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“Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including you.” ~Anne Lamott You know that familiar routine: an exhausting day at work, a long commute, children, errands, messages, dinner, and notifications. And then—finally—rest at the end of it all. A soft, welcoming couch that curves in all the right places. A new episode of a beloved series that whisks you away to a rugged farm in rural Montana. And some short videos that make you laugh: AI-animated cats reviewing street food, influencers in wigs enacting the bickering of a married couple. The flickering screens distract…

U.S. President Donald Trump points his finger as he signs an executive order on AI next to U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Cruz (R-TX) and U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S. Dec. 11, 2025.Al Drago | ReutersPresident Donald Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order asking companies to provide artificial intelligence models to the federal government to assess their capabilities ahead of a full release.Tech companies will comply with the order voluntarily. It asks them to participate in a benchmarking process to assess AI models’ cybersecurity capabilities, and…

A newer Monse has arrived. While designers Fernando Garcia and Laura Kim will make their official return to the runway this fall, this resort collection serves as a firm indicator of where the two want to take the brand next. “Laura and I are masculine and feminine in everything we do,” said Garcia. Whereas those energies may have been more siloed when the duo balanced design responsibilities at Monse and Oscar de la Renta, this season, the aesthetics met with fuller realization as they brought their focus under one, singular roof. In the most practical of terms, Kim expressed that…

The truth doesn’t disappear when it is forgotten or ignored. You know how you can hear something a hundred times in a bunch of different ways before it finally gets through to you? The ten truths discussed here fall firmly into that category — timeless lessons most of us likely learned years ago, and have been reminded of since, but for whatever reason we haven’t fully grasped them yet. This, my friends, is my attempt at helping all of us, myself included, “get it” and “remember it” once and for all… 1. The average human life is relatively short. We…

More hors d’oeuvres were stationed on two large tables on the far side of the room. The first, anchored by an ice sculpture, was flanked by freshly shucked oysters topped with buttery, orange uni on one side and a server doling out caviar bumps on the other. In their gowns and bowties, guests giddily slurped mounds of glinting caviar off the back of their hands.The other table garnered more of a crowd, as it featured a cornucopia of less-traditional gala fare: African blue tilapia, silk worm pupae served on a slice of cucumber, meal worms lain across each other in…

Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency Bill Pulte walks outside the White House, Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025, in Washington.Mark Schiefelbein | APPresident Donald Trump on Tuesday tapped Bill Pulte, who leads the Federal Housing Finance Agency, to serve as acting director of national intelligence, putting the expansive U.S. intelligence community in the hands of a loyalist who has targeted the president’s foes.Tulsi Gabbard, Trump’s current DNI, announced last month that she would resign from the role effective June 30.Pulte, who has no prior experience in an intelligence role, will keep his existing titles as FHFA director and chairman of…

Like with many wellness trends, supplement chatter tends to come and go (with varying levels of efficacy). While there’s not always a ton of clinical data behind the trends—and medical professionals rarely agree on efficacy (ahem, DIY sunscreen)—there is one supplement that many experts agree on. It’s probably time you started taking fish oil.“High-quality fish oil is one of the few supplements I’d consider foundational for most,” explains LA-based board-certified nutritionist, chef, and author Mia Rigden. “Omega-3 fatty acids, from fish oil, are involved in so many critical functions in the body. Most people eating a modern Western diet are…

Shoppers may be feeling gloomy about high prices at the pump, but they’re still shelling out for new bras and underwear at Victoria’s Secret. The lingerie retailer raised its full-year guidance on Tuesday after blowing past earnings estimates in its fiscal first quarter, citing lower tariff costs and more customers willing to spend full price on its products. Shares of Victoria’s Secret soared about 40% in premarket trading.There was “very consistent, double-digit [sales] increases across Victoria’s Secret, Pink, beauty channels, digital, stores and international, all very positive,” CEO Hillary Super told CNBC in an interview. “Supercharging bras being one of our most…

The jewelry house’s Serpenti design was first popularized by another raven-haired star back in the 1960s: Elizabeth Taylor, who wore an opulent watch version of the piece on the set of Cleopatra in Rome. (The Italian house had become so embroiled in Taylor’s mid-production love affair with co-star Richard Burton that the couple once hid from paparazzi inside its Via Condotti VIP Money Room.)Dua Lipa wearing Bulgari’s Serpenti necklace in March 2026. Photo: Getty ImagesAnd another! In New York, also in March 2026. Photo: Getty ImagesThe popularity of snake motif jewelry can be traced back some 5,000 years to ancient…

Step 1Place a rack in middle of oven; preheat to 400°. Working with 1 sheet at a time, roll out 2 sheets frozen puff pastry (two 14-oz. packages or one 17.3-oz. package), thawed, on a lightly floured surface to make a 13×10″ rectangle. Place 1 sheet of pastry on a parchment-lined baking sheet. Prick several times at regular intervals with a fork; cover with a sheet of parchment. Place another parchment-lined baking sheet on top, then place remaining sheet of pastry on baking sheet; prick several times with fork. Cover with another sheet of parchment and place a third baking…