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READ THIS NEXT: USPS Is Suspending Services Here Permanently, as of Feb. 28. The USPS keeps most of its post offices throughout the U.S. open five days a week, although select locations offer Saturday and even Sunday service, too. But certain customers can’t access their facility any day of the week right now. In just the past few months, the USPS has suspended services at several post offices around the country for various reasons, and residents of those areas are still without their local facilities....

READ THIS NEXT: USPS Is Planning This Long Dreaded Change to Your Mail, Starting Jan. 22. Your local post office might not actually be owned by the USPS. The agency offers Contract Postal Units (CPUs), which are supplier-owned or supplier-leased facilities that “provide postal products and services to the public.” According to the Post & Parcel, CPUs are typically placed in areas that may not have a physical USPS-owned post office branch....

RELATED: USPS Is Now Warning Customers About This Major Mail Problem. On April 6, the USPS filed noted with the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) that it would be raising First-Class Mail prices by 6.5 percent. Prices are anticipated to take effect on July 10, 2022, affecting stamps, letters, and postcards. The agency also introduced two new shipping fees this month, Nonstandard Fees and the Dimension Noncompliance Fee, which could incur surcharges ranging between $1....

1 Massive Mudslide Caught on Camera In the video, shot on Monday, a slow-moving river of mud flows by the sign for the Oak Glen Steakhouse and Saloon. Seconds later, a bigger wave of dirt and debris sweeps by and begins rolling toward the camera. The man who shot the footage, Roger Seheult, told ABC Los Angeles he was on the way to pick up his daughters from school when he encountered the mudslide....

RELATED: If You Shop at Walmart, Get Ready for These Major Changes. Several Walmart stores across the U.S. are set to close their doors this week, with the retailer having previously confirmed these closures in late March and early April. Based on various reports from regional newspapers, Walmart is permanently shuttering three locations on April 22. The stores are in three different cities: Louisville, Kentucky; Forest Park, Ohio; and Bellevue, Washington....

Maple Island Inc., the makers of Walmart’s Parent’s Choice Rice Baby Cereal, is voluntarily recalling certain batches of the product, the company says in a notice posted on the FDA website on Oct. 8. Three lots of the 8-oz. packages of Parent’s Choice Rice Baby Cereal are affected by the recall. To see if yours in one of them, check out the best-if-used-by date, lot code, and UPC numbers in the bottom lefthand corner on the back of the package....

READ THIS NEXT: Walmart and Dollar General Are Under Fire for Doing This to Customers. Walmart has recently been the topic of controversy, largely due to its fumbling of what was supposed to be a well-intentioned product. In May, the retailer announced that it would be pulling a Great Value-branded ice cream flavor that was introduced in recognition of Juneteenth—the day that commemorates the ending of slavery in the U....

A new article in The Hollywood Reporter looks into the final days of The Wendy Williams Show, the last season of which did feature Williams, who was facing health issues, but instead was led by a series of guest hosts. A source close to the show told THR said that it was not only difficult to secure guest hosts because of the show’s reputation, but that it had been a challenge to find guests willing to be interviewed by Williams as well....

Experts from Johns Hopkins Medicine say that head injuries like the one Saget’s family described are “one of the most common causes of disability and death in adults.” Sadly, they’re also on the rise. Each year, 1.7 million people experience a traumatic brain injury, and the CDC estimates that 5.6 million Americans are currently living with the effects of a past TBI. “This is a time to pause and think about how big a problem head trauma is, both severe head traumas like this and also milder forms that have cumulative effects over time, and the toll that that takes on our communities,” Gregory Zipfel, MD, head of the department of neurosurgery at the Washington University School of Medicine in Missouri, told BuzzFeed News after seeing the Saget family’s statement....

Jeanine Pirro, who is a former New York State judge and the host of Fox’s daytime show Justice With Jeanine, was a guest on The View on July 19, 2018, to promote her book, Liars, Leakers, and Liberals. During the show, guest co-host Ana Navarro asked Pirro if she thought then-President Donald Trump was faithful to conservative values. In response, Pirro praised Trump for lowering the unemployment rate and for increasing the country’s Gross Domestic Product....

“You know contempt. It’s when you feel as though you’re better than your partner. It’s an energy of disgust that emanates from you during fights,” writes clinical social worker and relationships expert Darcy Sterling, PhD, in Psychology Today. The Gottman Institute, a leading research authority on the psychology of marriage, has described contempt as “the most destructive negative behavior in relationships” and “the most poisonous of all relationships killers.” It’s the most insidious of what they call “The Four Horsemen” of marital apocalypse (the other three being criticism, defensiveness, and stonewalling)....

1 Queen Elizabeth’s Private Secretary Allegedly Involved According to Valentine Low, the author of Courtiers: The Hidden Power Behind the Crown, back in 2017 the Queen made a decision to appease her sons, the now King Charles and Prince Andrew. However, she did so at the expense of Charles’ son, Prince William. The decision had to do with Lord Geidt, formerly Sir Christopher Geidt, Queen Elizabeth II’s private secretary. 2 Lord Geidt Was Also Allegedly Prince William’s Mentor...

The study, which was published on Aug. 11 in the journal Science, observed the immune response of 76 people infected with COVID-19 and 69 healthy people from both Hong Kong and Atlanta, Georgia. They found that those with the worst cases of COVID had immune cells that were slower and less effective in responding to the SARS-CoV-2 virus. The natural immune response in all people is to rapidly sense a virus and launch an immediate attack against it....

1 Good Intentions Niu explains that protecting the elders is common in Asian culture, and she wants to shield them from the pain of knowing her twin sister is no longer with them. Niu understands that not everyone would agree with what she’s doing, but she believes it’s for the best.ae0fcc31ae342fd3a1346ebb1f342fcb 2 Protecting the Elders Niu says she is worried her grandparents could actually die from the grief if they knew....

First, your budget may dictate just how great a cabin you can get; not everyone’s price point allows for a posh and sprawling cabin with a balcony. Beyond monetary reasons, there are some cruise ship cabins insiders advise travelers to avoid. Read on to find out the worst place to sleep on a cruise ship. RELATED: This Is the Worst Place to Sit on a Plane, Flight Experts Say. Jeremy Camosse, author of the book Cruise Hacks, and web editor in chief of the shore excursion site Gangwaze....

Researchers examined the effectiveness of face masks in preventing respiratory particles from aerosolized. This study used manikins, which are models of humans used for medical purposes, which they outfitted to expel air and droplets at the estimated rate of actual human coughs and sneezes. When an umasked manikin expelled the equivalent of “a heavy cough,” respiratory droplets were able to travel up to 12 feet over a period of 50 seconds, which is twice the recommended six feet of social distance....

RELATED: This Is When You’re Most Likely to Encounter a Snake, Experts Say. Yard maintenance may be one of the most labor-intensive chores that people love to put off. But according to experts, not mowing the lawn often enough could be creating the perfect conditions to attract more snakes to the area around your home, making it more likely they’ll find their way indoors through a crack or hole.ae0fcc31ae342fd3a1346ebb1f342fcb Overgrown grass, foliage, and shrubbery may be an eyesore, but it also provides the kind of protection and cover snakes need to hide from predators such as hawks or to cool off on a hot day, according to the experts at ThisOldHouse....

1 He Was Allegedly Fascinated By Human Nature Jack Baylis, a friend of Kohberger’s since the eighth grade, said he was fascinated with why people acted the way they did. “It’s wild,” he told the New York Times. “Bryan himself would’ve been fascinated by it.” 2 He Was Reportedly Bullied and Then Became a Bully At Pleasant Valley High School in Brodheadsville, Pennsylvania, former classmates and peers have revealed that he was analytical but could be cruel....

So please hop in our time machine as we take you through the greatest slang terms of the 20th century—from the tough-guy 1950s to the totally rad 1990s—which were once all that and a bag of chips, but have sadly been kicked to the curb. And for more great words to add to your lexicon, learn the 20 Slang Terms From the ’80s No One Uses Anymore. In the ’50s, when you got sick, you didn’t “come down with something....

You may have tried to forget, but Roseanne Barr actually ran for president in 2012 as the candidate chosen by the Peace and Freedom party, a left-wing party that still exists. The comedian came in sixth place in the popular vote; a documentary called Roseanne for President! tracked her controversial campaign. And for stars who’ve known each other forever, check out 35 Celebrities You Didn’t Realize Grew Up Together. American Idol runner-up Clay Aiken ran for Congress as a Democrat to represent his home state of North Carolina in 2014....