I spent a year and $50K building a replica WWI tank — and it works

I spent a year and K building a replica WWI tank — and it works

Tanks for the memories. A California dad became the envy of engineering buffs everywhere after constructing an over 100-year-old replica tank from scratch — a project that cost him a cool $50,000 and a year of his time. Around the size of a sedan, this particular model artillery boasts functional tractor treads, an engine and … Read more

I’ve had sex with 480 people this year but I’m very picky — I make men fill out an application form

I’ve had sex with 480 people this year but I’m very picky — I make men fill out an application form

A content creator dubbed “Australia’s most sexually active woman” is on a mission to sleep with 600 people in 2024 — but she isn’t letting just anyone into her bedroom. Annie Knight first made headlines last year after declaring that she wanted to have sex with 300 people in 2023. After achieving that goal, the … Read more

‘Today’ star Jill Martin still dealing with ‘mental trauma’ 1 year after breast cancer battle

‘Today’ star Jill Martin still dealing with ‘mental trauma’ 1 year after breast cancer battle

Jill Martin is opening up about navigating life a year after beating breast cancer.  “I hold two emotions that don’t normally go together simultaneously,” the 48-year-old told Us Weekly on Tuesday at the “Today” show taping. “I’m so grateful to be cancer-free, but on the other hand, I just came out of a year of fog and … Read more

Maggie Smith died exactly 1 year after ‘Harry Potter’ Dumbledore actor Michael Gambon 

Maggie Smith died exactly 1 year after ‘Harry Potter’ Dumbledore actor Michael Gambon 

Dame Maggie Smith and Sir Michael Gambon will forever be linked by more than just their work on the “Harry Potter” movies.  Perhaps best known in recent years for their portrayals of Professor Minerva McGonagall and Headmaster Albus Dumbledore at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Smith and Gambon appeared in six of the eight … Read more

‘The Wild Robot’ review: Machine adventure is the best family film of the year

‘The Wild Robot’ review: Machine adventure is the best family film of the year

movie review THE WILD ROBOT Running time: 142 minutes. Rated PG (action/peril and thematic elements). In theaters. Wall-E and Iron Giant, meet Rozzum. Or, Roz for short. She is the latest nuts-and-bolts creature to capture the imagination of movie-goers and the star of “The Wild Robot” — the best family film of the year. From … Read more

Exclusive | NYC bike messengers reveal their surprisingly busiest time of year — and best parts of the job

Exclusive | NYC bike messengers reveal their surprisingly busiest time of year — and best parts of the job

Models may have worked the runways during New York Fashion Week, but couriers did the legwork. The bike messengers dashing around NYC, delivering designer duds to star-studded shows and photo shoots, said the city’s biannual celebration of style, held earlier this month, is their busiest yet most profitable season — and they make up to … Read more

Haley Cavinder marks one year of dating Cowboys’ Jake Ferguson

Haley Cavinder marks one year of dating Cowboys’ Jake Ferguson

Haley Cavinder and Jake Ferguson are going strong. The Miami Hurricanes guard and the Cowboys tight end celebrated one year together recently, she shared on Instagram. “a year w ferg,” Cavinder, 23, wrote, including a collage of photos featuring the couple. Cavinder and Ferguson were first linked in September 2023, when fans noticed she was … Read more

I’ve been a single mom for over a year — it’s hard but it made me hotter than ever

I’ve been a single mom for over a year — it’s hard but it made me hotter than ever

A young Australian woman has revealed the unexpected and positive side effect of being a single mom — becoming instantly more attractive. Rachel Witteman, 26, is a real estate agent with one young son and has been single for 18 months. After becoming a single mom, she revealed what happened to her life and quickly … Read more

‘Most sexually active woman’ gives update on ‘challenge’ to sleep with 600 people this year

‘Most sexually active woman’ gives update on ‘challenge’ to sleep with 600 people this year

Australia’s “most sexually active woman” has shared an update on her bid to sleep with 600 people in 2024. Annie Knight had a goal in 2023 to sleep with 365 people, and in 2024, she decided to “level up” and sleep with 600 people throughout the year. “Last year, everyone started talking about me because … Read more

Nearly 2 in 5 Americans at peak stress levels for the year so far

Nearly 2 in 5 Americans at peak stress levels for the year so far

The average American feels like their head is spinning 156 times a year from stress, according to new research. A survey of 2,000 adults found that these stress headaches break down to three times a week and that respondents recalled having brain fog just as often. Looking at their current stress levels, the survey found … Read more

Jewish reggae star Matisyahu reflects on tumultous year, says anti-Israel protesters attracted to ‘darkness’ of Hamas

Jewish reggae star Matisyahu reflects on tumultous year, says anti-Israel protesters attracted to ‘darkness’ of Hamas

After being thrown out of festivals, dropped by his manager and railed against by anti-Israel mobs, reggae star Matisyahu says the backlash over his support for the Jewish state hasn’t slowed him down at all. In fact, the 45-year-old Jewish performer says he’s “busier than ever.” “The Jewish community has been really appreciative and I’ve … Read more

‘Living Nostradamus’ reveals the four prophecies that have already come true this year

‘Living Nostradamus’ reveals the four prophecies that have already come true this year

A self-proclaimed paranormal expert and fortune teller has updated his followers to reveal that at least four of his alarming prophecies have recently come true. Athos Salomé — known to his followers as the “New Nostradamus” and self-named after the French astrologer and apothecary from the 1500s — claims to have accurately predicted major world events including the coronavirus pandemic, … Read more

The 5 weirdest and wildest stunts crowned by Guinness World Records this year

The 5 weirdest and wildest stunts crowned by Guinness World Records this year

It’s getting weirder by the year. Guinness World Records revealed its weirdest and wildest stunts of 2024 ahead of its 70th anniversary in its latest 2025 book edition. These included a teenager with enormous feet, an obscene amount of squish mallows, and impressive tricks performed by dogs. Guinness World Records released a list of the … Read more

Friday the 13th will be sexy-spooky this year — there’s an astrological reason for that

Friday the 13th will be sexy-spooky this year — there’s an astrological reason for that

Lady Luck may have left the building, but your chances of getting lucky are still pretty good. Insert horror movie doom music — Friday the 13th is nigh, bringing with it a sense of general unease and an unexpectedly delightful astrological transit. Before we get to the primal sex and shadow work, we’ll address the ominous … Read more

We traveled to 27 countries for a year — without taking a single flight

We traveled to 27 countries for a year — without taking a single flight

Whatever floats your boat. Two globetrotters have spent the past 15 months traveling the world without taking a single flight. Tommaso Farinam, 25, and Adrian Lafuente, 27, are “sustainable explorers” who have moved between continents by hitching rides on strangers’ sailboats. Planes — which emit around 90kg of CO2 per passenger per hour, depending on … Read more

World’s first whole-eye and partial face transplant patient adjusting to new normal, 1 year after historic surgery: ‘Second chance’

World’s first whole-eye and partial face transplant patient adjusting to new normal, 1 year after historic surgery: ‘Second chance’

A year after undergoing the first whole-eye and partial-face transplant, Aaron James is finding beauty in the mundane. He can finally appreciate solid foods again — smelling is even a simple pleasure — and he doesn’t shudder when he looks in the mirror. And while most people loathe the DMV, James happily replaced his driver’s … Read more

Chiefs ‘prepared’ for Year 2 of Taylor Swift as 2024 NFL season kicks off

Chiefs ‘prepared’ for Year 2 of Taylor Swift as 2024 NFL season kicks off

Taylor Swift just wants to enter Arrowhead Stadium through the main gates. Ahead of Thursday’s NFL opener, Chiefs team president Mark Donovan revealed what went into hosting the 14-time Grammy winner — who nearly broke the internet when she attended her first game at Arrowhead Stadium last September — and how the club prepared for … Read more

Complaints by US air travelers soared last year — with this being the most common gripe: data

Complaints by US air travelers soared last year — with this being the most common gripe: data

Complaints by US air travelers soared 12% last year, federal Department of Transportation data shows. There were 96,853 “submissions” from flyers in 2023, up from 86,240 in 2022, was the most since 2020, according to the annual Air Travel Consumer Report. Nearly 70%, or 67,661, of the submissions concerned US airlines, while 26% focused on … Read more

Woman who slept with 300 people in a year ‘punished’ by $400K tax bill: ‘I could’ve bought a house’

Woman who slept with 300 people in a year ‘punished’ by 0K tax bill: ‘I could’ve bought a house’

The tax man cometh. Annie Knight — who previously made headlines for sleeping with more than 300 people in a year — says she’s being “punished” for being a high-income earner after paying almost $400,000 ($600,000 AUD) in taxes over the past 12 months. The 26-year-old made more than a million Aussie dollars from her … Read more

Exclusive | ‘Year of Yeehaw’: Why cowboy-core is much ‘deeper’ than ‘fashion’s flavor of the month’

Exclusive | ‘Year of Yeehaw’: Why cowboy-core is much ‘deeper’ than ‘fashion’s flavor of the month’

This town is only big enough for one trend, and this year, everyone’s going country. From blockbuster flicks and chart-topping hits to the proliferation of Western wear and cowboy chic, pop culture is inundated with the scenes, songs and styles of the great American West — fitting for a particularly patriotic year for the US with … Read more