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NOAA Updates its 2024 Atlantic Hurricane Season, and it’s Looking Bleak

Electronic Hurricane warning sign along a roadside

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) revised its 2024 Atlantic Hurricane Forecast last week, and this “extremely active” Atlantic hurricane season could rank among the busiest on record. As USA Today reports, the updated seasonal outlook now calls for 17 to 24 named storms to form, of which 8 to 13 will spin up […]

Is Disney Getting its own Separate Store in Fortnite?

As reported by known Fortnite leaker ShiinaBR on X, with just how many different Disney characters and skins have been added into Fortnite over the years, Epic Games appears set to add a separate Disney-focused store where players can browse cosmetics from the likes of Star Wars; Marvel; Pixar and a whole bunch more. While […]

These Mules Sold for Pittance at Auction Turned out to be a Critically Endangered Horse Species

Hannah Huckabay regularly combs livestock auctions online for horses she can rehabilitate and train at her Colorado ranch. But when she saw a video in February of a mule for sale in Kansas, she could hardly believe what she was seeing. As the Washington Post reports, Huckaby saw that the stocky animal’s short black mane […]

Dolly Parton is bringing Country into the Kitchen with her New Lodge Cast Iron Collab!

Dolly Parton is bringing country into the kitchen with her new Lodge Cast Iron collab! After announcing her new cookbook Good Lookin’ Cookin’ (out Sept. 17) this Spring, the country icon debuted her new kitchenware line featuring cast iron skillets in all different shapes and sizes. The collection is inspired by her memories of growing up near the Smoky […]

Actress Daisy Ridley Reveals She’s Been Diagnosed with Graves’ Disease

Daisy Ridley is opening up about her health, revealing in a new interview that she was diagnosed with Graves’ disease in September 2023. The actress, 32, discussed her experience with the autoimmune disorder in the cover story for the September/October issue of Women’s Health, which dropped on Tuesday, Aug. 6. “It’s the first time I’ve shared that [Graves’],” said Ridley, […]

Whole Foods’ New $10 ‘Surprise Bags’ Offers a Great Deal while Trying to Reduce Food Waste

Whole Foods and Too Good To Go are teaming up to reduce food waste and give customers a little surprise at the same time. In mid-July, the grocery chain announced that it’s teaming up with Too Good To Go, a social impact company that operates an app for surplus food, to give customers the chance to […]

CFDA and Vogue partner on Fashion For Our Future march

Anna Wintour at CFDA Fashion Awards

The Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) and Vogue have announced “Fashion For Our Future,” a non-partisan march in midtown Manhattan scheduled for Sept. 6. As Fashionista reports, this event will unite more than 1,000 participants across the fashion industry to encourage voter registration and voting this election year. “This is an extraordinary election, with incredible consequences for […]

Don’t let your Kids or Pets Get their Hands (or Teeth) on your Lithium Ion Phone Batteries

A dog in Tulsa, Oklahoma, started a house fire after biting into a lithium ion battery, fire officials said. The Tulsa Fire Department recently released dramatic footage of the fire, which took place in May, showing the portable cellphone battery sparking and bursting into flames, sending two dogs and a cat running. As ABC News […]

IKEA Celebrates its 80th Anniversary with New Collection

IKEA, the Swedish furniture giant, is celebrating its 80th anniversary with a funky new line featuring heritage prints and styles with a modern twist. Launched in July, the limited collection, Nytillverkad, boasts some of IKEA‘s most timeless, “iconic vintage pieces, hand-picked from our archive and reimagined in bright colors.” “All the products have a story behind them, like […]

EPA issues Emergency Ban of Weedkiller Dacthal, Citing Risks to Unborn Children

Last week, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued an emergency suspension of the common weedkiller DCPA, also known as Dacthal. As CNN reports, this is the first time the agency has used its emergency suspension authority in 40 years. The last emergency ban of this kind was of the pesticide ethylene dibromide, or EDB, in 1983. […]