Much maligned as an embarrassing mom-mobile, the minivan is making a comeback. The surge in minivan purchases comes as Americans enter a new era of higher car costs, with the average price of a new car hovering around $50,000. Crucially, minivans fall well below that median, while SUVs are hovering far above it. Large SUVs now average $67,000+, and minivans start around $40,000, a considerable differential that’s increasingly hard for consumers to ignore. According to Yahoo News, minivan sales jumped 21% in the U.S. last year, while the overall auto market grew just 2%. Meanwhile, gas prices continue to soar, and people…

A Kentucky couple was arrested for allowing their three children to live in a filthy home, which had poor conditions including black mold and dead bugs in their fridge. Timothy MacDonald and Lana MacDonald have been charged with second-degree criminal abuse. Both Timothy and Lana appear to have been released, and they are not listed as being detained at the Pike County Detention Center as of time of publication. Authorities learned of the family’s living conditions when the Kentucky State Police were called to a home in Pike County, Kentucky, on the evening of Tuesday, August 18. State troopers and…

Bad luck has cursed river cruisers in Europe this summer, who have been literally stuck between a rock and a hard place. Trips on the Rhine and Danube have been severely impacted by, essentially, the lack of river, due to a combination of reduced snow runoff in the Alps over the winter and elevated summer temperatures. The result? Devastating drought conditions. In Budapest, the dried-up Danube riverbed has revealed, among other things, a sunken World War II boat, an army motorcycle, the remains of two German soldiers and some anti-tank mines, which closed down the riverbank until they could be…

Prince Harry is stepping away from the board of African Parks nearly a decade after first partnering with the charity. “The duke is proud of his 10 years with African Parks and fully supports the ongoing strengthening of its board,” a spokesperson for the Duke of Sussex said in a statement to Us on Monday, August 24. “His commitment to conservation in Africa continues, and he remains a supporter of African Parks’ mission.” Harry, 41, first joined African Parks, a nonprofit conservation organization that manages national parks and protected areas across Africa in partnership with governments and local communities, in…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A signed Pablo Picasso etching stolen from a Wisconsin art gallery nearly a decade ago has been recovered after a Milwaukee landlord turned the artwork in to police, authorities said.The original 1949 Picasso etching, titled “Torero,” was brought into Milwaukee Police Department (MPD) District Four on Aug. 5, after the person who found it suspected it had been stolen, the MPD said.An authenticator confirmed the next day that it was the same print reported stolen from a Milwaukee art gallery in the 700 block of North Jefferson Street on Feb. 16, 2018,…

Albany’s Dem mayor whizzed off to a ritzy Martha’s Vineyard junket the day after a local firefighter and another government worker had to be airlifted to the hospital following a massive explosion at a city facility. Critics raged that newly minted Mayor Dorcey Applyrs was more than 200 miles away in the posh sunny locale within 24 hours of Albany Fire Battalion Chief Wayne Brennan and 20-year city employee Anthony Hughes being flown in critical condition for emergency treatment after a gas pump at the city site exploded. Applyrs glammed it up in a snazzy red jumpsuit and aviator shades…

Afternoon tea is having a moment in California, with luxury hotels across the state putting fresh spins on the centuries-old British tradition. At the Fairmont Miramar Hotel & Bungalows in Santa Monica, the oceanfront property serves its afternoon tea with finger sandwiches, warm scones, pastries, and Fairmont’s signature Lot 35 loose-leaf teas. The experience returned in August and is served in the hotel’s Fountain Room. House of Dior in Beverly Hills just launched its own afternoon tea at its third floor restaurant, Monsieur Dior. It features tea, exquisitely crafted tarts, brioche, and mini sandwiches. They almost look too pretty to…

Published on 24/08/2026 – 22:42 GMT+2 Saudi Arabia will invest €6 billion into building three theme parks close to Paris, French President Emmanuel Macron announced on Monday. Macron and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman sealed the deal for the project during an official visit to the French capital, where they also discussed “major economic and strategic issues” as well as key regional matters, per the Élysée. In a post on X, Macron hailed the “extraordinary announcement,” saying the parks would become a “new global destination” and would create 22,000 jobs. The parks are set to be constructed in Cergy-Pontoise…

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) are issuing a warning to the public amid an ongoing phone scam in which people are pretending to be members of the police force and even spoofing their phone numbers. Scammers have been calling people in the province repeatedly and identifying themselves as police officers.The scammers may ask about ongoing investigations, request personal information, or in some cases try to obtain sensitive details under the guise of it helping with a police matter. By making repeated calls, police say scammers are trying to add pressure onto individuals to…

Updated August 25, 2026 — 7:23am,first published 6:39amSaveYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.Remove items from your saved list to add more.AAAA wiring fault on Sydney’s T1 North Shore Line is causing mass delays for city-bound commuters on Tuesday, with urgent repairs expected to last the morning peak.The loss of tension in an overhead wire near Chatswood Station has resulted in the cancellation of city bound services from Gordon to North Sydney. Limited bus services will replace trains from Gordon to Chatswood, where commuters can travel towards the city on the Metro. The problem was due to a…

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! An Oklahoma-based Southwest Airlines flight attendant was found dead outside her hotel in Hawaii.A spokesperson for the Honolulu Police Department told Fox News Digital that an unattended death investigation was launched for 50-year-old Jenny Lupton, whose family says fell off the 24th floor of her hotel in Honolulu, Hawaii.According to News9, Lupton’s family was told by the Honolulu Department of the Medical Examiner that she fell from her balcony off the 24th floor, as she was staying at the Hilton Hawaiian Village in Waikiki.AMERICAN AIRLINES FLIGHT ATTENDANT KILLED IN TOURIST HOT SPOT…

The ex-couple locked in New Jersey’s biggest divorce battle only has one physical asset at stake — a home they bought years ago for $3.6 million  — but there’s bonkers more on the table when they return to court Tuesday. Math whiz John Overdeck, 56, will resume his testimony in a Newark courtroom as he tries to keep estranged wife Laura Overdeck from successfully claiming 35% stake in his Two Sigma Investments hedge fund. A win by the wife not only would net her a staggering $6.2 billion but also potentially tip the precarious balance of power atop the $80…

Influencer turned boxing star Logan Paul has listed his storied, psychedelic California property for just under $3 million dollars, three times the price he paid for it. Paul purchased the remote Mountain Center, CA, retreat known as the “LSD ranch,” in 2019 for $1 million, a half century after counterculture icon Timothy Leary used it as his heady, hippie headquarters. An ex-Harvard professor turned LSD-evangelizing high priest of the late 1960s, Leary coined the mantra, “Turn on, tune in, drop out.”  Leary, who President Richard Nixon once described as “the most dangerous man in America,” is alleged to have produced…

Ontario Premier Doug Ford fired a series of insults and threats at United States President Donald Trump on Monday afternoon in a growing war of words between the two leaders. Moments before the Ontario premier’s press conference began, Trump posted on his Truth Social platform, accusing him of “bluster” in trade talks and calling him a “flunky.”“Lots of ‘bluster’ from Doug Ford, who is the Premier of the Canadian Province of Ontario, but who is better known as the less charismatic, intelligent, and overall unimpressive brother of the late, great, Rob Ford,” Trump wrote around 2 p.m. on Monday.The premier…