Funk You Up” had a playful chorus that mimicked a game of musical chairs: “Get up, get up, get up, get up, get up, get up, ...

Whether your gatherings are full of Griswold-level chaos or Buddy-level joy and enthusiasm, it's probably safe to assume that ...

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One survey found that December (19%) and January (23%) are the months when people most often lie to their boss about why they need to miss work. They do so primarily to rest and chill out (50%), spend ...

NPR's staff traveled a lot in 2025. From a Mardi Gras workshop to a festival celebrating the mythical Mothman, here are some ...

My family, Mom, Dad and we four kids, had just attended the Stone Church Christmas Eve service. Santa had appeared and passed out paper sacks of goodies. Then he Ho Hoed off into the night. I knew ...

Like The New Yorker, I was born in 1925. Somewhat to my surprise, I decided to keep a journal of my hundredth year.

Lindsey Vonn lifts her middle finger in the Southern California sun. Vonn, the Olympic gold medal skier, all-time leader in World Cup downhill wins, and rare figure in her sport whose talent, charisma ...

The internet is full of cases where employees really did stay put due to unusual pet issues or plain bad luck—things that ...

When Valemount resident Monica Dobroski gazed down at her newborn grandson in November 2024, she told herself she needed to take back control of her life.

After nearly a decade, the beginning of the end has arrived. The fifth and final season of “Stranger Things” premieres this week on Netflix. We live in a completely different world from when “Stranger ...