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It can be hard to see other couples’ fancy vacations, expensive gifts for each other, and Michelin star dinner dates without feeling as though you aren’t doing enough to keep the spark alive in your own relationship. Yet, as both a psychologist who studies couples and as a husband, I always encourage people to inject novelty into their relationship. Thankfully, fun comes in a variety of shapes, sizes, and price-points. And often, the most meaningful forms cost $0.Here’s what the happiest, most successful couples do for fun — that most others neglect.1. They go on ‘micro-adventures’Not every couple has the time…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — It’s the year for horror and “The Conjuring: Last Rites” was no exception. Its opening weekend tipped the genre over $1 billion in earnings for this year’s domestic box office. The horror sequel raked in $83 million domestically in 3,802 theaters, making it the third-highest domestic opening for a horror movie, behind “It” and “It: Chapter Two.” It’s now the largest horror opening internationally, with $104 million in earnings outside of North American theaters.The film also broke records for the “Conjuring” universe, securing the biggest opening weekend in the franchise. The movie’s performance is a testament…

Teaching your baby healthy sleeping habits is the earliest and most essential thing that new parents can do to help their children grow up to be healthy and successful adults, says Dr. Daniel Golshevsky.Those habits, known as “sleep hygiene,” help babies get the deep and consistent sleep they need for healthy physical, mental and emotional development, says Golshevsky, a Melbourne, Australia-based pediatrician and bestselling author of “Your Baby Doesn’t Come With a Book.””You can change your sleep habits at any age,” says Golshevsky, who goes by “Dr. Golly” on social media. “But, without question, the easiest time to change sleep…

Liverpool defender Ibrahima Konaté has joked that Kylian Mbappé is calling him “every two hours” about a potential move to Real Madrid.Konaté is out of contract at the end of the season and has been consistently linked to the LaLiga giants, though Liverpool are keen to keep him long-term.While on international duty, Konaté was asked in an interview with Telefoot whether his France teammate Mbappé was putting pressure on him to move to Madrid.”He’s calling me every two hours,” Konaté said.Ibrahima Konaté has said Kylian Mbappé has been putting pressure on him to join Real Madrid. FRANCK FIFE/AFP via Getty ImagesKonaté did…

Cornelia Kapocs had provided the ideal start under new head coach Gareth Taylor amid a positive opening to the Merseyside derby for the Reds, firing in emphatically with 12 minutes played.But Ornella Vignola levelled for the Blues and Katja Snoeijs’ added-time header consigned Taylor’s side – who had hit the crossbar and post amid a number of chances – to a half-time deficit.And Everton ensured there was no way back for Liverpool with a double salvo early in the second half, Vignola getting both goals to claim a hat-trick.At a rainswept Anfield, Liverpool were on the front foot straight from…

Former England star Peter Crouch made an unexpected comeback on Saturday — not as a striker, but as the tallest mascot non-league football has ever seen.Paying the price for finishing bottom of his fantasy league, Crouch joined Southern League Premier Division South outfit Farnham Town FC for the day and helped lead the team out for their clash against Sholing.Towering over the rest of the players — let alone the other mascots — Crouch donned Farnham’s colours for his FPL forfeit as podcast co-hosts Christ Stark and fellow former England international Steve Sidwell watched on. Crouch, 44, was given the…

Reform UK’s head of policy, Zia Yusuf, has refused to be drawn on whether too many innocents have been killed in Gaza, including Middle East Eye journalists. At a fringe event hosted by The Spectator magazine at the party’s conference in Birmingham on Friday, MEE asked Yusuf to respond to the killing of two of its journalists by Israeli forces last week. Mohamed Salama and Ahmed Abu Aziz were killed while covering an Israeli attack on Nasser hospital in southern Gaza last Monday. At least three other journalists were among the 20 Palestinians murdered in the attacks. Yusuf expressed support for the Trump administration’s policy in the Middle…

Agents from US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested 475 employees of the Hyundai Motor-LG Energy Solution joint venture in a raid on the company’s EV battery manufacturing plant near Savannah, Georgia, on Thursday, September 4. Personnel from Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) were also involved. A video released by ICE shows a helicopter flying overhead, an armored vehicle, a convoy of SUVs, agents in military uniforms with sidearms and automatic weapons, and workers in ankle chains and handcuffs lined up, patted down and herded onto buses. More than 300 of those detained were from South Korea, where the incident received…

Damircudic | E+ | Getty ImagesThere’s been a sharp uptick in the number of student loan borrowers hitting the pause button on their monthly bills.The U.S. Department of Education offers two primary ways to postpone your payments — deferments and forbearances.Between those statuses, more than a quarter of the country’s over 40 million federal student loan borrowers had suspended their repayment progress during the third quarter, according to a recent analysis by higher education expert Mark Kantrowitz. That’s more than double the number of such borrowers with payments paused during the same period in 2024.Here’s what to know about those…

Jeff CarlisleSep 7, 2025, 07:00 AM ETCloseJeff Carlisle covers MLS and the U.S. national team for ESPN FC.HARRISON, New Jersey — You can say this about the United States men’s national team: They are singing from the same songbook of positivity, even as the players looked like they’re far from being on the same page in a 2-0 defeat to South Korea.USMNT manager Mauricio Pochettino said his team was “better than South Korea” due to having created more chances and allowing just one shot on target in the second half. Tyler Adams added that getting new faces into the national…