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Nearly half of people would go into debt to maintain beauty routines - even if they lost their job

Losing a jobwouldn’t stop almost half of American adults from trying tolook and feel good.

Some 46 percent ofconsumersage 18 and older said they wouldgo into debtto maintain their beauty and wellness routines if they lost their job, according to aMarch surveyby beauty and wellness AI software platform Zenoti.

Respondents are ready to make other sacrifices for self-care, too, including a curtailed social life, delayed vacations, reduced funds for savings and debt repayment.

The survey’s analysis of spending trends found that people would most likely go into debt using credit cards to keep up appearances aftera job loss.

Consumer habits indicate that being made unemployed might spur even more beauty spending, the study found. Some 33 percent of respondents said they increased their self-care routines because of workplace stress or burnout.

Respondents are ready to make other sacrifices for self-care, too, including a curtailed social life, delayed vacations, reduced funds for savings and debt repayment (Getty Images for LFC)

Loneliness, financial stress and major life transitions - all situations a job loss could create - are among the top reasons why people increase their beauty and wellness spending. But there was one concession: 45 percent of respondents said they would reduce the frequency of beauty appointments.

The study brings into focus the trade-offs that Americans are making as they negotiate rising costs. While many draw the line at self-care, there are other costs they’re willing to sacrifice to steady their finances.

Entertainment is on the consumer chopping block. Around40 percent of Americanshave dropped at least one streaming service over the past three months, according to astudyfrom Deloitte. The average household spends an average of $69 a month on these services, Deloitte noted.

Restaurants are the most popular area for spending cutbacks as consumers find ways to rein in their finances (AFP/Getty)

Another popular target for spending cuts in the past year is eating out. Some 61 percent of U.S. adults, over age 21, have lowered spending at restaurants, according to aMay 2025 studyfrom retail news and analysis firm Chain Store Age. And consumers are making sacrifices in their closets: Just over half (52 percent) say they’ve cut back on clothes and shoe spending.

The cost-cutting reflects a nationwide concern about household finances amid highgas pricesand rising inflation.

Consumers aremore pessimistic about their financial future todaythan they were during the Great Recession. Some 55 percent of consumers said their financial situation is getting worse, according to aGallup pollpublished Tuesday, compared to 49 per cent in 2008.

byVaclavien Pynzarien

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May 02, 2026

Nearly half of people would go into debt to maintain beauty routines - even if they lost their job

Losing a jobwouldn’t stop almost half of American adults from trying tolook and feel good. Some 46 percent ofconsumersage 18 and o...

A federal court blocked a widely used abortion pill from distribution by mail. Here's what to know

In the biggest jolt to abortion policy in the U.S. since the overturning of Roe v. Wade, a federal appeals court has restricted access to one of the most common ways to end early pregnancies, byblocking the mailing of mifepristone prescriptions.

FILE - Mifepristone tablets sit on a table at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Ames, Iowa, July 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)

FILE - Attorney General Liz Murrill speaks with the news media, Oct. 15, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)

Dr. Marty Makary, commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, speaks while, from left, National Institutes of Health Director Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Joe Rogan, President Donald Trump, Joe Rogan and CEO of Americans for Ibogaine W. Bryan Hubbard listen in the Oval Office of the White House, Saturday, April 18, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

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The unanimous ruling Friday from the New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals marks a substantial victory for abortion opponents seeking to stem the flow of abortion pills prescribed online that they view as subverting state bans on the procedure.

The ruling, which is expected to be appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court, requires that mifepristone be distributed only in person and at clinics, overruling regulations set by the federal Food and Drug Administration.

Here's what to know.

Impact extends beyond states with abortion bans

Frustrated with a lack of federal actionagainst medicated abortions, Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill sued the FDA last month, saying its regulations undermined the state’s ban on abortions at all stages of pregnancy.

“The regulation creates an effective way for an out-of-state prescriber to place the drug in the hands of Louisianans in defiance of Louisiana law,” Judge Kyle Duncan, who was appointed by President Donald Trump, wrote in the ruling.

FDA officials have said the agency is conducting a new review of mifepristone’s safety, but the appeals court noted that there was no timeline for its completion.

Friday’s ruling is in effect while the case works its way through the courts. It affects all states, even those without abortion restrictions.

There is little precedent for a federal court overruling the scientific regulations of the FDA, and it remains to be seen how the decision could impact how the drug is dispensed long-term.

Murrill, a Republican, celebrated the ruling as a “victory for life” while other anti-abortion advocates cheered the reversal of rules finalized under President Joe Biden thatended a longstanding requirementthat the pills be obtained at an in-person doctor’s visit.

Representatives for the FDA and the U.S. Department of Justice did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

Mifepristone long considered safe and effective

Danco Laboratories, a mifepristone manufacturer and defendant in the lawsuit, has asked the appeals court to put its order on hold for one week to give the company time to seek relief from the Supreme Court.

Mifepristone was approved in 2000 as a safe and effective way to end early pregnancies. It is typically used in combination with a second drug, misoprostol, which is not affected by the ruling but is less effective on its own.

Surveys have found that the majority of abortions in the U.S. are administered using pills and that about one in four abortions nationally are prescribed via telehealth. Providers have suggested that its availability through telehealth is a reason why the number ofabortions in the U.S. has not fallensince Roe was overturned in 2022.

As a result, abortion pills and those who prescribe them out of state have become key targets of abortion opponents.

Some Democratic-led states have adopted laws that aim to protect providers who prescribe via telehealth and mail the pills to states with bans. Those so-calledshield laws are being testedthrough civil and criminal cases in Louisiana and Texas.

One telehealth provider in a state with a shield law, Dr. Angel Foster, was working with legal experts to understand how the ruling would impact her organization, The Massachusetts Medication Abortion Project.

"We will do everything in our power to continue providing care to people in all 50 states,” she said.

Abortion policy could come into play in the midterms

The case could again make abortion a key issue in the midterm elections as Democrats aim to take back control of the U.S. House and Republicans fight to hold on to a narrow majority.

Recent electoral results suggest that voters seeking to maintain abortion access have the political momentum. Since Roe was overturned, abortion has been on the ballot directly in 17 states. Voters have sided with the abortion-rights side in 14 of those questions.

Abortion-rights supporter Fatima Goss Graves, president and CEO of the National Women’s Law Center, slammed the ruling as “deeply out of step with both the public and fact-based science.”

Trump received criticism after the ruling from some anti-abortion advocates who expressed frustration that he did not take action himself to block distribution of the pill.

The FDA under Trump approved another generic version of mifepristone last year, whichpeeved some alliesof the Republican president.

“It’s shameful that the Trump administration’s inaction has forced pro-life states to take their battle to the federal courts,” said Marjorie Dannenfelser, president of Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America, who also applauded the ruling.

byVaclavien Pynzarien

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May 02, 2026

A federal court blocked a widely used abortion pill from distribution by mail. Here's what to know

In the biggest jolt to abortion policy in the U.S. since the overturning of Roe v. Wade, a federal appeals court has restricted access ...

Lewis Hamilton ‘Fired Up’ for Miami Grand Prix After Weeks of Canceled F1 Races

Lewis Hamilton spoke to reporters in advance of the Miami Grand Prix

Lewis HamiltonCredit: Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty

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The Ferrari driver said he was "fired up" for the race
Hamilton has made recent headlines for his relationship with Kim Kardashian

Lewis Hamilton is ready to race!

The Formula 1 star, 41, says he’s looking forward to this weekend at the Miami Grand Prix after previous races were canceled this month.

“Everyone's had a chance to go over what happened in the first three races,” the Ferrari drivertold reporterson Thursday, April 30. "Everyone's had more of an intense time to work on refining the car. Just feel fired up for the second stab at it."

The F1 schedule was put on pause in April, with the cancellations of the Bahrain Grand Prix (April 12) and the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix (April 19) due to ongoing security concerns in the Middle East.

In late March, Kimi Antonelli of Mercedes won the Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka, a monumental achievement for the 19-year-old Italian driver, who became the youngest driver to lead the Formula One World Championship.

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As far as Hamilton is concerned, the Miami Grand Prix — which consists of 57 laps around the 3.36-mile Miami International Autodrome track at upwards of 200 to 205 mph — offers a challenge, particularly after last season in which he failed to make a podium for thefirst time in his career.

Kim Kardashian, Lewis HamiltonCredit: Wagner Meier/Getty ; Aurore Marechal/Getty

Of course off the course, the star has grabbed headlines for his relationship withKim Kardashian.

The reality star, 45, and the race car driver went Instagram official on Monday, April 6 in an Instagram Reel.

The two were seen on a high-speed drive in the video, which showed him whipping around in his Ferrari F40 at the Daikoku Parking Area in Tokyo, Japan.

"HERE WE GO AGAIN 🇯🇵 TOKYO DRIFT VOL. III," Hamilton wrote in the caption of the Reel, which was set to the song "Victory Lap" by Skepta, PlaqueboyMax and Fred Again.Rumors of their romance picked up in March when Hamilton left a flirty comment on Kardashian's Instagram post. On March 16, the SKIMS founder shared snaps from an Oscar party including several clips and photos of herself getting ready. In response to the sultry snaps, Hamilton had a simple comment: “😍.”

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Nikola Jokic at center of Nuggets-Timberwolves fight

Nikola Jokic was at the center of a heated confrontation during the fourth quarter of theDenver Nuggets' potential elimination game against theMinnesota Timberwolves.

Jokic, the three-time NBA MVP, got into it with the Timberwolves' Jaylen Clark, who was called for a personal foul with 9:47 to go. Clark shoved Jokic, and Jokic shoved Clark back. Clark pulled at Jokic as he fell, and things escalated from there.

Naz Reid also got involved, shoving Jokic in the back.

Cooler heads eventually prevailed and the players were all separated. After review, Jokic, Clark and Reid were all hit with technical fouls. That resulted in one free throw for the Nuggets.

Minnesota, which is without Anthony Edwards, leads the series 3-2 and is trying to close things out.

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Nikola Jokic at center of Nuggets-Timberwolves fight

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The House shredded a combative Hegseth on Iran. A worse fate awaits him in Senate tomorrow

On Wednesday, Defense Secretary Pete Hegsethdelivered a defiant and aggressive testimonybefore the House Armed Services Committee.

While the testimony was billed as being about the Pentagon’s budget, it inevitably became about the War in Iran. During the testimony, Hegseth was sometimes outright belligerent. My colleague Holly Baxtersaid that he sounded increasingly deluded and desperate, hoping to win the support of the audience of one that is Donald Trump.

At one point,he gallingly said that“the biggest adversary we face at this point are the reckless, feckless and defeatist words of congressional Democrats and some Republicans.”

A few days ago, I hid under a table during the White House Correspondents’ Dinner asI saw Hegseth bolt out of the Washington Hiltonafter a shooter allegedly came to try and take out Trump. But here, he showed absolutely zero signs of trying to turn down the tone in the country.

“Choosing to call out Democrats and some Republicans as our greatest threat, amidst all the threats, including an act of war, shows you what a f***ng joke he is,” Rep. Pat Ryan of New York, a West Point graduate, toldThe Independent. “I asked them questions about six Americans that were killed, and he wouldn't even answer in a straightforward way.”

U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth departs after testifying before the House Armed Services Committee April 29, 2026 in the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, DC. Hegseth testified on the Department of Defense Fiscal Year 2027 Budget Request. (Getty)

Even Rep. Jen Kiggans (R-Va.), who represents the Navy-heavy Virginia Beach, grilled Hegseth about the dismissal of the Secretary of the Navy John Phelan.

But if Hegseth had a rough go at it at the House of Representatives, he will have an even tougher time before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Thursday.

There, he will have to face Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.),whom he has tried to punish for a videohe put out with Democratic lawmakers saying U.S. servicemembers have a right to refuse illegal orders.

Members who are not on the committee will also be watching Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), who voted to confirm Hegseth, but has at times become more critical of the Trump administration while avoiding directly criticizing the president.

“I think that we need details,” Tillis toldThe Independent. We need to know what the strategic objectives are. What does success look like? What is the build-up for the budget request?”

And this is to say nothing of the Republicans who voted against his confirmation: Sens. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, Susan Collins of Maine and Mitch McConnell of Kentucky. McConnell especially criticized the Pentagon.

This week, the usually taciturn McConnellput out an op-edinThe Washington Postcriticizing the fact that the Pentagon has not spent $400 billion that the Senate set aside for Ukraine.

Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) hit out at the Pentagon for not spending money meant for Ukraine. (Getty Images)

“Trump’s focus on ending the war is noble,” he said. “But the price and stability of peace matter. The Pentagon’s approach of withholding or slow-rolling support to Ukraine is in effect the same strategy President Joe Biden deployed.”

For someone like McConnell, the chairman of the Appropriations Committee’s subcommittee on military spending, this was a damning condemnation. McConnell did not mention Hegset,h but it was a clear message for him to get it together.

The Senate as a whole is more hawkish than the House, so Hegseth might not face as much criticism about the war in Iran itself as about his management of the war. And the Senate does not take kindly to people dictating what it cannot know.

A common trait of the Trump White House has been members of the administration avoiding accountability or congressional oversight and then immediately melting in front of a committee.

Homeland Security Kristi Noem avoided the Senate Judiciary Committee for months, only for Tillis and Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) to eviscerate her. A few days later, she was gone. In February, Attorney General Pam Bondi faced a round of tough questioning about files related to Jeffrey Epstein, giving an equally pugnacious performance. By April, she got the boot.

This isn’t to say that Hegseth will suffer the same fate as the ladies. But as more members lose patience with him and as Republicans want to find someone to blame other than Trump, he might be the next sacrificial lamb.

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April 30, 2026

The House shredded a combative Hegseth on Iran. A worse fate awaits him in Senate tomorrow

On Wednesday, Defense Secretary Pete Hegsethdelivered a defiant and aggressive testimonybefore the House Armed Services Committee. ...

Snag 'Heated Rivalry' jerseys, drinks at Red Sox theme night

Fenway Park is heating up.

TheBoston Red Soxare hosting a"Heated Rivalry"theme night on Aug. 31, which will include a pregame dance party and"Heated Rivalry"trivia and themed-concessions in the Sam Deck, which overlooks the ballpark, according to aRed Soxnews release.

Tickets go on sale on April 30.

Based on the LGBTQ+ romance series, "Game Changers," penned byRachel Reid, "Heated Rivalry" became an overnight success with the release of theHBOshow in November 2025.

It follows professional hockey players Shane Hollander and Ilya Rozanov, who are rivals on the ice but lovers behind closed doors. The series skyrocketed actorsHudson WilliamsandConnor Storrieinto the limelight and has broken multiple television records, praised for its portrayal ofthe LGBTQ+ love story.

Guests who purchase tickets through the special "Heated Rivalry" offer will receive a random Red Sox Rozanov or Hollander jersey, available in adult sizes small through extra large, according to the news release.

Ready to head to the cottage? Here's what to know about the Red Sox "Heated Rivalry" night this summer.

Connor Storrie, left, and Hudson Williams attend the premiere of

Connor Storrie attends the Los Angeles Premiere of A24's "Eddington" at DGA Theater Complex on June 26, 2025 in Los Angeles, California.