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Raise your hand if you raced home from school in the 1980s to watch Little House on the Prairie reruns. Or plopped on the living room rug before bed to watch the original series, which ran on NBC from 1974 to 1983. If you’re like me, you did both, but the real draw of the Ingalls family, for me anyway, came from the books . I still reread them every few years, and when I moved to Minnesota 25 years ago, one of the first things I did was sign up for a 10-mile race through the Big Woods near Pepin, Wisconsin. As fans know, that’s where Laura and her family lived before the sounds of too many ax swings prompted them to push off in search of a new life. Well, Half-Pint fans, the long-awaited Netflix reboot of the celebrated classic is finally here, and the trailer just dropped. I admit I felt a twinge of sadness that sweet Michael Landon is no longer with us, and Melissa Gilbert’s feisty little Laura exists only in my memory, but you guys, this reboot looks good! Read on...

If there’s one thing we love to see, it’s Prince William shouting with joy as he cheers on his football ( aka soccer ) team from the stands. And it’s clear this is his favorite kind of royal role, by far. As both the Prince of Wales and patron of the U.K.’s Football Association (FA), William gets pitch-perfect tickets to all the best games. He even occasionally gets to do a Ted Lasso–style motivational talk with the players and coaches. That’s what he did recently on a surprise visit to England’s soccer headquarters before the team departed for the World Cup . Football’s biggest competition kicks off on June 11 and runs through July 19 in North America—England’s first qualifying game is against Croatia on June 17, in Dallas—so it was the perfect time to give the crew a boost. So how did William give them a royal rev-up? Read on to find out. Get  Reader’s Digest ’s  Read Up newsletter for more royals...

Soccer is a hot topic in the United States right now, so unless you’ve been benched on the sidelines, you know that the World Cup is drawing both die-hard fans and the soccer-curious (sometimes with reluctant friends or loved ones in tow) to matches in 11 host cities across the country. Starting on June 11, all roads lead to the ultimate showdown, the 2026 FIFA World Cup Final, which will be played on July 19 at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey. Since the games are falling right at the start of the busy summer travel season and international airfares are through the roof, it’s a great time—and a pretty convenient excuse—to tack on a quick domestic excursion from whichever city you’re catching a match. As a longtime travel writer, I’m always looking for bonus destinations wherever I go—from an interesting nearby town or cultural attraction to an unexpected adventure or activity that maximizes my time in a place. With so many cities hosting games,...

There’s something magical about the moment a long-awaited album finally drops . Fans stay up until midnight, group chats explode and suddenly everyone is racing to hear Track 1 before spoilers hit social media. And this summer, excitement is building around Olivia Rodrigo’s upcoming June 12 album, You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love . But while new music can make even a routine commute feel cinematic, researchers affiliated with Harvard Medical School and the National Bureau of Economic Research say that album-release days may come with a surprising downside. No, it’s nothing about the looks you get at stoplights when you pull up singing “Vampire” at the top of your lungs. But before you start belting out her newest song’s bridge while navigating traffic on a bridge, read on to find out what the research revealed. Get  Reader’s Digest ’s  Read Up newsletter for more news, cleaning, humor, travel, tech and fun facts all w...

Mary H.K. Choi has never been particularly interested in having her books fit neatly into a category. After becoming a beloved voice in young adult fiction with bestselling novels like Emergency Contact , Permanent Record  and Yolk , she’s making the leap into adult fiction with Pool House —though, as she puts it, “I don’t really strive for or aim toward taxonomy. I don’t worry about what shelf the book is going to live on. I just write the book that arrives.” In Pool House , a dysfunctional Hollywood duo finds themselves living in their own pool house while renting out their main home to stay afloat financially. “It’s about power and celebrity, and the corrosive effects of both and the erosion of both, which is inevitable,” she tells Reader’s Digest . The novel has already earned praise for its unflinching look at family dynamics, with some authors calling it an “unsparing mother-daughter story .” For Choi, w...