Q: I keep seeing ads for hydrogen-infused water. Can these products do anything for my health? One woman on TikTok said that it had cured her sore throat and fever. Another wrote that it can help you lose weight, increase energy and strengthen your immune system. Drink hydrogen water, some product advertisements go on to…
Congratulations! You’ve made it through February, the shortest — and longest — month of the year. We all get extra credit too, because it’s a leap year. But next time I’d like a leap day in June, please. For now, let’s ring in March like the pros we are with a brand-new Ali Slagle recipe….
Anna Parker found the image online: a teal onesie with a handwritten note pinned to the front. “Someday,” it read. It was a word Ms. Parker kept repeating to herself. She and her husband have been trying for four years to have a second baby and are now going through in vitro fertilization. She posted…
American Airlines on Monday said it had placed an order for 260 new planes in roughly equal numbers from Airbus, Boeing and Embraer. It is the airline’s largest aircraft order since 2011 and reflects the strength of demand for air travel. The order includes 85 Airbus A321neo planes, 85 Boeing 737 Max 10 jets and…
Some cutting-edge appliances like the air fryer may have risen in popularity lately, but the simple sheet pan has become as essential as a cast-iron skillet. In the past what was often called a rimmed baking sheet and used for the cake that would become a chocolate roulade, the sheet pan, always a restaurant workhorse,…
In the sixth season of the Netflix series “Love Is Blind,” one contestant, Chelsea, implied — through the walls of a self-contained dating pod — that she had a celebrity look-alike. “I get one person, and it’s just because I have dark hair and blue eyes,” she coyly teased another contestant, Jimmy, before revealing her…
JetBlue Airways and Spirit Airlines announced on Monday that they would walk away from their planned $3.8 billion merger after federal antitrust regulators successfully challenged the deal in court. JetBlue said it would pay Spirit $69 million to exit the deal. A federal judge in Boston blocked the proposed merger on Jan. 16, siding with…
Rachel Rodman always dreamed of owning her own home, but life kept getting in the way. She became a mother at 19, then went through a complicated divorce that left her financially depleted. For many years, she felt resigned to renting with her son, James, now 14. Ms. Rodman, 33, earns a steady income as…
Q: Here at Ask Real Estate, we recently received a reader’s question about poor treatment by mortgage servicers. Many first-time home buyers don’t realize that the lender that approves their mortgage could turn around and sell the servicing rights to a company they’ve never heard of. Now the homeowner might have to deal with a…
Thailand is renowned among hard-charging tourists for nightlife in Bangkok, full moon parties on Koh Phangan island and hedonistic walking streets in Pattaya. It’s also a magnet for the bohemian and wellness crowds who flock to the mountain destinations of Chiang Mai and Pai. But mostly ignored by foreign tourists is Lampang, in Northern Thailand….
