Reader's Digest US - April / May 2026
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In this issue
Nature's Guardian
In the battle against invasive species, Alabama's native plants have an ally.
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GLAD TO HEAR IT
3 STORIES TO Make Your Day
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These Caddies Work for Peanuts
Golfers come from all over the world to see the famed goat caddies at Silvies Valley Ranch, a resort in Seneca, Oregon.
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LIFE IN THESE United States
\"What part of neutered don't you understand?\"
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Missing Mom
A grieving daughter finds unmistakable signs on a walk around her neighborhood.
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Don't Trim the Azalea
The beauty of a wild, unpruned, punk rock shrub
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Get the Good Dirt
UP TO 40% of the U.S. food supply gets thrown away—what a waste! Fortunately, many towns now collect compost.
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Living History
13 Things
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HUMOR in UNIFORM
In Top Gun, the call sign for Tom Cruise's character was Maverick. Mine, as part of Marine Wing Support Squadron 174 while we were stationed in Saudi Arabia, was less masculine.
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ALL in a Day's WORK
While working for the IRS, I fielded a phone call from a man who asked, \"Are you the person I spoke with yesterday?\"
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WRITTEN OFF
Before filing your taxes, see what's allowed and what isn't.
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The Ultimate Impulse Buy
After a few minutes at the open house, I am comfortable committing to live in this house forever
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When the Body Attacks Itself
The mystery and misery of autoimmune diseases
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News FROM THE WORLD OF MEDICINE
BRUSH UP - A new study from New York University, which the lead author called “the largest study and most detailed analysis of its kind,” found that certain microbes in the mouth were linked to a sharply higher risk of pancreatic cancer.
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LAUGHTER - THE BEST Medicine
A hack golfer is having a tough day, shanking his shots off the fairway and into roughs.
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Making Friends with AI
Whether you're already chummy or you've been avoiding getting acquainted, our guide will help you understand how to best use the technology to make your life easier ... and what to watch out for
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How AI IS SAVING LIVES
Artificial intelligence can find new uses for existing drugs, helping to treat rare diseases, including the one that almost killed Joseph Coates
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Could He Avoid AI for Two Whole Days?
Spoiler alert: It was harder than you might think!
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"Aaarrrrgghh!!!"
What happens in your brain and body when you're aggravated
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On Second Thought ...
\"Never\" is a long time to not change your mind
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LAST-DITCH EFFORT
THE 13-YEAR-OLD SKATEBOARDER HAD BEEN MISSING FOR THREE DAYS. THEN A SHARP-NOSED HERO PICKED UP THE TRAIL.
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Where Broken Items GET NEW LIFE
Want to save money and keep stuff out of the landfill? Come to a Repair Café, where neighbors help neighbors.
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Escape from Bunker Hill
A freed slave's valor lets colonists fight another day
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Brown Beauty's Midnight Ride
I'T WAS A STODGY spring night that saw Brown Beauty, a valiant beast as brown as the bark on a shagbark hickory tree and as beautiful as m’lady’s ankle, hasten silversmith and amateur dentist Paul Revere across the Massachusetts countryside.
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LIFE IN THESE 13 Colonies
The voter has long expected politicians to engage in “treating,” whereby candidates ply them with rum punch and whiskey to influence elections.
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FLUSH WITH PRIDE
The first modern flushable toilet was invented in 1596 by Sir John Harington.
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AMERICA THE TASTY
Favorite vittles from around the colonies
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Project Hail Mary
HELP US, RYAN GOSLING, you're our only hope!
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American Classic
What's a renowned, burned-out Broadway star who just had a drunken public meltdown to do other than go back to his Pennsylvania hometown for a shot at redemption?
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Scavengers By Kathleen Boland
Bea Macon, fired from her job on Wall Street, retreats home to her estranged dreamer mom, Christy, and is pulled into a hunt for treasure buried in the Utah desert that Christy read about online.
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A Marriage at Sea By Sophie Elmhirst
Things you need to brave 117 days adrift in the Pacific Ocean: grit, will, wits ... a bit of joie de vivre?
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Good Hang with Amy Poehler
Host Amy Poehler's goal with this podcast was simple: \"to try and make a very rough and unkind world fill with a little bit more love and laughter.\"
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POINT TO PONDER
EVERY SINGLE DAY YOU LIVE, you make a difference in the world, and you get to choose the difference that you make.
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