- Activists propose a new Nobel
Daily Edition • December 15, 2025 SUPPORTED BY The secondhand shopping boom has made it into the holidays, and the trend even has a catchy name: Thriftmas. In a survey from the resale platform OfferUp, 81% of shoppers said they would allocate part of their holiday budget to thrifted items. “What was once considered an option is now a preferred way to shop, especially during the holidays, as people look for meaningful, high-quality gifts at fair prices, often right within their own…Read more
- Calling all “Wicked” fans
. Daily Edition • August 27, 2025 SUPPORTED BY It’s Tomatina time! The annual food fight in Buñol, Spain, marks its 80th anniversary today. Thousands of people will gather in the town to squish and hurl overripe (inedible) tomatoes at each other for one hour, with many donning earplugs and swim goggles for protection. At the end, participants wash off in public showers and the streets are hosed down, often leaving the pavement cleaner than it was before, thanks to the citric acid content in...
- A sunken city resurfaces
. Daily Edition • August 26, 2025 SUPPORTED BY It’s state fair season across the U.S., which means it’s butter sculpture season. In Minnesota, the annual state fair kicks off with the crowning of the latest “Princess Kay of the Milky Way” — and then the carving of her likeness out of a 90-pound block of butter. This year, the princess is 20-year-old Malorie Thorson, who bundled up in a coat and gloves to pose for her butter sculpture in a studio set to 40 degrees Fahrenheit. See pics of the...
- Meet your Focus Friend
Daily Edition • August 25, 2025 SUPPORTED BY Happy belated birthday to Ethel Caterham! The world’s oldest living person turned 116 last week, marking the occasion “at her own pace” in a care home in England, per CBS News. Born Aug. 21, 1909, Caterham is the last living subject of King Edward VII — and said that though she wouldn’t be giving any interviews in honor of her latest birthday, she would welcome a call from the present monarch, King Charles III. Hopefully that wish gets fulfilled!...