Happy 80th birthday to one of the world’s busiest international airports: London’s Heathrow. The hub, which saw 49 million international seats and 84.5 million total passengers in 2025, welcomed its first travelers on March 25, 1946 — and to celebrate its Wednesday anniversary, the airport looked back on its most iconic moments over the decades.
There’s no best tearjerker category at the Academy Awards, but this year’s winner would be a no-brainer if there were: Hamnet. Chloé Zhao’s adaptation of the novel by Maggie O’Farrell contends that the death of William Shakespeare’s son Hamnet inspired Hamlet, the Bard’s magnum opus (in addition to the play premiering just a few years
The key to happiness may be rather nuanced, but living in the happiest city in America can’t hurt … and Fremont, California, earned that title (again) this year. Earlier this week, WalletHub published its annual happiest city rankings based on 29 key indicators of happiness, including depression rates, income growth, and average daily leisure time.
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2026 is the year of the FIFA World Cup, the first crewed moon mission in half a century, and many much-anticipated movie sequels, but we’re adding another entry to the list: license plates getting a glow-up. The trove of specialized plates debuting this year — many of which are already available for purchase — includes
The year is 1986, and Samantha Parkington, Kirsten Larson, and Molly McIntire have just begun capturing the hearts of kids around the country. Each character has her own backstory, helping bring the dolls to life and offering young fans a glimpse into a specific slice of American history. Fast forward to this year, and just
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Just months before the end of World War I, an American infantry soldier named Harold Alfred Stivers pressed a symbolic surprise into a silk postcard for his fiancée: a poppy picked from Belgium’s Flanders Fields. This week, more than a century later, the still-intact flower went under the hammer in England as part of a medals, militaria, and firearms auction. The poppy didn’t sell, but its story is still worth telling.
If you’ve been noodling over a trip Down Under, you may want to add Western Sydney to your itinerary. For the first time in over a century, a new major city is coming to the area — and it promises to be a hot spot of diversity and climate resilience. Called Bradfield City, the development
Hiring a photographer to memorialize one of the most important days of your life is often nerve-racking, but couples who contract Olly Knight can rest assured that he’ll capture the celebration beautifully. The father of two from Kent, England, was named the U.K.’s best wedding photographer at the 2026 Wedding Industry Awards, and his favorite shots showcase the special moments that make these events so meaningful.
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There was a time when artists representing two of America’s biggest homegrown musical genres wouldn’t get a look in at the Grammys. Hip-hop and house both have their origins in the 1970s and early 1980s — in fact, they recently celebrated a 50th and 40th birthday, respectively. But it was only in 1989 that an award category for “best rap performance” started recognizing hip-hop’s contribution to U.S. music, and house had to wait another decade, with the introduction of “best dance/electronic recording” in 1998.
A look at the comments section of many an adorable dog or cat video will tell you that “there’s no such thing as spoiled” when it comes to pets — and some new stats are backing that up. In a survey of 2,000 pet owners, 65% said they’d make budget cuts to their own lifestyles before interfering with their furry friends.’
