Us Weekly has affiliate partnerships. We receive compensation when you click on a link and make a purchase. Learn more! We’ve all been there: your alarm goes off late, the kids are dragging their feet and the threat of missing the bus suddenly feels very real. Thankfully, getting the troops ready to head out the door is a whole lot easier when you have cozy slip‑on shoes that you can throw on in seconds. We tracked down a rich mom slipper — the same style Jessica Alba wears — that’s stylish enough for school drop‑offs but comfortable enough for year-round…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A Tennessee driver accused of striking a group of college cyclists, killing two and seriously injuring five others, allegedly failed to brake or take evasive action before the crash, according to a newly filed affidavit.John Alexander Benfield faces two counts of reckless vehicular homicide and five counts of reckless aggravated assault in Wednesday’s crash involving members of the Milligan University cycling team in Carter County.The collision happened around 9 a.m. on Highway 19E near Simerly Creek Road, according to the affidavit filed by the Tennessee Highway Patrol. Investigators said Benfield was driving…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! FIRST ON FOX: ActBlue co-founder Matt DeBergalis pleaded the Fifth Amendment during his closed-door deposition before three key House committees, sources familiar with the matter told Fox News Digital.The Committee on House Administration, House Oversight Committee, and House Judiciary Committee are conducting a joint investigation into ActBlue, a massive fundraising platform for Democrats, over allegations that lax fraud prevention standards may have allowed foreign donations to seep into U.S. campaigns.DeBergalis’ deposition, which was scheduled for Thursday morning, lasted less than half an hour. Fox News saw DeBergalis entering and exiting the committee…

A North Carolina girl was allegedly abducted by her friend’s uncle and forced into the woods — before she was found in a ditch and chillingly told a good Samaritan that she had been kidnapped. The girl, 12, was staying at her neighbor’s home in Lillington – a town 40 miles southwest of Raleigh – for a sleepover on Sunday when she was woken up by 38-year-old Daniel Gear, who is accused of terrorizing her, WNCN reported. Gear allegedly forced the girl, who hasn’t been identified, into his truck and they drove toward some woodland, where “he made her get…

August 21, 2026 — 5:51pmSaveYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.Remove items from your saved list to add more.AAAConstruction boss George Alex’s convictions for money laundering and tax fraud have been quashed and a new trial has been ordered after an appeals court found an “unprecedented” allegation of juror tampering had led to a miscarriage of justice.George Alex and five co-defendants were found guilty in June 2024 of conspiring to defraud the tax office of more than $10 million after a five-month trial and five weeks of jury deliberations in mid-2024. Alex was sentenced to nine years and…

Elijah Blue Allman’s wife, Marieangela King, filed new court documents objecting to Cher’s appointment of a probate conservator for her drug-addled son — and now King is nominating herself and wants the court to appoint her as his conservator, claiming the iconic singer has been estranged from her son for years, his famous mother’s involvement is against his wishes, and the singer’s petition is an intrusion into their marriage. King, 39, also claims in the docs filed in Los Angeles on Tuesday, August 18, that Cher, 80, has shown a pattern of “hostility” and “gatekeeping” towards her by intentionally keeping…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A man believed to have been the longest-serving prisoner in U.S. history has died at the age of 101, having his execution scheduled and postponed eight times as he maintained his innocence despite a murder conviction in Connecticut.Francis Clifford Smith died in his sleep in late June at 60 West, a secured Connecticut nursing facility that cares for older people in the justice system, according to the facility.Smith, who was just months away from turning 102, was cremated without a funeral.”Essentially, he died of old age,” 60 West spokesman David Skoczulek told…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Darline Graham’s admission that she was not well-versed on Taiwan is drawing scrutiny days before South Carolina’s GOP Senate runoff, putting the Trump-backed candidate’s national security credentials at the center of her closing fight against Rep. Ralph Norman. President Donald Trump has endorsed Graham and is scheduled to rally for her in Myrtle Beach on Friday, days before the GOP runoff against Norman on Tuesday. But Graham’s debate stumble on Taiwan draws a sharp contrast with her late brother, Sen. Lindsey Graham, who made national security and foreign policy defining issues of his…

A Florida sicko laughed in court Wednesday as he pleaded guilty to luring a 16-year-old girl to his home then killing and dismembering her body — and is seeking the death penalty for himself. Steven Gress, 37, appeared smiling in a Pinellas County courtroom Wednesday morning and changed his plea to guilty on charges of kidnapping and first-degree murder in the February 2025 killing of Miranda Corsette, the Tampa Bay Times reported. Gress told the court he felt it was “the right thing to do,” but maintained he did not actually kill Corsette. “I did not kill Miranda, but I…

DEAR ABBY: My friend of many years, whom I consider to truly be part of the family, has made food the only thing that makes her happy. Besides my husband, she’s all I have left. She went to a doctor a couple years ago who told her she must lose weight, but she ended up gaining more.  I’ve tried talking to her, but she says I am preaching to the choir. It doesn’t help that her husband is also obese. They enjoy eating out constantly. She has many physical things wrong with her, most of which could be helped greatly…

By&nbspFranziska Müller Published on 21/08/2026 – 8:09 GMT+2 The unusually low water level of the Danube in Budapest has revealed relics that had remained hidden on the riverbed for more than 80 years. Among the discoveries are the remains of two German soldiers from the Second World War, their military identity tags and a DKW military motorcycle buried in the mud. For decades, the fate of the two soldiers was unknown. They were listed as missing, with no confirmation of where or how they had died. Now, the discovery of their remains and identity tags could finally help establish who…

Police are investigating after the body of a 50-year-old Halifax man was found at a recycling facility in Halifax. Halifax Regional Police say officers responded to a recycling facility on Chain Lake Drive at about 2:20 p.m. Tuesday after the body of an adult man was discovered. Get breaking National news Get breaking Canada news delivered to your inbox as it happens so you won’t miss a trending story. Police say the body arrived at the facility in a truck that had collected material from commercial containers throughout the Bayers Lake and Halifax areas earlier in the day.An autopsy conducted…

August 21, 2026 — 4:24pmSaveYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.Remove items from your saved list to add more.AAAWarning: Graphic contentA man who has accused Alan Jones of touching him inappropriately under the table at a lunch in Sydney looked distraught and in shock at the event, a guest at the lunch has told a court.Jones, 85, has pleaded not guilty to 20 counts of indecent assault and two counts of sexual touching relating to six male complainants between 2003 and 2020. He is standing trial in Sydney’s Downing Centre Local Court.Alan Jones arrives at Downing Centre Local…

Outer Banks had its work cut out for itself when trying to wrap up the show — and that came with plenty of onscreen surprises, deaths and twists. “The whole finale is just such a love letter to everyone who has ridden with us for these past five seasons,” Caroline Arapoglou gushed exclusively to Us. “It’s a show where you just want to see the Pogues get a happy ending — and I think that was the right way to end it.” Arapoglou, 35, credited the hit Netflix show, whose final season is streaming now, for finding a way to…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A man dressed up as the “Star Wars” villain Darth Vader showed up at a San Diego City Council meeting to mockingly defend Flock police surveillance cameras, telling council members “this is what the emperor needs.”He approached the podium at the Public Safety and Livable Neighborhoods Committee meeting on Wednesday, complete with Darth Vader’s trademark heavy breathing heard through the council chamber’s microphone.The committee members even addressed the man as ‘Darth Vader’ as he appeared to mock the Flock-linked surveillance system, suggesting the surveillance tool could be an asset to the dark…