Tara Parker-Pope
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Thrive Global, chief content officer. Yale MPH. Alumnus of @WaPo @NYT @WSJ, @houstonchron, @statesman.
Heading to Manhattan!
Joined March 2009
RT @CAKitchener: My mom just told me she cancelled her subscription to The Washington Post. She reads every one of my stories. It was a hea….
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RT @ariannahuff: I’m thrilled to announce that @taraparkerpope from The Washington Post will be joining @Thrive as our Chief Content Office….
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The only story you need to read today.
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“These kids needed a place to live, and they needed to be together,” said PJ McKay, who documents his fatherhood journey with his husband on social media.
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More than once, while I've been walking my dog Sugar, a stranger on the street will look at her and say, "Hey, Big Head." And I don't know what they are talking about.
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A very good girl. (For the record, my dog would never be able to pull this off.)
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Pet dog Ruby helped officer Kammeron Bennetts rescue her Traverse City owner, who had fallen into a freezing Arbutus Lake in East Bay Township, Michigan police said.
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This is an unusually inspired Inspired LIfe. This dog Cecil was a very good boy. Until he ate $4000 in cash.
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“We looked at each other and said, ‘What are we going to do?’” said Clayton Law about his goldendoodle who chewed up a stack of cash.
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Wow I learned so much about coffee from this story!
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Brewing coffee at home can result in an excellent cup if you follow these strategies.
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Are you fit for your age? Find out with this fun fitness tool created by the awesome @GretchenReynold
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We asked exercise experts for easy ways to test fitness for balance, mobility, grip strength, stamina and more.
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Only from The Post: Applesauce lead cases in states surge to 118 -- nearly double official counts by the FDA, renewing questions about the agency's oversight. Here's the story of how NC broke the case wide open.
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A Washington Post investigation found that states are examining nearly 120 cases linked to lead-tainted applesauce pouches
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Your muscles may be old but that doesn't mean they don't want to work out! Check out the latest from @GretchenReynold It's never too late to start weight lifting.
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The new study of resistance exercise and the elderly found that even people in their 80s and 90s — who had never lifted weights before — showed significant gains
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"When you work late, there are consequences. Don't blame me for your bad decisions." -- Love, Sugar
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Such a great story and lesson. Highly recommend!
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Only a few dozen families are known to carry the mutation for fatal familial insomnia. A blood test would reveal if I’d die in the same terrifying way.
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A good samaritan named Bret Michaels finds a dog, who gets named Bret Michaels, and then Bret Michaels the rock star adopts him. Also Bret the dog saves a kitten's life. This story has it all!
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“Go no further, I will adopt Bret Michaels, the husky,” said musician Bret Michaels, frontman for the glam metal rock band Poison.
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RT @TracyJan: Behold the incredible @washingtonpost Health & Science team at our retreat last fall to brainstorm stories focused on America….
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One of the most moving essays I've ever published. Please read and share. It's about grief, loss, happiness and perseverance. Thank you.@zimmerman082 . Our lives had been shattered. Now something extraordinary was happening.
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Sometimes grief and joy collide. I was happy, but still remembered what I had lost.
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