Open Instagram, scroll, exit, repeat. Open Facebook, scroll, exit, repeat. Open Twitter, scroll, exit, repeat. Open TikTok… For many of us, using social media has become a reflex — something we reach for when we wake up, before going to sleep or whenever we’re bored. But research shows social media …

The cost of buying a home is drifting further out of financial reach for the average American, according to a report from Redfin.  The real estate website analyzed homes that went on sale last year and found that only 21% of them were affordable, meaning that nearly 80% of homes …

A man already serving life sentences for rape and child murder has now been arrested on suspicion of killing a woman who was found dead in a California cornfield more than 40 years ago, authorities announced. DNA evidence linked Herman Lee Hobbs to the August 1980 death of 21-year-old Holly …

Dover, Del. — Fox Corp. chairman Rupert Murdoch acknowledged that some Fox News commentators endorsed the false allegations by former President Donald Trump and his allies that the 2020 presidential election was stolen and that he didn’t step in to stop them from promoting the claims, according to excerpts of a …

Can the Federal Reserve keep raising interest rates and defeat the nation’s worst bout of inflation in 40 years without causing a recession? Not according to a new research paper that concludes that such an “immaculate disinflation” has never happened before. The paper was produced by a group of leading …

Washington — Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg will travel to East Palestine, Ohio, on Thursday, more than two weeks after a Norfolk Southern train carrying toxic chemicals derailed and sparked serious concerns about risks to residents’ health and the environment. Buttigieg’s visit, announced by the Department of Transportation, comes after pleas from …

Nine children and teenagers were shot and injured in a shooting in Columbus, Georgia on Friday night.  Police were called to a Shell Gas Station on Warm Springs Road shortly after 10:00 p.m. local time. According to a statement from the police department, officers found “several gunshot victims and a …

New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport’s Terminal 1 will remain closed Friday due to electrical issues, the airport said late Thursday.  Friday’s closure comes after a Thursday night power outage at the terminal disrupted more than 100 flights at the city’s busiest airport. The airport tweeted that an electrical panel failure, …

Disney CEO Bob Iger announced that sequels to some of the company’s most popular franchises are in the works. In the company’s first quarter earnings call on Wednesday, Iger said Toy Story, Frozen and Zootopia will have additional films.  “We’ll have more to share about this production soon, but this is …

Fort Lauderdale, Fla. –– Jurors witnessed for the first time Wednesday the gripping surveillance video that captured the murder of local rap star XXXTentacion, who was shot and killed outside a Broward County motorbike shop, CBS Miami reported. Prosecutors showed the silent, graphic video from June 18, 2018 documenting the …