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While I was in Nairobi a couple of weeks ago, I had the opportunity to visit the Huru International center in Mukuru, one of the city's biggest slums, home to an estimated 600,000 people. In Mukuru, a ...

Google’s proprietary keyboard comes default on many devices, and for most of us, it generally stays active. One odd behavior of the keyboard that often confuses users is how the number pad is ...

Sometimes on a plane we have to use our wits to find solutions to problems that arise with limited resources just like MacGyver used to on the TV show. Ever jerry-rigged a stuck door with butter?

The Aquaria Pasadena Pool Float, available at Sam's Club, comes in "assorted colors," feels "luxuriously soft," and is "extremely comfortable." It also looks like a maxi pad. Unfortunately though, it ...

I told you how much I hate the word "maxi-pad" recently. And as much as it pains me to write about them again (ha!), I read something about reusable maxi pads and tampons recently (yes, you use them ...

For several years as of this writing, internet users have been preoccupied with a picture of what many described as a pool float that bore a striking resemblance to a feminine hygiene product. The ...

Nail Sunny may have outdone itself. The salon touts itself as the No. 1 nail art chain in Russia in its Instagram bio, which counts 2 million followers. The reason Nail Sunny has become so popular on ...

SAN BERNARDINO, Ca. - We've often seen crooks use all sorts of things to hide their faces during crimes but a man in San Bernardino County is really getting creative with his disguise. Investigators ...

Ebony Clark, a Philadelphia, PA, resident and mom, recently posted a hysterical video of her son precociously interrogating her about her use of sanitary napkins — all while holding a bulk bag of ...

A nursing assistant at a Greenwood, South Carolina, prison brought in contraband by hiding it in a female hygiene product, according to the South Carolina Department of Corrections. Lativa Nakash Hill ...

A man who was trying to rob a gift shop on Myrtle Beach took a creative approach that involved a feminine hygiene product, according to a police report.The man was caught on a surveillance camera in ...