Two Rows of Boxes of The ShamWow From a TV Infomercial for Sale in a Store by Anirudh Koul (CC BY-NC) Before “influencer” was a job title reserved for the likes of social media personalities marketing ...

Several months after the 7.5-ton marble hand sculpture was relocated from the downtown Santa Rosa mall entrance, a proposal for a new drive lane at that spot and in front of a planned P.F. Chang’s ...

Liam Thompson tests infomercial products that were definitely not made for him and learns regret is real. Inside an AI start-up’s plan to scan and dispose of millions of books Gold and silver’s $7 ...

There's no drama to a film that should have been called "Day of the Living Tradwife." All of this plays out, in “Melania,” as if she’s planning her wedding. The movie opens to the strains of the ...

Maricopa County health inspectors cited three metro Phoenix restaurants for 13 health violations during the week of Jan. 12. Violations included keeping food items past their safe date, not addressing ...

Is Susan Powter the original influencer? Back in the ’90s, way before social media made it easy for any old person to pick up a phone and become a star—or a brand spokesperson, for that matter—the ...

Everybody knows someone who knows someone who says their cousin's best friend was abducted by aliens. But did it really happen? Was it maybe just a bad dream? Every week in the HOWL Newsletter, I ask ...

Things change rapidly in global politics. Allies become enemies. Enemies become friends. It’s not easy to remember that at one time we were rooting for Afghanistan to win its war … the one with Russia ...

Reader Bites celebrates dishes, drinks, and atmospheres from the Chicagoland food scene. Explore all of our favorites at chicagoreader.com/food/reader-bites. Why do ...

Bud Light is getting fired up for tailgate season through a partnership with Traeger Grills to create the Traegerator, a keg-meets-grill machine complete with built-in speakers, according to a press ...