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Payment apps are soaring in popularity. Here’s what you need to know.Oct 13, 2024 5:11 am - Almost three-quarters of U.S. consumers used payment accounts such as PayPal, Venmo and Cash App in 2023 — up from 68% in 2022. But millions of Americans operate in the dark about how payment apps use or invest those funds.
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Rising disaster costs leave U.S. confronting fiscal risks of climate changeOct 12, 2024 5:10 pm - A second catastrophic hurricane in as many weeks has forced the U.S. government to grapple with a harsh reality: Climate calamities are becoming more frequent, deadly and costly in a country already facing massive fiscal challenges.
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Texas man abandons suit against women he claimed helped ex-wife get abortionOct 11, 2024 6:03 pm - A Texas man who sued three women for allegedly helping his ex-wife obtain abortion pills has dropped his claims — prompting abortion rights advocates to declare victory i...
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Laura Dern, Liam Hemsworth lethargic under the Moroccan sun in ‘Lonely Planet’Oct 11, 2024 8:53 am - You’re supposed to root for love in romance movies — it’s kind of the whole point — but Netflix’s age-gap affair “Lonely Planet,” about a novelist with a creative block who falls for a man 20 years her junior, manages to achieve the opposite.
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Carolyn Hax: Work on yourself before rekindling relationshipOct 11, 2024 6:00 am - Partners of four years recently split because of his depression. Now he is trying to get back on track and wants to rekindle the relationship. Carolyn Hax says slow down and take care of yourself first.
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Eyes hurt from staring at screens? Don’t fall for blue light glasses.Oct 11, 2024 2:00 am - If your eyes hurt after looking at screens, don’t assume the culprit is blue light. You might spend extra money on a solution that doesn’t help much.
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Here’s how limiting social media can improve your healthOct 11, 2024 1:46 am - Some studies have shown when adults quit or limit social media, loneliness and depression scores improve — and rapidly. But quitting social media isn’t easy. The best product engineers are using cutting-edge neuroscience to maximize our time online.
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Christopher Reeve doc ‘Super/Man’ brings on the waterworksOct 10, 2024 3:40 pm - The documentary “Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story” is an almost guaranteed tear-jerker, but not necessarily for the reason you might think.
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Need to eat an entire cucumber? Add noodles and spicy peanut sauceOct 09, 2024 6:00 am - This spicy peanut noodle recipe with chicken is inspired by the cucumber salads that have been taking over social media.
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You asked: I don’t like touching meat. How can I cook with it?Oct 09, 2024 6:00 am - I want to learn to cook meat, but I don’t like touching it, and I always overcook it because I’m worried about getting sick. Where do I even begin with this?