READ THIS NEXT: The Zodiac Sign Most Likely to Break Your Heart, Astrologers Say. As the perfectionists of the zodiac, Virgos crave a structured environment and regular routines. According to Rachel Clare, an astrologer at Mysticsense, they are “the living juxtaposition between being a steady Earth sign, yet mutable in their seasonal positioning. This inconsistency makes the sign feel vulnerable when life’s plans go off the beaten path.” However, part of their perfectionism is never showing weakness, so, likely, you’ll never observe Virgo’s vulnerability....

READ THIS NEXT: The No. 1 Way to Keep Snakes From Getting in Through Your Toilet. “Snakes favor damp, chilly, and dark environments,” says Sholom Rosenbloom, the owner of Baltimore-based Rosenbloom Pest Control. In other words, the exact way you’d describe a crawl space also describes a snake’s ideal environment. Mice and other small creatures that comprise the typical ophidian diet also tend to camp out under there. But the most surprising reason?...

Yet according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), there’s one pantry item that could be putting you at risk of foodborne illness if you make the mistake of eating it raw. The health authority says that consuming this one extremely common food—or even just handling it without care—can spread E. coli or other bacterial infections. To make matters worse, it may even contaminate your other pantry items if stored improperly....

According to a report by the market research company NPD Group, sales for essentially every type of bike you can imagine exploded in March. Purchases for commuter and fitness bikes increased 66 percent, while sales for leisure bikes jumped 121 percent, children’s bikes went up 59 percent, and electric bikes rose 85 percent. By the end of April, many stores and bike distributors had completely sold out of their low-end consumer offerings....

1 Meghan Revealed That She Learned Ambition Was a Good Thing In the podcast, Meghan explains how her all-girls catholic school in Los Angeles, Immaculate Heart, fueled her ambitious and feminist nature. “This message to me and my classmates was clear: our futures as young women were limitless. Ambition? That was the whole point!” she said. 2 However, She Claims in Royal Life It Is “Terrible” But her most prized asset turned out to be a liability when she was introduced to royal life....

Here’s what Bower says causes significant tension with Harry and his relatives. Keep reading to learn more— and to explore the secrets of the Royal Family, don’t miss these Biggest Royal Romance Scandals of All Time. 1 Meeting the Family According to Bower, Harry believed Diana’s sisters would warm to his then-girlfriend immediately. “Harry had introduced Meghan to Diana’s two sisters, Jane and Sarah, and her best friend Julia Samuel,” Bower says....

On Monday, King said she was told Harry had spoken to Prince Charles and Prince William over the weekend about the interview, but the calls did nothing to bridge the widening gap between Harry and Meghan and the royals. “The word I was given was that those conversations were ’not productive,’” King said. She went on to share her thoughts on the matter, saying, “I think what is still upsetting to them is the Palace keep saying they want to work it out privately, but yet, they believe these false stories are coming out that are very disparaging against Meghan, still,” seemingly referring to the allegations that Meghan bullied royal staffers....

It turned out the duchess-to-be’s perfect cursive handwriting, which she learned as a student at Immaculate Heart in Los Angeles, was worth decent money—especially when working for the rich and famous in Hollywood. “Freelance calligraphy is super-lucrative,” Meghan told Esquire in 2013 because “there [were] so few people doing it.” She added: “What’s funny is I probably still have some calligraphy business cards floating out in the world and I can’t wait for someone to call me in a month or something, and say, ‘Can you do these for my son’s bar mitzvah?...

According to Reuters, there were 5,015 deaths in the U.S. over the week ending in July 12, which represents a 46 percent rise in coronavirus deaths from the week before. As they noted, this means that “deaths linked to the respiratory disease rose nationally last week for the first time since mid-April.” RELATED: For more up-to-date information, sign up for our daily newsletter. In some states—including two current epicenters of the pandemic, Texas and Florida—deaths have risen for the past two weeks....

RELATED: The IRS Says These People Must Return Their Stimulus Checks.ae0fcc31ae342fd3a1346ebb1f342fcb Even as life continues to revert to normal on the domestic front, it may be a while before borders see the same reopening. According to a White House official, the Biden administration has no plans to lift the international travel restrictions currently in place, despite previously announcing an international expert working group tasked with safely resuming travel. “While these groups have met a number of times, there are further discussions to be had before we can announce any next steps on travel reopening with any country,” the White House official told Reuters....

To conduct their research, the CDC examined COVID cases across 11 U.S. health care facilities and found that the majority of the patients had either been in close contact with a confirmed COVID case, or had been to one of these four locations. In their findings, the CDC displayed the ratio of patients at the health care facilities who received negative versus positive COVID test results. There were more positive test results for people who visited these locations than negative results....

While the cancer had spread to nearly all of his organs by the time of his death, Van Halen was originally diagnosed with tongue cancer in 2000, which he had surgically removed, but learned shortly after that cancer had developed in his throat. With the news of his death, here are the most common throat cancer symptoms you need to know. And for more red flags that you should be on the lookout for, check out Warning Signs of Head and Neck Cancer You Need to Know....

Deaths per year: 6 Deaths per year: 10 Deaths per year: 22 RELATED: This Is the Deadliest Road in America, According to Data. Deaths per year: 500 Deaths per year: 500 Deaths per year: 700 Deaths per year: 1,000 Deaths per year: 4,500 Deaths per year: 10,000 Deaths per year: 12,000 Deaths per year: Over 20,000 Deaths per year: 35,000ae0fcc31ae342fd3a1346ebb1f342fcb Deaths per year: 100,000 And for more fascinating facts sent straight to your inbox, sign up for our daily newsletter....

Georgia was one of the first states to reopen, beginning on April 24. Even as the state permitted it, restauranteurs in criticized the move and made the choice to keep their doors closed. There’s been similar pushback to the state’s reluctance to issue a mask mandate. On July 8, Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms issued an emergency order requiring the use of masks in the city. This came after Georgia Gov....

RELATED: The IRS Says You Could Get Money in July, If You Meet This Requirement. In accordance with the American Rescue Plan passed in March, unemployed people were supposed to continue receiving $300 weekly bonus checks on top of the money they were receiving for unemployment until Sept. 6. Now, 24 states and counting are removing these benefits months early. The financial assistance will not only be stripped away from people who are unemployed, but also from those who are self-employed....

Target updated its guidelines on March 2—the same day Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced he would lift the state’s mask mandate—to assure customers that the company would still be requiring masks inside stores nationwide. “We require guests to wear masks or face coverings in all of our stores, except for guests with underlying medical conditions and young children,” Target’s guidelines state. “Those who have been vaccinated for coronavirus are still required to wear a mask and follow all social distancing guidelines....

In an announcement on August 3, New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy officially reduced the number of people allowed at indoor gatherings from 100 to 25, Reuters reports. A limit on keeping crowds in smaller rooms to 25 percent of their legal capacity will also stay in place, as will a restriction on all indoor dining across the state. The limit won’t apply to weddings, funerals, or first-amendment-protected events, which remain at a cap of 100....

RELATED: Don’t Eat Any Foods Made by This Company Right Now, FDA Warns. On Sept. 11, the FDA announced that Collegedale, Tennessee-based McKee Foods had recalled 25 cases of Little Debbie Mini Nutty Buddy Cookie Bites Sandwich Cookies. The affected cookies come in individual 2.5-oz bags and have best by dates of Dec. 24 and Dec. 25. No other Little Debbie products are affected by the recall. For the latest recall news delivered straight to your inbox, sign up for our daily newsletter!...

A July study published in the American Journal of Emergency Medicine found that persistent hiccups could be an early tell-tale sign of the coronavirus. The study followed one patient in particular: A 62-year-old man with no history of lung problems who sought medical help after a four-day bout of persistent hiccups, and unintentional weight loss of 25 pounds over a period of four months. When the patient was admitted to the hospital, he had no signs of other COVID-19 symptoms....

“We never got things down to baseline where so many countries in Europe and the U.K. and other countries did—they closed down to the tune of about 97 percent lockdown,” Fauci told BBC Radio. “In the United States, even in the most strict lockdown, only about 50 percent of the country was locked down. That allowed the perpetuation of the outbreak that we never did get under very good control....