
The best bites to add to your Super Bowl Sunday menu
Patrick Mahomes of the Kansas City Chiefs scrambles with the ball against the Philadelphia Eagles in 2023. Happy Saturday! One CEO became a millionaire at 40. While she’s enjoying her career, her friendships have suffered. Here’s what she’s doing to stay connected. On the agenda: Today’s parents are saying yes to drugs. Just don’t tell…

We give our kids independence in stages, tied to privileges and responsibilities. So far, it has worked out incredibly well.
The author and her husband give independence to their kids like the one she had growing up as a latchkey kid. I grew up in the generation of latchkey kids, hearing “come home when the street lights are on” as I was propelled out the door in the early morning with no water bottle in…

My decorating aesthetic is ‘I have kids.’ We keep toys, art supplies, and stuffed animals in our shared space so we have easy access to them and to each other.
The author’s house (not pictured) acts as a proud display of her kids’ artwork and toys. Some might say our house is cluttered — and I might even agree with them on certain days. Once we had a contractor in our home jokingly ask if we were running a daycare. My kids were playing in…

I swapped my protein powder for protein water. If not for the steep price, it’d be a regular part of my routine.
I drank one can of clear protein water every day for three weeks. A balanced meal never used to be my thing, let alone chugging a protein shake for breakfast. I used to rotate between a sandwich from Chick-fil-A (always with a side of fries), a chicken biryani from the Indian restaurant around the block,…

Judge blocks Trump, Musk’s shutdown of USAID
The US Agency for International Development headquarters in Washington, DC. A federal judge has partially blocked the Trump administration’s attempt to dismantle the US Agency for International Development. Judge Carl Nichols said in a Friday order he would temporarily block the Trump administration from placing 2,200 USAID employees on paid leave until midnight on February…

Photos show crew removing USAID signage amid the agency’s uncertain future
The letters that had been on the USAID building sat in a pile on the ground. At 2:30 p.m. on Friday, metal letters spelling “US Agency for International Development” clung to the side of 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C. By 2:56 p.m., they sat in a pile next to the now-bare building. Construction…

Meet ‘Republican hair’: It’s blonde, bouncy, and really doesn’t have a political party
Michael Boulos and Tiffany Trump at the 2025 inauguration. Television figure Tomi Lahren, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, and Donald Trump’s daughter, Tiffany Trump, all have one noticeable thing in common. No, it’s not the fact that they’re prominent members of the Republican Party. It’s their blonde, bouncy, blown-out hair. The three conservative figures…

Ukraine says North Korean troops are back on the front lines of Russia’s war after disappearing for weeks
North Korean soldiers participate in a train in this photo released in March 2024. North Korean soldiers are back on the front lines in Russia after disappearing from battle for several weeks, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Friday. “In the areas of the Kursk operation, new assaults have taken place — Russia has once…

A ‘hidden electronic warfare battle’ is raging in Ukraine and demanding more from the soldiers fighting it, special drone unit says
Electronic warfare continues to challenge drone operators on both sides of the war, forcing new adaptations. Drone operators flying uncrewed aircraft over Ukraine are constantly running into invisible shields, causing them to suddenly lose control of their drones as signals are severed. Everything’s normal, and then suddenly, the controls are dead, feeds are out, and…