Cursing is coursing through society. Words once too blue to publicly utter have become increasingly commonplace. “Language is just part of the whole shift to a more casual lifestyle,” said Timothy Jay, a professor emeritus of psychology at the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts in North Adams, Mass. Dr. Jay has spent a career studying […]
Have you ever wondered what causes turbulence on your flight or how the pilots keep you safe? FOX Weather Meteorologist Jason Frazer went to the United Airlines Training Facility to find out. ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Local, state and federal resources actively searched for survivors Friday of an airplane crash in western Alaska, which had up […]
“But then my other arm would always get tired from pushing the stroller,” she said. “So I was like, ‘You know what? Let me put it on my ankle.’” Ms. Gale, 33, who also wears the watch on her ankle when she uses StairMaster and elliptical machines at the gym, does a double take whenever […]
For decades, sub-Saharan Africa was a singular focus of American foreign aid. The continent received over $8 billion a year, money that was used to feed starving children, supply lifesaving drugs and provide wartime humanitarian assistance. In a few short weeks, President Trump and the South African-born billionaire Elon Musk have burned much of that […]
Getty Images A judge has temporarily blocked President Donald Trump from placing 2,200 workers at the US Agency for International Development (USAID) on paid leave, hours before it was due to happen. Judge Carl Nichols issued a “limited” temporary restraining order, in response to a last-minute lawsuit filed by two unions trying to save the […]
Ex-Soviet nations warn of sabotage and cyberattack threat as they cut power links with Moscow to hook up to EU network. The three Baltic states have cut links with Russia’s power grid as part of an energy security plan that will see them integrate with the European Union network. The grid operators in Estonia, Latvia and […]
The screams startled everyone on the field — and everyone in the stands. It wasn’t yet 9 in the morning and Nick Sirianni was livid. This was back in July 2019, midway through one of those early training camp practices that never seem to end. The sun was stifling, the crowd quiet, and Sirianni, then […]
Charlotte Edwards BBC Business Getty Images UK house prices have hit another record high with the average property price reaching £299,138, Halifax has said. The UK’s largest mortgage lender, part of Lloyds Banking Group, said property values recovered in January after seeing a slight dip in December. The annual growth in prices slowed to 3.0%, […]
An abandoned gunpowder storage shed pokes out from a small mound of earth in what’s now a nature preserve in Northern Ireland. It is the perfect place for a spider: semi-subterranean, cool and dark. But in 2021, a crew working on a BBC nature program found more than an average arachnid lurking there. They spotted […]
Television commercial breaks are the bane of every N.F.L. fan. They interrupt a game already riddled with stoppages, bombard viewers with come-ons and force fans and players in the stadium to stand around for about two and a half minutes, sometimes in the freezing cold. Yet commercials are the lifeblood of the N.F.L. Without them, […]