Visitors hoping for peaceful mountain views at Yosemite National Park instead found themselves trapped in bumper-to-bumper traffic, circling packed parking lots and waiting in massive lines after the park quietly ditched its reservation systems. Drivers reportedly sat in traffic for more than 90 minutes just to get into the park over the weekend, while social media posts showed massive crowds flooding Yosemite Valley — with long lines leading to the summit of Half Dome. “Gridlock. Cars everywhere. People everywhere. No parking. No space,” visitor Lorena Calvillo wrote on Yosemite National Park’s official Facebook page. Another visitor, Richard Smekal, posted photos…

NFL coach Mike Vrabel and former NFL reporter Dianna Russini’s relationship is continuing to raise eyebrows after news broke that the pair reportedly rented a private boat together back in 2021. According to documents obtained by TMZ on Wednesday, May 6, the pair both signed a company waiver before heading out on a lake in Putnam County, Tennessee, at the time. TMZ also obtained a photo of Vrabel posing with staff members during the alleged visit in June 2021. US Weekly has reached out to contacts for Vrabel and Russini for comment. At the time of the alleged boat ride,…

Sitting in the passenger seat of a car, a high school teen clutches an insulin needle beneath her pursed lips. She overlays the social media video with a sexually charged caption: “when he says he wants to pin me so i lowkey grab the r3ta and he looks at me weird.” No, this isn’t a new sexual fetish that today’s young people are into. What the 17-year-old is referring to is retatrutide — a next-generation, triple-agonist weight-loss drug that the teen has managed to get her hands on for cheap as a quick fix to look more toned. The peptide…

Lindsay Hubbard clapped back at Michael Rapaport after he shared his thoughts on her and Summer House. Hubbard, 39, shut down Rapaport, 56, after he shared his “hot take” on the Bravo star via Instagram on Wednesday, May 6. “Michael Rapaport [if] you wanna say something, turn your f***ing comments on,” Hubbard said. “Don’t be a little b****. If you wanna start a media war, [I’m] happy to go to war with you.” She continued, “You’re an old white guy who’s making comments about a much younger single mom. Did you forget that I had a baby? You think my…

Michael Jordan has been named the biggest icon in American sports history by fans around the world, research shows. A study of 10,000 fans of US sports found the NBA star ranked first in the poll, closely followed by basketball player Kobe Bryant, baseball pitcher and hitter Shohei Ohtani and LeBron James. Other stars to appear on the list include Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes, his teammate Travis Kelce and NBA legend Shaquille O’Neal. The study also found that 88 percent of fans worldwide said individual players were what first sparked their interest in US sports, and 47 percent said they…

Us Weekly has affiliate partnerships. We receive compensation when you click on a link and make a purchase. Learn more! A versatile shoe will always work wonders in our closets, and Selena Gomez is convincing us to add an indoor-outdoor slipper to the mix. The Only Murders in the Building actress remained comfortable outdoors in the slip-on-style shoe, but it can easily be worn as your house slipper, too. Better yet, the exact slippers are on Amazon, so you can get them in no time to complete your spring capsule wardrobe. Gomez wore the indoor-outdoor slippers with two completely different…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Photos from surveillance cameras show the man who was shot Monday by U.S. Secret Service agents near the White House allegedly pulling a gun and firing toward officers during a confrontation just after Vice President JD Vance’s motorcade passed through the area.The suspect, identified as Michael Marx, 45, of Texas, was spotted Monday afternoon near 15th Street and Independence Avenue NW, which is roughly a half mile from the White House, when officers noticed what appeared to be a concealed gun.When agents approached, Marx ran, then pulled a handgun from his waistband…

A devastated New Jersey widow blasted a local cemetery after her beloved husband was allegedly buried in the wrong plot, according to a new lawsuit. Debra Poller accused Stanhope Union Cemetery in Netcong of burying her 69-year-old husband, Alan, in a neighboring plot instead of the family gravesite she had purchased after he died on Nov. 30, according to a lawsuit filed last week and obtained by NJ.com. The grieving Lake Hopatcong woman said she only spotted the cemetery’s alarming blunder on Dec. 3. Poller slammed the burial site for failing to act with “reasonable care and skill” when it…

The average American would spend almost their entire yearly income for peace of mind, according to new research. In a time when the economy is uncertain, foreign affairs are teetering on the edge, and people are scrambling to make ends meet, a survey of 2,000 U.S. adults sought to uncover just how much Americans are willing to pay for peace of mind. According to the results, those polled have an average household income of about $79,000 per year, yet they’d be willing to shovel out nearly three-quarters, or around $57,000, on a yearly basis for security and serenity. Hypothetically, Americans…

The Kelowna Curling Club is reeling in the wake of an elaborate break-in and theft that has left it with thousands of dollars in damage. “It hurts my soul to know that there are people doing this kind of damage,” said Jock Tyre, general manager of the Kelowna Curling Club.Suspects broke into the Recreation Avenue facility in the downtown’s north end early Monday morning, but it’s the lengths they went to to get in that is most shocking,“This isn’t just homelessness, this isn’t drug addiction. This is something. This is a real criminal who planned this out,” Tyre told Global…

SaveYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.Remove items from your saved list to add more.AAATwo-thirds of migrant workers are being underpaid, with a quarter short-changed by at least $10 an hour, found a landmark study that identified repeated instances of exploitation, often linked to insecure work arrangements.The study of nearly 10,000 temporary visa holders reveals what researchers describe as a “hidden system” of exploitation across the Australian economy, particularly in industries reliant on international students, backpackers and sponsored workers.Migrant workers in hospitality were among those underpaid and not afforded standard worker rights.Getty ImagesThe new report estimates international students…

Former CNN anchor Brooke Baldwin is ready to open up about her experience as a sexual assault survivor. “This is a big one, friends,” the journalist, 46, wrote on the Monday, May 3, edition of her “Unraveling With Brooke Baldwin” Substack. “I’m about to tell you a story I’ve held in silence for 25 years.” The alleged incident occurred when Baldwin was 21 years old and visiting Los Angeles. She claimed that she was sexually assaulted by two older and unidentified men she believed slipped something into her drink at a hotel bar. “I woke up on the cold, hard…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A video circulating widely on social media that appears to show a prominent California Muslim advocacy leader urging supporters to be “strategic” about how they express certain views publicly is drawing backlash and renewed scrutiny of the organization’s ties to state funding.The clip, shared on X, appears to show Zahra Billoo, executive director of the California chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations CAIR-CA, discussing how supporters should approach expressing controversial sentiments in public versus private settings.Fox News Digital has not independently verified the full context of the remarks or the complete…

Shocking video shows an illegal immigrant from Mexico being shot and killed by a Texas father during a carjacking attempt involving his family of eight, including a baby, police confirmed to Fox News. The Garland Police Department said, at about 3:30 p.m. Sunday, officers responded to a crash involving a car that hit two other vehicles. Officials said the driver of the car at fault, identified as Jose Ramirez, 30, parked at a nearby gas station and was unsuccessfully attempting to “take several vehicles by force” in the parking lot. He then ran across the road to a convenience store parking lot, where he…

TP is going green… and potentially at top dollar. New state legislation in New York could soon require manufacturers to reduce plastic packaging for toilet paper, paper towels, and diapers … but critics say consumers could end up paying the price. The proposed Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act would require companies with net income exceeding $5 million to reduce and phase out toxic or non-reusable packaging, replacing it with reusable and environmentally friendly alternatives. Manufacturers would be required to reduce their non-green packaging by 10% within 3 years and by 30% within 12 years. Meanwhile, at least 25% of packaging would…