Sports

2025 Royal Rumble: 5 predictions for major WWE premium live event

Feb. 01, 2025

The Royal Rumble is one of the WWE’s marquee premium live events of the year. The event features the annual Royal Rumble match for both the men's and the women’s divisions, respectively. The unique program consists of 30 participants entering the ring with the last person in the ring standing earning a shot at the world championship at WrestleMania.

Weather

Deadly Eaton and Palisades fires 100% contained after 24 days

Feb. 01, 2025

The deadly, wind-fueled Palisades and Eaton fires, which broke out 3½ weeks ago in Southern California, were declared fully contained Friday by the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. The expansive Palisades Fire erupted the morning of Jan. 7 in Pacific Palisades, a neighborhood east of Malibu, as a brush fire and was quickly exploded in Southern California’s dry weather conditions.

Sports

What are the 100 best athlete nicknames of all time?

Feb. 01, 2025

Perry was thrown into the fire as a rookie (1985) on an elite Chicago Bears defense. Totaling five sacks and two fumble recoveries, Perry held his own on a Chicago defense that led them to a Super Bowl triumph. Of course, that's not all the defensive lineman did, as "The Fridge" punched in two rushing touchdowns in the regular season and another in Super Bowl XX. Perry spent the bulk of his 10-year NFL career with the Bears, with whom he's ninth in franchise history with 456 solo tackles.

Entertainment

‘Mad Men’ star Jon Hamm honored as Harvard’s Hasty Pudding Man of the Yea

Feb. 01, 2025

Actor Jon Hamm, who rose to fame as ad executive Don Draper on the AMC series “Mad Men” and more recently appeared in “Fargo” and “Landman,” was honored Friday night as the 2025 Man of the Year by Harvard University’s Hasty Pudding Theatricals. The theater group, which dates to 1844 and claims to be the world’s third-oldest still operating, said Hamm will receive his Pudding Pot award at a celebratory roast. Afterward, he will attend a performance of Hasty Pudding

Science & Tech

Reagan National Airport has bothered lawmakers for years, but quick access to power has stalled change

Feb. 01, 2025

Ask many of Congress' frequent fliers, and they'll tell you Ronald Reagan National Airport has sent up red flags for years. "I've long been very, very nervous about congestion at Reagan National," said Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va. "The congestion of the airspace around Reagan and D.C. as a whole definitely played a part in this," said Sen. Tim Sheehy, R-Mont., a former firefighting pilot. "The sheer number of aircraft in the air is as high as it's ever been."

Sports

What are the 100 best athlete nicknames of all time?

Feb. 01, 2025

Perry was thrown into the fire as a rookie (1985) on an elite Chicago Bears defense. Totaling five sacks and two fumble recoveries, Perry held his own on a Chicago defense that led them to a Super Bowl triumph. Of course, that's not all the defensive lineman did, as "The Fridge" punched in two rushing touchdowns in the regular season and another in Super Bowl XX. Perry spent the bulk of his 10-year NFL career with the Bears, with whom he's ninth in franchise history with 456 solo tackles.

Travel

Hidden World War II tunnels to open to public

Feb. 01, 2025

The Kingsway Exchange Tunnels were built in the 1940s to shelter Londoners from the Blitz bombing campaign during World War II. That was the last time they were open to the general public. Their next wartime role was as the home of Britain’s top-secret Special Operations Executive, an offshoot of MI6 and the real-life inspiration for James Bond’s Q Branch. The new attraction will be a memorial to the Blitz, which Angus Murray, chief executive of the London Tunnels, told Reuters will be part museum, part exhibition and part entertainment space. The plan is to open to the public by late 2027 or early 2028

International News

Israel says she's a 'terrorist' — but after a year in prison, she still doesn't know why

Feb. 01, 2025

Jenin Amro, 23, says Israeli authorities still have yet to tell her why she was detained for 13 months before being released as part of the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas.

International News

Three hostages released by Hamas, including Israeli American Keith Siegel

Feb. 01, 2025

After 484 days in captivity, Siegel was released from Gaza along with Ofer Kalderon and Yarden Bibas. In exchange, 183 Palestinian prisoners and detainees were released by Israel into Gaza and the occupied West Bank.

Science & Tech

Weight loss may be helped by drinking this, study suggests

Feb. 01, 2025

Water is known to be a great resource for good health — but sparkling water could also offer unique benefits. A new report published in BMJ Nutrition, Prevention and Health suggests that carbonated water may support weight loss by enhancing glucose uptake and metabolism in red blood cells. The researchers aimed to analyze the physiological effects of carbonated water, as it has been found to induce satiety (feelings of fullness) and gastric motility (movement of food through the body), both of which could reduce hunger.