August 22, 2026 — 1:50pmSaveYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.Remove items from your saved list to add more.AAADiplomats never tell, but a new dark TV comedy created by the former Australian ambassador to France promises to be anything but discreet.Brendan Berne, our man in Paris from 2017 to 2020, has just filmed the pilot for a sitcom called Rank, inspired by his two decades of service with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.Brendan Berne (left), pictured with French President Emmanuel Macron, is a former ambassador now focused on creative projects.Berne, 56, who resigned from DFAT in…

How I Met Your Mother was a pop culture phenomenon during its nine-season run and in the years that followed. How I Met Your Mother told leading man Ted Mosby’s (Josh Radnor) love story in reverse — ultimately leading up to the moment where he meets the mother of his children. Radnor starred alongside Alyson Hannigan (Lily Aldrin), Jason Segel (Marshall Eriksen), Neil Patrick Harris (Barney Stinson) and Cobie Smulders (Robin Scherbatsky). The sitcom, which ran on CBS from 2005 to 2014, also featured the late bob Bob Saget narrating as a future version of Ted Mosby. “Something about How…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A New York grandmother who vanished without a trace while visiting Las Vegas earlier this month has been found dead, her family announced Friday.Alisa Goods, a 63-year-old grandmother of five, was reported missing Aug. 10, two days after she was last seen leaving a friend’s apartment near Maryland Parkway and Tropicana Avenue, according to her family and a missing person report obtained by KLAS-TV.Las Vegas Metropolitan Police responded early Thursday after a caller reported a “deceased woman in a drainage ditch area near Wayne Newton Boulevard and the Terminal 1 parking garage…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Black voters could play a decisive role in Michigan’s closely watched Senate race this November, raising the stakes for Democrats as signs of softer support among the historically reliable voting bloc threaten to complicate the party’s path to victory.National surveys suggest that the proportion of Black Americans who believe Democrats represent their interests is slipping. Additionally, the percentage of Black voters who identify with the Democratic Party fell by 10 percentage points between 2020 and 2025, according to the Pew Research Center.Fox News Digital spoke with roughly a dozen Black voters on the…

You might want to ghost alfalfa sprouts for a bit. The CDC issued a safety alert Friday linking an E. coli and Salmonella outbreak to alfalfa sprouts, with over 55 illnesses reported nationwide. Two people in New York have fallen ill, according to the CDC. No deaths have been reported but four people have been hospitalized.  Suppliers Everything Sprouts and Calco have been linked to the outbreaks. Officials recommend throwing away any alfalfa sprouts in your refrigerator and washing any items or surfaces that the vegetable may have contaminated with hot, soapy water. Businesses have been instructed to not sell…

Forget checking the expiration date. Americans have found a new reason to fear the grocery aisle. Stomach-churning videos showing rubbery fruit, stretchy meat, and eerily resilient bread are racking up millions of views, with horrified users attempting to expose what they believe is an increasingly artificial American food supply. The clips are part of a growing genre of social media food sleuthing, in which everyday groceries are dissected to reveal what they claim is “fake” — or even “poisonous” — food. But experts say bizarre textures aren’t proof that shoppers are being poisoned, and many of the viral oddities have…

An Arizona-based organization that plans to create a seaside refuge for whales retired from marine parks has signed a 20-year lease for Crown land and coastal waters on Nova Scotia’s Eastern Shore, marking a major milestone for a project that has also faced criticism from some residents and animal-rights advocates. The Whale Sanctuary Project announced it has secured a lease for Port Hilford Bay in Indian Harbour, where it hopes to establish what it says will be North America’s first seaside whale sanctuary and the world’s first dedicated to captive orcas and beluga whales.The announcement follows a groundbreaking ceremony held…

August 22, 2026 — 1:07pmSaveYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.Remove items from your saved list to add more.AAAA father of three died with almost $100,000 in unspent superannuation. His three daughters, two of whom had been cut out of his will, wanted it split equally between them.His middle daughter was ultimately paid the entire sum – even though his will suggested the cash should go to charity.It can be difficult for a will-maker to know where their unspent superannuation will end up.Matt WillisThe case highlights difficulties faced by will-makers in ensuring their unspent superannuation goes to their…

Zach Hickerson, the brother of Hayden Panettiere’s on-off boyfriend, Brian Hickerson, has spoken out after the actress’ death. “There are a lot of assumptions, speculations and accusations currently swirling,” Zach told TMZ on Friday, August 21. “The truth will come out as the authorities complete and release additional details from the investigation. And that is important because the people who loved and adored Hayden deserve the truth.” He continued, “At this time, I want to clarify my involvement in effort to keep the focus on the fact that we lost one of the most precious individuals on this earth and…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! President Donald Trump is set to honor four astronauts who traveled farther from Earth than any humans in history during a record-breaking journey around the moon earlier this year.Trump will award the Congressional Space Medal of Honor to NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover and Christina Koch and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen during an Aug. 28 ceremony at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, the agency announced.The four made history in April aboard Artemis II, the first crewed flight of NASA’s Orion spacecraft and the first mission to take astronauts…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! An animal discovered wedged beneath a car after the vehicle traveled hundreds of miles from New Jersey to Georgia is recovering after an unusual rescue on a college campus.The roughly 10-week-old kitten, now named Jersey, was discovered Aug. 10 after University of Georgia student Jadyn Sawyer arrived on campus from New Jersey and spotted one of the cat’s legs dangling from beneath her vehicle, Kelly Bettinger of Cat Zip Alliance – Campus Cats told Fox News Digital.Bettinger, founder of the nonprofit, said Sawyer called UGA Police, who then contacted the organization for…

A New York City woman was slashed in the neck and repeatedly punched in a violent attack by a convicted felon during a birthday hiking trip in Arizona last week. Alexis Rowan, 27, was attacked by a local tribe member she had asked for directions after she completed 8 miles of a 10-mile hike on the Havasupai Reservation in The Grand Canyon State last Wednesday, ABC7 reported. “And as soon as I felt my neck, I’m like, ‘oh my God, I’m going to die,’” Rowan recalled of Havasupai tribe member Taylor Nardo Paya, 29, attacking her from behind after she…

A sleepy fishing village north of San Francisco that was made famous by one of Hollywood’s most unsettling movies is suddenly the state’s hottest Labor Day getaway. Bodega Bay — the Sonoma County seaside town forever linked to Alfred Hitchcock’s horror movie “The Birds” — has landed among the fastest-rising vacation destinations in America for the upcoming holiday weekend, according to a popular vacation rental marketplace. The coastal escape ranked number 10 nationwide in HomeToGo’s 2026 Labor Day travel report, with searches for stays soaring a whopping 139% compared to last year. It was the highest-ranked California destination. While Tippi…

VANCOUVER – Zander Horvath knows people are talking about him. The attention comes as little surprise given the numbers the B.C. Lions running back has put up in recent weeks.The Lions are on a three-game win streak and over that stretch, Horvath has amassed 355 running yards (7.4 yards per carry) and six touchdowns (five rushing, one receiving).He’ll look to add to the total on Sunday when the Lions (4-5) host the Saskatchewan Roughriders (6-3).“It’s been a lot better than what it has been,” the 27-year-old American said of his recent performance. “But, I mean, it’s not just a one-man…

August 22, 2026 — 5:00amSaveYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.Remove items from your saved list to add more.AAAQ: I ordered a weak long black and a strong flat white at my local cafe, which then charged me for the additional shot of coffee for the strong flat white. Logic says there should be no additional cost since I’m receiving one less shot in the weak long black. Am I being unreasonable? T.C., Mosman, NSW Photo: Simon LetchA: I ran your question past my daughter. She studied film and TV at uni, works as a neo-soul singer-songwriter, and…