Ford recalling 100K SUVs and trucks due to fire risks
shaunl/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Car manufacturer Ford is recalling over 100,000 SUVs and trucks because of fire risks in the engine, nearly a month after recalling millions of its vehicles.
The company is recalling some of its 2020-2022 Ford Escapes,…
‘The Office’ finally gets the LEGO treatment
Courtesy LEGOLEGO has immortalized Scranton, Pennsylvania’s, Dunder Mifflin paper company in plastic.
The building toy company has officially released presales of its tribute to the American version of The Office, a miniature version of the main setti…
City to meet with advocacy groups over police reform demands following Jayland Walker’s death
Angelo Merendino/Getty Images(AKRON, Ohio) — Tensions between protesters and law enforcement have persisted amid weekslong demonstrations following the fatal police shooting of 25-year-old Jayland Walker.
As protesters seek accountability from police…
25-year-old rescues kids from house fire: ‘I knew the next second it could be my life, but every second counted’
Lafayette Police(LAFAYETTE, Ind.) — An Indiana police department is praising a “heroic” 25-year-old Good Samaritan who rescued five children from a massive house fire.
Nicholas Bostic saved an 18-year-old who was home with her siblings, ages 2, 6 and…
Yosemite’s Washburn Fire continues growing, threatening sequoia trees
Neal Waters/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images(OAKHURST, Calif.) — The Washburn Fire in central California has now scorched 4,700 acres across Yosemite National Park to Sierra National Forest as of Friday morning, officials said, growing over 300 acres o…
Manchin appears to sink Biden agenda on climate and tax reform
Tom Williams-Pool/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Sen. Joe Manchin appears to have torpedoed a cornerstone of President Joe Biden’s economic agenda, telling Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer Thursday evening that he won’t support moving forward on pro…
Co-ed sex ed classes prompt protests in Virginia
Willie B. Thomas/Getty Images(FAIRFAX, Va.) — Students in Virginia are calling on school administrators to combine genders in their Family Life Education, or sex education, courses.
Members of the Pride Liberation Project, a student-led LGBTQIA+ advo…
See what it took to bring that galaxy far, far away to life in Vice’s new documentary ‘Icons Unearthed: Star Wars’
Marcia Lucas – Courtesy Nacelle CompanyMost Star Wars fans are familiar with the struggles it took to bring George Lucas’ groundbreaking 1977 film to life, but a new Vice TV documentary is revealing details even die-harders may not know.
Icons Uneart…
Maryland man indicted for allegedly targeting gay men
Jahi Chikwendiu/The Washington Post via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — A Maryland man faces federal hate crime charges for allegedly posing as a federal officer and targeting gay men in a series of attacks at a Washington, D.C., park, the Department of Ju…
US men sicker than those abroad, study says
Thomas Barwick/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — American men are sicker and die earlier than men living in other developed nations, according to a new report from The Commonwealth Fund, a non-profit organization focusing on public health issues.
The study lo…