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Choose one of top-rated these charities to support with a donation to help victims of the Hurricane Melissa in Jamaica, Cuba and Haiti with life-saving food, water, shelter, warm clothing and medical services, and start the rebuilding, including roads and power lines.
Since our mental health is connected to our physical well-being, these FREE fitness apps will help motivate you at home or on the road. They offer exercises including yoga, measure your walks and hikes, and meditation to help you sleep more restfully when day is done.
Celebrate World UN Day on October 24th by planning to visit one of many destinations around the world associated with the international organization.
With clogged roads and flight cancellations and delays, this is a good time avoid them both and take the train. These are the best scenic train trips in the USA, ranging from a few hours to a few days, including on vintage steam trains.
Rooms With a Boo: Stay in one of these historic hotels, where some “spirited” guests may have checked out, but never leave. From a former convent to hotels adjacent to battlegrounds and one that was once a morgue, many of these hotels report that former guests or former owners haunt the halls long after they have checked out, and that current guests have seen them.
Scam Alert. Unfortunately, many cars and trucks flooded in hurricanes and other deep water disasters wind up for sale by unscrupulous dealers to unsuspecting customers. Here are the signs of a flood-damaged vehicle, to avoid getting soaked by buying one that is dangerous to drive.
The fall season brings many wonderful things, including technicolor leaves and cooler temperatures. But it also brings autumn driving hazards, including wet leaves, fog and frost. Here’s how to anticipate and keep you and your passengers safe in potentially dangerous fall driving situations, whether it’s your daily commute or shopping expedition, or a weekend getaway.
Ikon Pass prices for the upcoming 2025/26 season increase on October 9, 2025 – so buy now to avoid paying more later, and get these new destinations, unlimited access, new lifts and terrain at participating mountains, and other perks.
CBS announced recently that the popular and multi-award-winning The Late Show with Stephen Colbert is being cancelled in May 2026. Here’s how to get tickets before the show goes off the air. Tickets to shows taped in NYC are FREE. Anybody who wants to sell you tickets to a late night TV show is scamming
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The best late night TV shows are taped in New York City, and tickets are FREE. Here’s how to get tickets to The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, including for standby tickets.