Car site Edmunds tests a $25K Chinese hybrid SUV — and issues warning to US automakers: ‘Technology is terrific’

Car site Edmunds tests a K Chinese hybrid SUV — and issues warning to US automakers: ‘Technology is terrific’

Popular car-shopping website Edmunds put a Chinese vehicle through a series of rigorous tests for the first time, and Editor-in-Chief Alistair Weaver came away with a notable impression: US automakers have good reason for concern. While Chinese cars are effectively banned in the US, Edmunds wanted to test one because of growing US consumer interest in the affordable, feature-packed … Read more

Another California wine giant shuts site and axes staff as chaos rips across Napa Valley

Another California wine giant shuts site and axes staff as chaos rips across Napa Valley

Wine makers are pulling the cork on California. Another giant in the world-famous wine growing region is shutting down and slashing staff, making it the fourth since the start of 2026. Jackson Family wines has stopped production at its Carneros Hill facility in Sonoma’s Carneros region, laying off more than a dozen employees, according to … Read more

Meghan Markle puts her feet up on limo ride in ‘insensitive’ video near Princess Diana’s crash site

Meghan Markle puts her feet up on limo ride in ‘insensitive’ video near Princess Diana’s crash site

Meghan Markle is facing backlash for sharing a video of herself relaxing in a limousine near the Paris tunnel where Princess Diana got into her fatal car crash in 1997. In the clip from Markle’s Instagram Stories posted Saturday, the Duchess of Sussex, 44, recorded her limo passing the bridges Pont Alexandre III and the … Read more

Plans for mega-luxe resort spark fury as bulldozers invade site where Moses received Ten Commandments

Plans for mega-luxe resort spark fury as bulldozers invade site where Moses received Ten Commandments

They view it as a plague of Egypt. For centuries, Mount Sinai has been a mecca for worshippers and tourists hoping to experience traditional Bedouin culture. Now, the sacred holy site — revered among Jews, Christians and Muslims alike — is under threat from a new luxury development that locals fear “disfigures” the region. Dubbed … Read more

Princess Diana’s brother brings flowers to her burial site on 28th anniversary of her death

Princess Diana’s brother brings flowers to her burial site on 28th anniversary of her death

Princess Diana’s death doesn’t get easier for her brother, Charles Spencer. On Sunday, Spencer, 61, brought flowers to his late sister’s burial site in England in honor of the 28th anniversary of her death. Spencer posted an Instagram photo of the bouquet of white and pink roses, followed by a picture of the private island … Read more

Controversial app for men to trash talk women hacked — just days after users doxxed on rival site for gals

Controversial app for men to trash talk women hacked — just days after users doxxed on rival site for gals

First came Tea, then came the spill.  Weeks after hackers swiped user data from the Tea app — a “rate your ex” app where women could swap dirt on dud dates — its testosterone-fueled twin, TeaOnHer, has suffered the same fate. Billed as a “safety” tool, the viral gossip hub let women swap stories about … Read more

Tourist shocks onlookers after engaging in ‘disrespectful’ act at ancient Greek site: ‘Crossed the line’

Tourist shocks onlookers after engaging in ‘disrespectful’ act at ancient Greek site: ‘Crossed the line’

Call him Jerk-ules. A tourist has been labeled “disrespectful” after lifting up an ancient chunk of marble for a photo-op in Naxos, Greece, as seen in a concerning Facebook post. “They have crossed the line,” Kiriakos Jr. Boulamatsis, a Naxos resident who took the photo, captioned the post. “Wake up before it’s too late.” The … Read more

Archaeologists solve grim mystery of 1,500-year-old bucket found at historic tourist site

Archaeologists solve grim mystery of 1,500-year-old bucket found at historic tourist site

Archaeologists recently discovered the purpose of a mysterious 1,500-year-old bucket at one of England’s most historic sites – and it wasn’t pleasant. The National Trust released a statement about the Byzantine Bromeswell bucket, found at Sutton Hoo, in May. The site of two ancient Anglo-Saxon cemeteries, Sutton Hoo has offered a wealth of knowledge about pre-Norman British … Read more

Red Robin’s Bottomless Burger Pass crashes site — customers call deal a ‘scam’: ‘Easier to get tickets to Taylor Swift’

Red Robin’s Bottomless Burger Pass crashes site — customers call deal a ‘scam’: ‘Easier to get tickets to Taylor Swift’

Red Robin’s deal drop dropped the ball. On Thursday, April 17, the chain launched its $20 Bottomless Burger Pass, which would give cardholders a burger with a bottomless side every day for the month of May to celebrate National Burger Month. The black and gold passes went on sale at 9 a.m. MT and sold … Read more

New clues in Noah’s Ark landing site mystery — as experts double down on solving biblical puzzle

New clues in Noah’s Ark landing site mystery — as experts double down on solving biblical puzzle

Dig this possible ark-aeological breakthrough. A team of researchers claims to be on the brink of solving one of the Bible’s greatest mysteries — the final resting place of Noah’s Ark. Armed with new soil tests and radar scans, the group known as Noah’s Ark Scans claims to be closer than ever to proving the … Read more

Paige DeSorbo’s pillow line ‘removed’ from ex Craig Conover’s lifestyle site after split: ‘Clean break’

Paige DeSorbo’s pillow line ‘removed’ from ex Craig Conover’s lifestyle site after split: ‘Clean break’

Paige DeSorbo and Craig Conover appear to no longer be mixing business with pleasure. After DeSorbo, 32, announced that she and the “Southern Charm” star, 35, had broken up after three years together, eagle-eyed fans noticed her pillow line is no longer available on his Sewing Down South lifestyle website. The link to their collaboration, “The … Read more

Mom sues Mattel over ‘Wicked’ dolls with porn website link after daughter visited site

Mom sues Mattel over ‘Wicked’ dolls with porn website link after daughter visited site

Mattel was sued on Tuesday by a South Carolina mother for mistakenly putting a link to a pornographic website on packaging for dolls tied to the blockbuster movie “Wicked.” In a proposed class action filed in federal court in Los Angeles, Holly Ricketson said she bought a “Wicked” doll for her daughter, who then visited an … Read more

Cemetery charges mourners for ‘VIP pass’ to visit dead relatives — to help keep grave site ‘safe from undesirables’

Cemetery charges mourners for ‘VIP pass’ to visit dead relatives — to help keep grave site ‘safe from undesirables’

They’re dead serious about charging mourners money to visit their loved ones. Owners of a cemetery in the UK have been blasted for offering paid VIP passes to relatives of those buried on the grounds. The Garden of Remembrance, located in the town of Stoke-on-Trent, says those who don’t purchase a pass will only be … Read more

Porn site traffic surges to 12-year high after Mattel mistakenly prints URL on ‘Wicked’ doll boxes

Porn site traffic surges to 12-year high after Mattel mistakenly prints URL on ‘Wicked’ doll boxes

This porn purveyor is suddenly way more “Popular,” thanks to “Wicked.” A skin site is seeing surging levels of traffic after its URL was accidentally printed on the packaging of “Wicked” doll boxes. Toy giant Mattel has manufactured merch for “Wicked,” the upcoming movie adaptation of the beloved Broadway play, including two dolls based on … Read more

Mattel mistakenly prints porn site in ‘Wicked’ doll boxes: ‘This is unacceptable’

Mattel mistakenly prints porn site in ‘Wicked’ doll boxes: ‘This is unacceptable’

Mattel isn’t so “Popular” right now. The toy company behind Barbie and Hot Wheels is facing backlash for accidentally listing the URL of a porn website in the packaging of its “Wicked” doll boxes. The merch for the film, starring Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo in a two-part adaptation of the Broadway play, includes two … Read more

Alexander The Great’s tunic uncovered at ancient burial site — a few millennia after the fact

Alexander The Great’s tunic uncovered at ancient burial site — a few millennia after the fact

What a Great find. New archeological research has uncovered a piece of cloth with a “physical description [that] exactly fits” a tunic worn by the Macedonian conqueror Alexander the Great. It consists of “a cotton textile dyed purple which sandwiches one or two layers of a whitish material made mainly of the mineral huntite,” according … Read more

Taylor Swift’s Kamala Harris endorsement leads to a flood of voter registration site visits

Taylor Swift’s Kamala Harris endorsement leads to a flood of voter registration site visits

Look what she made them do. Taylor Swift’s endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris — shortly after Tuesday’s night debate between the Democratic nominee and former President Donald Trump — has led to an uptick in traffic to vote.gov, CNN reported.  A spokesperson for the federal agency that oversees the voter registration website told CNN … Read more

Italian officials want to charge admission to this iconic site as overcrowding leads to chaos: ‘Too many tourists’

Italian officials want to charge admission to this iconic site as overcrowding leads to chaos: ‘Too many tourists’

A visit to Rome could soon cost a’more. Tourism bosses in the Eternal City are desperate to curb overcrowding at the iconic Trevi Fountain — to the point where they’re floating the idea of an admission fee and reservation system for visits to the beloved Baroque-era site. The idea of staggered entry and a modest … Read more

Delta Airlines gets flood of flight attendant applications, causing site to crash

Delta Airlines gets flood of flight attendant applications, causing site to crash

It seems the recent spate of bad airplane passenger etiquette hasn’t deterred flight attendant hopefuls from attempting to enter their ranks. Delta Airline’s website epically crashed after becoming overloaded with a deluge of applications for its 2025 flight attendant positions. The glitch occurred Wednesday after the carrier, which is one of the “Big Three” US … Read more

Mike Lynch’s wife didn’t want to leave site of sunken Sicily yacht without husband and daughter

Mike Lynch’s wife didn’t want to leave site of sunken Sicily yacht without husband and daughter

The wife of tech mogul Mike Lynch didn’t want to leave the scene of his sunken yacht without her husband and their teenage daughter before they were both later confirmed dead, according to a captain who helped rescue survivors during the Sicily storm. Angela Bacares was so frantic to find her family she even hesitated … Read more