From Pad Thai to padlocked.  Lotus of Siam, long revered as the “best Thai restaurant in America” by influential food critics, will shutter its outpost at the Red Rock Casino in Las Vegas after roughly four years.  And Sin City insiders say there’s a drama raging behind the scenes of the shock closure — publicly touted as a mutual agreement between landlord and tenant in a statement issued by Station Casinos, which operates the popular Summerlin resort. “This isn’t a naturally occurring breakup,” local watcher Scott Reuben wrote at Vital Vegas — touting the fact that most restaurant leases last five…

Grey’s Anatomy is returning for season 23 — but not every cast member is confirmed to reprise their role after multiple departures. The medical drama has faced plenty of cast shake-ups this season alone. After the shocking death of Monica (Natalie Morales) early in the season, Amelia (Caterina Scorsone) chose to take a sabbatical. It was subsequently reported that Scorsone’s break would last until the end of 2025 as the result of a cost-saving measure. The show is already reducing the minimum guarantees for its veteran cast members to 14 out of the show’s 18 episodes per season. While some…

Muddy waters ahead. Just before Labor Day weekend, Oregon health officials are warning beachgoers to stay away from the water at a picturesque beach due to unsafe levels of fecal bacteria. The Oregon Health Authority (OHA) released an advisory for Oceanside Beach in Tillamook County, Oregon on Wednesday, cautioning that visitors should “avoid direct contact with the water in this area.” Exposure to unsafe levels of fecal bacteria can cause diarrhea, stomach cramps, skin rashes, upper respiratory infections, and other illnesses, according to the advisory. Children, the elderly and individuals with a compromised immune system should exercise “extra caution,” because they are…

Annual trash talk between the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and Saskatchewan Roughriders, among the teams and their fandoms, is building ahead of Sunday’s Labour Day Classic. This year, it’s all about the pizza.In a social media post Tuesday, the Bombers reiterated its three-year-old statement that, “honestly, Regina-style pizza is terrible.”After three years “reflecting” on the various “not kind” responses the team received from Riders fans, it said its opinion remains unchanged.“It’s still terrible. Honestly, it’s worse than we ever thought. It’s like someone took a three-week old lasagna and slapped it on a piece of dough. It’s awful, and our opinion…

September 5, 2026 — 5:00amSaveYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.Remove items from your saved list to add more.AAADisgraced former CFMEU chief John Setka is refusing to cede control of more than $1 million held in a private political slush fund that has earned millions of dollars, including via a murky deal struck with Coca-Cola to take a cut of the sale of soft drinks on building sites.Leaked correspondence obtained by this masthead reveals that Setka and former CFMEU senior official Ralph Edwards were last week accused by CFMEU administrator Michael Crosby of continuing to hold hostage a…

Penn Badgley’s wife, Domino Kirke, is looking back at a particularly difficult day in her career as a doula. “I had a miscarriage in my second trimester,” Kirke, 42, wrote in the caption of an Instagram post on Friday, September 4. “After an awful D&C procedure, I went home to recover for a few days, plodded around on the piano, and wrote this song ‘Mercy’ … and went to support someone giving birth just a few days after that, still bleeding.” The “Teething” singer added that instead of calling a colleague for support, she felt obligated to be a “superhero.”…

California’s newest In-N-Out is officially serving up Double-Doubles, and fresh photos show burger fans are wasting no time christening the drive-thru. The newly minted outpost anchors The Canopy, a 12-acre, 90,000-square-foot outdoor shopping and dining hub taking shape at Irvine’s massive $1 billion Great Park. Clocking in at roughly 1,300 acres, the sprawling mega project dwarfs Manhattan’s 843-acre Central Park. New photos captured on opening day on Friday reveal the unmistakable energy of an In-N-Out debut. The iconic red and white burger spot was buzzing with activity, with staffers in crisp white uniforms, red aprons and paper hats slinging wrapped…

Published on 04/09/2026 – 14:51 GMT+2•Updated 16:51 Brazil’s EU ambassador, Pedro Miguel da Costa e Silva, told Euronews on Friday that an inspection of Brazilian meat was unnecessary, and signalled that “all options are on the table” for Brazil to respond if the EU ban remains in place. The European Commission’s decision came into force this week, after Brazil was removed from a list of countries complying with EU food safety rules over its use of antibiotics to stimulate animal growth. The EU ban prompted anger from the Brazilian government on Thursday, which threatened to adopt countermeasures. “There wasn’t a…

Water conservation efforts continued for a second day in Lunenburg, N.S., along with school and business closures, as crews worked to repair the Dares Lake dam. The recently-constructed dam was breached Wednesday around 1 p.m. after a crack formed, sending water into the pump building.Since the dam is the Town of Lunenburg’s main water supply, many businesses, industries, and restaurants were forced to close in an effort to conserve water.Mayor Jamie Myra says the breach overflowed the lake and submerged the pump building. That meant no water was being pumped into the town’s water treatment facility.“So eventually if that wasn’t…

September 5, 2026 — 7:04amSaveYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.Remove items from your saved list to add more.AAAA total fire ban is in effect for Sydney on Saturday, with the city set to reach up to 33 degrees just five days into spring.An extreme fire danger has also been recorded for the region stretching from the coast to Mount Victoria, coming days after Sydney experienced its warmest winter in 167 years of records.The dazzling beauty of Sydney’s floral displays is arriving earlier each year due to climate change.Steven SiewertSydney is forecast to record 27 degrees at noon…

Us has affiliate partnerships. We receive compensation when you click on a link and make a purchase. Learn more! Style icons like Nicole Kidman and Julia Roberts have embraced the latest fall trend, and we’re totally on board. The two actresses have sported Rugby sweaters and tops, proving that sporty comfort can still look incredibly polished — especially when you know exactly where to shop. Retailers like Amazon, Nordstrom, Quince and Anthropologie are all featuring numerous takes on fall’s go-to rich-mom top, and we’re stocking up before the crisp, cool weather kicks in for good. From classic striped polo sweaters…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer pleaded not guilty Friday to charges of lying about a January shooting of a Venezuelan man in Minneapolis during the Trump administration’s crackdown on illegal immigration.Christian Castro appeared in a Texas federal court where he faces six charges of making “materially false” statements to investigators, according to federal court documents unsealed Friday. He turned himself in to authorities Thursday evening.A judge ordered Castro released on a $75,000 unsecured bond and required him to wear an ankle monitor.DOJ CHARGES ICE OFFICER WITH LYING TO INVESTIGATORS…

Lindsay Clancy’s ex-husband said the possibility of enduring another trial is “extraordinarily painful” after his ex-wife’s triple-murder case ended in a mistrial Friday afternoon. Follow The Post’s live updates on the Lindsay Clancy trial Patrick Clancy is “grateful to the Court and to the jurors for their hard work, their commitment, and their perseverance,” his attorney David Meier said in a statement obtained by CBS Boston. “The loss of Patrick’s children is something from which he will never recover and from which there will never be closure,” the statement read. “The prospect of reliving this tragedy through another trial is…

That’s rich. Residents of a wealthy Silicon Valley city are lining up for heavily subsidized rides around town — that will cost them peanuts. Sunnyvale, Calif. officially launched the affordable Beam service on Sept. 1 — a public, on-demand rideshare that will take users anywhere in the city for a flat rate of $3.50. The Bay Area burg is one of the wealthiest municipalities in the entire country — with a median household income of $186,170 in 2024, according to a study from MoneyLion. Operated by Via Transportation, the beams fleet includes six Kia Niros and three Ford E-Transit vans, city spokesperson Jennifer…

Five EU countries say they expect to be ready to send irregular migrants to deportation centres built outside the European Union by 2027. The announcement came after a meeting in Copenhagen on Friday attended by the interior ministers of Denmark, Austria, Germany, the Netherlands and Greece. The ministers agreed on a common model for “return hubs” — facilities set to host asylum seekers whose applications have been rejected by the five countries and who cannot be returned to their countries of origin. The five-state group is currently negotiating the creation of the hubs on the territory of one or more…