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The world’s most powerful passports
Daily Edition • January 11, 2025 SUPPORTED BY It’s hard to overstate how important relationships are to our overall well-being and happiness — and yet it can often seem so difficult to forge new friendships or even strengthen our existing ones. Thankfully, the BBC put together a four-day guide to doing just that. It begins with a simple, introspective question to get you thinking about the role relationships play in your life: “What are your friendship goals and expectations?” Must Reads An...
What to pack in an emergency “go bag”
Daily Edition • January 10, 2025 SUPPORTED BY Regardless of which team you root for, it’s fair to say that pretty much any football fan would be jazzed to attend the Super Bowl. And the Red Cross is offering one person the trip of a lifetime to go see this year’s game — you just have to do a good deed to enter. Anyone who donates blood, platelets, or plasma through Jan. 26 will be automatically entered to win a trip for two to Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans. Learn more about how it works. Must...
Medical bills won’t appear on credit reports
Daily Edition • January 9, 2025 SUPPORTED BY The wildfires burning in Southern California, propelled by raging Santa Ana winds, remain largely uncontained. But already, organizations are on the ground helping the thousands of people affected. José Andrés’ World Central Kitchen is feeding first responders and evacuees, the CAL FIRE Benevolent Foundation is ensuring the welfare of firefighters and their families, and the California Fire Foundation Wildfire & Disaster Relief Fund is beginning to...
Historic Jackie Robinson site honored
Daily Edition • January 8, 2025 SUPPORTED BY This week’s snowstorm in Washington, D.C., might have made getting around the city a bit more difficult than usual, but there are at least two residents enjoying the white out. Bao Li and Qing Bao, the giant pandas who traveled from China to the Smithsonian National Zoo in October, seemed to have a blast during their snow day in the nation’s capital, per footage released by the zoo. If you live in the area (or have a particular fondness for...
Introducing: Generation Beta
Daily Edition • January 7, 2025 SUPPORTED BY The start of a new year is a reset for many — we begin new exercise programs, set out to break bad habits and foster good ones, and generally revel in the turning of a new leaf. But beyond reaching for individual goals, we might also think of this time as a fresh start for the planet, or rather our roles in protecting it. The holiday season is carbon-intensive, what with all the manufacturing, shipping, food buying, and more, and you can help...
How the heart can heal itself
Daily Edition • January 6, 2025 SUPPORTED BY New Orleans is displaying its resilience in the wake of the New Year’s Day tragedy in the city’s signature style: with music. By sunrise on Jan. 2, the French Quarter’s famed Bourbon Street was cleaned, and by mid-morning, the jazzy sounds of street musicians began to fill the air, ABC News reported. “[Music] takes your mind off everything going on, even though it’s temporary. It’s healing,” busker Aoleoin Broomfield told the outlet. More proof...
Why some people are more likable than others
Sunday Edition • January 5, 2025 SUPPORTED BY It may be a new year, but we’re still in the thick of awards season, and the 82nd annual Golden Globes are set to start 2025 off with a bang. The ceremony will take place tonight at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, and home viewers can catch it live on CBS at 8 p.m. ET or stream it on Paramount+. Comedian Nikki Glaser is hosting, Aubrey Plaza and Colin Farrell are among those presenting, and Ariana Grande and Hiroyuki Sanada are two of the first-time...