I've worked at Costco for 20 years. Here are 7 of the best things I'm seeing on shelves right now.

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A composite image of Hunter backpacks in black and green color options on display at Costco, and boxes of BBQ Daddy scrubbers.
As a longtime employee, I think Hunter backpacks and the BBQ Daddy scrubber are two of the best things to get at Costco right now.

Veronica Thatcher

33 'Bridgerton' couples ranked by their chemistry

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Benedict and Sophie in "Bridgerton" season four.

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Russian war bloggers are watching the US' new LUCAS drones — and fretting about Starshield terminals

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A Low-Cost Unmanned Aircraft System lifts off with jet propulsion from a ship's deck.
A Low-Cost Unmanned Aircraft System takes off in December from a US Independence-class littoral combat ship.

U.S. Army photo by Spc. Kayla McGuire

I visited Punch, the famous baby monkey, in Japan. Here's what TikTok doesn't show.

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Punch pulling his Ikea toy at Ichikawa City Zoo.
Reeno Hashimoto took a train to Japan's Ichikawa City Zoo to visit Punch, a macaque that's gone viral on TikTok.

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Oracle billionaire Larry Ellison's real estate portfolio includes properties in Florida, Japan, Hawaii, and more

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Palm Beach, Florida.

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The aerial refueling aircraft used in Operation Epic Fury were created from a single $16 million Boeing prototype. See the 'Dash 80.'

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The Boeing 367-80.
The prototype for the 707, the Boeing 367-80, shown here, was named by the Smithsonian Institution as "one of the 12 most significant aircraft of all time."

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Meet the top private landowner in the US, who owns more than 2.7 million acres and is married to a Walmart heiress

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Los Angeles Rams owner E. Stanley Kroenke looks on during the game between the Los Angeles Rams and the Philadelphia Eagles on September 21, 2025 at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, PA.
Stanley Kroenke is the largest private landowner in the US.

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Why 'Bridgerton' showrunner Jess Brownell says it was 'hugely important' for Benedict to come out to Sophie

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Benedict and Sophie.
Benedict's sexuality has been a large part of his arc since the beginning of the show.

Liam Daniel/Netflix

Austin's growth has skyrocketed in the last decade. See which other cities are booming.

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Aerial shot of Downtown Austin and Lady Bird Lake.
Austin outpaced the nation in household growth from 2014 to 2024.

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The Anthropic-OpenAI fight could usher in a new era: chatbot monogamy

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A dark figure holding a phone with Claude's emblem on the screen.
A top Claude engineer said his product is getting more advanced. He is warning that it could disrupt computer-based jobs.

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