Weather

Ireland and Northern Ireland battered by record winds from Storm Eowyn

Jan. 24, 2025

DUBLIN — Record high winds from Storm Eowyn battered Ireland and Northern Ireland on Friday, leaving 560,000 homes and businesses without power and forcing the cancellation of hundreds of flights and the closure of schools and public transport. Officials had warned the storm was set to be one of the most dangerous they have faced and told people to stay indoors. The Irish weather agency, Met Eireann, said a gust of 182 kilometres per hour (113 mph) overnight at Mace Head in County Galway provisionally broke an 80-year record.

Weather

Hughes Fire containment grows after thousands are forced to flee

Jan. 24, 2025

LOS ANGELES — Firefighters gained more ground Thursday on a fast-moving brush fire that erupted north of Los Angeles on Wednesday and within hours exploded to thousands of acres amid high winds, officials said. The Hughes Fire, which started near Castaic Lake, was 36% contained and had burned more than 10,000 acres by Thursday evening, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, known as Cal Fire.

Entertainment

Movie Review: Whatever you do this January, don’t book a seat for ‘Flight Risk’

Jan. 24, 2025

“Flight Risk” sounds like the setup for a joke: What do you get when you put a U.S. Marshal, a fugitive and an unhinged pilot in a small plane? We don’t know but get out your barf bag. Mark Wahlberg,Michelle Dockery and Topher Grace star in this truly forgettable thriller-comedy that earns its debut — or dump — in January among similar cinematic dreck. You’ve heard of slow-motion car crashes? Just substitute a plane. In a sort of Dollar Store “Con Air,” Dockery plays a federal agent transporting Grace’s fugitive-turned-witness to testify against the mob. They need to get to Anchorage quick and enlist the help of a pilot — Wahlberg, a bro’s bro. Of course, not everyone is as they seem. OK, it’s Wahlberg. He’s a nut job.

International News

Trump suggests Ukraine shouldn't have fought back against Russia

Jan. 24, 2025

President Donald Trump suggested in an interview that aired Thursday night that Ukraine should not have fought when Russia invaded it. "Zelenskyy was fighting a much bigger entity, much bigger, much more powerful," Trump told Fox News' Sean Hannity. "He shouldn’t have done that, because we could have made a deal."

Science & Tech

Trump's executive orders might threaten growth of electric vehicles and wind power

Jan. 24, 2025

With two executive orders, President Donald Trump on Monday changed the trajectory of two of the fastest-growing climate-friendly technologies in the U.S.: electric vehicles and wind power. The orders took aim at efforts the Biden administration had made to boost both technologies, which have in recent years gained traction in the push to decarbonize the U.S. energy market. Trump also declared that the U.S. would exit the Paris Agreement, through which nations set carbon emissions reduction goals to limit global warming.

Science & Tech

Much-needed rain forecast for Southern California this weekend

Jan. 24, 2025

Some much-needed rain is in the forecast this weekend for Southern California, which could bring welcome relief to firefighters who have spent nearly three weeks battling devastating wildfires in the Los Angeles area. But the expected precipitation also brings new risks of mudslides, flash flooding and toxic runoff. Up to 1.5 inches of rain could fall over the San Gabriel Mountains, while most of Los Angeles County could see around half an inch starting Saturday afternoon and lasting possibly through Monday, according to the National Weather Service.

Entertainment

Prince Andrew’s Royal Lodge ‘in a shocking state’ as disgraced duke maintains garden to pinch pennies: report

Jan. 24, 2025

Prince Andrew is getting his hands dirty as his Royal Lodge home reportedly continues to crumble. The disgraced Duke of York has been attempting to maintain the 21 acres of garden that surrounds his home, the UK’s Daily Mail reported on Friday. According to reports, the 64-year-old is trying to develop a green thumb in hopes of pinching a few pennies after his brother, King Charles III, paid his rent. "It is in a shocking state," Todd Longstaffe Gowan, the Historic Royal Palaces gardener, told the outlet.

International News

Female soldiers who raised the alarm about Hamas threat before Oct. 7 return to Israel

Jan. 24, 2025

Four female soldiers released by Hamas on Saturday have crossed into Israeli territory, the Israel Defense Forces said, as part of the ceasefire and hostage release deal. Karina Ariev, Danielle Gilboa, Naama Levy and Liri Albag were accompanied by Israeli special forces on their return to Israel, where they will undergo an initial medical assessment, the IDF added. All four hostages are alive.

International News

Fresh grief in Gaza as families recover bodies of loved ones buried under rubble

Jan. 24, 2025

Looking down at her father’s body wrapped in a shroud outside Nasser Hospital in Gaza's southern city of Khan Younis, a little girl wailed: “Daddy ... Why did you leave us?” All around her, rows of body bags lay on the ground in the footage filmed by an NBC News crew Thursday. Families gathered around, mourning over their loved ones whose remains were pulled from the rubble of homes and buildings toppled during Israel's military offensive in the Palestinian enclave.

Entertainment

Prince Harry 'chose exile' in California after verbally annihilating family: experts

Jan. 24, 2025

Prince Harry is said to be lonely five years after moving to California. Several royal experts made the claim, believing that the Duke of Sussex has been feeling isolated across the pond as he continues to try to carve out a relevant role for himself in America. "Harry is in exile – he chose it," royal expert Richard Fitzwilliams claimed to Fox News Digital. "It’s lonely, and he will undoubtedly miss his friends and family. There is no sign whatsoever of the rift in the royal family healing. King Charles and the Prince and Princess of Wales have, to put it mildly, other priorities."