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For 62 years and counting, the Beach Boys have been honing their unique psychedelic pop sound, characterized by intricate vocal harmonies and experimental songwriting. The California-based band...
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There is no shortage of advice on how to live a long and healthy life. But while some lifestyle factors such as keeping active, not smoking, and eating a balanced diet are under our control, others...
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Last Summer, U.S. gas prices exceeded $5 for the first time in history. The causes included the end of the pandemic leading to an increase in demand, and the Russian invasion of Ukraine, resulting in...
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It’s easy to assume that all major restaurant chains have been around basically forever. If you were born at any point within the past 40 years or so, major ones like Burger King, IHOP, and...
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What’s better than a pumpkin spice latte and unlikely to go out of fashion? Autumn foliage. Nearly every state goes through a dramatic, multicolored transformation as temperatures drop in the fall....
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According to the Bing COVID-19 Tracker, the number of global cases has reached 11,579,837, after rising 160,308 in the past day. In most days over the past week, the number has been higher by...
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The diner is a uniquely American institution. Historians trace its origins back to the horse-drawn lunch wagons that began appearing on the East Coast in the 1870s. These evolved into restaurants on...
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The United States spends more per capita on health care than any other large developed country — and without a single-payer national health care system, much of that spending is shouldered directly...
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“There’s one thing that’s really great about waking up early,” the comedian Kathy Griffin apparently once said, “and it’s not jogging or greeting the day — it’s just that that’s...
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The United States is a large and diverse country with many traditions and laws varying from state to state. It’s no surprise then that some citizens look at people living in far-off states as if...
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Property crimes — a category that includes burglary, motor vehicle theft, and larceny — are the most commonly reported crimes nationwide, according to the FBI. There were about 7.2 million...
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America’s first Chinese restaurant is said to have been Canton, which opened in San Francisco in 1849. Today there are more than 40,000 such eating places nationwide. It’s hard to find a city or...
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As the number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 continues to increase in the United States, health organizations and government officials are continuing to warn the most at-risk populations, urging them...
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Along with other measures being recommended or instituted to combat the spread of COVID-19, epidemiologists and government officials most strongly highlight the value of social distancing — which...
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“America runs on Dunkin’,” goes the slogan of the widespread chain formerly called Dunkin’ Donuts (it dropped “Donuts” as of January 2019). That might be exaggerating a little, but it is...
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