roper Romp, a kooky get-together in which passengers dress up as the flamboyant “Three’s Company” character, complete with super-sized sunglasses, orange wigs, multicolored muumuus — and plenty of oversized jewelry. Royal … Read more
NFL free agent receiver Stefon Diggs fiercely denied a claim that he said dating his ex-girlfriend, rapper Cardi B, was his worst decision in an Instagram comment on Tuesday. The 32-year-old All-Pro, who was released by Patriots this offseason after reaching Super Bowl 2026, responded in the comments of a post by EntertainmentSA, a website … Read more
Former Nebraska Sen. Ben Sasse lamented how current generations have “stopped having babies” despite living in a richer world. “What in the world is happening with the natalism crisis?” Sasse asked on “60 Minutes Overtime” Sunday. “All across the industrialized, rich world, people have just stopped having babies in the last couple of decades.” Sasse … Read more
If spring has sprung you into an emotional black hole, listen up. Germans have a word for the general sense of malaise that can, however ironically, accompany the start of a season known for rebirth and vitality. Frühlingsmüdigkeit — “springtime tiredness” or “springtime lethargy” — is a well-known phenomenon among German speakers who claim spring … Read more
DEAR ABBY: My mother passed away recently. She suffered from dementia and was a cancer survivor, but she lived well into her 80s. It was difficult for me to witness her mental decline when I spoke to her on the phone or visited her occasionally in the nursing home. She lived near my sister, so … Read more
It’s not just the beats that are sick. Justin Bieber’s lazy performance is apparently not the only thing making Coachella attendees’ stomachs turn. Revelers claim they have fallen ill after attending the 2026 music fest this past weekend with many blaming their gastrointestinal issues on the “overpriced” pizza at the vendor Spicy Pie, per viral … Read more
DEAR ABBY: My husband is very temperamental. When something goes wrong with his meal or service at a restaurant, or when he’s driving and gets upset with another driver, he angrily vents to me nonstop, repeating the same things over and over. This happens only when we’re alone, not when friends or family members are … Read more
Scrolling for sex advice? Stop right there. On TikTok, a pelvic floor exercise long popular with women is being repackaged as a fix for erectile dysfunction (ED) in young men, with influencers promising stronger, longer-lasting results between the sheets. But doctors warn it’s no magic bullet — and for some patients, it can make problems … Read more
If you’re a chatty Kathy who enjoys deep conversations but hates small talk and group settings — you’re not an outcast, you’re just an otrovert. That’s not a typo. It’s a real term. Unlike introverts, who prefer solitude, and extroverts who thrive in group settings — otroverts are independent thinkers who would rather sit back … Read more
Viewers were lovin’ it. An Oklahoma toddler named Hudson is being praised online for his act of kindness toward a stranger at McDonald’s, as seen in a TikTok video with 200,000 views. “My little boy has the biggest heart,” the tot’s mother, Ashlyn Drew, captioned the touching clip. She told KFOR that she and Hudson, … Read more
Royal Caribbean ships have found a way to address one of the most common passenger complaints about connecting rooms on cruises. Two of the company’s vessels, Icon and Star of the Seas, feature exterior doors to connecting cabins — replacing the traditional interior door, as Royal Caribbean Blog reported. Guests are able to close off the outer … Read more
He’s been gone for 30 years, but he’s still hitting it out of the park. Hall of Famer Mickey Mantle, who died in 1995, is ranked first when it comes to the value of memorabilia sold over the last 50 years at Heritage Auctions, with a staggering $162,241,529.64 in earnings. Mantle items included 16,319 lots of … Read more
Your office job may be killing your soul and trying your beauty. A self-described “corporate girly” has gone viral for documenting her “office air theory,” arguing that the office grind can turn feeling cute into looking haggard by EOD. “It became obvious to me once I started working full-time four years ago,” Noa Donlan told … Read more
Run for the hills. When a couple gets married, there are obviously sacrifices both sides have to make — and spending time with in-laws might be one of them. But one girlfriend found herself sacrificing every single weekend or quality future-in-law time before she even walked down the aisle. Unsure if she was in the … Read more
A Brazilian soccer star accused pop singer Chappell Roan of bringing his 11-year-old daughter to “tears” after the diva’s security ridiculed and berated the child at a Sao Paul hotel Saturday. Jorginho slammed the “Pink Pony Club” crooner in a lengthy Instagram post, claiming she sent her security guard after his daughter for supposedly harassing … Read more