New York City’s democratic socialist Mayor Zohran Mamdani has issued an ultimatum to Albany: tax the ultra-wealthy or face a “last resort” 9.5% property tax hike to plug a $5.4 billion deficit. While Mamdani claims he’s protecting the working class, real estate insiders say the plan is a math-defying disaster that will drive up rents and accelerate the flight of taxpayers to low-tax states like Florida and Texas.”Even the discussion of a 9.5% hike is enough to influence buyer behavior and cause irritations in the market,” Douglas Elliman’s Ben Jacobs told Fox News Digital. “Some buyers have considered Nassau, Westchester,…

Tony and Olivier Award-winning director Jamie Lloyd has announced that Tom Hiddleston and Hayley Atwell will reprise their performances as Benedick and Beatrice in William Shakespeare’s MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING on Broadway in fall 2026. The production will play for 10 weeks only at a Shubert theater to be announced. Lloyd’s staging, which previously ran at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane in London’s West End, received critical acclaim and multiple award nominations. The production was nominated for four Standard Theatre Awards and four Critics’ Circle Awards, including Best Director for Lloyd and Best Shakespearean Performance for both Hiddleston and Atwell.…

Selling Sunset is partly about the luxury home market in Southern California, but it still devotes plenty of airtime to the cast’s personal lives. When the agents of the Oppenheim Group aren’t pounding the pavement in five-inch stilettos, they’re sitting around their West Hollywood office catching up on gossip with their coworkers — especially the latest additions. Thank You! You have successfully subscribed. In season 1, the new girl in town was Chrishell Stause, who was married to Justin Hartley when the show premiered in March 2019. Seven months later, the This Is Us star surprised fans — and his…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The avalanche that claimed the lives of eight skiers this week near Lake Tahoe in California is the deadliest in state history. With avalanche warnings in effect through early Thursday, officials are still waiting for a powerful storm to clear so they can recover the bodies of the victims of Tuesday’s avalanche, which struck near Frog Lake in the Castle Peak area, northwest of Lake Tahoe. Six of the 15 skiers involved in the avalanche survived, while one remains missing. “The group involved four guides from Blackbird Mountain Guides and 11 participants. They were…

Walmart posted solid fourth-quarter results Thursday as shoppers continued prioritizing value and convenience, helping push online sales to a record share of the retailer’s business. The company reported fiscal fourth-quarter revenue of $190.7 billion, up 5.6% from a year earlier. U.S. comparable sales rose 4.6%, driven by a 2.6% increase in transactions and a 2% increase in the average amount shoppers spent per visit.Grocery prices were up just 0.6% from a year earlier, with some categories – including eggs and dairy – seeing price declines. AMAZON PHARMACY TO EXPAND SAME-DAY PRESCRIPTION DELIVERY TO 4,500 US CITIES Global e-commerce sales climbed…

The Museum of Broadway recently hosted a 30th anniversary panel of RENT alums and a special reading of Making RENT: The Story Behind the Music that Changed Broadway, written by RENT’s original musical director, Tim Weil. The event was held on Wednesday, February 18 at 5:00PM. Check out photos below! The panel was moderated by GQ Global Entertainment Director Dana Mathews, and featured creatives and cast representing different eras of the show’s 30-year legacy – from the original run and beyond. Joining Tim Weil during the panel were original RENT director and five-time Tony Award nominee Michael Greif, original RENT Associate Director Martha Banta, RENT Broadway alum and Tony Award Winner…

Regina Santos-Aviles, an aide to Rep. Tony Gonzales, wrote a text message to a colleague that she had an affair with the Republican congressman. Months later, Santos-Aviles, 35, died after allegedly setting herself on fire. “I had affair with our boss and I’m fine,” Santos-Aviles said in the text exchange, which was viewed by CBS News. The news was first reported by the San Antonio Express-News. Santos-Aviles died on Sept. 14, 2025, after she was found critically burned the night before near her home in Uvalde, according to the Uvalde Police Department. The Bexar County Medical Examiner ruled the death a suicide in…

Kid Rock’s upcoming Freedom 250 Tour includes first-class ticket options for $5,000. According to Ticketmaster, the seats in the first four rows at each venue are referred to as “first-class seats.” A front row ticket to see Kid Rock, 55, on his upcoming tour costs $5,000 while the second row costs $4,000. The third row is for sale at $2,000 and the fourth row is listed for $1,000. There are no additional perks for “first-class seats” listed on the site. Anything past the fourth row is labeled as a “standard ticket” which can range from $50 to $500. Kid Rock…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Good morning and welcome to Fox News’ morning newsletter, Fox News First. And here’s what you need to know to start your day …TOP 31. Former Prince Andrew of the UK has been arrested2. Trump convenes first ‘Board of Peace’ meeting 3. Authorities’ next move after no DNA match in Guthrie caseMAJOR HEADLINESCOVERT OPERATION — US secretly airlifted 6,000 ISIS fighters to prevent catastrophic jailbreak. Continue reading …AVIATION CRISIS — JetBlue flight makes emergency landing after engine failure fills cockpit with smoke. Continue reading …FEDERAL CRACKDOWN — DOJ cracks down on schools in…

Whitney Leavitt and Mark Ballas recently paid a visit to Six on Broadway! The pair appeared as a dancing duo on the hit show Dancing With the Stars, and Leavitt is currently starring in Chicago on Broadway as Roxie Hart. Check out photos of Leavitt and Ballas with the cast of Six below! Six is currently starring Dylan Mulvaney  as Anne Boleyn, Abigail Barlow as Katherine Howard, Adrianna Hicks as Catherine of Aragon, Anna Uzele as Catherine Parr, Jasmine Forsberg as Jane Seymour, and Olivia Donalson as Anna of Cleves.  he company also includes Aryn Bohannon, Sierra Fermin, Nicole Kyoung-Mi Lambert, and Aiyana Smash as Alternates. From Tudor Queens to Pop Icons, the Six wives of Henry VIII take the microphone…

LONDON — Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor — formerly known as Prince Andrew and the younger brother of King Charles III — was arrested on Thursday on suspicion of misconduct in public office, News understands.In a statement, Thames Valley Police said they had “arrested a man in his sixties from Norfolk on suspicion of misconduct in public office and are carrying out searches at addresses in Berkshire and Norfolk.””The man remains in police custody at this time. We will not be naming the arrested man, as per national guidance,” the statement said.Photos from Wood Farm on the Sandringham estate in eastern England showed what appeared to…

The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives star Demi Engemann has requested that Marciano Brunette’s defamation lawsuit against her be dismissed. According to court documents obtained by Us Weekly on Tuesday, February 17, Engemann, 31, asked the judge to throw out Marciano’s lawsuit, claiming that Brunette, 33, was punishing her “for exercising her First Amendment right to speak out concerning [Brunette’s] misconduct.” Engemann, who called the lawsuit a “sham,” alleged that Brunette previously bragged about how his workplaces made a “special policy prohibiting him from sleeping with other employees” because he allegedly “slept with an ‘extraordinary’ number of employees.” Engemann also…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The FBI is joining state authorities to investigate the murder of an Ohio mother and teacher, police confirmed.Tipp City Chief of Police Greg Adkins confirmed to Fox News Digital that the FBI and local police, including the Miami County Sheriff’s Office and the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation, are assisting in the homicide investigation of 37-year-old Ashley Flynn.Flynn, a Christian mom of two, teacher and volleyball coach, was shot and killed in her home in Tipp City early Monday morning as her husband, Caleb Flynn, 39, and two children slept. CHRISTIAN MOTHER,…

All new footage has been released from the first-ever stage adaptation of Suzanne Collins’s internationally acclaimed book The Hunger Games and Lionsgate’s hit motion picture of the same name. Performances for this production are running at Troubadour Canary Wharf Theatre, currently booking through to October 2026. Check out the video here! The company for The Hunger Games: On Stage includes: Mia Carragher (Katniss Everdeen), Euan Garrett (Peeta Mellark), Joshua Lacey (Haymitch Abernathy), Tristan Waterson (Gale Hawthorne), Sophia Ally (Primrose Everdeen & Ensemble), Ruth Everett (Mrs. Everdeen & Ensemble), Tamsin Carroll (Effie Trinket), Stavros Demetraki (Caesar Flickerman) and Nathan Ives-Moiba (Cinna & Mayor). The cast  is completed by Aiya Agustin (Tribute – Rue), Geo Bailey (Swing), Alexandra Barredo (Ensemble), Imogen Brooke (Ensemble), Liana Cottrill (Tribute – Clove), Jessica Daugirda (Swing), Kyerron Dixon-Bassey (Swing), Lewis Easter (Tribute – Marvel), Felix Garcia Guyer (Chief of Staff,…

If at first you’re stonewalled by the Trump administration, try, try again. That’s the approach Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Rep. Robert Garcia of California appear to be taking in trying to exercise oversight over President Trump’s $400 million ballroom project.In a letter first obtained by CBS News, Warren and Garcia reiterated their plea for answers about the National Park Service’s role in the project and how donor money collected by a nonprofit organization was funneled through the agency to a White House office overseeing construction. The lawmakers wrote to the Park Service “with questions about whether NPS…has facilitated corruption…