In a country sinking in over a trillion dollars of student loan debt, California graduates are managing to stay afloat. A new analysis from WalletHub ranked the U.S. states from most to least student debt — and it turns out that one of the most expensive places to live in the country is actually catching a break in at least one, key way. The Golden State ranked 49th least-indebted out of the 50 states and Washington, D.C. Sign up for the California Morning Report newsletter The biggest news, opinion and culture shaping California right now. Thanks for signing up! Passersby walk…

411 Music, a new coalition of young musical-theatre creators founded by composer/lyricist Daniel Seligman, director Mia Ehrlich, orchestrator Michael Stapleton, and music director Andrew Gerace, has launched! You can now watch “An Hour Passes,” performed by Casey Likes and Christian Adriana Johannsen! The company is launching with four original musical-theatre videos featuring Casey Likes (Back to the Future, Heathers), John Cardoza (The Notebook, Moulin Rouge! The Musical), Kuhoo Verma (Octet, Heathers), Sam Primack (Dear Evan Hansen, We Had a World), and Christian Adriana Johannsen (El Otro Oz, We’re in a Play). Watch all four music videos!  Three of the songs come from an as-yet-unannounced original movie musical created by Seligman and Ehrlich, currently being teased with the tagline: The fourth, “Sinking Ship,”…

Get a rundown of Us‘ top stories making headlines in celebrity news, sports and entertainment on September 17, 2026. Here are the key takeaways: • Millie Bobby Brown and husband Jake Bongiovi have quietly welcomed their second baby via adoption, a source told People. The couple, who married in May 2024, previously adopted a baby girl in summer 2025. Thank You! You have successfully subscribed. • Taylor Frankie Paul had her visitation rights shortened after allegedly failing multiple drug tests in the last 60 days, per TMZ. The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives star is limited to eight hours of…

In-N-Out may inspire religious devotion among American burger fans, but apparently even the faithful have complaints. The California-born fast-food institution has spent decades cultivating a cult following around its wallet-friendly burgers and famously fresh ingredients — but a new article tackling top chain customer gripes has exposed cracks in the sainted empire. From soggy spuds to parking lot gridlock, the Animal-style addicts have been busily airing their beefs online — a backlash that comes during an unusually eventful stretch for the normally change-averse burger chain. Sign up for the California Morning Report newsletter The biggest news, opinion and culture shaping California right…

Hamilton celebrated "the greatest city in the world" with a special halftime performance at a recent NY Giants game! Although the performance was not televised, the musical has released clips of Nicholas Christopher, Mandy Gonzalez, and more singing Lin-Manuel Miranda's hits. Christopher reprised his role as Aaron Burr for the performance, with Gonzalez, Morgan Anita Wood, and Candace Quarrels as the Schuyler Sisters. Alex Lacamoire and Don P. Roberts arranged the music for the show, featuring a marching band collaboration with Morgan State University's Magnificent Marching Machine, Penn State's Blue Band and soloist Jaheim Lee. The video shows Christopher performing…

Bachelor Nation’s Joe Amabile thanked his friend Busy Philipps for supporting him as they both recently recovered from surgeries to remove brain tumors. “I talked to Busy Philipps and she told me, ‘I love my [care] team at NYU,’” Amabile, 40, recalled on the Wednesday, September 15, episode of his “Not Married to This” podcast. “Busy actually got me into NYU to go see [neurosurgeon Dr. John G. Golfinos].” Amabile underwent a procedure to remove an early-stage brain tumor in July while Philipps, 47, revealed in August that she’d recently had a brain operation as well after being diagnosed with…

A raging wildfire along Italy’s famed Amalfi Coast forced precautionary evacuations and left tourists on edge as emergency crews battled flames across the iconic Mediterranean getaway. Firefighters were deployed in both aerial and ground operations to combat the blaze that broke out in scrubland near Amalfi. Efforts to extinguish the fire continued uninterrupted along the coast after the blaze erupted Monday evening, according to Reuters. The flames affected areas surrounding Cus Pogerola, Positano, Amalfi, Tovere di Amalfi and nearby coastal zones, local news outlets reported. Fire crews worked through the night to prevent the flames from reaching residential areas, and…

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Matt Bell, 52, has been farming for more than half his life in central North Carolina. He grows soybeans, corn and wheat and raises beef cattle on more than 1,000 acres. But Bell, who voted for President Trump, says soaring prices for fuel, fertilizer, and equipment are hurting his farm and leading some of his fellow farmers to consider calling it quits once this growing season ends.  “I’ve done this 34 years. I have never worried and stressed like I have the last year,” Bell told CBS News in an interview on Wednesday at his farm in Kings Mountain, North…

Grab your band tee and get ready to rock because the band that brought some of the 2000s’ most defining pop-rock anthems is back — but their return almost didn’t happen. More than two decades after hits like “Swing, Swing” and “Dirty Little Secret” helped make The All-American Rejects one of the era’s biggest bands, founding members Tyson Ritter and Nick Wheeler exclusively spoke to Us about their latest chapter and why there was a time they thought the band might “Move Along” for good. “I don’t think we ever had the conversation, but I think we alluded to it…

A cruise vacation took a frightening turn when a passenger experiencing a medical emergency had to be airlifted recently from a ship sailing near Canada. The passenger was aboard the Celebrity Solstice when additional medical care was needed, prompting a response from the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF), according to a news release from Esquimalt Public Affairs shared with Fox News Digital. A Royal Canadian Air Force helicopter and rescue team were deployed to the ship, with search and rescue technicians lowered onto the vessel to assist with the evacuation. The passenger was then airlifted from the cruise ship and transported to shore for…

Members of the Spring Awakening family reunited at Music City, where original Broadway cast member Lauren “Lolo” Pritchard is currently appearing. Check out photos from the reunion below! Kathryn Gallagher, Krysta Rodriguez, Phoebe Strole and Lilli Cooper joined Pritchard at the Off-Broadway musical, which is currently playing its final performances at St. Luke’s Theatre. Music City will conclude its run on Saturday, September 19. Pritchard, who originated the role of Ilse in Spring Awakening on Broadway, currently plays ’23’ in Music City. Stephen Michael Spencer, who stars as T.J. in the production, also joined the group for photos. Music City…

SAN FRANCISCO — OpenAI has disclosed six reports of “unexpected or concerning” behavior in artificial intelligence models as the debate on AI safety becomes increasingly heated.The AI company also said Wednesday it was introducing a new framework for tracking, probing and disclosing instances of what it called “misalignment,” including cases where AI models acted without authorization, coordinated with other models or evaded oversight.OpenAI’s latest announcement came as U.S. AI bosses, including the leaders of OpenAI and Anthropic, are calling for a slowdown in the technology’s development over safety concerns.MORE: What are the top threats posed by AI and should you…

University of North Carolina football coach Bill Belichick is setting the record straight on his girlfriend Jordon Hudson’s role with the team. Belichick, 74, spoke to the Wall Street Journal about where the story came from that he reportedly asked Hudson, 25, to be copied on all of his work emails. “When I took the job here, it was December, and at that time I was doing five TV shows, the radio show, I had a book coming out,” Belichick said in a story published Wednesday, September 16. “I had a lot of other things going on when I took…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A Memphis mother says President Donald Trump’s federal crime crackdown silenced the gunfire that years of pleas to local leaders could not and finally allowed her children to play outside.”For once, I’m walking to my mailbox and it’s quiet,” Dalisia Ballinger told Fox News Digital. “I’m hearing the birds chirp. I’m hearing the birds sing. I’m seeing children play in the middle of the street. I’m seeing fathers playing football.”The striking turnaround turned Ballinger, a former journalist and violent-crime victim, into one of the most outspoken supporters of the Memphis Safe Task…