Americans may be feeling “tip fatigue,” but most are still leaving gratuities for a range of services — and where they live appears to shape how much they give, according to a new report. South Carolina tops the list, with an average tip rate of 20.71%, making it the only state to surpass the 20% threshold, according to a report from JIM, an AI-powered financial platform for small sellers. It broke down tipping behavior across all 50 states.  More than 89,068 verified tipping transactions from 6,214 active merchants in 177 business categories throughout 2025 were analyzed to determine the states with the…

Police in Florida are investigating what could have led a mother to slaughter her two children in a double murder-suicide that has left neighbors stupefied. Deputies from the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office received a call on Thursday, February 26, from a troubled father traveling abroad at the time, concerned after he was unable to reach his wife and kids. When first responders arrived at the exclusive coastal Lakewood Ranch neighborhood, they reportedly found a scene later described in reports as “violent.” “This is a horrible, horrible thing for the deputies to have to witness,” Randy Warren, the Manatee County Sheriff’s…

They found love in a wordless place. In today’s bizarre digital dating world, fed-up singles are finding unique ways to find their happily ever after. Rhode Island resident, Courtney DaCosta, was one of those people. Frustrated by her dead-end love life, the 35-year-old took a break from swiping and instead focused her attention on something a little more productive, like playing crossword-puzzle style game, Words With Friends, on her phone. Similar to the popular board game Scrabble, Words With Friends allows players to take turns creating words digitally. And as they often say, you find love when you least expect…

Team USA hockey stars Hilary Knight and Megan Keller reunited with men’s team members Jack and Quinn Hughes on Saturday Night Live to poke fun at the women’s feud with President Donald Trump. “It was going to be just [me and Megan] but we thought we’d invite the guys too,” Knight told SNL guest host and Heated Rivalry star Connor Storrie on Saturday, February 28, to loud applause. Storrie — who plays Russian hockey star Ilya Rozanov on Heated Rivalry — was first joined on stage by the Hughes brothers after praising the “amazing players’ from Team USA hockey during…

President Donald Trump’s joke at the expense of Team USA’s women’s hockey team has divided the sports world following the 2026 Winter Olympic Games. The controversy started after Team USA’s men and women’s hockey squads both won gold at the Milan and Cortina games. On February 22, 2026, President Trump called the men’s team in their locker room as they celebrated their overtime victory against Team Canada in the gold medal game. (Trump’s FBI director, Kash Patel, was partying with the men’s team in their locker room during the call.) After inviting the men’s hockey team to his State of…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Russian President Vladimir Putin condemned the killing of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei on Sunday, calling the death, which came amid strikes from Israel and the U.S. a “cynical violation” of norms.Putin made the statement in a letter to Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian that the Kremlin released to the public in the wake of Khamenei’s death. Saturday’s bold daytime strikes eliminated Khamenei along with several other top Iranian leaders, including the head of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps.”Please accept my deep condolences in connection with the murder of the Supreme Leader of…

Tom Hardin should’ve known better. As “Tipper X,” a wired informant in the insider trading investigation the FBI called Operation Perfect Hedge, Hardin had specifically been told to “shut it down” if a target changed the plans for a meet. “Bad things can happen,” FBI agent David Makol told his cooperating witness. But after first inviting Hardin to Connecticut to go out to dinner, the hedge-fund manager he called “Mr. Greenwich” (for his tendency to tell everyone he lived in that tony burg) instead opted at the last minute to take Hardin for a swim at his family’s mansion. Hardin…

SaveYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.Remove items from your saved list to add more.Save this article for laterAdd articles to your saved list and come back to them anytime.Got itAAAMore than 750,000 students in comprehensive public schools will be able to access specialist gifted programs this year, as part of a major overhaul designed to ensure the needs of high-potential students are being met beyond prestigious selective options.The shake-up comes amid intensifying competition for selective places while over the past five years, 37,000 parents rejected their local public comprehensive school in favour of Catholic and private schools.Education…

Rapper Bhad Bhabie received an update in her ongoing cancer battle. “Bad news from my doctor yesterday,” Bhad Bhabie, 22, wrote via X on Saturday, February 28. “God has the last say so, not my cancer.” Bhad Bhabie, who did not elaborate further or offer additional updates, announced her diagnosis in November 2024. “I’m sorry my cancer medicine made me loose [sic] weight,” Bhad Bhabie, real name Danielle Bregoli, wrote via her Instagram Stories after receiving criticism about her thin frame. “I’m slowly gaining back. So, stop running [with] the worst narratives 💕.” Bhad Bhabie, who has not further detailed…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The American Culture Quiz is a weekly test of our unique national traits, trends, history and people — including current events and the sights and sounds of the United States.This week’s quiz highlights airport accolades, soda sensations — and much more. Can you get all 8 questions right?Give it a try and see how you do!CLICK HERE FOR MORE LIFESTYLE STORIESTo try your hand at more quizzes from Fox News Digital, click here. Also, to take our latest News Quiz — published every Friday — click here. Read the full article here

A Democratic Washington state lawmaker has apologized after admitting he showed up to a committee hearing after drinking alcohol and making somewhat slurred remarks during the proceeding. Democratic state Rep. Joe Fitzgibbon, the state House majority leader, said it was a “serious mistake for many reasons” when he appeared at a House Appropriations Committee meeting Wednesday where he discussed the operating budget.  “I made a poor choice last night by drinking alcohol before we had finished our work for the day,” Fitzgibbon explained in a statement to “The Jason Rantz Show,” which first reported on the ordeal. “I am disappointed in myself…

SaveYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.Remove items from your saved list to add more.Save this article for laterAdd articles to your saved list and come back to them anytime.Got itAAAAn Australian family who had their three children taken from them by Italian authorities because of their controversial upbringing has called on the Albanese government to intervene to help get them back.The eight-year-old daughter and six-year-old twins of Australian woman Catherine Birmingham and her British-born husband Nathan Trevallion have been living in a state-run foster care facility in the southern region of Abruzzo for nearly four months.Australian mother…

Texas news anchors Carney Porter and Michael Bohling have revealed where they stand with one another after an awkward on air exchange went viral this week. The two journalists — who work for Wichita Falls, Texas, news station KFDX3 — surprised some viewers when they openly bickered over the weather forecast during their 10 p.m. newscast on Wednesday, February 25. Porter, a KFDX3 news anchor, was introducing a segment when she offhandedly mentioned there wasn’t “any rain” in the forecast. “I just said a second ago we have rain in the forecast,” meteorologist Bohling interjected. Porter clarified that she was…

Multiple people were killed and as many as 20 people were shot at a Texas bar on Sunday morning before police killed the gunman. Police responded to Buford’s Backyard Beer Garden on the 600 block of Rio Grande Street in downtown Austin, where at least 17 people were suffering from gunshot wounds, police officials told the Austin American-Statesman. Officers opened fire on the unidentified armed suspect, who was pronounced dead at the scene. “The incident originated as a shoot/stab hotshot incident with multiple people injured,” the Austin Police Department wrote on X. Officials did not reveal the conditions of those…

Passengers aboard a cruise ship sailing from Texas to Mexico erupted in cheers after the crew rescued four people from a distressed, makeshift boat in the Gulf, the second such rescue involving a Caribbean cruise ship in just days, according to reports. The Regal Princess was en route from Galveston to Cozumel Feb. 23, when crew members responded to a small boat with four people aboard. “Regal Princess responded to a small vessel in distress and safely rescued four individuals at sea,” the cruise line said in a statement shared with multiple media outlets. “All four individuals were brought onboard and were evaluated by…