TikTok has brought back reading — in the weirdest way imaginable. If you’re encouraged that young people are picking up books and sharing them on social media, think again because many of the reads going viral are more porn than literature and make “50 Shades of Grey” seem tame. On TikTok, there over 88 million posts with the hashtag #BookTok. According to the tech giant’s own data, that translated to an estimated 59 million book sales in 2024 alone, as the masses eagerly purchased mind-blowing smut featuring everything from sex with mystical creatures like minotaurs and aliens to straight-up sexual…

Hollywood is remembering Patrick Stewart, the beloved actor known for his roles in “Star Trek” and the “X-Men” franchises, following the Thursday announcement of his death at age 86.Stewart’s spokesperson announced his death in a statement on social media, saying the actor died Wednesday at his home in Los Angeles following a “brief and poignant journey” with Alzheimer’s disease and Lewy body dementia.Ian McKellen, who starred alongside Stewart in the “X-Men” films, paid an emotional tribute to his longtime friend and co-star Thursday, reflecting on their decadeslong friendship and shared love of theater.In a lengthy Instagram post, McKellen recalled first…

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An elderly man in Kentucky was arrested after he allegedly placed a plastic bag over his wife’s face and pinched her nose so she would stop breathing during a disturbing incident that took place at a retirement community. The Louisville Metro Police Department said that Bert Morris was charged with attempted murder relating to domestic violence and strangulation in the first degree. Following his arrest, Morris, 92, was booked into the Louisville Metro Department of Corrections. The incident took place shortly after midnight on Wednesday, October 28, when police officers responded to a call regarding “a report of a domestic…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A man dressed as a zombie allegedly stabbed two people at an Austin, Texas coffee shop Wednesday night before speeding away in a pickup truck and crashing into an unoccupied vehicle.The Austin Police Department (APD) identified the suspect as Shankar Temple Grace, 20, who was arrested after a search.The incident unfolded shortly before a local comedy show was scheduled to begin at The Buzz Mill, a coffee shop and bar.Officials said police responded to reports of a “disturbance hot shot” inside the business, a classification for a rapidly escalating altercation involving an…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger’s effort to restore voting rights to tens of thousands of convicted felons sparked controversy Thursday after an attorney obtained an executive citation addressed to “Betty No Last Name,” purportedly notifying the recipient that her voting rights had been restored.The citation identifies No Last Name as one of more than 66,000 Virginians whose rights to vote, serve on juries and seek public office have reportedly been restored under Spanberger’s administration. The controversy comes ahead of a Nov. 3 ballot measure that would make voting rights restoration automatic upon release…

Google parent Alphabet lost approximately $500 billion in market value Thursday after its shares plunged nearly 13% following disappointing quarterly earnings, marking the second-largest single-day market value loss in stock market history. Alphabet’s Class A shares closed at $283.82, down 12.64%, wiping approximately $499.8 billion from the company’s market capitalization, according to The Wall Street Journal.The sell-off followed Alphabet’s third-quarter earnings report Wednesday, which showed revenue of $127.6 billion, up 25% from a year earlier but below Wall Street’s expectations. The results heightened investor concerns about the company’s massive spending on artificial intelligence (AI) and slowing growth in its core…

A disheartened Midwestern mother has packaged proof of the funeral pyre that is the US economy. In a recent TikTok video, Danielle Martin, a physical therapist and mother of two, shared her shocking discovery. “Look at what I found going through my son’s Halloween candy from his trunk-or-treat over the weekend,” she teased before revealing the sad sight of an individually wrapped gummy bear. In a recent TikTok video, Danielle Martin, a physical therapist and mother of two, shared her shocking shrinkflation discovery. @henryandhuckleberry/TikTok For the uninitiated and/or the childless, trunk-or-treat is an alternative to traditional door-to-door trick-or-treating that sees…

Coffee appliance company Bodum USA is recalling 5.9 million French press makers, warning that the glass carafe can break and cause burn injuries.Bodum USA is the American subsidiary of a Danish-Swiss company that specializes in coffee hardware. So far, the company has received 70 reports of glass carafes breaking, 48 of which resulted in burns, according to a notice posted by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission.The French press coffee makers were sold on Amazon.com, in retailers including Target and Walmart, and other stores between 1974 and October 2026.The agency said the glass carafes can unexpectedly break if they are damaged…

Just last night, the cast and creative team of the new Off-Broadway revival of Spring Awakening gathered at Bar Bas in midtown to introduce the production’s newest faces to industry members and New York audiences. Check out photos from inside the big night below and watch a preview of "All That's Known." The complete cast for Spring Awakening includes George Abud as "The Adult Men," Jack Bateman as 'Georg,' Jada Simone Clark as 'Thea,' Leif Coomer as 'Ernst,' Lilli Cooper as "The Adult Women," Ryo Kamibayashi as 'Moritz,' Ashlyn Maddox as 'Wendla,' Nando Morland as 'Otto,' Antonio Porciello as 'Hanschen,'…

Authorities confirmed that an 8-year-old boy is in stable condition after his parents were found dead in an apparent murder-suicide at a New Hampshire home. New Hampshire Attorney General John Formella and Manchester police Chief Peter A. Marr confirmed in a statement that officers with the Manchester Police Department responded to a requested welfare check at a home in Manchester, New Hampshire, around 9:34 a.m. on Tuesday, October 27. Senior Assistant Attorney General Alex Kellermann said during a press conference that the caller was a family member who said that a “potential domestic dispute” took place at the home, according…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Department of the Army Criminal Investigation Division is investigating mysterious freezer and refrigerator malfunctions that spoiled food at military bases across the U.S. amid concerns the outages may have been caused by a cyberattack.Army CID’s Cyber Field Office is working with the Defense Commissary Agency and the Defense Criminal Investigative Service to determine what caused the refrigeration failures at military commissaries in August, an Army CID spokesperson confirmed to Fox News.Investigators are also working with French law enforcement to understand a series of refrigeration outages in Europe as authorities examine whether…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The election system in Minnesota is facing scrutiny on social media after a clip of a state official speaking to Somali voters reignited concerns about election integrity in the state.”If you’re already registered to vote, you don’t need to bring anything with you,” said Minnesota voter outreach director Melanie Hazelip on Somali TV.”You just show up to your early voting location, which is usually the county office or City Hall. Minneapolis and the bigger jurisdictions have a lot of extra places where you can go, like a lot of libraries or community…

Florida is closing in on New York for the second-highest number of billionaires in the nation. “We’re one of the top brokerages on Palm Beach Island. We have approximately 30% of the listings here in Palm Beach, and we do a lot of the big waterfront homes,” Margit Brandt, a real estate agent specializing in luxury properties, told Fox News Digital. “We’ve seen more movement than ever before of billionaires coming to Florida, and we anticipate that will continue.” Brandt was reacting to data showing Florida gaining ground on traditional wealth strongholds, ranking third in the nation for the number of…

Starbucks forecast annual profit above expectations, signaling that cost cuts and operational changes under CEO Brian Niccol’s two-year turnaround efforts are taking root. Niccol repeatedly told investors on the earnings call that his “Back to Starbucks” strategy is no longer a turnaround, but a plan for growth. The company said it aims to deploy about $1 billion towards share repurchases. CEO Brian Niccol repeatedly told investors on the earnings call that his “Back to Starbucks” strategy is no longer a turnaround, but a plan for growth. Bloomberg via Getty Images Niccol has spent the past two years simplifying menus, improving…