“Our love is not perfect, but it’s real, and we’re committed to it,” Obama writes in her book, according to an excerpt published by People. “We are, in many ways, very different people. He’s a night owl who enjoys solitary pursuits. I’m an early bird who loves a crowded room,” she continues. However, despite their differences, she and Barack share something that makes it work. “Between us, there’s a loving assuredness that’s as simple as knowing the other person is there to stay, no matter what....

Jeopardy! announced he’d be stepping down from the position just nine days after he took it. Richards, an executive producer on the show, had been embroiled in scandal after taking the mantle from Alex Trebek (RIP). Ringer reporter Claire McNear detailed numerous allegations against Richards and painted a picture of a man unsuited for the job Per McNear, Richards was “exclusionary and dismissive of longtime show employees.” Allegations came forward about how he treated women on set while he worked at The Price is Right, how he fired a female employee after she got pregnant and gave birth, and how, “at his suggestion, models wore bikinis on the show more frequently....

Typically, states review Medicaid enrollees on a rolling basis, reassessing applicants’ age, employment, income, housing, and disability status to determine if they qualify for Medicaid. Since the declaration of the public health emergency caused by the Covid pandemic, those reassessments stopped. Nearly two years later, more Americans than ever are enrolled in Medicaid—76.7 million people, almost 1 in 4 Americans, 6 million of whom are children who qualify for CHIP, the government-funded Children’s Health Insurance Program, or who are covered under their parents’ Medicaid enrollment....

“Our customer shares her remedy for chest congestion!! Use on baby’s back while sitting in a steamy bathroom. Brilliant!!!” reads the caption of the photo, which shows the mom rubbing a wand vibrator over the infant. Melons and Cuties go on to explain that “many hospitals and respiratory therapists use these in the treatment of respiratory issues on the BACK in hospital settings. It is common practice.” According to the Texas-based center, the gentle vibrations of the sex toy loosen mucus so that the baby can cough them up....

Let me begin by saying that I like you. Regardless of the choices I make, or how we might agree or disagree, I also respect the choices you make. What I share here has nothing to do with what you should be doing. It is simply a window into our life, a life that is disappearing as we (myself included) are increasingly surrounded by media and technology. Actually, it’s not so much disappearing as reappearing....

“Test? Break break break break. This is VE1XE. Hello, test. Test.” If the above makes no sense to you, imagine the sense or nonsense, it makes to a 5-year-old. Is it a magic spell, a nursery rhyme, a warning? The above are the first words I remember my father speaking. I don’t remember “Da-da” or “Ricky” or “Daddy,” or “love.” I remember instead these chains of words spoken for hours at a time, every night between six and 10....

Logano might be fast, but with a grueling NASCAR schedule, he still misses a lot at home. In March, races took him from Las Vegas, Phoenix, Miami, and Autin on successive weekends. Every Friday he flies from his home in North Carolina to that week’s race site, returns late Sunday night for four days with his family, and then it’s onto the next track. Between his weekends speeding around tracks across the country, Logano makes a concerted effort to slow down while at home so he can enjoy time with Emilia, Brittany, and his two boys Jameson (2) and Hudson (4)....

But for fans of 1990s rock music, there’s an odd bit of contradictory trivia embedded late in the documentary. When Oasis recorded their divisive 1997 album Be Here Now, it turns out, they were kicked out of Abbey Road studios for partying too hard. Or, wait, were they? The documentary presents two contemporary interviews, one from older brother and songwriter Noel Gallagher, and another from younger brother and singer, Liam Gallagher....

All of those pieces let you build a Hogwarts that is both massive and massively detailed. When fully constructed, the school will be 22 inches tall, 27 inches wide, and 16 inches deep. It will include rooms that played a major part in the books, such as the Great Hall (with “stained glass” windows), various subject-specific classrooms (including a vial-filled Potions room), the Room of Requirement, the Chamber of Secrets, and Dumbledore’s office....

You ever see Almost Famous? The lead singer of the band, played by Jason Lee, at one point says something to the extent that his job as a rock star is to find the person who’s not having a good time and make sure, by the end of the second or third song, that they’re having a great time. He’s talking about charisma and being a rock star but he’s also talking about this innate sensibility he has as a front man....

Teachers are crying out for help to keep kids on task, but student behavior is difficult for education researchers to study. Just the presence of an outside observer can suddenly put kids on their best behavior. And it’s a challenge to track what every kid in a classroom is doing. Researchers usually resort to picking a handful of students to focus on. But that leads to small studies where the results are less reliable....

The obvious reason why the N64 is so good for families is that it was the first of the big consoles to create four-player games which meant more people could play at the same time. And yet, some of the greatest games — like Wave Race — had multiplayer modes with were only for two players. This is true of Star Wars: Racer, too, a game based on the podracing in Episode I: The Phantom Menace that might be the greatest Star Wars game of all time because it is legitimately equal parts fun and difficult....

To prepare yourself for the epic moon, you can also enjoy the peak of the Leonid meteor shower, which will be happening the night before. Here is everything you need to know to ensure you don’t miss any of it. The Leonids Meteor Shower Every year around mid-November, when the Earth’s atmosphere crosses the orbital path of the comet Tempel-Tuttle, it creates meteors that are visible in the night sky....

What we collectively possess right now is time. We have time together — whether we want it or not — and our kids have time to themselves that they most assuredly do not want. The point isn’t to attack the time, much less kill it, but to reach reasonable compromises with the passing minutes and find enjoyment where possible. That’s where a bit of smart shopping can make a difference....

“Conferences can be intimidating for both parents and teachers, but they don’t have to be. It’s a time to be collaborative, confident, and to communicate clearly,” says Amanda Morin. Morin has over 10 years’ experience as a classroom teacher and early intervention specialist and is the author of The Everything Kids’ Learning Activities Book. “Parents have information about their child and family that is important for the teacher to know — things like how homework is going, what their child thinks of school, and their child’s interests and challenges....

Kids can and do watch and rewatch the show over and over again online. That means hours spent listening to George Pig, Rebecca Rabbit, Suzy Sheep, and the rest of the Anglo-speaking gang. Kids’ accents come from hearing those around them, so it makes sense that if their time is spent listening to British voices they would start to say “toe-mah-to” instead of tomato. If this feels like some kind of isolated instant or even a viral marketing stunt, it’s not....

On Tuesday alongside Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, President Trump demanded that all schools across the country fully reopen physically in the fall. Part of Trump’s argument to reopen schools — despite a whopping total of 60,000 new cases confirmed yesterday in the United States alone — was that the mental, social, psychological, and educational costs of keeping kids at home would be far more harmful than COVID-19 itself. Both the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Centers for Disease Control agree with this claim and have released public health guidelines on how to reopen schools in Fall 2020....

The official runtime for The Batman is two hours and 47 minutes without credits, meaning that with credits it will be knocking on the door of three hours. This easily beats out Batman (1989), Batman Returns (1992), Batman Forever (1995), and Batman and Robin (1997), which all ran at a little over two hours. Once Christopher Nolan took over, the caped crusader’s movies began getting longer but The Batman even manages to outlast The Dark Knight Rises, as the final chapter in the Nolan trilogy is two hours and 45 minutes (with credits)....

“Humor is pretty crucial especially right now to deal with the daily ongoing insanity,” he says. “This is how I deal with things.” There has been plenty to deal with. Three years ago, Oswalt was visibly reeling from the unexpected death of his wife Michelle McNamara, legendary true crime author of I’ll Be Gone in the Dark, in his painfully raw Netflix special Annihilation. He described raising his daughter Alice while mourning as a “numb slog....

According to USA Today, approval of the Pfizer vaccine, the most-received COVID-19 vaccine in the United States with more than 200 million doses already administered, comes after hundreds of thousands of pages detailing months of data on its efficacy and safety. The full approval was based on data collected from more than 44,000 people who were followed for six months after receiving the vaccine. “The public can be very confident that this vaccine meets the high standards for safety, effectiveness, and manufacturing quality the FDA requires of an approved product,” said acting FDA Commissioner Janet Woodcock....