Residents of a Texas city were urged to shelter in place following an explosion and fire at a Valero oil refinery that sent massive plumes of smoke billowing into the air.  The incident happened Monday at Valero’s Port Arthur Refinery, which is located about 90 miles east of Houston and processes around 435,000 barrels per day. The company says about 770 employees work at the site, but there were no injuries, according to Port Arthur Mayor Charlotte Moses. “There’s been an explosion, yes, but we’re OK, everybody’s OK,” Moses said in a video posted on Facebook late Monday. “They’re trying to…

Billionaire Elon Musk said that Tesla and SpaceX will build an advanced chip facility in Austin, Texas, to help power the two companies’ emerging technologies amid a shortage of chips. “Terafab will technically be two fabs, each making only one chip design,” Musk wrote Sunday in a post on X. One of Terafab’s facilities will be focused on AI chips for Tesla’s electric vehicles and Optimus humanoid robots, while the other will be focused on AI chips for space-based data centers made by SpaceX.  Musk said that the Terafab chips will be necessary to meet his companies’ demand for computing power…

Meet Drug Mule Barbie. A horrified mom found fentanyl in the packaging of a Barbie she picked up at a Midwest discount store — making the dangerous discovery while unboxing the beloved doll to give to their daughter. Jade Adams, of suburban Kansas City, Mo., picked up the innocent-seeming item at Cargo Largo, a bargain retailer in the town of Independence, near her home. Adams told Fox 4 that when taking the doll out of its wrapper, the potentially lethal powder exploded all over her and her husband. Cargo Largo shopper Jade Adams and her husband made the discovery of fentanyl…

Actress and dancer Heather Morris will join viral dance duo Austin and Marideth Telenko (Cost n’ Mayor), in the cast of 11 to Midnight on Thursday, April 9th for a 5-week limited engagement. Her final performance will be May 11th, and the show has extended due to popular demand through May 31st. Tickets for the extended run through May 31st are available now. Morris joins the cast of talented dancers, including social media stars and the show’s co-creators, Austin and Marideth Telenko, as well as dancer and creator Melissa Becraft who recently joined the production. Morris says, “It has been a bucket-list dream…

Paradise just introduced a possible time travel twist with Link potentially being exposed as Sinatra’s deceased son Danny. During the Monday, March 23, episode of the hit Hulu series, Sinatra (Julianne Nicholson) met with Link (Thomas Doherty) and accidentally caught wind of his real name: Danny. She found out that their birthdays match as well, which made Sinatra even much sure that her son was actually alive. “I think this season it goes so much deeper in understanding that the world is so much bigger than what we understand it to be on the day-to-day and the idea of quantum…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! FIRST ON FOX: The United States is advancing a sweeping hemispheric security strategy aimed at dismantling transnational criminal organizations and countering the growing footprint of geopolitical rivals across Latin America, according to Joseph M. Humire, acting assistant secretary of war for homeland defense and Americas security affairs.At the center of this effort is the “Shield of the Americas,” a multi-layered initiative designed to integrate military, intelligence, and law enforcement capabilities across partner nations in the Western Hemisphere.”Shield of the Americas is a presidential framing to form an alliance in the Western Hemisphere.…

Gail Rudnick and Kim Murstein — the no-nonsense hosts of hit podcast series “Excuse My Grandma” — are The Post’s brand-new advice columnists. From family feuds to friendship fallouts, money, marriage and sex, there’s no topic too taboo to tackle, and the native New Yorkers will hash out each issue from their differing perspectives to tell the tough-love truth — and you’ll thank them for it. To get your questions answered, head to nypost.com/ema and drop them a note about what you need sorted. Sex is more about intimacy than excitement, argues Grandma Gail in this week’s column. Tamara Beckwith Dear Excuse My Advice,…

LOS ANGELES () — A new poll shows Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass in the lead for the June 2 primary, but two people wanting her job aren’t far behind.The Berkeley IGS/Los Angeles Times poll finds the incumbent mayor at 25%, among likely voters. But, Nithya Raman is in second at 17%, and Spencer Pratt is in third at 14%. Rue Huang and Adam Miller are trailing in the single digits.More than half of those surveyed view Bass “unfavorably.” Bass has come under widespread criticism for her handling of the devastating Palisades Fire in January of 2025.Bass’ campaign reacted to…

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is March 24, 2026 and it’s time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours: Good morning, BroadwayWorld! From Debuts in the Upside Down to splashy musicals and hot industry news, we’re here to catch you up on everything you need to know. Get the scoop on Stranger Things: The First Shadow’s new cast as they prepare to step onstage, celebrate the start of voting in BroadwayWorld’s Best Movie Musical of All Time Bracket, and take an exclusive look inside the first Broadway sing-through of Titanique.…

Published on 24/03/2026 – 11:31 GMT+1 It is an over 20-hour flight to Sydney, but the prize at the end might just be worth it. Or like European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said, “trade is not just economics, it’s power”. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Let’s take a look. The economic ties are already massive. The EU is currently Australia’s third-largest trading partner, exporting almost €28 billion more in goods than it imports. For the EU, Australia ranks just 20th. But this deal is not about selling more machinery. It is about securing the green transition — a goal that the…

Howard Stern has opened up about his unexpected friendship with the late Carolyn Bessette, though he has promised not to reveal how they became close. “I knew the real Carolyn Bessette,” the DJ, 72, revealed The Howard Stern Show on Monday, March 23 (via Rolling Stone). “I won’t say I knew her well, but we had many, many conversations, more than casual conversations. She was very lovely. She was a really nice woman … I don’t want to go into how I knew her, but I knew her. I know enough to keep my mouth shut about that.” Stern went…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Venezuelan illegal immigrant accused of killing a college student in Chicago made one mistake that helped officials identify him, according to an arrest report.Jose Medina, a 25-year-old Venezuelan national, was arrested on Friday after allegedly killing Sheridan Gorman, 18, one day earlier near Tobey Prinz Beach. A police source earlier told Fox News that the Thursday shooting was an apparent ambush, adding that the suspect was reportedly wearing some kind of face mask or covering. An arrest report obtained by Fox News Digital states that after the shooting, Medina was seen on…

A U.S. Park Police officer was seriously wounded Monday evening in a shooting in Washington, law enforcement officials said.Park Service Police Chief Scott Brecht told reporters late Monday night that at least two officers were driving in an unmarked white Tesla during an ongoing investigation when two gunmen “ambushed” them. The circumstances of the “ambush” of an unmarked car weren’t clear. The assailants were still at large early Tuesday.D.C. Metropolitan Police Interim Chief Jeff Carroll told reporters the officer was “targeted.”Brecht said the officer who was hit kept driving up the road and then pulled over, and got first aid.The…

A new version of the Wicked: For Good soundtrack is now available, featuring commentary by the cast and creatives behind the film. Listen to the newly released soundtrack below. Alongside all the original musical numbers, Wicked fans can hear actors Ariana Grande, Cynthia Erivo, Jonathan Bailey, Jeff Goldblum, Marissa Bode, and Ethan Slater talk about their approach to the songs and their performances. Also featured on selected tracks are composer/lyricist Stephen Schwartz and director Jon M. Chu.  The soundtrack features all of the fan-favorite songs from Act 2 of the stage show, along with the two new songs written by…

Published on 24/03/2026 – 9:01 GMT+1•Updated 10:04 Former Israeli prime minister Naftali Bennett lashed at the European leadership, saying they should be grateful that “someone is taking out the nuclear menace” coming from Iran in an interview with Euronews after EU leaders called for diplomatic engagement. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Bennett said the US and Israel “are doing the hard work like we’re used to” combating what he described as a fundamentalist, radical Islamist nuclear threat. “If we had not acted, Europe would be under a terrible ballistic missile, nuclear menace,” he told Euronews. “We are fighting your war, we expect your…