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7 Best Target Early Christmas Sales Starting This Week Photo: Shutterstock; Design: Canva Everyone knows that the best time to shop is at the end of the year, when a majority of retailers are pushing crazy deals and promotional events so they can clear shelves and make room for new inventory. And it just so happens that Target is offering several can’t-miss early Christmas sales on women’s and men’s apparel, coveted kitchen appliances, electronics, and more....

7 Budget Hacks For Retirement, According to Financial Experts PeopleImages.com - Yuri A / Shutterstock Pretty much any retirement advice boils down to one line: The earlier you start , the better. As reported by The New York Times , people who start saving for retirement at age 22 end up with nearly $560,000 more than those who started saving at 32. But even if you’re nearing retirement age or have already retired, you haven’t missed the boat—there are a few tips and tricks you can deploy at any time to build a solid nest egg....

7 New Walmart and Target Christmas Bedding Finds Hitting Shelves This Week Photo: Shutterstock; Design: Canva As my roommate can attest, I am a Christmas fanatic. I deck the apartment out in twinkle lights, red and green dish towels, Santa figurines, and pine-scented candles. However, my bedding could use a festive upgrade. Luckily, the bedding aisles at Walmart and Target are already starting to look merry and bright. Ahead, shop warm comforters and flannel sheets just in time for bundle-under-cozy-sheets weather....

7 The Body Shop Fan Favorites That Just Came Back This January Shutterstock If you were a teenager in the mid-1990s, you likely have memories of The Body Shop. Before Bath & Body Works landed at your local mall, the Brit-founded Body Shop was slinging sweet-smelling creams, natural-smelling acne products, and fruity shampoo and conditioners in a kid-in-a-candy-shop-like setting. In 2024, all stores shuttered amidst bankruptcy, and many feared it was gone forever....

7 Tips for Preventing Your Indoor Plants From Wilting in the Heat Shutterstock Summer is coming in hot, and while you may love having fun in the sun, your houseplants may have other ideas. Extreme temperatures and high humidity can place stress on your plants, causing them to wilt. However, experts say you don’t need to sit idly by as your plants wither under the sun’s glare—there are several steps you can take to help your indoor plants withstand summer’s most scorching days....

7 Worst Shoes for Back Pain, Experts Say Lifemoment / iStock If you’re one of the 16 million U.S. adults who struggle with chronic back pain , you know how debilitating and inconvenient it can be. An aching, sore, or stiff back can render you incapable of even the simplest tasks, interrupting daily life and work. But while you may be quick to blame your mattress or overexertion for your aches and pains, your footwear also plays a role....

70 Fun Christmas Facts to Get You in the Holiday Spirit Best Life The holidays are drawing closer, and that means it’s time to finish up your shopping, trim your tree, and get those Christmas greetings in the mail. It’s been another long year, so you may need an extra dose of festive spirit this season. If that’s the case, or if you need some great icebreakers for family gatherings, read on....

70+ Eggs-quisite Egg Puns to Crack You Up NaiyanaB/Shutterstock Whether you like them scrambled, poached, over easy, or fried, you’ve got to admit that eggs are one of the best foods around. After all, they’re a powerful protein, a simple breakfast, and the absolute bosses of brunch. But in addition to tasting absolutely eggs-ceptional, eggs also offer a ton of opportunities for egg puns . Seriously: all you have to do is find a word that starts with “ex,” replace it with “egg,” and you’re done....

8 Insider Tips to Have the Best Chicago Experience Ever Shutterstock Chicago has long been my favorite city on Earth. So much so, that the instant I was able to move there, I did. To my surprise, despite being the third-largest city in the country, Chicago is often a destination that even travel writers have told me they’ve never visited. It doesn’t have the glitz of Hollywood or the bright lights of Times Square , but Chicago is a city that’s definitely worth visiting....

9 Best New Dollar Tree Name-Brand Dupes Hitting Shelves This Week Photo: Shutterstock; Design: Canva I love trying new beauty and skincare products as much as the next person, but with inflation, my budget can only take me so far; hence, I’m always scouring Dollar Tree for affordable dupes. Touchland, Dove, Rare Beauty, and Sol de Janeiro are just some of the marquee brands I’ve seen recently duped at Dollar Tree—and no one can ever tell the difference....

9 Dangerous Things You Should Never Do During a Thunderstorm Shutterstock A demonstration of nature’s raw power, thunderstorms can be a sight to behold. However, they’re also a serious hazard, resulting in hundreds of injuries and scores of death every year. Thankfully, if you know what to never do during a thunderstorm, you can stay safe. Thunderstorms are most common during the summer months, thanks to high levels of humidity. In fact, 73 percent of lightning deaths occur in June, July, and August, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)....

9 Easy Light Weight Exercises for a Strong, Slim Physique Image: Shutterstock; Design: Best Life For all the stories I’ve written and edited about the benefits of strength training , I still fell into the trap of overdoing cardio. I’d take Peloton spin classes every day, sometimes to the point of feeling sick from how exhausted and overheated I was. But I wanted to burn as many calories as possible (reality check: the number on the scale didn’t budge)....

A Practical Guide to Quitting Your Job and Traveling the World Shutterstock It’s one of those bucket-list dreams: What if I just dropped everything and went on an adventure? For most of us, such thoughts don’t get past the dream stage. After all, when you actually stop to consider the heavy lifting involved—from figuring out how to afford it to plotting the itinerary—it seems totally impossible. It’s so much easier to stick with the biannual trip to Cabo, right?...

ADHD Meds Are Being Recalled After Dangerous Label Mix-Up, FDA Warns JLco Julia Amaral / Shutterstock Once you’re in the habit, taking a prescription every day becomes a pretty mindless task. With that in mind, you probably don’t think to inspect the pills themselves—especially since some meds come in different shapes and colors depending on whether you get brand-name or generic varieties in a given month. But mistakes do happen, and now, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and narcolepsy medication Zenzedi has been recalled after a mislabeling mistake during manufacturing....

Barbra Streisand Says Marlon Brando Propositioned Her With His Wife in the Next Room Ron Galella, Ltd./Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images; Ron Galella/Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images If her upcoming memoir clocking in at 992 pages is any indication, Barbra Streisand has a lot of stories to tell. One particularly scandalous one involves late actor Marlon Brando , who became a friend of the star. According to Streisand’s book, Brando once propositioned her while his wife was in the very next room....

Ben Affleck Says “Armageddon” Producers Made Him Get $20,000 in Dental Work Vinnie Zuffante/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images When Ben Affleck played an oil driller sent on a space mission to prevent an asteroid from colliding with the earth in the 1998 blockbuster Armageddon , he had to alter more than his Boston accent. In an Entertainment Weekly interview with buddy and frequent collaborator Matt Damon last year, the actor revealed that he had to get an all-new smile to match director Michael Bay’s vision for the film, even though he was playing a blue collar hero....

Brand New Weight-Loss Drug Has Patients Losing Over 20 Percent of Body Weight ruizluquepaz / iStock Type 2 diabetes treatment Ozempic has become the biggest name in the weight-loss drug market, but it’s far from the only option available at this point. Novo Nordisk, which makes Ozempic, has an option prescribed for weight loss (Wegovy), as do other brands like Eli Lilly, which makes Zepbound . Now, drug manufacturer Altimmune is on the scene, announcing positive results from a study of its new drug, pemvidutide....

Britney Spears Accused Alyssa Milano of “Bullying” Her Online s_bukley/Featureflash Photo Agency/Shutterstock Just because a person is a famous celebrity doesn’t mean that they’re immune to getting their feelings hurt online—nor are famous celebrities incapable of posting hurtful things . In late 2022, actor Alyssa Milano tweeted something about Britney Spears , prompting the iconic singer to accuse the Charmed star of “bullying” her. Read on to see what Milano wrote, and to learn how their online spat was ultimately resolved....

Chris Rock Appears to Slam Will Smith Apology: “Trying to Be a Victim” ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images READ THIS NEXT: Will Smith Made Things “Very Difficult” for This Co-Star: “I Lost Everything.” ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images At the Academy Awards on March 27, Smith rushed the stage to slap Rock after the comedian made a joke about Smith’s wife, Jada Pinkett Smith . Pinkett Smith has a shaved head as a result of her alopecia , which causes hair loss....

Controversial “Jeopardy!” Champ Slammed for “Arrogant” In-Game Behaviors ABC Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions ( ToC ) winner Yogesh Raut is one of the most controversial players to ever compete on the Alex Trebek Stage. Over the course of his Jeopardy! career, Raut has been ridiculed by fans for his dramatic buzzing techniques and unsavory in-game behaviors . He’s also gotten heat from his Jeopardy! peers for bashing the beloved quiz show online....