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Padel is enjoying a meteoric rise in popularity in the U.S., only rivaled by the overnight, mass-consciousness epiphany that was pickleball.

The Stanley cup’s stylishly active fans have gone to great lengths to get ahold of the exclusive drinkware, one of many reusable water bottle obsessions in recent memory.

Recap videos have become an online phenomenon, allowing users an outlet to reflect, while also generating pressure to commodify their lives into viral content.

The rise of Spotify Wrapped has invited corporations to quantify our habits, tastes — our very essence.

What’s out and what’s in for 2024.

Fun has become work, an afterthought, a performance. Fun is now planned, performed, learned. There are books on fun. Coaches for fun. Which means fun is done.

Christopher Radko’s ornaments once earned celebrity fans. Now he’s back in business, pitching himself to a new generation.

Imagine a social network where people are smart, funny, happy and not trying to influence your next purchase. That’s Letterboxd.

‘Price Is Right’ host Drew Carey taps into the quiet power of the platonic ‘I love you.’

The demonic anti-Santa, growing popular in America, will find out if you’re naughty, then hit you with a stick.

On sexual fetish sites, “political humiliation,” or getting mocked for one’s liberal or conservative views, is flourishing.

Children’s feelings of ‘Magic, Wonder and Joy’ surrounding the holiday season inspired this year’s decorations.

The birds’ names are Liberty and Bell. They are now free to go.

Longevity has become an industry, a subject of bestsellers, podcasts and newsletters. But is a life meted out in metrics, often for a price, worth it?

The Senate did manage to approve one item during the 21 days the House lacked a speaker: a “Bipawtisan Howl-o-ween Dog Pawrade” emceed by Mitt Romney.

What happened when a doctor endorsed assisted suicide for “terminal anorexia”

As Taylor Swift’s stardom has soared with the Eras Tour and movie premiere, longtime fans feel vindicated for their unwavering devotion.

You’ve seen the Jardiance commercial. The one where Deanna Colón sings about lowering your A1C — but she also has a lot to say about her trolls.