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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...

Dogs get into all sorts of trouble when left alone (my $200 Ray-Bans lasted one day—now I buy sunglasses at the gas station). But even part-time hermits like me have to leave the house occasionally, and despite all of our high-tech devices , which allow us to watch our pets and even feed them from afar, we can’t always keep them from wreaking havoc. That’s exactly what happened to a family in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, who watched in horror (via their home security camera) as their pet pooch started a fire right on their living room rug. Everyone was OK, but it could have been much worse—and often is. If it can happen to them, it can happen to you, so I consulted Richard Meier, the principal expert at Meier Fire Investigation, to learn how and why dogs can start home fires . Read on as Meier, who has more than 15 years and 700 fire and explosion investigations under his belt, walks us through this scary but increasingly common situation. Get  Reader’...

Anthony Head, the charming, handsome and versatile actor best known for playing Rupert Giles, aka the Watcher, on the iconic ’90s television show Buffy the Vampire Slayer , and Rupert Mannion, the cruel and snarky club-team owner on the more recent powerhouse Ted Lasso , has died at the age of 72. Scoobies ( Buffy fans) and soccer (er, football) aficionados alike will miss his talent and the cool, level-headed presence he brought to these and other shows over his 45-year career. Born in 1954 in London, Head started out on stage before landing a gig in a series of Nescafé commercials, later reshot in the U.S. for Taster’s Choice, which brought him widespread recognition for his suave and debonair demeanor. From there, it was a short leap to the roles that made him famous, and he continued doing stage, screen and voiceover work for decades. Ahead, we have 25 hilarious, wry and—now that he’s gone—bittersweet quotes from two of Anthony Head’s mos...