"To live without tea is no life at all.” Those are some wise words from Hasan Önder, the manager of a new tea-themed bazaar in the Turkish city of Riza. For Turkish people, and in plenty of places around the world, tea is an everyday tradition. Here in the US, we are approaching the beginning of hot drink season, and I am burning with anticipation. There is something about starting a brisk day off with a warm cup of whatever that just feels … right. Do we need to save it for the chilly months, or should we take a cue from other cultures and make tea time a daily delight?
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A taste of home
CNN Hero Meymuna Hussein-Cattan knows how tightly food is tied to culture and belonging. Her parents fled Ethiopia in the 1970s and met in a refugee camp in Somalia, where she was born. Eventually, they resettled in California’s Orange County. In many ways, Hussein-Cattan says she achieved the American dream. She was the first woman in her family to graduate from high school, the first person to earn a master's degree, and she’s now a US citizen. But she also can’t deny the discrimination and hardship she experienced as a child of refugees. She started her Los Angeles restaurant, Flavors From Afar, to help others feel a sense of home. The menu changes constantly and features dishes from the homeland of a refugee or immigrant chef. She and her mother also created the Tiyya Foundation in 2010, which now provides free programming, resources, and support to more than 200 families of refugees, immigrants and asylum seekers each year.
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"I missed you!"
Before I got a dog, I thought all of those stories about how dogs express love and can sense human emotion were nonsense. Now that I have a dog, I am as much a sucker as anyone else. Apparently, dogs actually tear up with joy when they're reunited with you after a long absence?! At least that's what new research out of Japan suggests. While dogs and other animals produce tears, they haven't been associated with emotion. But researchers found that there is a link between tear production and happiness, and oxytocin -- sometimes called the "love hormone" -- could be the mechanism behind it. The team also found that humans were more apt to care for dogs that had that teary-eyed look. So the whole phenomenon could be an indicator of the ancient bond the two species share.
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Star stuff
Quaden Bayles, an indigenous Australian boy who won the support of celebrities and well-wishers around the globe after being bullied because of his disability, is getting some serious red carpet love. The 11-year-old boy, who was born with a type of dwarfism known as achondroplasia, is going to appear in not one, but two upcoming Hollywood films. Oscar-winning director George Miller cast Quaden in a small role in the movie "Furiosa," a prequel to his 2015 post-apocalyptic blockbuster "Mad Max: Fury Road." Miller said he was moved to offer the role after seeing videos of the boy’s plight in 2020. The budding star is already scheduled to appear alongside Idris Elba and Tilda Swinton in Miller's next film, "Three Thousand Years of Longing."
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A round of applause for ... |
The stars of the US Open, who competed in a "Tennis Plays for Peace" event for Ukraine relief ahead of the grand slam tournament. Top names like Rafael Nadal, Iga Swiatek, Coco Gauff and John McEnroe (both pictured above) took to the court and raised more than $1.2 million. All ticket revenue from the event went to the GlobalGiving's Ukraine Crisis Relief Fund. The players said it was their honor to participate in the effort. "For me to speak out is something that I always cherish," Gauff said. "I always said you can change the world with your racket."
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Hello, Mr. Moonikin! Yes, this is Commander Moonikin Campos, one of three mannequins that will be heading into space on NASA's Artemis I mission. Campos was named via a public vote (excellent job, people), and honors Arturo Campos, a NASA electrical power subsystem manager who aided in the troubled Apollo 13's safe return to Earth in 1970. Joining him on the ride around the moon are two mannequin torsos called Helga and Zohar. Together, they will test out new gear designed to keep humans safe on possible deep space missions. The Artemis program aims to land the first woman and the first person of color on the moon and eventually deliver astronauts to Mars.
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A mysterious city in the Nevada desert will soon open to visitors for the first time in 50 years. The vast complex of outdoor structures and landmasses has been described as possibly the largest contemporary artwork on the planet, stretching more than a mile and a half long and half a mile wide and evoking the scale of ancient sites like Native American mounds, Mesoamerican metropolises and Egyptian devotional complexes. Artist Michael Heizer began working on the project in 1970 and says he hopes his work lasts lifetimes, in homage to the immortality of the indigenous structures that inspired it. The name of the project? "City." (Perhaps they should have put it to a public vote?)
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Why is pickleball called pickleball? There's honestly no clear answer. Some say the trendy sport was named after the founders' family dog, Pickles, who kept running off with the ball. Another theory posits it came from the term "pickle-boat," the boat in a race composed of leftover crews from other teams. Pickleball is a similar mish-mash, with equipment and rules borrowed from badminton, tennis and ping-pong. Want to know more about this sport (and possibly give it a go)? Here's everything you need to know.
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Rec of the week
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How to recreate Hailey Bieber's glazed donut nails in 5 easy steps
Shiny glazed donut nails are all the rage right now thanks to Hailey Bieber coining the trend. The good news is, you don't have to be a celeb to get the perfect manicure. We've shared 5 easy tips to achieve the look.
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Shameless animal video
There's always time for cute animal videos. That time is now.
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