Future of Scotch whisky lies in hands of US president who drinks diet coke

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“Whether you like it or not, this guy has the power to really damage Scotland,” he recalled telling his wife at the time. “But one thing that is unique about Trump ...

No strings? The perils of being ‘friends with benefits’

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A study published last year in Women’s Studies International Forum said such relationships are getting more popular, especially among young adults, and that casual ...

How ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ became a global phenomenon

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Since its premiere, the movie has hit Netflix’s top 10 list in all 93 countries the streaming service tracks.

You might be fooling yourself about peanut butter, plus 5 other protein mistakes

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Scientists have cautioned that peanut butter isn’t as high in protein as many people think.

Family adopts a shelter dog — then learns he’s the father of their late dog

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Ziggy’s appearance and personality are similar to those of their late dog, Rufus, who died a few days before they brought Ziggy home in early April. Reiff thought ...

Heard of Nvidia? Here’s why you should pay attention

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It boggles the mind that a tech company that many people have never heard of is the most valuable corporation in the world. Having recently crossed the threshold ...

Dire predictions about renewable energy were all wrong

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During the first quarter of this year ...

Trump wants his Coca-Cola made in Mexico

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Mexican Coke, which is made with real sugar, unlike the US version sweetened with high-fructose corn syrup, has many fans - and American soda drinkers might soon ...

Tariffs give the US’s only native caffeinated plant a shot at stardom

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When the Sons of Liberty dumped over 92,000 pounds of tea into the Boston Harbor in protest of the passage of the wildly unpopular Tea Act of 1773, colonial Americans ...

The ghostly white plant that has sparked a war among foragers

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Until a few years ago, most people who knew what a ghost pipe was had a degree in botany. The spindly stems of the parasitic species - which appear bleach-white ...

Forget the tennis finals. At Wimbledon this July, it’s pickleball.

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On Day 4 of Wimbledon, some of the fans who queued up outside the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club to see Novak Djokovic take on Dan Evans might have heard ...

Is a floral dress a political statement?

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When the conservative youth group Turning Point USA was planning its recent Young Women’s Leadership Summit in Texas, organizers sent out a Pinterest mood board ...

Love note in a bottle found years later, an ocean away

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It was September 2012 when Brad Squires and Anita Moran decided to cap off their impromptu romantic picnic on Canada’s Bell Island by flinging a bottle containing ...

Eight decades later, a Holocaust survivor reunites with his liberator

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Jack Moran entered Buchenwald concentration camp on April 11, 1945 to help liberate more than 21,000 people imprisoned there. Among the prisoners was Andrew Roth, ...

This five-layer dip channels the Mediterranean

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A multilayered dip with eye-catching appeal is always an attention grabber at a gathering, drawing everyone to it. And it carries a conversation-starting spirit ...

Bird lovers flock to adopt parrot who is ‘rated R’

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“If you adopt Hendrix, you’re basically adopting Samuel L. Jackson,” the animal sanctuary wrote on Facebook, referring to the actor who is known, in part, for his ...

Who’s your daddy? These days, who isn’t?

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What distinguishes the dads from the daddies. The term signifies an older man who’s protective, experienced, usually a more dominant type. These are all associations ...

He lost his wedding ring on a 50-acre farm. It was returned 15 years later.

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Wayne Corprew cut down a Christmas tree for his family at a farm in 2010 - and when he got to his truck, he realized his wedding ring was missing. He searched to ...

Trump tariffs sour fortunes of SA’s citrus farmers

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South African citrus has become a staple in the US - the world’s largest citrus importer - especially during the off-season summer months when in the southern hemisphere ...

How the Dogist turned canine photos into a social media phenomenon

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When Elias Weiss Friedman began the Dogist in 2013, he had no idea his street photography of pooches (and their people) would one day make him a leading dog influencer ...

Is ChatGPT really killing Google?

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There are regular headlines suggesting chatbots like ChatGPT may be taking over for Googling. Maybe you’ve also started using artificial intelligence instead of ...

He knows he was adopted from South Korea. The rest is a troubling mystery

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For most of his life, Aaron Grzegorczyk believed that his birth name was Cho Yong-kee. He thought he was born on April 28, 1988, in a clinic in Anyang, South Korea, ...

Single-use plastic is a scourge of takeout. How I to escape it

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What’s in your take-out order? Plastic. Lots of it. Most to-go food comes boxed, bagged or otherwise accompanied by petrochemicals. You ingest this unsavory stew ...

Zohran Mamdani’s victory is a Barack Obama moment

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Obama had to swear over and over that he wasn’t Muslim just to get elected. Minnesota Democratic ...

The aircon broke at an animal shelter. People lined up to foster pets

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Boord left with three cats named Sponge Bob, Sandy Cheeks and Gary. The trio was among the roughly 70 animals who were fostered from the shelter this week as Montgomery ...