New Home Designs Are Saying Goodbye to Dining Rooms

New Home Designs Are Saying Goodbye to Dining Rooms

Lifestyle from Newser     •     January 4, 2026, 2:30 pm

The once-standard formal dining room is quietly vanishing from many new homes, pushed aside by tighter budgets and shifting priorities, Axios reports. Almost 80% of designers working on new housing…

Disney Grapples With Epcot's 'Drink Around the World' Trend

Lifestyle from Newser     •     January 4, 2026, 12:06 pm

At one Florida Disney park, the thrill ride isn't on a track—it's in a glass. At Epcot, the unofficial "Drinking Around the World" challenge—knocking back a beverage in each of the 11 World Showcase…

The steady climb of Philippine football

Lifestyle.INQ     •     January 3, 2026, 3:16 pm

For a country long defined by one sport, Philippine football’s emergence is not a rejection of the past, but an expansion of possibilities

Turn on, tune in, drop out: Embracing an analog lifestyle in 2026

Lifestyle.INQ     •     January 3, 2026, 3:16 pm

Why 2026 is shaping up to be the year of slowing down, unplugging, and returning to an analog way of living

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Burn expert explains treatment for injured in Swiss bar fire

Burn expert explains treatment for injured in Swiss bar fire

Lifestyle.INQ     •     January 3, 2026, 4:06 pm

Medical director of Saint-Louis Hospital in Paris on what these kinds of devastating injuries are like—and how they are treated

Sending Your Christmas Tree to the Landfill? Maybe Think Again

Lifestyle from Newser     •     January 3, 2026, 11:32 am

What to buy, what to serve, which events to attend—December is typically full of decisions. Here's one more for you to contemplate: What are you going to do with your Christmas tree? According to the…

Vice Ganda and Krystel Go made history—but it shouldn’t end here

Lifestyle.INQ     •     January 2, 2026, 3:52 pm

Landmark wins for queer actors and persons with Down syndrome got people talking. Now it’s up to the industry to walk the talk

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MTV Music's Last Song: 'Video Killed the Radio Star'

MTV Music's Last Song: 'Video Killed the Radio Star'

Lifestyle from Newser     •     January 2, 2026, 1:24 pm

Viewers tuning in to some of MTV's old-school music channels on New Year's Eve 2025 saw more than a countdown—they saw the format quietly sign off. MTV pulled the plug on its remaining music-only…

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Here's What Americans in 1998 Got Right About 2025

Here's What Americans in 1998 Got Right About 2025

Lifestyle from Newser     •     January 1, 2026, 2:30 pm

Back in 1998, Gallup and USA Today surveyed 1,055 Americans and asked them to make predictions about 2025. CNN runs down what they got right—and wrong—and also notes this distressing aside: In 1998,…

Volunteering with children can build character and create lasting family memories

Lifestyle.INQ     •     January 1, 2026, 9:12 am

Volunteering with children can instill confidence, teach social and problem-solving skills, and provide ways for families to bond

Maria Angelica’s ‘Beads of Light’ carries light into the new year

Lifestyle.INQ     •     January 1, 2026, 8:31 am

“Beads of Light” by Maria Angelica draws inspiration from Spanish colonial tamborin beads, reimagined through fine Filipino craftsmanship

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5 queer sports media to catch after you’re finished with ‘Heated Rivalry’

5 queer sports media to catch after you’re finished with ‘Heated Rivalry’

Lifestyle.INQ     •     December 31, 2025, 8:46 am

If you’re craving more queer sports stories after “Heated Rivalry,” Here are a few shows and movies to queue up next

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Tips on how to shop your own closet

Tips on how to shop your own closet

Lifestyle.INQ     •     December 30, 2025, 10:50 am

Skip the late-night cart—shop your own closet with intention, adding just enough main-character energy to make getting dressed exciting

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Fashion’s year of apologies, part 2

Fashion’s year of apologies, part 2

Lifestyle.INQ     •     December 29, 2025, 10:25 am

2025 became fashion’s reckoning year—not because audiences became more sensitive, but because they became more attentive, more aware

For director Josh Safdie, ‘Marty Supreme’ and Timothee Chalamet are one and the same

Lifestyle.INQ     •     December 29, 2025, 9:30 am

"Marty Supreme,” a film about an American table tennis champion, is a U.S. end-of-year cinematic event starring Timothée Chalamet

Health bandwagons to jump on in 2026

Lifestyle.INQ     •     December 29, 2025, 9:30 am

From nutrition and food innovations to personalized health and wellness plans, these are the health trends to keep an eye on come 2026

If your hair has a mind of its own, read this

Lifestyle.INQ     •     December 29, 2025, 9:30 am

If your hair has a life of its own, consider this your guide—you just need a mix that works with your texture, not against it

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