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On May 10, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced his plan to use an estimated $75.7 billion in excess tax revenue to send more money to residents of the Golden State as part of his proposed California Roars Back Plan, the Los Angeles Times reports. Newsom announced a $100 billion economic recovery package, which, if approved by the state legislature, would include stimulus checks and rental assistants to as many as two of every three California residents, depending on their income and dependent status....

RELATED: If You’re Over 50, This Is the Piece of Clothing You Should Ditch. Blunt, tumbling tresses may have been your signature look in decades past, but now, they could be weighing you down. “Long straight hair can sharpen the features rather than soften them,” says Gina Rivera, a professional hairstylist and founder of Phenix Salon. “A good guideline for mature beauties is to select a look that softens.” Rivera notes that face-framing layers are great for this purpose....

CNN reports that on Jan. 28, Germany’s vaccine commission recommended that the AstraZeneca vaccine not be given to people over the age of 65, according to a statement from the German Interior Ministry. The statement cited a study done by the Standing Committee on Vaccination at Germany’s Robert Koch Institute that found there was insufficient data on the efficacy of the vaccine for this specific age group. Under their advisement, the vaccine should only be offered to people between the ages of 18 and 65....

READ THIS NEXT: If You Have This Condiment at Home, Don’t Eat It, FDA Warns. Recalls can be both scary and inconvenient, but they’re also put in place to protect the public from potential health hazards. These apply to all foods, and dressings and sauces are no exception. Earlier this year, Conagra Brands issued a voluntary recall for its Wish-Bone Thousand Island and Chunky Blue Cheese dressings, due to presence of an undeclared allergen—egg....

RELATED: If You Get This Call from Police, Hang Up Immediately, Authorities Warn. Thanks in no small part to the pandemic, QR codes—which stand for “quick response” codes— have gone from being a niche tech tool to the way we access everything from takeout menus to tax forms, all by simply using your smartphone’s camera. But according to police, they’re also being used by scammers to trick drivers out of sensitive information, Ars Technica reports....

RELATED: Leaving This in Your Garage Is Bringing Snakes to Your Home, Experts Warn.ae0fcc31ae342fd3a1346ebb1f342fcb If you see white flowers in your yard, you may be dealing with the highly toxic poison hemlock. According to the National Park Services (NPS), poison hemlock stands out because of its small white flowers, which grow in umbrella-shaped clusters of five. The plant also has stems with purple splotches and leaves that come to a point, like a fern....

READ THIS NEXT: If You Get Prescriptions From CVS or Walgreens, Experts Have a New Warning. CVS has earned some not-so-positive attention recently through different policies, like no longer filling prescriptions from certain telehealth pharmacies, and some significant store closures across the country.ae0fcc31ae342fd3a1346ebb1f342fcb Just this month, both CVS and Walgreens adjusted their coronavirus policies, announcing that they would no longer be providing free COVID testing to all customers. CVS will only conduct no-cost COVID testing at certain retail locations where “limited appointments are available for patients who qualify....

RELATED: Walmart Is Closing These Stores Permanently, Starting April 22. Announced earlier this year, Walmart is opening fulfillment centers in retail stores across the country, which will offer customers major benefits when it comes to delivery speed—getting you the items you need as soon as the next day. In a Feb. 2022 press release, TJ Stallbaumer of Walmart Corporate Affairs said that the company was working on last-mile delivery, otherwise known as the final step in the supply chain before you receive your order....

According to researchers from the Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, there is an ideal amount of sleep that people should be getting to keep their heart health in check. Their new study, which will soon be presented at the American College of Cardiology’s 70th Annual Scientific Session, examined data from 14,079 respondents in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey taken between 2005 and 2010, which included questions on how long each person usually slept at night....

Read the original article on Best Life. The mouthwash in question is GUM Paroex® Chlorhexidine Gluconate Oral Rinse USP, 0.12%, manufactured by Sunstar Americas, Inc. (SAI) of Schaumburg, Illinois. GUM Paroex is distributed nationwide via dental offices, pharmacies, and pharmaceutical wholesalers to be prescribed to patients. The potentially contaminated products are in an amber colored bottle and labeled 1789P (in a 473 mL bottle) and 1788P (118.25 mL bottle). The expiration dates on the mouthwash in question run from Dec....

RELATED: If You Use This Popular Phone, You Could Lose Access to Your Email and Calendar. Using your iPhone to board a bus or subway train with its contactless Express Transit feature has undoubtedly made life easier for commuters. But according to new research from teams at Birmingham and Surrey Universities, it has also made it much easier for hackers to target the devices and steal cash from them.ae0fcc31ae342fd3a1346ebb1f342fcb In a video released to the BBC, the team demonstrated a locked iPhone tricked into approving a contactless payment of £1,000....

Jennifer Spicer, MD, an infectious disease physician at Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta, shared her experience of parosmia with the Post after recovering from COVID-19 in July. “I thought I had recovered,” she explained. But months later in October, Spicer noticed while drinking a glass of freshly opened red wine that her beverage tasted “like gasoline.” In fact, coffee had the same flavor, a surefire sign that her olfactory cues were misfiring....

However, throwing out meat when it’s still safe out of an abundance of caution may mean you’re wasting not only food, but your hard-earned money, too. The key is to recognize safe signs of normal aging in meat, and to cook it before it’s too late. Read on to find out which signs of meat spoilage you should never ignore if you want to protect your health and how to keep perfectly good food from going to waste....

READ THIS NEXT: 201 Group Chat Names That Are Totally Perfect. Funny Instagram Captions A little humor can go a long way. Use these funny captions the next time you want to inspire a few laughs. Birthday Instagram Captions Use the blurbs to help someone celebrate their special day. These caption ideas range from cute and conventional, to just a little bit campy. Short Instagram Captions Bigger isn’t always better....

RELATED: Susan Sarandon Says She’d Date a Woman or Man, But They Must Have This. On the most recent episode of the People in the ’90s podcast, Curtis got candid about her experience behind the scenes of her striptease. “The thing that nobody knows,” she revealed, is that “there was no rehearsal, there is no choreographer.” That means she had free rein to do whatever she wanted—but no time to practice it....

TMZ reported that various tabloids claimed that during the taping of the upcoming Friends reunion for HBO Max, Aniston revealed to her co-stars that she was adopting a kid. Her rep told the website that the claim was “false and never happened.” “The story is a fabrication,” they told People. This is far from the first time Aniston has denied baby news. Over the years, she has made many comments about potential motherhood and the incessant rumors....

The two have great chemistry on-screen and off—“There’s some alchemy about us that you can sense from a distance, I think,” Roberts recently told The New York Times—but these buddies had a hard time taking kissing each other seriously. Read on to see what the actors had to say about their real-life relationship and new movie. READ THIS NEXT: The Worst Julia Roberts Movie of All Time, According to Critics....

Theroux and Aniston first got together in 2011, tied the knot in 2015, and separated at the end of 2017. There were rumors that the relationship ended because they wanted to live in different cities—him in New York and her and Los Angeles—but in the new interview, Theroux explains that this wasn’t exactly the case. “That’s a narrative that is not true, for the most part,” he said. “Look, people create narratives that make themselves feel better or simplify things for them....

Read the original article on Best Life. “3 in 1 pic #thankgodforfacetimes #onceinabluemoon,” Hudson captioned the photo of her three kids sitting on the sofa during what appears to be a FaceTime session, all of them smiling as they look at the phone. Her followers loved the family photo for so many reasons.“That little one is so snazzy,” Sharon Stone commented about her daughter, Rani. Others remarked how much her oldest, Ryder, Hudson’s son with The Black Crowes rocker Chris Robinson, has grown....

1 Kate Tried to “Freeze” Meghan Out, Claims Expert According to body language experts, while Prince William appeared to be making an effort with his sister-in-law, his wife wasn’t quite so hospitable. Kate was shooting evil looks at Meghan during the walkabout to “freeze” her out. 2 Meghan Looked Uncomfortable, Claims Expert “Quite unlike the confident Meghan we know, Meghan appeared ill at ease during this encounter, which is not surprising given the recent criticism that she has faced,” Katia Loisal told Australia’s Seven News....