Sports

WWE NXT star Roxanne Perez reacts to Ricky Starks' surprise appearance

Feb. 14, 2025

The two-time NXT women’s champion, who has a shot at an historic third title reign at NXT Vengeance Day on Saturday, was among those shocked. Perez told Fox News Digital in a recent interview she has known Starks since she was younger and was excited to see him on the brand. Furthermore, she did not even know he was going to be there. "It was awesome. I have known Ricky Starks since I was literally 15 years old. He came up in Texas as I did, so we definitely ran into each other a lot," she said. "I didn’t even know he was going to be there. I didn’t even see him walk out into the crowd. I saw it on the TV screen with everybody else and that made me so happy because he’s awesome. He’s such a great person and I think he deserves everything."

Business

Federal prosecutors drop criminal probe into ex-WWE boss Vince McMahon, his lawyer says

Feb. 14, 2025

Federal prosecutors have ended their criminal investigation into whether former World Wrestling Entertainment CEO and chairman Vince McMahon tried to cover up allegations of sexual misconduct with multiple former employees, his lawyer said Tuesday. “We have been in consistent communication with the government … and understand, with no ambiguity, that the investigation has definitively concluded and will not result in charges,” McMahon’s attorney Robert W. Allen said in a statement.

Health

An intense flu season is filling hospitals with severely ill patients

Feb. 14, 2025

The US is in the throes of an unusually intense and severe flu season, with hospitalization rates topping the levels seen with Covid-19 at some points of the pandemic. On top of the flu infection itself, doctors say they’re seeing large numbers of patients with some of its most devastating complications. In children, specialists say they’re seeing more than usual come to the hospital with neurologic complications, including devastating brain swelling that leads to tissue death — a condition called acute necrotizing encephalopathy, or ANE.

Entertainment

Why we love Lion's Mouth Bookstore in Green Bay, Wisconsin

Feb. 14, 2025

Independent bookstores are the heartbeats of their communities. They provide culture and community, generate local jobs and sales tax revenue, promote literacy and education, champion and center diverse and new authors, connect readers to books in a personal and authentic way, and actively support the right to read and access to books in their communities.

Entertainment

‘Saturday Night Live’ stars name their favorite sketches and reflect on show’s legacy

Feb. 14, 2025

Legions of comedic talent have paraded through NBC’s Studio 8H, whether as cast members, writers or hosts of “Saturday Night Live.” As the sketch show marks its 50th anniversary with a bevy of celebrations, its cast members and alumni look back on their favorite sketches and the enduring legacy of “Saturday Night Live.”

Entertainment

At 50, ‘Saturday Night Live’ celebrates its past as a comedy icon — and wonders about its future

Feb. 14, 2025

Tune into the Oct. 11, 1975 premiere episode of “Saturday Night Live” — then without “live” in its name — and you may be instantly surprised at some of the bones of the show that are still intact today. There’s the cold open skit, featuring cast members John Belushi and Michael O’Donoghue. At its end, Chevy Chase gingerly walks by the prone bodies of the two actors, playing dead, for the very first call of “Live from New York, it’s Saturday night!” NBC is rebroadcasting that episode Saturday, part of a feast of 50th anniversary programming that includes a three-hour special on Sunday reuniting dozens of past cast members and friends and a homecoming concert from Radio City Music Hall being livestreamed Friday night on Peacock.

Entertainment

What's up with all the cowboy romances? Why readers want to saddle up with the genre.

Feb. 14, 2025

The cowboy aesthetic is still having a moment. Even outside the South and West, people donned glitter cowboy hats and boots à la “Cowboy Carter.” They wore black-and-pink Wild West outfits from “Barbie” and the “coastal cowgirl” trend from 2023. Even Taylor Swift, who has since swapped her cowboy boots for sparkly heeled Louboutins, inspired a barrage of country concert outfits for her “Eras” tour.

Travel

Robotic exoskeletons help Chinese tourists climb the country’s most punishing mountain

Feb. 14, 2025

A towering 5,000 feet high, with more than 7,000 steps, Mount Tai, in the eastern Chinese province of Shandong, is known for turning legs to jelly for anyone game for scaling to the top. Videos all over Chinese social media, such as TikTok’s sister app Douyin, show even the fittest hikers shaking, collapsing or trying to climb downhill on all fours. Some visitors hire “climbing buddies” to help them make the summit. But tourism officials in Shandong have come up with another idea: robotic legs.

International News

Vance berates European leaders as tensions with close allies burst into the open

Feb. 14, 2025

Vice President JD Vance publicly berated European leaders on a host of issues from free speech to security and mass migration, as simmering tensions between the United States and its close allies boiled over at an international conference in Munich on Friday. The vice president used the podium at the high-level security gathering that had been focusing on the invasion of Ukraine and the threat Russia poses to Europe and the rest of the world to raise social issues animating many on the American right.

Business

Grocery stores are rationing eggs as supply falls and prices rise

Feb. 14, 2025

Egg rationing is here. With prices rising rapidly and showing no signs of slowing anytime soon, some of the nation’s biggest grocery store chains — including Trader Joe's, Walmart and Costco — have begun limiting the amount of eggs individual consumers can buy. This time last year, the average price for a dozen eggs was around $3, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. By last month, it had risen to around $5.