Category: World

“Races” are now “species” in the beloved game Dungeons & Dragons, which recently marked its 50th anniversary, irking some loyal fans. “Some character traits have been divorced from biological identity; a mountain dwarf is no longer inherently brawny and durable, a high elf no longer intelligent and dexterous by definition,” a report in The New…

Two months after Liam Payne’s death, an Argentine judge confirmed Monday charges filed against five people in connection with the British singer’s passing, according to The Associated Press. A judicial officer confirmed that two of the people were ordered to be put under preventive prison — a form of pre-trial detention — for having supplied…

Billionaire entrepreneur and top adviser to President-elect Donald Trump, Elon Musk, touted that he has reaped the benefits of a controversial class of weight-loss drugs, after fellow top Trump adviser, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., said the trendy new class of drugs is bad for Americans’ health.  “Ozempic Santa” Musk posted to X, formerly Twitter, on…

The patient in Louisiana who was hospitalized with severe bird flu illness was found to have a mutated version of the virus, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced last week. The fact that the virus mutated within the patient suggests that it could potentially spread from human to human. The CDC…

Former President Jimmy Carter, the first U.S. commander-in-chief to reach the age of 100, was fondly remembered by state leaders across the political spectrum after his passing. Georgia Republican Gov. Brian Kemp said in a statement that he, first lady Marty Kemp and their children “join all Georgians and the entire nation in mourning the…

Kristin Cavallari has confirmed that country music star Morgan Wallen was “good in bed.” Cavallari noted that Wallen whad been a “true gentleman” on their first date, but explained that heir relationship never turned serious. “He was like, ‘I’ll pick you up. I’ll pick the place.’ Like just f—— handled business,” she told Bunnie Xo…

As House Speaker Mike Johnson seeks to retain his grip on the gavel, Rep. Victoria Spartz, R-Ind., is demanding “assurances” that Johnson “won’t sell us out to the swamp.” Johnson, who secured the speaker’s gavel last year, got a major boost on Monday when Trump endorsed him to remain in the role. “I understand why…

The Guardian Angels, a volunteer crime-prevention group, will be resuming its patrols of the New York subways after the death of a woman burned alive one week ago. “We’re now back to where we were when I started the group in 1979 on the subways. It’s gone full circle. I’ve never seen it this bad….

Six Georgia men who work for the same family paving company are accused of instigating a brawl with a competitor paving company on Dec. 19, according to police records. Mark Buckland Sr., Mark Buckland Jr., Willy Buckland Sr., Willy Buckland Jr. Luke Buckland and James Small have all been charged in connection with the alleged…

Smugglers abandoned two migrant children at the southern border in Texas this week, fleeing back to Mexico as Texas authorities came to the little girls’ rescue, amid continued concerns about the numbers of unaccompanied minors coming across the border. The Texas Department of Public Safety said that its troopers had recovered the two little girls,…