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With the sad news that Pier 1, the home goods store chain, will be shutting its doors by the end of this year, shoppers can find a silver lining and uncover some of the beautiful home and kitchen items at great prices. After months of quarantine, our cooking skills may (or may not) have sharpened,

Mom mode! Sia revealed that she is the mother to two teenage boys after quietly adopting them in 2019. “I actually adopted two sons last year,” the Australian singer, 44, said during the Tuesday, May 19, episode of SiriusXM’s The Morning Mash Up. “They were both 18 — they’re both 19 years old now.” The

Few things say “summer” quite like a tall, refreshing glass of lemonade, and so many lemon-flavored foods and drinks have come out recently to prove just that. If you like lemon flavor but prefer carbonation in your drinks, there’s Sprite Lemonade, which can help satisfy both of those cravings. We first saw Sprite Lemonade back

One-third of 500 random coronavirus tests in Afghanistan’s capital came back positive, health officials said Sunday, raising fears of widespread undetected infections in one of the world’s most fragile states. Neighboring Iran, meanwhile, said it would reopen schools and mosques in some locations, even though the nation has been the regional epicenter of the pandemic

Big fan! Shawn Johnson’s 5-month-old daughter, Drew, watched throwback videos of her mom competing in the Olympics for the first time. “Even though @shawnjohnson NEVER lets us watch her gymnastics, @olympicchannel wanted her to live tweet her performance,” Andrew East captioned a Tuesday, April 21, Instagram video. “So @drewhazeleast and I are having a blast.

A pandemic can strike at any time. It takes little more than the right roll of genetic dice in a virus circulating among animals, followed by a chance encounter with a person or some go-between species, like pigs or mosquitoes. But as the new coronavirus whips around the world with a speed matched by few

Smokers in England are less hooked than they were a decade ago – but are also less inclined to give up, reveals study People smoke fewer cigarettes every day in 2017 compared with 2008 However, lower proportions of smokers had plans to quit or cut down More people are turning to e-cigarettes than typical quit-smoking products

DR ELLIE CANNON: Has diabetes put my sex drive into reverse? I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes two years ago and have seen a significant decrease in my sex drive since then. I’m 72 and don’t expect to be as active as I was in my 20s, but my wife is beginning to worry

Body Language is our wellbeing column, examining trending issues in diet, health and fitness. Checking my phone is like a tic. It’s as unconscious as it is compulsive. And although I love aspects of its connectivity and its ability to amuse, I dislike that I find myself sucked into rabbit holes of social media only

We’ve reached the end of a decade. The end of an era! The past ten years have been a whirlwind of exciting — and regrettable — trends, from “Instagram makeup” and unicorn everything to virtual fitness classes (hello, Peloton wife) and #selfcare. And like fashion, food, and beauty, parenting has undergone some serious transformations since

Life expectancy rise for Britons as official figures show men and women can now expect to live for up to an extra seven weeks Lifespans of men went up by 7.4 weeks to reach 79.3 years between 2015, 2018 For women, who traditionally live longer, went up by 4.6 weeks to hit 82.9 years But

Rhythm is a fundamental aspect of music, dance and language. However, we do not know to what extent our rhythmic skills depend on ancient evolutionary mechanisms that may be present in other animals. “In our study, we explored whether other animals can detect an isochronous beat (in which all signals are separated by the same

Woman, 46, with severe allergy to penicillin goes into anaphylactic shock after having unprotected sex with her husband who was taking the antibiotic The unidentified woman had diarrhoea, dizziness and blotchy skin after sex Patient was taken to A&E where medics thought she was suffering from sepsis She revealed she had an allergy to penicillin

It’s been four years since shared parental leave was introduced in the UK. The policy that would see more dads taking an active role in parenting—with new parents sharing time off following the birth of a baby or an adoption. Under shared parental leave, mothers must still take the initial two weeks after birth, but

Endometriosis sufferer, 24, reveals she has chosen to go through a temporary menopause for a SECOND time in hope of combating her agonising periods Chanelle Urquhart, a bartender who lives in Hull, suffers from endometriosis Two years ago, she chose to start taking injections to stop producing oestrogen But Ms Urquhart stopped getting the injections

The Real Housewives of Orange County star Tamra Judge, 52, detailed everything she eats during the day. She eats her first meal at 6:00 am and has dinner no later than 7:00 pm. The reality star also only drinks water at home, no alcohol. If you’re a longtime Real Housewives of Orange County fan, it

If you’ve ever roamed the Aldi wine aisle — or any grocery store’s wine aisle, for that matter — and were left scratching your head, unsure of the perfect wine to purchase, with no store associate to help you, you aren’t alone. And Aldi is here to help with its free wine course. The “Aldiploma”

It’s sometimes thought that smokers who can’t light up are likely to reach for food in lieu of cigarettes. But new research from the University at Buffalo suggests that smoking abstinence doesn’t greatly affect the motivation for food. The study, published in the journal Drug and Alcohol Dependence, used cues and actual money to learn

Following in his father’s footsteps? Liam Payne opened up about his 2-year-old son Bear’s music taste. “I used to like the Bear rap era,” the former One Direction member, 26, said on SiriusXM Hits 1’s “The Morning Mash Up” on Tuesday, September 17. “He went through a stage where he couldn’t understand words or whatever

Indian farmer, 74, has a four-inch devil horn removed from his head after it ‘sprouted up following a head injury’ Farmer Shyam Lal Yadav suffered head injury in 2014 which left lump on his head Over next five years it began to grown uncontrollably until it towered above skull  He had been asking his barber to