A mum mistook cancer on her face for a ‘clogged pore’ – and only went to get tested after seeing a TikTok warning about skin cancer. Lauren Smyth, 29, used sunbeds in her early twenties but hadn’t touched them in years. So she didn’t think much of a small pimple that appeared on the tip … Read more
To support or not to support? Seating etiquette on airplanes has long been the subject of debate, but an argument over reclining seats between three passengers on Hong Kong-based airline Cathay Pacific escalated into xenophobic slurs. A female passenger on a flight from Hong Kong to London in September. 17 shared her experience on Xiaohongshu, … Read more
Dear ABBY: When I came out of my introverted shell, I started trying to find a relationship. I went on a few dating websites and met some great guys and some not so good guys. One of the latter was giving me red flags from our first meeting. We clicked at first and shared many … Read more
Claire Casbolt loves unicorns, mermaids, art and her friends. She just turned seven and has planned her biggest party ever, complete with face painting, ponies and a bouncy castle. Sadly, her seventh birthday will likely be her last. In June, Claire’s mother, Meghan Tucker, noticed one of her bold and bubbly students was acting more … Read more
College students are done with uninspiring barren slatted walls, chipped wooden furniture, and dirty dorm room carpets. Now, those dreary spaces are becoming increasingly stylish with high-end designs that match the tastes of the TikTok-obsessed generation embarking on the independent life. As part of a national trend, college kids are increasingly asking their parents to … Read more
A bag of Lays and a $106,000 watch? In an age where quiet luxury reigns supreme, the ultra-rich have found new and subtle ways to signal their status, opting for simple foods and seemingly inconspicuous jewelry. When it comes to handbags, the 0.1% are abandoning visible signs of wealth, opting instead for accessories known only … Read more
A man has imposed a financial penalty on his wife because she was always late in picking up the garden. In his post, which was so outrageous it was caught on TikTok, the husband says his wife was solely “in charge” of their four-year-old’s schedule because: “I am at work. I work for a living.” … Read more
Why spend thousands of dollars per month on prescription weight loss when store bought supplements claim to have the same effect? Trendy GLP-1 supplements are being touted as “nature’s Ozempic,” promising to deliver a similar result to the wildly popular injection—all for a fraction of the price. Ozempic and its sister drugs Wegovy and Mounjaro … Read more
Women would rather accept the “singles tax” than the couple. The “singles tax” — the highest costs singles pay to support themselves financially — recently rose to over $7,000, according to Zillow, but women would rather stay on their own. A new study conducted by Qualtrics on behalf of Intuit Credit Karma found that while … Read more
A man affected by ALS has become the first person in the world to control an Amazon Alexa digital assistant through his thoughts – thanks to a brain implant created by a New York-based neurotech startup. Synchron – a company specializing in medical technology solutions – has implanted its brain-computer interface (BCI) into a blood … Read more