
Start your week smart: How to sleep better, Pope Francis discharged, Pentagon leak investigation, New Mexico mass shooting
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CNN’s 5 Things Sunday brings you all the news you need to start your week smart.
More Americans are cutting back on snacks like chips, pretzels and cookies — but not for health reasons. Why then? Rising prices. Over the last four years, for example, the price of chips has surged by nearly 30%. That sharp increase is driving many consumers to cut back on non-essentials like snack foods, according to market research firm NIQ. Here’s what else you need to know to Start Your Week Smart. Whether you’re a night owl or an early bird, few things wreak havoc on your ability to function in everyday life more than poor sleep. A lack of quality sleep can have important impacts on your overall health as well. Chronic insomnia — an inability to fall or stay asleep or waking up much earlier than desired — could lead to serious issues, including heart attacks and stroke. If you’re constantly tired, that could be a sign of an underlying health condition such as anemia, chronic fatigue syndrome or a rare blood disorder. Your job could be making things worse. Sedentary work has been linked to a 37% higher risk of insomnia-like symptoms.

The US intelligence community’s annual threat assessment led with the threat from drug cartels for apparently the first time in the report’s nearly 20-year history, according to Senate Intelligence Chairman Tom Cotton and a CNN review of previous assessments, highlighting a top agenda item for President Donald Trump.

Several of President Donald Trump’s top national security officials, at times with assistance from a top Senate Republican, shifted responsibility to Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth for sending potentially classified information that appeared in a group chat about US military strikes in Yemen that a journalist was included in.