With snow and ice forecast across parts of the UK in the coming days, many households are bracing for freezing nights and frosty mornings. As temperatures dip, it’s tempting to crank up the heating and turn bedrooms into cosy cocoons – especially when it’s bitterly cold outside. But while a warm room might feel comforting…
A new variant of influenza, dubbed the “super flu,” is going around. According to data from the CDC, hospitalizations for the flu have nearly doubled in just a week as cases surge. Tunyada Kongkapan / Getty Images So people, and especially doctors, are not very happy with the administrator of the Centers for Medicare and…
Innovative ideas are not always appreciated in their time. History is full of examples of people whose work was rejected, vilified, or simply mocked — only to reach notoriety shortly after the creator’s death. Recently, redditor Bob_the_blacksmith asked, “Who died believing themselves a failure, but was judged otherwise by history?” and the answers will have…
Donald Trump was having a very Donald Trump Christmas morning! If you didn’t already know, unhinged Christmas messages are basically Trump’s tradition. ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP via Getty Images Related: “You Look Ridiculous!!!!”: Older Women Are Sharing The “Puzzling” Things Younger Women Do, And Wow In his 2024 Christmas message, he rambled on about the…
For many Americans raised in conservative Christian environments, faith once felt like a matter of personal conviction and community — not overt political allegiance. But over the past decade, the boundary between belief and ideology has blurred. Adam Gray / Getty Images As religious leaders increasingly endorse candidates from the pulpit and worship music shares…
Content warning: Discussions of abuse and sexual assault. Over the past year, I’ve asked both former inmates and people who’ve worked in corrections to share aspects of prison life that most people don’t realize, or might never understand unless they experienced it firsthand. Because so many people who’ve worked in prisons also weighed in, it…
Editor’s Note: While we can’t endorse what X has become, we can bring you the worthwhile moments that still exist there, curated and free of the surrounding chaos. American politics — well, frankly, global politics — is chaos right now, but I find it comforting to know I’m not alone in thinking the world has…
Singapore arrests former captain of alleged scam kingpin Chen Zhi’s yacht. (PHOTO: Getty) Singapore police have arrested a US-sanctioned man who operated a superyacht for the alleged mastermind of one of Asia’s largest scam networks, Bloomberg reported. Nigel Tang Wan Bao Nabil was arrested on 11 December after returning to Singapore, according to a police…
CNN OutFront anchor Erin Burnett discussed newly released photos from the estate of late sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein on Friday and took a moment to express her disbelief over what she found herself describing. Patrick McMullan / Patrick McMullan via Getty Images A batch of photos released that day by Democrats on the House Oversight…
As winter settles in, it’s not just the colder mornings and darker evenings making people feel a bit off – it’s the sudden surge in seasonal illnesses too. Many of us are battling scratchy throats, blocked noses and that run-down feeling that always seems to arrive ahead of Christmas. But this year, flu season has…