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There are more dogs in stores than ever. So it's important to know where you can shop with your dog and how to be a good pet owner in stores.

Dog owners, there are rules for shopping with Fido — even in pet–friendly stores

June 29, 2019 at 10:49 p.m.

"I see a big dog," the little girl said. She looked about 3, her pudgy legs swinging in the shopping-cart seat. Her feet were within easy sniffing range. But sniffing,...

Princess Estelle, Duchess of Ostergotland, Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden, and Prince Oscar, Duke of Skane, leave the chapel after the 2017 christening of Sweden's Prince Gabriel in Stockholm.

Fertility over 50: Tammy Duckworth and other well-known moms make it look easy. But is it?

December 13, 2018 at 8:42 a.m.

When Sen. Tammy Duckworth welcomed her second child this week, it was cause for celebration — not only because she had become the first sitting senator to give birth or...

We study history from a young age. But how much have we forgotten?

Forgetting events is part of the way we create memories. It also explains the Facebook crisis, Putin and Trump.

December 13, 2018 at 8:42 a.m.

On the wall of a nouveau gastropub, inside a value-priced chain hotel, just steps from the Magnificent Mile, hangs a simple marker. It's not much to look at: It's the...

French waiters may have a bad rep, but rudeness is everywhere — and it's hurting us all.

Fired French waiter isn’t the only rude person around. Can meanness kill?

December 13, 2018 at 8:42 a.m.

When I called Jacquy Pfeiffer to talk about rude French waiters, he was one step ahead of me. “Did you hear about that waiter who was fired for rudeness,” I...

According to a Consumer Reports study released Thursday, injuries from furniture tip-overs have continued to rise in the U.S. The latest data show that, in 2016, 2,800 children in the U.S. were injured by tipping furniture, an increase of 33 percent over 2015.

Tipping furniture injures more kids than ever, says Consumer Reports

December 13, 2018 at 8:43 a.m.

When outfitting a young child’s room, it’s easy to get caught up in the design details you can see: a cool color, a decorative object, favorite toys and books. But...

Students and others from North Lawndale College Prep High School stand in silence during a walkout in support of victims of gun violence on March 14, 2018, in the Lawndale neighborhood of Chicago.

Will your teen activist grow up to be a liberal? Maybe.

December 13, 2018 at 8:43 a.m.

For 17 minutes this week, your teen was an activist. In a large-scale demonstration, organized in the wake of the Parkland, Fla., school shootings and sanctioned by Chicago-area schools, nearly...

Research shows that shopping for organic food affects our behavior in unexpected ways.

Buying organic makes you selfish, research shows — this explains the Whole Foods parking lot

December 13, 2018 at 8:43 a.m.

Last week, a couple in Chapel Hill, N.C., got married in a Whole Foods Market. The newlyweds, Ross and Jacqueline Aronson, described it as the culmination of a dream romance...

Purse organizer inspired by a stripper pole, plus other tips from a celeb closet designer

May 9, 2019 at 2:49 p.m.

Lisa Adams knows your closet. Sure, she lives in Los Angeles, where she hangs out with famous people, outfitting them with spaces worthy of their expansive, designer-clothing-strewn wardrobes. She has...

Tara Lipinski and Johnny Weir attend The 75th annual Golden Globe Awards at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on Jan. 7, 2018, in Beverly Hills, Calif.

What is it about celebrities that makes us love them or hate them?

December 14, 2018 at 10:05 p.m.

As Shaun White waited at the top of the halfpipe for his final run in the Winter Olympics, eyes ping-ponging nervously behind his glare-reducing goggles, I can’t say I was...

A lost ball on the cracking ice and snow at Montrose Harbor in Chicago.

Dead bodies, cash, a grilled cheese sandwich – oh, the things people find as the snow melts

December 14, 2018 at 8:38 p.m.

Ever drop your keys in the snow? You reach into your coat pocket only to discover … lint. And as you look back along the path you’ve just taken, you...

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