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Daily Edition • March 31, 2025 SUPPORTED BY It can often feel like the news is all about problems these days, so we love to tell you when solutions are making headlines. That’s why we want to put “50 States, 50 Fixes” on your radar. The new, yearlong series from The New York Times will highlight one thing that’s working in every U.S. state from an environmental perspective. Some of the features so far include a car-free community in Arizona, wildlife crossings in Colorado, and a serene...

Sunday Edition • March 30, 2025 SUPPORTED BY Spring cleaning can be looked at in two ways: as an opportunity or a chore. Our team of eager beavers tends to view it more in the former sense, but that doesn’t make the process any easier, particularly when it comes to bulldozing through the mountains of rubble in our homes — er, decluttering. According to author and interior designer Olga Naiman, the problem may lie in the approach. “When you just declutter, you fail to examine why you hold on...

Daily Edition • March 29, 2025 SUPPORTED BY Easter is coming up in a few weeks, which for many families means busting out the egg-dying kits. But with current prices, who really wants to use up precious eggs on a craft that renders them inedible? Thankfully, eggs aren’t the only thing that dye works on — you can try marshmallows, air-dry clay, or even boiled potatoes. Get more Easter crafting ideas. Must Reads Wildfires are continuing to burn in North and South Carolina — here’s how you can...

Daily Edition • March 28, 2025 SUPPORTED BY We’ve got another celestial event for you: a partial solar eclipse. In the early morning hours tomorrow, the moon will pass in front of the sun and partially block it, creating a crescent shape. Sections of the eastern U.S., Canada, Greenland, Europe, and Africa will get a front-row seat to the show — NASA’s eclipse map has the full breakdown of where (and when) it will be visible. And if you’re planning on waking up to see the eclipse, remember to...

Daily Edition • March 27, 2025 SUPPORTED BY When’s the last time you cleaned your fridge coils? Don’t worry, it wasn’t on our radars either. “A lot of the time we’re afraid to see what’s behind our fridge, right? Because it’s such an uninhabited area,” Kyshawn Lane, who runs an Instagram account called Weekly Home Check, recently told NPR for a story on places people often forget to clean. “This is an appliance that is not cheap, and so we want to make sure we get the lifespan out of it.”...

Daily Edition • March 26, 2025 SUPPORTED BY In some of the nicest news of 2025 so far, beloved Big Bear bald eagles Jackie and Shadow had two chicks successfully hatch and live this month. Now, the organization that runs the live cam of the duo’s nest, Friends of Big Bear Valley, is seeking the public’s help in naming the baby birds. Those interested can donate $5 for one name entry, $10 for three name entries, or $25 for 10 name entries. Once the entries close Friday, the nonprofit will...

Daily Edition • March 25, 2025 SUPPORTED BY We regularly share trending baby names, but just like middle children, middle names tend to get left out of the conversation. No longer: Nameberry recently released its list of middle name trends for 2025. The site noted that while middle names “were once an afterthought,” many parents now use the monikers as opportunities to be creative. “Parents are willing to be a little — sometimes a lot — braver with their children’s middle names than first...