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Daily Edition • May 16, 2024 SUPPORTED BY House hunting in New York City is a notoriously difficult affair, so when Frank DiLella found an Upper West Side apartment he loved in 2020, he was ready to buy. And that was before he learned about the hidden treasure above him. Under DiLella’s seemingly normal ceiling was a brick and stone archway designed by Rafael Guastavino — the man behind landmarks like Carnegie Hall, Grand Central Terminal’s Oyster Bar, the Queensboro Bridge, and more. “It was...

Daily Edition • May 15, 2024 SUPPORTED BY The most popular baby names in the U.S. are staying pretty steady. For the fifth consecutive year, Olivia and Liam took the No. 1 spots, with Emma and Noah coming in second. There was only one new name on the top 10 lists for boys and girls: Mateo. “Mateo had a huge jump. … The fact that Mateo went from No. 11 in 2022 to No. 6 in 2023 is insane,” Sophie Kihm, editor-in-chief of the baby name website Nameberry, told CNN. “We don’t see that very often...

Daily Edition • May 14, 2024 SUPPORTED BY The 2024 Westminster Dog Show got underway on Saturday, and now the big day is finally here: the crowning of the best in show. The final round, which is available to stream live in the U.S. on the FOX Sports app, will commence at 7:30 p.m. ET. Check out some of the top photos from this year’s competition so far, and take a trip down memory lane to learn the names of all the past pups who won best in show. Must Reads At some New York City schools,...

Daily Edition • May 13, 2024 SUPPORTED BY It’s strawberry season: the perfect opportunity to eat, cook with, and learn about the popular fruit (which, in fact, isn’t a berry at all). From California to India and Japan, “strawberry towns” around the world celebrate this season with tours, fruit picking, specialty culinary treats, and even giant statues, per a recent piece from Atlas Obscura. Read the full article to brush up on your strawberry history, and click here to get some sweet and...

Sunday Edition • May 12, 2024 SUPPORTED BY It’s Mother’s Day! The holiday is an opportunity to honor the maternal figures who mean so much to us, and one way to do that is by contributing to StoryCorps. Dedicated to “illuminating the humanity and possibility in us all — one story at a time,” the organization has built the largest collection of human voices ever archived, preserved for future generations in the Library of Congress. And all you have to do to take part in the project is have a...

Daily Edition • May 11, 2024 SUPPORTED BY What would you give to be able to immerse yourself in the world of your favorite childhood book? It might only take a trip to North Kansas City, Missouri. There, a new children’s museum called The Rabbit hOle (no, that’s not a typo) is working toward a mission of “trying to get kids to really love reading, rather than being able to read,” co-creator Deb Pettit told NBC News. The uppercase “O” in the name represents the rabbit hole entrance, which...

Daily Edition • May 10, 2024 SUPPORTED BY When the first Planet of the Apes film premiered in 1968, it was a box-office hit and instant cultural classic, even earning an eventual spot in the U.S. National Film Registry. More than half a century later, the original book and movie have spurred a prolific franchise, and the newest film — Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes — premieres today. Check out the trailer and learn where you can watch all nine of the other franchise movies in order. Must...