Former President Donald Trump declared he was “the father of IVF” during a Fox News town hall that aired Wednesday, while also saying he just recently discovered what the decades-old procedure actually is. When told he was getting a question on in-vitro fertilization, Trump said, “Oh, I want to talk about IVF. I’m the father of […]

Netflix shares are up close to 4% in after-market trading as the company’s third-quarter numbers beat on the bottom line and subscriber numbers – which the streamer will not routinely release on a quarterly basis starting next year. The letter to shareholders that accompanies Netflix earnings did talk about engagement, an indication of what it […]

Italy has tightened its surrogacy ban to include citizens who choose to travel to countries like Canada or the United States for surrogate mothers. The Italian Senate passed a bill on Wednesday criminalizing citizens who go abroad to countries where it is legal to purchase children through surrogacy. The bill passed 84-58 and floor debate […]

The Archdiocese of Los Angeles has agreed to pay $880 million to settle claims of clergy sexual abuse, marking the largest settlement of its kind with a Catholic archdiocese in the U.S. The settlement, announced Wednesday, covers more than 1,350 plaintiffs and concludes decades of litigation related to sexual abuse cases involving priests in the […]

United States President Joe Biden has congratulated Israel on its announcement of killing Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, calling it “a relief” for Israel and a step towards ending the Gaza war. Biden also said on Thursday that the claimed assassination of Sinwar, which Hamas has not confirmed, was an opportunity for a “political settlement” to […]

Pumpkins have turned a bit frosty this week. Autumn has quickly begun to feel more like winter in much of the United States, especially in the Northwest, where a powerful Pacific storm is expected to bring much colder temperatures and widespread mountain snow over the next few days. For some, it’s a taste of what’s […]

Northrop Grumman is preparing to pump out 14,000 rocket motors per year, roughly doubling production as the Pentagon works to replace weapons sent to Ukraine and rebuild stockpiles against future wars.  Over the last four years, the defense giant delivered 5,000 to 6,000 solid rocket motors per year to power Lockheed Martin’s Guided Multiple Launch […]

When I planned my two-week backpacking trip through six European cities across four countries in October 2022, the last thing I expected was to be blown away by my budget bookings.  Berlin, Vienna, Venice, Rome, Milan, and Zurich were the destinations on my itinerary. For most of these stops, I booked accommodations within city limits. […]

Friends discovered a Montana father brutally mangled to death in his tent. In fact, the victim was so gruesomely mutilated that friends thought a bear mauled him. However, police say the “loving” dad was not killed by a bear; they’re calling it a homicide. On Saturday morning, friends of Dustin Kjersem went looking for him […]

Ruins are a theme in this week’s recommended books, from the collapse of the Victoria’s Secret lingerie empire to the lives wasted by colonialism that Dionne Brand seeks out in classic British literature to the journalistic standards that lie trampled in the entertaining oral history “Paper of Wreckage,” about the tabloid excesses of The New […]