You might need to stock up this year, because at least two Girl Scout flavors are about to be no more. Girl Scouts Retiring Cookie VarietiesCookie sales continue to be a massive annual fundraiser for the Girl Scouts of the USA. Girl Scouts Toast-Yay Cookies Girl Scouts press photo loading... Girl Scouts s'mores cookies Girl Scouts press photo loading... Both cookie varieties will be "retired" following the 2025 cookie sales much like the Raspberry Rally was removed following sales in 2023.

January 07, 2025 21:30 UTC

LOADING ERROR LOADINGAn appeals court has refused to stop President-elect Donald Trump’s sentencing for his criminal hush money conviction in New York on Friday. Trump had again turned to the courts hoping they would step in and stop his sentencing for his 34-count felony conviction. AdvertisementJust 24 hours ago, Judge Juan Merchan refused a request from Trump to halt the Jan. 10 sentencing. Instead, the judge wrote, they had only rehashed old claims to presidential immunity that failed when introduced the first time. The appeals court decision was concise, stating only that after consideration of his arguments, the application for an interim stay, or halt, is denied.

January 07, 2025 21:17 UTC

On Tuesday, Trump-appointed U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon issued an order blocking the public release of special counsel Jack Smith’s highly anticipated reports on the prosecution of President-elect Donald Trump’s classified documents case as well as his Jan. 6 election subversion case. But for now, Cannon’s order temporarily stops Smith from releasing or sharing the report to anyone outside of the Justice Department. Cannon dismissed the classified documents case against Trump after ruling that Smith was unconstitutionally appointed. The prosecution was not dropped, however, against Nauta or De Oliveira and that matter is now on appeal. AdvertisementNauta and De Oliveira argue the release of the report could hurt their existing case.

January 07, 2025 19:34 UTC

LOADING ERROR LOADINGA new federal rule will block credit agencies from including medical debt in their reports on individuals, the Biden administration announced on Tuesday. AdvertisementKamala Harris has championed the cause of helping people with medical debt, both as vice president and as the Democratic nominee for president in last year’s election. That effort was led by RIP Medical Debt, a nonprofit that buys up medical debt from creditors. AdvertisementStill, RIP Medical Debt has been tweaking its efforts in ways that it believes will make debt relief more effective. And it’s always possible ― as the philanthropy’s leaders have said ― that the study didn’t fully capture the benefits of taking away medical debt.

January 07, 2025 16:03 UTC

Courtesy of Anna SullivanHalfway through hot yoga class — my first in over a decade — I felt a volcanic wave of heat rise inside my chest. Advertisement AdvertisementAdvertisementI did not finish that yoga class. In hindsight, I’m not sure what possessed me to attend hot yoga in the first place. As I get older, I’ve learned that I don’t need to do more to experience growth and change, I can just do things differently. Courtesy of Anna SullivanAdvertisement AdvertisementI went to that hellfire hot yoga class at the behest of my friend.

January 07, 2025 13:28 UTC

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January 07, 2025 11:51 UTC

Hugh Grant via Associated PressHugh Grant has admitted there’s one film in his oeuvre that he thinks was treated too harshly. The Bafta winner recently sat down with Variety for an interview about his latest film Heretic, during which he was asked if his decision to stop appearing in romantic comedies was a “conscious choice”. AdvertisementHowever, Hugh went on to say that his run of romantic comedies ended with one notable “total failure”. “But it’s been quite fun, building it back up slowly and in a new direction.”Naming the film in question as Did You Hear About The Morgans?, Hugh insisted: “I love it. Hugh Grant and Sarah Jessica Parker in Did You Hear About The Morgans?

January 07, 2025 09:17 UTC

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January 07, 2025 07:03 UTC

The Washington Post has fallen, Elon Leon wants world domination and today really sucks. Y’all really got us all emotional over the break when we learned about the 150k mark. More: CNNUm…|Here in the U.S., we know what a deranged, corrupt and power-hungry piece of shit Elon Leon Musk is. And we really don’t know how to make it not suck. But we don’t have to like it and we sure as shit don’t have to accept it.

January 06, 2025 17:07 UTC

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January 06, 2025 14:44 UTC

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January 05, 2025 20:49 UTC

Illustration: Jianan Liu/HuffPost; Photo: Getty Images Generic phone chargers are cheaper, but they can pose a safety risk. Advertisement“Consumers should be told to avoid these generic devices to reduce injury risk,” the authors behind the report concluded. AdvertisementOther Signs Your Charger Is A Risk Or Should Be ReplacedBeyond buying an untested generic charger, there are other health and safety risks it could pose. Some USB-C phone chargers are not designed to handle all of the surging electricity at once for other devices, Whitehurst said. AdvertisementSo if you’re buying another phone charger, make sure to look at the device specifications.

January 05, 2025 18:12 UTC

Experts Say You Don't Actually Need To Wash This Part Of Your Body In The Shower — Do You Agree? Listen to the full episode by clicking here to learn about surprising showering mistakes and how to shower better. “I don’t think you do [need to wash them],” Dr. Shokeen told us. For more from Dr. Shokeen, visit the websites for her dermatology practice and her skincare line. Need some help with something you’ve been doing wrong?

January 05, 2025 15:27 UTC

It took Donald Trump a mere fraction of that time to accomplish the same feat for his Jan. 6, 2021, coup attempt. Trump’s propaganda campaign to redefine Jan. 6, in contrast, has taken place at lightning speed. “I think he’s lost any sort of political viability he was going to have,” she told Politico on Jan. 12. By April, the RNC was again holding fundraising events at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club, putting donors’ money into his personal bank account. Sabato also grew up in that state, where the Civil War was taught as the “War of Northern Aggression.”Advertisement

January 05, 2025 13:13 UTC

It must be a real bummer to have a conspiracy theory all laid out, and a wrenchingly emotional one at that, and then watch it go nowhere. In right-wing media, billions of dollars have been made from conspiracy theory. Here is Jack Posobiec trying to make a buck with a great sounding conspiracy theory. Conspiracy theory sites existed before Trump. I wish that statement was conspiracy theory.

January 05, 2025 09:56 UTC