JK Rowling (Image: AFP via Getty Images) Humza Yousaf’s had an April from hell as he finally bit the bullet and resigned as first minister, making him the second shortest-serving politician in that role. From rolling back on climate targets, to the
Britons should see temperatures climb throughout May before basking in “scorching hot” weather, according to one weather expert. The country is set to see temperatures surpass 20C in the first and second week of May. A weather map from Netweather for Wednesday,
Arbor Day on Friday, April 26, 2024 — a secular day of observance in the U.S. — helps celebrate and emphasize the importance of planting trees. “While most holidays celebrate something that has already happened and is worth remembering, Arbor Day represents
Border rancher George Alan Kelly’s trial, a viral green puppy and more in this week’s News Quiz. Try to get a perfect score! (Mark Henle/The Arizona Republic via AP/@living_the_golden_life/Golden Treasures Kennel via Storyful) The past week has been filled with big news.
Over 300 Iranians stormed the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, Iran, on Nov. 4, 1979 — taking 66 Americans hostage. The embassy had been attacked and occupied in February of that same year but had been quickly returned to U.S. control. Rising from
On this day in history, April 20, 1898, President William McKinley asked Congress to declare war on Spain. The declaration requested by the 25th U.S. president was in response to an ongoing conflict between Spain and Cuba, the latter located less 100
What’s the Trump twist? Who flaunted a Biden hat? Try to ace our quiz! (Jabin Botsford/Pool; Marco Bello/AFP via Getty Images) The trial of former President Trump and a media figure’s eyebrow-raising tweets star in Fox News Digital’s latest News Quiz. See
Gen. Douglas MacArthur delivered his farewell address to Congress on this day in history, April 19, 1951, uttering the famous line, “Old soldiers never die; they just fade away.” Eight days before the speech, MacArthur had been relieved of his duties as
Few people today would consider going to a laundromat a luxury. But before the first laundromat — or “washateria,” as it was called back then — was created in the 1930s, that is exactly how the launch of automated laundry was viewed
An incredible human drama in space exploration ended with the miraculous safe return of the three Apollo 13 astronauts on this day in history, April 17, 1970. “In Mission Control, pandemonium erupted,” NASA reports of the joy that overwhelmed the command center