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$7 footlong: Subway joins McDonald’s in offering meal deals as fast-food menu...

The fast-food wars continue to drive deals for hungry, discount-seeking customers. Now, Subway has announced a new offering that will make scoring a footlong a little more budget-friendly. Starting...

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How TikTok made perms cool again

These days, you can spot a Zoomer by his Broccoli perm. The haircut, which features loose curls pushed forward on the head, has become a generation-defining look. Popularized by TikTok stars Noah Beck...

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Corporations could be better champions of racial equity, research shows

Forward Through Ferguson has made its mark on its community and the St. Louis region by focusing on justice and education, racial equity, and policing reform. The Missouri nonprofit was founded in...

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Fed Chair Powell suggests long-awaited interest rate cuts are on the horizon

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell shared some upbeat news as we head into the weekend: The Fed is finally ready to cut interest rates.  Speaking at the Kansas City Fed’s annual conference in Jackson...

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Labor regulator says Amazon drivers in California are employees

Prosecutors at a federal labor agency have determined that Amazon is a joint employer of subcontracted drivers who delivered packages for the company in California, pushing back on claims from the...

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How to catch a package thief: This California woman used an Apple AirTag

A Southern California woman fed up with her packages getting stolen out of her post office box sent an Apple AirTag to the address and cleverly tracked down the suspected thief, police said. The woman...

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Buying a used Peloton? Get ready for a $95 activation fee

If you buy a Peloton secondhand for a steal, now you’ll have to pay to activate it. Buying a Peloton, whether a bike, treadmill, or row, is much cheaper when it’s not brand-new. The machines start at...

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Just 6% of CEOs worldwide are women

In an era marked by the speed of innovation and transformation, the staggering reality is that progress toward gender parity continues to be slow and uneven around the globe.  Gender parity occurs...

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This dead-simple, to-do app takes minimalism to the max

I’ll admit it: I’m addicted to planning. It’s a sick sort of psychosis, I know. But oh, it be true: For whatever reason, I take a certain pinch of perverse pleasure in finding interesting new ways to...

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This senior fell victim to a gift card scam—a growing ploy for fraudsters

Wednesday morning, the day before Thanksgiving, Mae awoke, set her hair in curlers and switched on her laptop. The screen froze and a message appeared. It said her Safari web browser had encountered a...

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How Los Angeles plans to be car-free for the 2028 Olympics

With the Olympic torch extinguished in Paris, all eyes are turning to Los Angeles for the 2028 Olympics. The host city has promised that the next Summer Games will be “car-free.” For people who know...

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Las Vegas’s WNBA training facility is sparking a revolution in women’s sports

When the WNBA’s Las Vegas Aces opened a training facility in the spring of 2023, it marked a moment of change for the league. The 64,000-square-foot building is outfitted with practice courts, weight...

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4 successful leaders on the lessons they wish they learned earlier

Reflecting on my career journey, one crucial lesson stands out: Embracing discomfort is essential for growth. For over five years, I thrived in one of my roles as an executive focused on innovating...

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Time poverty impacts college students with jobs and kids, especially for...

Many college students don’t have enough time for their studies. This “time poverty,” as we call it, is often due to inadequate child care access or the need to work to pay for college and living...

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Where the housing market shift is—and isn’t—happening

Want more housing stories from Lance Lambert’s ResiClub in your inbox? Subscribe to the free, daily ResiClub newsletter. There’s an ongoing shift happening in most housing markets: cooling. As...

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This TikTok-viral musician ‘ruins’ songs with AI. But is it parody or...

It was not a typical House Judiciary Committee hearing. Country music star Lainey Wilson was in attendance, for one thing, but the most unusual aspect of the February summit on AI and identity theft...

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U.S. faces growing measles outbreaks as vaccine skepticism rises

Americans’ faith in vaccines is fading, and it’s corresponding with a rapid rise in some diseases. Oregon recently experienced its biggest measles outbreak in five years: 30 cases, all among people...

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Development aid helps to fight gender inequality. Here are 5 research-backed...

Gender inequality isn’t just unfair—it’s also a drag on the world economy. Giving women the same economic opportunities as men would add about US$12 trillion to global gross domestic product by 2025,...

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What to do if you run out of money in retirement

We tend to think of 65 as the traditional age for retirement, but the Morningstar Center for Retirement & Policy Studies reports that retiring at 65 might be jumping the gun. According to...

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Forced retirement is technically illegal, but there are exceptions

Forced retirement is technically prohibited in the United States under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) of 1967, but the reality is far less clear-cut. The Act protects most workers...

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