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Nicole Fallert and Jane Onyanga-Omara here, with the news to know on Friday. We start with how prices are changing U.S. eating behaviors and why Gen Z isn't down to T.G.I.F. |
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Americans are making their own dinner |
As the busy single mom of an 11-year-old daughter, Ellen Hornberger loved the convenience of having a restaurant meal deposited on her doorstep until she realized just how much that home delivery was costing her: She was spending three-quarters of her food budget — $942 a month — on takeout. |
Hornberger is among Americans finding that dining in — not out — is becoming an increasingly necessary option as high food prices strain their expenses. |
Forget fancy. The nation is giving their food processors and salad spinners another whirl. According to a recent YouGov survey , three-quarters of Americans now cook at least a few times per week. Only 2% never cook and another 10% cook once a month or less. |
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Spring is officially here 🌼 | The Pink Trumpet Tree (Tabebuia Impetiginosa) springs to life at the Hibiscus Fountain in Palm Beach March 5, 2026. Damon Higgins/Palm Beach Daily News/USA TODAY Network via Imagn Images |
After a brutal winter for much of the U.S., spring is finally in the air . Spring officially begins today, according to the U.S. Naval Observatory. It marks the spring equinox, or the astronomical start to spring. The spring equinox occurs when the Earth's axis is tilted neither toward nor away from the sun, resulting in equal daylight during the day and darkness at night. |
Forget the Friday night house party |
We used to be a proper country. Where dancing on sticky living room floors, sneaking beers from your parents' refrigerator and bumping music on stereos were hallmarks of adolescence. Gen Z, apparently, doesn't know that. |
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