Thursday, 18 August 2022

A Little League World Series player's life-threatening accident. Plus, making a little stress work for you. Here's the latest.

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A judge will hear arguments today over whether more information should be revealed about the search of Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago home, and the family of a Little League player hospitalized with a serious head injury shares a hopeful update. Plus, how to give yourself a financial checkup in 7 simple steps.

THE LATEST

A Florida judge will hear arguments on the request to unseal an affidavit used to justify the search of Mar-a-Lago.

A federal judge will hear arguments at 1 p.m. EST today on whether to release the affidavit filed in support of the warrant that led FBI agents to search the Mar-a-Lago home of former President Donald Trump. The Justice Department has argued that unsealing the affidavit would compromise the investigation and future witnesses as investigators sift through a trove of documents taken from the residence. Trump's legal team and media outlets have pushed for the affidavit to be released for the sake of transparency about the government's investigation.

⚾ A Little League World Series player is improving after he suffered a serious head injury falling off a bunk bed.

The family of Easton Oliverson, 12, shared a positive update on his condition after the outfielder from Utah suffered a fractured skull and internal bleeding when he fell out of a bunk bed Monday inside a dormitory at the Little League World Series. His family wrote on Instagram that he is no longer sedated, has shown a desire to eat, and is starting to wake up more after having surgery. "While Easton is making TREMENDOUS progress, he still has a very long road ahead," his family wrote. "We are asking for you to continue to send prayers."

😰 A little stress is actually good for you. Here's how to get better at dealing with it.

Stress has such a negative connotation that even hearing the word can get your nerves jangling. However, experts say moderate stress can actually have some benefits. "Under moderate stress, we can feel more physiologically and physically charged up. We might feel a more heightened sense of clarity and alertness and feel more motivation to perform well," Jennifer Beckjord, Psy.D., told us. Here are 5 tips for when stress gets to be too much, and 3 ways to harness stress as something useful.

🍦31 ice cream flavors, ranked from worst to best.

So. Many. Flavors. How can you choose when you're standing in the frozen food aisle? We did the heavy scooping to help you narrow it down by ranking the 31 ice cream flavors from worst to first, which is just a complete coincidence when it comes to the number of flavors at a certain famous ice cream chain. Cake batter, cherry, cookie dough, pistachio and more — we weigh in on them all.

LIVE BETTER TODAY

Achieve your life goals with easy tips.

As the fall approaches and you're trying to rein in your summer splurges, now is a good time to give yourself a financial checkup. How are you spending, borrowing, saving, investing and protecting your money, especially in a time of high inflation and higher interest rates? CNBC's Sharon Epperson has 7 simple steps, from setting limits on credit cards to checking out online investment tools, that will help you get a handle on your finances and work toward financial goals.

WHAT'S FOR DESSERT?

Allow us to do the meal-planning for you.

Treat yourself to this decadent "buttamilk" caramel pie that has been passed down for generations in the family of Jennifer Lyle, the owner and chef at Detroit's Lush Yummies Pie. Use simple ingredients to make this scrumptious pie covered in salted caramel, and make sure to keep stirring the caramel sauce to avoid overcooking.

DAILY DELIGHT

A little pick-me-up before you go.

"Hello, 911? Yes, this is an emergency. We're out of bananas." The San Luis Obispo County Sheriff's Office in California got caught up in some monkey business recently when it got disconnected from a 911 call that it then traced to a nearby zoo. Police determined that a Capuchin monkey named Route picked up a cell phone in a golf cart at the zoo and dialed the emergency number. "We're told Capuchin monkeys are very inquisitive and will grab anything and everything and just start pushing buttons," the office said.