Do Parents Have Favorite Children? Of Course They Do.
And research shows the less favored children suffer for it.
Month: December 2025
Kate Winslet’s Unhappy Family Christmas
The British actress’s directorial debut, “Goodbye June,” is based on a script written by her son and follows a fractured family reuniting in the hospital over the holidays.
Pressure builds on Milano Cortina organisers
ITALY: Pressure is mounting on Italian authorities to accelerate preparations for the Milano Cortina Olympics amid funding gaps and unusually warm temperatures, even as the head of world skiing openly advocates a fundamental overhaul of how future Winter Games are hosted.With the Games due to start in February, International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS) president … Read more
Foster grabs South Africa winner
Lyle Foster struck late as South Africa made a winning start to their AFCON campaign against Angola. Photo: AFP MARRAKESH, MOROCCO,: Burnley striker Lyle Foster scored on 79 minutes as South Africa edged Angola 2-1 in Marrakesh on Monday to win their opening match of an Africa Cup of Nations campaign for the first time … Read more
Shoppers Spent Big This Holiday Season, Despite Economic Pressures
[Consumers spent 3.9 percent more from Nov. 1 to Dec. 21 this year compared with last year, according to a Mastercard report on holiday spending.
German Leaders, Undercutting the Far Right, Are Leaning on the Far Left
Germany’s centrist establishment has long scorned the far left, but it is increasingly reliant on leftists to outmaneuver the far right in crucial votes in Parliament.
Why the A.I. Rally (and the Bubble Talk) Could Continue Next Year
[Big Tech’s huge investment in artificial intelligence is making investors nervous. But the technology continues to advance, buoying the bulls.
Your Top Health Questions of 2025
Is there a “least bad” alcohol? Is Benadryl harming your health? Here are the answers you wanted most this year.
The Strange Case of the Russian Snickers in U.K. Convenience Shops
The Russian-labeled candy bars are a reminder of how difficult it is to completely disconnect a major economy from the global flow of goods.
‘Jingle All the Way,’ and the Super Bad Dad Superhero
Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sinbad, Phil Hartman and Rita Wilson served a platter of high-octane holiday high jinks in this unhinged 1996 comedy.