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While most people wait for sweater weather, some states are already elbow deep in apples

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Summer’s Quietest Week Is Almost Here, and Most People Miss It

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‘Japanese Walking’ Is Going Viral, and Doctors Say It Actually Works

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Rum Is Borrowing Whiskey’s Playbook, and Two Island Distillers Are Betting It Works

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Rum distillers are stealing whiskey’s playbook to win over pickier drinkers

Rum is done playing sidekick to whiskey, and it means business. Heading into National Rum Day on Aug. 16, distillers are borrowing whiskey’s oldest tricks, …

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A hand reaches to pick a red apple from a tree branch with green leaves and water droplets on the fruit.

While most people wait for sweater weather, some states are already elbow deep in apples

Apple season has already opened in three regions, weeks before the calendar most people are using. Orchards across the Pacific Northwest, Michigan and the Southeast …

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Fast Food Prices Got Out of Control. Now 5 Chains Are Racing to Fix It

A trip to the drive-thru used to be an easy call. Order, pay, forget about it by the time you got home.

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Summer saves its best week for last, and the trick is resisting the urge to fill it

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Summer Used to End With a Cookout — Now It Ends With a College Move-In

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Move-in day is creeping earlier at multiple colleges, stealing summer before it ends

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Smart Glasses Are Being Used to Secretly Film Women, and It’s Worse Than You Think