‘Skiplagging’ may get you a cheaper flight, but be aware of the risks
Craig Hastings/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Say you’re looking to fly from Las Vegas to Charlotte, North Carolina. The flight costs $500. But a flight from Las Vegas to Washington, D.C., with a layover in Charlotte costs only $300.
Hypothetically, a trav…
‘A number of items seized’ in Portugal in renewed search for Madeleine McCann, German authorities say
Sheila Paras/Getty Images(LONDON and BERLIN) — German authorities said Thursday that “a number of items were seized” in Portugal during a renewed search for missing British child Madeleine McCann.
“These will be evaluated in the coming days and weeks…
Canada becomes first country to put health warnings on individual cigarettes
krisanapong detraphiphat/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Canada has announced that it will begin putting individual warning labels on cigarettes and other tobacco products in an effort to further reduce their appeal, becoming the world’s first country to use…
Senate passes debt ceiling deal, staving off default
Tetra Images – Henryk Sadura/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — The Senate on Thursday night passed legislation to lift the nation’s debt ceiling and stave off what would’ve been an economically disastrous default days before Monday’s deadline.
The final vot…
Top DHS official warns of ‘absolute threat’ to public safety, economy from organized retail crime
The Home Depot(NEW YORK) — The surveillance video, from earlier this year, is startling: Four masked men march in a line through a Home Depot store in New York — two of them looking like menacing bodyguards — while the two others confidently push ca…
Teenage birth rates in the US reached historic lows in 2022, CDC report finds
LWA/Dann Tardif/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Teenage birth rates have fallen to their lowest levels ever, new provisional federal data published Thursday found.
The report, from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Health …
Three teens charged after village’s swan killed, then eaten: Police
James Warwick/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — A beloved swan was reported missing from a New York state village’s pond on Monday. Three teenagers are now accused of killing the mother swan, who was then eaten, authorities said.
The three teens face felony c…
Investigators have recording of Trump acknowledging he held onto sensitive document: Sources
Rob Carr/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Federal investigators have in their possession an audio recording of former President Donald Trump from July 2021, on which he acknowledges he held onto a sensitive military document after leaving office, sources co…
‘Bachelorette’ alum Andi Dorfman marries Blaine Hart in romantic Italian wedding
Bryan Bedder/New York Road Runners via Getty ImagesFormer Bachelorette star Andi Dorfman has given out her final rose and officially said “I do” to her fiancé Blaine Hart in a breathtaking three-day celebration in Sorrento, Italy.
Speaking with People…
Elderly man, passerby help save sleeping family from New Jersey house fire
WABC-TV(NEW YORK) — A father and his four children were saved from an early morning house fire by a neighbor and a passerby who saw smoke coming from the home’s garage and were able to alert the sleeping family, police said.
The fire was reported aro…