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The habit crept up on Kim The habit crept up on Kim. She would arrive at garage sales as they were ending to pick up what remained. “I’d load my car full of the free stuff on the side of the road: clothes, things that needed to be fixed, projects,” she told CNN. It was only once things spiraled that Kim, 53, who asked to be identified by her first name to protect her privacy, realized she had a problem that was all too familiar: hoarding, a disorder that she’d spent years urg

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce When Taylor Swift marries Travis Kelce, pop culture will get a financial example you don’t see every day. Both are ultra-rich and at the top of their fields, but Kelce, a Kansas City Chiefs football pro, has not made the same amount of money as his billionaire pop-star fiancée. A wife in a heterosexual relationship earning more than her husband goes against traditional gender roles , but the trend is becoming more common. The share of women who e

An object in a satellite image defies explanation An odd shape in the South Pacific that has sparked the latest push to solve one of the greatest mysteries of all time came to light in a backyard in California. US Navy veteran Mike Ashmore was at home in 2020, scrolling through satellite images of a tiny island called Nikumaroro, when he spotted the unexpected object in a lagoon. Halfway between Australia and Hawaii, Nikumaroro plays a key role in one of two rival hypotheses

Confirmation hearing delayed for Trump’s surgeon general nominee as she goes into labor with her first child The Senate hearing for President Donald Trump’s nominee for surgeon general, Dr. Casey Means , is postponed as the nominee goes into labor with her first child, according to a Senate Health, Education Labor and Pension Committee spokesperson and a person familiar with Means. As it was planned, Means would be the first nominee to ever appear virtually before the HELP co

According to Dr. Tran Quoc Tuan: “Exercise itself doesn't cause stroke; it’s when an underlying condition goes undetected.” Source: Thanh Niên Stroke, once considered a condition of old age, is increasingly affecting younger people. What’s concerning is that most of them are unaware they’re even at risk. According to Dr. Tran Quoc Tuan, a neurosurgeon at the University Medical Center Ho Chi Minh City (UMC), this trend is not unique to Vietnam; it’s being seen worldwide. Strok

If there’s ever a definition of “enjoying exclusivity with a touch of local customs”, it might just be what I experienced at Marriott Danang Non Nuoc Beach Villas. Source: Danang Marriott Resort & Spa, Non Nuoc Beach Villas The first time I heard the name Non Nuoc Beach (Danang), my neurons seemed to hesitate for a second, unsure where to store this new information. A beach named after both mountains (non) and water (nước)? The unexpected combination intrigued me. In Vietname