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Tyler Perry’s ‘Straw’ stands with stressed-out single mothers everywhereJun 06, 2025 8:59 am - Streaming on Netflix, “Straw” is Tyler Perry’s version of “Dog Day Afternoon.” Anchored by a heroic if undisciplined lead performance by Taraji P. Henson, it finds solidarity with every overworked, underpaid, stressed-out single mother in a coldhearted America.
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Carolyn Hax: Husband stunned by wife’s raunchy ‘fiction’ novelJun 06, 2025 6:00 am - His wife wrote a racy semi-autobiographical novel, which makes him uncomfortable about her adventurous past and worried the kids might find out it’s not entirely fiction. Carolyn Hax says he needs to gently bring this up to his wife, but also find a way to cope.
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Are cold plunges good for you? Here’s what the science says.Jun 06, 2025 3:51 am - Ice baths and cold plunges have grown wildly popular in recent years, thanks to podcasters, social media influencers, professional athletes and others touting their uses for exercise recovery and personal wellness. But do they actually work? The science may throw cold water on your assumptions.
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Study links preteen physical activity with better mental health laterJun 06, 2025 3:01 am - At age 11, daily physical activity was associated with a 12% lower risk of a psychiatric diagnosis at age 18 for every hour of activity recorded, according to research published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine.
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NATO nears deal to grant Trump’s wish for giant military spending increaseJun 05, 2025 7:53 pm - BRUSSELS — NATO leaders appear to be on track for an agreement to more than double their target for defense spending — to 5% of annual economic output — by using some cre...
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Days of storms expected in central and southern states, continuing relentless seasonJun 05, 2025 3:43 pm - A classic Great Plains severe weather outbreak — complete with large to giant hail and tornadoes — is likely on Thursday, kicking off a dayslong bout of severe weather th...
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‘Stick’ is one more Apple TV+ comedy about sad dudesJun 05, 2025 3:13 pm - If you crossed “Ted Lasso” with Woody Harrelson’s 1996 movie “Kingpin,” swapped in Owen Wilson and made the sport golf, you would probably get something like “Stick,” the 10-episode Apple TV+ comedy about a washed-up pro golfer trying to heal his psychic wounds by helping a teen prodigy live up to his potential.
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Several people detained in Chicago after immigration check-ins, witnesses sayJun 05, 2025 10:23 am - Several people summoned to an office in the South Loop neighborhood for what they thought were routine immigration check-ins were instead taken into custody Wednesday by ...
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Trump administration reinstates and expands travel banJun 04, 2025 8:06 pm - President Donald Trump issued a proclamation on Wednesday restricting the entry of travelers to the United States from more than a dozen countries, resurrecting and expan...
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Two Chinese nationals charged with smuggling toxic fungus into U.S.Jun 04, 2025 7:13 pm - Two Chinese nationals have been charged with conspiracy and smuggling after attempting to bring a toxic fungus that is a “dangerous biological pathogen” into the United S...