These Cats Are Basically Royalty

These Cats Are Basically Royalty

Lifestyle from Newser     •     July 29, 2024, 8:53 pm

It's a tail as old as time. You're in the right place at the right moment and the next thing you know, you're living in the White House. That's what happened to a stray, gray, green-eyed cat named…

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Cat Researchers Suggest Ways to Stop Furniture-Scratching

Cat Researchers Suggest Ways to Stop Furniture-Scratching

Lifestyle from Newser     •     July 28, 2024, 7:15 pm

It might be fun to watch a cat try to catch a laser dot, but your couch might end up paying a price. That's one of the takeaways of new research published in Frontiers in Veterinary Science , reports…

A Megamansion Backlash Appears to Be Growing

Lifestyle from Newser     •     July 27, 2024, 3:00 pm

In East Hampton, New York, big-box stores are capped at 15,000 square feet. Personal homes, though, can go up to 20,000 feet. It's a point made by the planning director of the municipality, where a…

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More US Adults Don't Plan to Have Kids

More US Adults Don't Plan to Have Kids

Lifestyle from Newser     •     July 28, 2024, 2:03 pm

Are we experiencing the rise of the childless cat lady ? Apparently yes. A new report from Pew Research Center says more US adults are choosing not to have children, per Axios , and the reason is…

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Ex-PepsiCo Exec Is Suing Over Flamin' Hot Cheetos

Ex-PepsiCo Exec Is Suing Over Flamin' Hot Cheetos

Lifestyle from Newser     •     July 26, 2024, 1:59 pm

A court case could soon settle a spicy dispute: Who invented Flamin' Hot Cheetos? A former PepsiCo executive is suing the company, saying it destroyed his career after questioning his claim that he…

Chipotle: OK, Portion Sizes Did Get a Little Anemic

Lifestyle from Newser     •     July 26, 2024, 1:37 pm

The Chipotle "weight debate" rages on, with the company's CEO now weighing in both literally and metaphorically. As Americans were hit with high inflation over the past few years, some began griping…

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Want Quality of Life? These States Are Worst

Want Quality of Life? These States Are Worst

Lifestyle from Newser     •     July 22, 2024, 11:15 pm

Not all 50 states are so nifty when it comes to quality of life, reports CNBC as part of its annual "America's Top States for Business" study, which looked at 10 categories to determine a state's…

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Oscar Mayer Wienermobile Had a Rough Monday

Oscar Mayer Wienermobile Had a Rough Monday

Lifestyle from Newser     •     July 23, 2024, 1:12 pm

It's not exactly a car that crashed this week on an Illinois highway: The Chicago Tribune reports that an Oscar Mayer Wienermobile—one of the company's 23-foot-long nomadic vehicles shaped like a…

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Novel Mental Health Therapy Involves Grandmas, Benches

Novel Mental Health Therapy Involves Grandmas, Benches

Lifestyle from Newser     •     July 21, 2024, 7:22 pm

After her son, the family's shining light and only breadwinner, was arrested last year, Tambudzai Tembo went into meltdown. In Zimbabwe, where clinical mental health services are scarce, her chances…

What Walmart Wants: For Gen Z to Take Its Clothing Seriously

Lifestyle from Newser     •     July 21, 2024, 2:30 pm

Walmart has spent three years overhauling its mix of adult apparel to make it stylish as well as sensible for middle America. Now, the nation's largest retailer is seizing the back-to-school shopping…

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Americans' Top 10 Ice Cream Flavors

Americans' Top 10 Ice Cream Flavors

Lifestyle from Newser     •     July 20, 2024, 4:02 pm

Americans are downright old school when it comes to ordering ice cream. Instacart has assessed the nation's tastes based on orders placed, and it finds that vanilla comes in as America's favorite…

He's a Very Good Boy. He'll Also Cost You $150K

Lifestyle from Newser     •     July 20, 2024, 2:31 pm

They are handsome dogs, for sure. But $150,000? New York magazine explores the bewildering price tag for these dogs bred in Montana by a company called Svalinn . As it turns out, plenty of people…

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Final Cards Dealt at Iconic Las Vegas Casino

Final Cards Dealt at Iconic Las Vegas Casino

Lifestyle from Newser     •     July 18, 2024, 12:13 pm

A final blast from the Mirage's signature volcano marked the passage Wednesday of an aging Las Vegas resort that wowed crowds when it opened in 1989 and went on to revolutionize the casino resort…

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'This Generation's Oprah' Looks to Expand Her Monopoly

'This Generation's Oprah' Looks to Expand Her Monopoly

Lifestyle from Newser     •     July 14, 2024, 7:10 pm

With an average of 10 million listeners per episode, the Call Her Daddy podcast is a blockbuster in the space, bringing in $60 million over a three-year deal with Spotify. Host Alex Cooper, who's 29,…

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This Is the Most Dangerous State in America

This Is the Most Dangerous State in America

Lifestyle from Newser     •     July 13, 2024, 7:40 pm

Perhaps no one knows better than personal injury lawyers how dangerous simply existing can be these days—especially in the US, where death rates are about 2.5 times higher than the average rates in…

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10 Best Books of the 21st Century

10 Best Books of the 21st Century

Lifestyle from Newser     •     July 12, 2024, 6:56 pm

The New York Times has been gradually revealing its picks for the best 100 books of the 21st century, and the complete list is now here. More than 500 writers, critics, and others weighed in, with…

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Arby's Gets Into the Meal-Deal War

Arby's Gets Into the Meal-Deal War

Lifestyle from Newser     •     July 9, 2024, 9:00 pm

It's not quite the five roast beef sandwiches for $5 deal of yore (though that one did resurrect itself briefly in June ), but inflation is real, thin-walleted Americans are sick of it, and the…

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10 Most Costly States for Singles

10 Most Costly States for Singles

Lifestyle from Newser     •     July 7, 2024, 2:30 pm

Which is the priciest state to live in if you're single? Massachusetts, according to CNBC . The network broke down new analysis from SmartAsset that looks at costs for different types of households…

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Check Out America's Best National Parks

Check Out America's Best National Parks

Lifestyle from Newser     •     July 5, 2024, 6:51 pm

What better time to break out the hiking boots than the lazy, hazy days of summer—which may be why the Wall Street Journal has taken the opportunity to point adventurers in the direction of our…

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She Thought He'd Ghosted Her. Not Quite

She Thought He'd Ghosted Her. Not Quite

Lifestyle from Newser     •     July 3, 2024, 4:15 pm

Under a Hawaiian sky, Cody Bryant and Haley Woloshen met at a bar, discovered they lived a mile away from each other in California, and ended up spending the evening together, "swimming in the ocean…

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This Could Be the World's Next Fast-Food Phenom

This Could Be the World's Next Fast-Food Phenom

Lifestyle from Newser     •     June 30, 2024, 6:00 pm

The word "onigiri" became part of the Oxford English Dictionary this year, proof that the humble sticky-rice ball and mainstay of Japanese food has entered the global lexicon. The rice balls are…

It Takes Three Dogs to Make a Clone

Lifestyle from Newser     •     June 30, 2024, 3:40 pm

The question posed in the headline is straightforward enough: "Would you clone your dog?" Arriving at an answer, however, is far less straightforward. In the New Yorker , scientist Alexandra Horowitz…

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