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Not only will this measure make the screening process faster, but it’ll also make it safer. TSA spokeswoman Lisa Farbstein told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette that food items are organic, as are some materials used to make explosives, which is why snacks can trigger an alarm on the X-ray machine. If this red flag happens, a TSA agent will need to sort through your bag, thus holding up the queue and making it difficult to social distance....

Whether you’re saying “be calm” or “calm down,” using the word “calm” with someone who is already angry is bound to make them feel the opposite. Sonya Schwartz, a relationship expert and founder of Her Norm, says this four-letter word is “condescending to a person who doesn’t feel like they are going over the top.” She adds that, “in their state of hostility, it is more likely to make them feel angrier....

Using Rotten Tomatoes data from critics and audiences, we’ve identified the most hated holiday movie ever. Before you ruin your annual holiday movie marathon with a film the whole group will be itching to turn off, read on to discover the holiday movie so bad critics call it “dreadful” and say it “kills Christmas.” And if you want something actually worth watching, This Is the Single Most Popular Holiday Movie of All Time, Survey Says....

The high-tech at-home fitness company revealed on Oct. 14 that Peloton bikes that had been fitted with PR70P pedals were being recalled after there were multiple reports of pieces snapping off and causing injury. In total, the company says that 27,000 units that were sold between July 2013 and May 2016 are affected. So far, Peloton says it has received 120 reports of pedal breakages with 16 causing injury. Out of those, five injuries required medical care, “such as stitches to the lower leg....

RELATED: Kroger Is Pulling This Popular Product From Shelves, Effective Immediately. If you shop at Kroger—and especially if you’ve bought any store-brand breakfast food there recently—take note. Continental Mills has issued a recall on Kroger Buttermilk Pancake & Waffle Mix, according to a notice posted by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA). The product, which the box says will “brighten up your morning,” may have been contaminated by a foreign object, so Continental Mills is playing it safe, even though no injuries have yet been reported....

The product in question is made by Stuffed Foods LLC, a Massachusetts-based company. The company has recalled 1,818 pounds of its Mac & Cheese Bites after a customer complained that the dish they’d purchased actually contained Buffalo-Style Chicken Poppers. The offending item is the 9.75-oz. carton containing a plastic bag with 12 frozen bites and lot code 20272 or package code “BEST IF USED BY: MAR 22 2022” on the end panel of the carton....

“It is really concerning because testing is sort of the first step to figuring out how much disease there is in a community,” Ashish Jha, MD, director of the Harvard Global Health Institute, said in an interview with NPR. “If you can’t test people, you don’t really know how much disease there is [or] how much disease you’re missing. And right now I’m getting worried that we’re missing a lot of cases in Texas and Florida and other states....

Using longitudinal and cross-sectional surveys, experts from the Harvard Medical School, University College London (UCL), King’s College London, and the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel looked at patient-reported data from three digital surveillance platforms in the U.S., U.K., and Israel. With a total testing pool of over 10 million respondents, 658,325 individuals tested positive for coronavirus, representing a five percent rate of positivity. They found that anosmia and ageusia (the clinical terms for loss of smell and taste, respectively), were “omnipresent,” and “a reliable COVID-19 signal, regardless of the participatory surveillance platform or testing policy....

“Today I’ll be looking for deals on items the whole family will enjoy, like some new Levi’s,” says Sara Skirboll, RetailMeNot’s shopping and trends expert. She notes that the iconic denim brand is offering up to 45 percent off its products. This Sherpa Trucker Jacket, for instance, is a great addition to any fall wardrobe, especially now that it’s priced down from $98 to $59. Skirboll says Prime Day is also a great time to score those presents for friends and family that might be otherwise cost-prohibitive at full price....

As Money reported in 2018, a scientific analysis of a Gallup World Poll revealed that happiness tends only to increase with wealth up to an income range between $75,000 and $95,000 a year. Therefore, in order to determine the saddest states in the country, WalletHub evaluated 31 metrics—ranging from divorce rates to crime statistics—under the umbrella of three main categories: emotional and physical well-being; work environment; and community and environment....

READ THS NEXT: This Popular Retail Chain Is Closing Stores, Starting Oct. 5. Grocery stores have not been spared in the ongoing retail apocalypse. Back in June, Sprouts Farmers Market permanently shut down two of its locations in California. The following two months brought closures from two other popular grocery chains: Lidl and Kroger. Both companies took an axe to two stores each, with Lidl closing locations in North Carolina and Virginia, and Kroger shuttering stores in Arkansas and Texas....

Harbor Breeze’s Kingsbury 70-inch ceiling fans were recalled this month by the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). The CPSC reports that “the light globe can fall from its housing, posing impact and laceration injury hazards.” About 280,000 units of these fans were sold from April 2010 through Dec. 2018 exclusively at Lowe’s stores or on the company’s website, potentially posing a threat to hundreds of thousands of Americans....

Since some heart failure symptoms are not obviously related to a heart problem, they may be mistaken for signs of a different health issue, or simply dismissed as part the normal aging process. Some of these surprising heart failure symptoms include swollen feet or ankles, various skin abnormalities, heartburn, lack of appetite, overall fatigue, and even jaw or neck pain. But there’s another heart failure symptom you may miss, and it has to do with your bathroom habits....

RELATED: If You’re Over 65, Don’t Keep This in Your Bathroom, Experts Warn. CPSC and Bestar, of Canada, are announcing the recall of about 129,000 wall beds. The brand sold about 53,000 of the beds in Canada. The recall notice published on the CPSC website is dated April 7, 2022. RELATED: If You’re Over 65, Never Use This Furniture in Your Home. The wall-mounted beds subject to the recall could become detached from the wall, potentially causing a crushing hazard....

READ THIS NEXT: The 6 Worst Things to Buy at Sam’s Club. As major retailers, Costco and Sam’s Club have no choice but to grow with the times to ensure they’re meeting their bottoms lines and giving their customers what they want. In fact, both companies have recently made changes that shoppers will likely have noticed. In April, Sam’s Club announced it would overhaul its in-house Member’s Mark brand to make products more sustainable....

For the study, which was funded by Public Health England and has not yet been peer-reviewed, researchers spoke and sang “Happy Birthday” at different pitches and volumes in a sterile operating room to avoid contamination of outside particles. They found that normal speech generates the same level of aerosol particles as singing a song at a normal volume does. But shouting and singing loudly generated up to 30 times the amount of particles released....

In a special meeting of the WHO’s 34-member executive board, Michael Ryan, MPH, head of the organization’s emergencies division, said that “best estimates” show that about one in 10 people worldwide may have been infected by the coronavirus, the Associated Press reported on Monday. That’s more than 20 times the number of confirmed cases. And while Ryan said that things could have been even worse, he warned of a potentially disastrous situation in the near future if COVID-19 isn’t contained....

While most people on social media advocated strongly for rinsing the toothbrush before applying the paste, it turns out that technique is all wrong. “Mixing water into something such as mouth wash or toothpaste can cause it to become diluted,” Robert Leale, a dentist in Spokane, Washington, wrote on his website. “It may lose some or most of its effect on the teeth. This can make brushing or rinsing a waste of time, energy, and money....

However, Burger King was far from the only fast food chain to earn some considerable ire from its patrons. The poll tracked mentions of Burger King, McDonald’s, Taco Bell, Wendy’s, Arby’s, KFC, Jack in the Box, and White Castle, revealing which chain scored the lowest marks in each state. Read on to discover which fast food chain is the least popular where you live. And for the store people get frustrated with the most, check out This Store Has the Worst Customer Service in America....

Combining Reddit recommendations and critics’ reviews of horror films, Broadband Choices came up with a list of the 50 best horror movies, which they screened for a group of 50 subjects wearing heart rate monitors. Movie watchers’ average resting heart rates were compared to their average heart rates while watching each movie, with researchers also noting any notable spikes in heart rates during each screening. Then, the researchers ranked the movies accordingly....