When Home Depot’s 12 ft. Giant-Sized Skelly lawn ornament debuted in 2020, it quickly became an online sensation because of its enormous height and the fact that Halloween was essentially canceled that year due to the pandemic. Disappointed fans needed something to keep their fav … | Continue reading
You can’t find many sponges out there with over 4 million followers on TikTok and an instantly recognizable mascot. Since its debut on Shark Tank (video) over a decade ago, the Scrub Daddy has become a household name with a devoted following. The sponge’s superfans regularly wax … | Continue reading
If you want to shield a mattress from spills, potty training accidents, or pet messes, we recommend the SafeRest Premium Mattress Protector. After 240 hours researching and testing 14 protectors, we found the SafeRest did the best job at keeping our mattress dry, while also feeli … | Continue reading
No matter what kind of bag you carry on your travels, a luggage tag will help you identify it quickly and get it back should it go astray. A good luggage tag will be strong enough to survive airline baggage tossers and distinctive enough to stand out in a sea of black suitcases. … | Continue reading
The Big Berkey Water Filter has a strong following. And in the years we’ve spent researching the best water filter pitchers and the best under-sink water filters, we’ve been asked about the Big Berkey several times. Its manufacturer claims the filter can remove far more contamina … | Continue reading
Jordan Peele’s genre-melting third feature stars Daniel Kaluuya and Keke Palmer as brother-and-sister horse wranglers defending the family ranch from an extraterrestrial threat. | Continue reading
If you toss and turn because your mattress is too firm, adding a topper could help you sleep better. After 40 hours of research, and sleeping for more than 300 hours on 17 different models, we found four of the best mattress toppers made with memory-foam (for cushioning that hugs … | Continue reading
Seven trees near the former concentration camp in Germany were chopped down in what the International Committee of Buchenwald Dora said was a "horrible act of vandalism." Seven trees memorializing people who died at Buchenwald during the Holocaust were chopped down on Tuesday nea … | Continue reading
Two men from Texas could face the death penalty after a tractor-trailer carrying dead migrants was found on the outskirts of San Antonio last month. A federal grand jury indicted two men on Wednesday in connection with a human smuggling operation that left 50 adults and three chi … | Continue reading
WASHINGTON - President Biden tested positive on Thursday for the coronavirus, raising health concerns for the 79-year-old president and underscoring how the virus remains a persistent threat in a country trying to put the pandemic in the past. In a statement, White House press se … | Continue reading
Amazon said on Thursday that it had reached a deal to acquire One Medical, a network of primary care clinics, in a deal worth $3.9 billion, a big step in the e-commerce giant's plans to become a major player in the health care industry.(nytimes.com) | Continue reading
The agency recommended that consumers avoid using the disinfection products because of high levels of radiation that could damage skin or eyes. | Continue reading
You’ve seen the prompt: If you’re using a shared or public computer, use incognito mode. It gives you a sense of security knowing that whatever sites you visit or passwords you type won’t be saved to the device—like skulking around in an invisibility cloak. But of course, nothing … | Continue reading
was wrong. In our age of hyperpartisanship and polarization, when social media echo chambers incentivize digging in and doubling down, it's not easy to admit you got something wrong. But here at Times Opinion, we still hold on to the idea that good-faith intellectual debate is po … | Continue reading
The changes outlined by the senators are intended to prevent a repeat of the effort on Jan. 6, 2021, to overturn the presidential election in Congress. WASHINGTON - A bipartisan group of senators proposed new legislation on Wednesday to modernize the 135-year-old Electoral Count … | Continue reading
A new trove of memos and emails suggest that the plan to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census aimed to cause an undercount that would favor Republicans. A new stash of documents obtained by Congress has confirmed that the Trump administration pushed to add a citizenship … | Continue reading
Citing trademark concerns and objections to the author J.K. Rowling's views on transgender issues, the sport's leading groups officially distanced themselves from their "Harry Potter" roots. Quidditch, the sport of boarding school wizards riding broomsticks in "Harry Potter," wil … | Continue reading
In his grouchy, funny memoir, “A Factotum in the Book Trade,” Marius Kociejowski writes about what a good bookstore should feel like, famous customers he’s served and more. | Continue reading
A prosecutor in Atlanta is investigating interference in the 2020 presidential election, an inquiry that has engulfed Donald J. Trump and many of his allies. Prosecutors in Atlanta have informed 16 Trump supporters who formed an alternate slate of 2020 presidential electors from … | Continue reading
The Wirecutter Deals team scans the virtual aisles of the internet, searching for great discounts on Wirecutter-recommended products so you don’t have to. For even more deals, check out our Deals page and follow us on Twitter @WirecutterDeals. Every year, ahead of the slew of Mem … | Continue reading
Witness testimony and videos obtained by The New York Times show how Russian paratroopers executed at least eight Ukrainian men in a Kyiv suburb on March 4, a potential war crime. This article contains images of graphic violence.(nytimes.com) | Continue reading
Watching American politicians and judges wrestle with the social and political dangers posed by the internet is a bit like watching my cats chase a laser pointer. They're very fired up about the hunt, pursuing every zig and zag with showy ferocity, but anytime they approach the t … | Continue reading
More than 1,200 species of arachnids are part of a largely unregulated global marketplace, according to a new study. At first, it seems like any other unboxing video on YouTube: A young man presents the viewer with a sealed box, expresses his excitement at what might be inside an … | Continue reading
Over 130 years ago, a young lawyer saw an amazing new gadget and had a revolutionary vision - technology can threaten our privacy. "Recent inventions and business methods call attention to the next step which must be taken for the protection of the person," wrote the lawyer, Loui … | Continue reading
You should probably change your bedsheets once a week. Think about it: You spend hours in bed every night, and your sheets collect skin flakes and an assortment of bodily fluids and oils. Then there’s stuff like dust, dust mites, and (if you have a cat or dog) pet hair. Washing y … | Continue reading
A California prison worker helped Natalie Le DeMola, who is serving a life sentence for murder, in the fraud scheme, officials said. A California woman serving a life prison sentence for murder led a scheme to collect at least $2 million in unemployment benefits using stolen iden … | Continue reading
The White House will hold a coronavirus briefing on Wednesday after a six-week hiatus, as caseloads and hospitalizations climb around the country and the Biden administration signaled that it would extend its declaration of Covid-19 as a public health emergency. The briefing - sc … | Continue reading
May 17, 2022, 9:54 p.m. ET Doug Mastriano, a central figure in former President Donald J. Trump's efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election in Pennsylvania, won the state's Republican primary for governor on Tuesday, making the general election a referendum on democrac … | Continue reading
May 18, 2022, 5:00 a.m. ET Pennsylvania's Republican Senate contest, the biggest and most expensive race of a five-state primary night, is a photo finish between David McCormick, a former hedge fund executive, and Dr. Mehmet Oz, the celebrity surgeon. It appears headed to a state … | Continue reading
The Republican primary battle between Dr. Oz and Dave McCormick, a hedge fund executive, could go to a recount. The winner will face John Fetterman, who had a stroke a few days before the primary election. In other races, 2020 election deniers thrived in North Carolina and the co … | Continue reading
Landmark labor agreements with members of the men's and women's national teams will include higher paychecks and shared World Cup prize money. For the first time, soccer players representing the United States men's and women's national teams will receive the same pay and prize mo … | Continue reading
It has long been said that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result. By that definition, we're the ones detached from reality if we keep accepting what the oil industry and the green movement keep telling us over and … | Continue reading
The committee has interviewed more than 1,000 people so far, and the transcripts could be used as evidence in potential criminal cases or to pursue new leads. WASHINGTON - The Justice Department has asked the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack for transcripts of inte … | Continue reading
After seven days of fiddling with knobs, adjusting antennas, and listening to endless AM and FM broadcasts using six top-rated radios, we think the best tabletop radio for most people is the Sangean WR-11. It has the simple controls, inviting sound, and accurate tuning you need f … | Continue reading
The first summer I lived in New York City was a sweltering reality check. Coming from the Northwest, I had never had an air conditioner, and I didn’t think I could afford one (or the higher electric bills). I spent that first summer tossing and turning in the muggy heat. By the f … | Continue reading
An intelligence subcommittee will hear testimony from two Pentagon officials on observations by military pilots and others. WASHINGTON - A House subcommittee opened a hearing on Tuesday on unidentified aerial phenomena observed by military pilots and others, pledging to bring tra … | Continue reading
Meet the new materials overpowering the electric economy. | Continue reading
Some inane things I recently searched for from my phone: “how tall is Robert Pattinson,” “Bob Dylan with mustache,” and “Rogue Legacy 2 double jump.” All things that are mildly embarrassing, only momentarily useful, and certainly not a fair representation of who I am as a person. … | Continue reading
City health officials urged New Yorkers to wear medical masks indoors and to take other precautions. Citing high community transmission and rising hospitalizations from a fifth wave of coronavirus cases, New York City health officials on Monday strongly recommended that all indiv … | Continue reading
The spread of the Omicron variant has given scientists an unsettling answer: repeatedly, sometimes within months. A virus that shows no signs of disappearing, variants that are adept at dodging the body's defenses, and waves of infections two, maybe three times a year - this may … | Continue reading
The magazine, bought by a marketing company, briefly hosted clickbait content. Scandal ensued. After a flurry of negotiation, it is now back with its first publisher, McSweeney's. An unusual article appeared in April on the website of The Believer, a literary magazine known for p … | Continue reading
The president also signed off on targeting about a dozen Shabab leaders in the war-torn country, from which Donald J. Trump largely withdrew in his final weeks in office. WASHINGTON - President Biden has signed an order authorizing the military to once again deploy hundreds of Sp … | Continue reading
Libraries aren’t just for books. Did you know there are libraries and lenders across the country that will give you loaners of skateboards, board games, telescopes, and craft supplies? Here are some tips to gear up and have some fun—for free. Sports gear Take a hike, go paddling, … | Continue reading
Replacement theory, espoused by the suspect in the Buffalo massacre, has been embraced by some right-wing politicians and commentators. Inside a Pittsburgh synagogue in 2018, a white man with a history of antisemitic internet posts gunned down 11 worshipers, blaming Jews for allo … | Continue reading
"This is a complicated issue that's without precedent and with profound consequences," Chris Kempczinski, the chief executive of McDonald's, wrote in a message to franchises that was obtained by The Times. After more than three decades in Russia, McDonald's - an icon of U.S.(nyti … | Continue reading
Gunmen say they are influenced by online screeds and broadcasts of past shootings. Do social media sites have a responsibility to rein in hateful and violent content? | Continue reading
John Fetterman, the Pennsylvania lieutenant governor who is running for the state’s Democratic Senate nomination, canceled events on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. | Continue reading