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DON’T WASTE YOUR MONEY ON THESE 23 THINGS
Avoiding unforced spending errors will let you save for the stuff you really want.
By Jody l. ROHLENA AND AMANDA WALKER

The Last Days of the Pioneer
After printing the local news for 121 years, another small-town paper faces the end of a noble enterprise.
By RICHARD FAUSSET ADAPTED FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES

National Teacher Of The Year

Tabatha Rosproy, age 33, Winfield, Kansas

1 min

I Am Mangoes … A Sweet Treat at Its Peak

One summer day in the early 2000s, Pennsylvania dentist Bhaskar Savani sat outside the arrivals gate at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport waiting for his father to emerge.

4 mins

Putting a Ring Back on It

It was July 2014. We were building a smaller house and getting ready to move when my husband became very ill. He had to spend nine weeks in assisted living, leaving me to do everything in our new home. By nighttime, I felt as if I was moving in slow motion.

3 mins

Don't waste your money on these 23 things

Avoiding unforced spending errors will let you save for the stuff you really want

10+ mins

THE BIKER WITH A BIG HEART

Her son’s organ donation saved his life. So he rode 1,426 miles to meet her.

10+ mins

Starting a New Chapter

Some people don’t find their true direction in life until they are halfway through it

9 mins

A Grizzly Encounter

On a trail near a mountain named for his grandfather, a lone hiker crosses paths with a bear three times his size—and with one enormous appetite

10 mins

¡Fantástico! Top Folk Remedies from Around the World

We asked Reader’s Digest editors at our international editions to share their popular home health treatments. Here are the ones that check out with scientific research.

8 mins

Off the Beaten Path

When a hiker falls 75 feet from a mountain cliff, a young stranger goes to extremes to save her

3 mins

The Art of The “Good” Meltdown

Under stress from every front, we’re having more meltdowns. Here’s how to lose it the right way.

6 mins

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