Welcome to McDonald’s — can we take away your play area? A disappointed fast-food customer shared the sad reality of what her local restaurant’s play area looks like. “This is so heart breaking,” Nancy French wrote on X. “I’m at a new McDonald’s in Franklin, TN and look at their ‘play place’ for children. Two … Read more
From tense standoffs to strategic bargaining — the average American parent spends 67 hours per year “in negotiation” with their child, according to new research. A survey of 2,000 parents of school-aged children examined the food-related battles and compromises each household goes through and found the average mom or dad strikes five bargains with their … Read more
A neuroscientist turned OnlyFans model suffered a near-fatal motorcycle crash caused by a bird — leaving her to confront life with memory loss. Mercedes Valentine’s obsession with biking began with fond memories of riding around with her dad as a little girl before buying on one her own — but her dream quickly turned into … Read more
The Girl Scouts have been sued by consumers over the alleged presence of “heavy metals” and pesticides in its popular Thin Mints and other cookies. A proposed class action was filed on Monday night in the Brooklyn, NY, federal court against the 113-year-old nonprofit and the cookies’ licensed producers, ABC Bakers and Ferrero USA’s Little … Read more
DEAR ABBY: I have been married for 27 years. Most of them have been miserable. My husband has been a functioning alcoholic for more than 40 years. I consider his behavior emotionally abusive. I hate my home. My kids (22, 19 and 17) don’t want me to leave him. I live in my bedroom all … Read more
Employers are being “catfished” by young workers, with recruiters supposedly seeing it happen “all the time” in workplaces. “Career catfishing” occurs when someone accepts a job offer but then fails to show for their first day of work with no explanation. A recent survey conducted in the UK of 1000 workers found one in three Gen Z … Read more
Women are not a monolith, but there is one thing we share: We have never needed to tuck our genitals. That is not the case for Dylan Mulvaney, who writes exhaustedly about the practice in the new memoir “Paper Doll: Notes from a Late Bloomer” — in which the trans influencer takes us into the … Read more
Before shots are fired and a face-down body floats by a glassy pavilion in the opening scene of Season 3 of HBO’s “The White Lotus,” your first question was probably: Where is this nirvana and can I go there? The answer is the spa at Anantara Mai Khao Phuket Villas in Thailand — and yes, … Read more
An Australian pizza chain has raised eyebrows after taking the pineapple on pizza debate to a whole new level. Bubba Pizza, which has stores in Victoria and South Australia, is selling a ham and orange pizza at select stores. The wild pizza offering features a tomato base, Bubba’s Original Smoked Leg Ham, chunks of fresh … Read more
DEAR ABBY: My wife and I went for our annual checkups seven months ago. We were both overweight and told by our respective doctors that we needed to make some lifestyle changes to improve our health. Since that time, I have made the needed changes. As a result, I have lost 40 pounds, and all … Read more