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Photo by Cathy Scola via Getty Images Molasses is the essential ingredient in gingerbread cookies, providing the chewy texture and almost burnt sugar flavor that characterizes the treat. But with so many varieties ― light versus blackstrap, sulfured versus unsulfured, and alternatives such as date and pomegranate ― there’s a broad debate on the right … Read more

GMVozd via Getty Images Homemade is usually better, but not necessarily in the case of eggnog. It’s the holidays, so break out the eggnog. It’s festive, luscious, creamy, sweet, sometimes spiked … and possibly teeming with pathogens. “Raw eggs are the biggest risk because you have a danger of getting salmonella,” said Bill Marler, a … Read more

SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY via Getty Images Experts explain why it’s important to overcome the damaging notion that you have to work out in order to eat holiday meals or treats. Just 12 hours after the last Halloween trick-or-treater left and my sugared-up kids were tucked into bed, I started my typical Monday morning fitness class. … Read more

Olga Rolenko via Getty Images The 333 approach is all about pushing style creativity and making more efficient choices. Taking a vacation is a great way to unwind, relax and enjoy some time away from the stresses of everyday life. Packing for vacation, however, feels anything but relaxing. Even seasoned travelers can feel a sense … Read more

Horst P. Horst and Gareth Cattermole via Getty Images Jane Fonda in 1959 and in 2014. When it comes to reinvention, no one does it better than Jane Fonda. A nepo baby long before the term existed, Fonda was born to bona fide movie star Henry Fonda and his second wife, Canadian-born socialite Frances Ford … Read more

Police vans and ambulances stand next to the annual Christmas market in the city center after a car plowed into the Christmas market on December 20, 2024 in Magdeburg, Germany. Craig Stennett via Getty Images BERLIN (AP) — A car plowed into a busy outdoor Christmas market in the eastern German city of Magdeburg on … Read more

LOADINGERROR LOADING Unionized Starbucks workers went on strike in three cities Friday and threatened to expand their walkouts to additional markets in the run-up to Christmas. Their union, Starbucks Workers United, said the strikes were timed to coincide with Starbucks’ busiest stretch of the year, and could spread to hundreds of stores by Tuesday — … Read more

Amazon This popular retinol moisturizing cream is nearly 40% off at Amazon right now. The Real Deal: We use deal trackers and commerce experience to sift through “fake” hike-and-drop deals and other deceptive sales tactics. Products will usually be rated at least 4 stars with a minimum 15% discount. (And when there’s an exception, we’ll … Read more

LOADINGERROR LOADING MSNBC is negotiating pay cuts with night anchors Joy Reid and Stephanie Ruhle as the cable channel nosedives in the ratings after the election, according to a report. Rachel Maddow, arguably the star of the network, previously agreed to pare down her $30 million salary, it was reported. The Ankler’s report this week … Read more

The computer said she was an 88-year-old female with a chief complaint of fatigue. From experience, I knew fatigue in an older person could be caused by almost anything. So … was it a heart attack? Depression? Cancer? An infection somewhere? Or was she just … fatigued? The real reason she was there never crossed … Read more