Think your cruise is all buffets, blue water and bliss?  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has a few less glamorous details to consider. The Vessel Sanitation Program makes surprise inspections of cruise ships stopping at U.S. ports, checking everything from hygiene to food safety to see if they meet federal health standards. Ships are graded on a 100-point scale, with 86 or higher passing and 85 or below failing — so there’s not much wiggle room between smooth sailing and a sanitation fail. And several vessels have come dangerously close to — or actually dipped below — that…

BOGOTÁ, Colombia — Colombian superstar Shakira made a surprise visit to a hard-hit region of her home country Monday, announcing multiple commitments to rebuild schools and a university there after Colombia suffered a devastating earthquake last week.The globally recognized “Hips Don’t Lie” musician toured damaged schools in Quibdó, the capital of the Colombian province of Chocó, an area where roughly 40 schools completely collapsed and hundreds more were affected.”What worries me the most is that schools are not rebuilt once this emergency is over,” Shakira told journalists after visiting with students, hugging and taking photos with them. “Every day that children don’t go…

Former Baltimore Ravens linebacker O.J. Brigance has died after a 19-year battle with ALS, the team announced on Monday, August 17. He was 56. “We are devastated by the awful news that we have lost O.J. Brigance,” Ravens owner Steve Bisciotti said in a statement. “O.J. was a beloved legend, mentor and man to everyone who was fortunate enough to know him. His infectious smile and the inspirational way he lived and played endeared him to everyone he touched, both inside our building and across this city. This is a tremendously sad day for Baltimore.” Brigance was a member of…

The full cast has been revealed for Vineyard Theatre’s upcoming production of Ms. Blakk for President, led by Emmy Award winner and Grammy Award nominee Wayne Brady as Terence Alan Smith/Joan Jett Blakk. Ms. Blakk for President is written by Academy Award winner Tarell Alvin McCraney and Tony Award nominee Tina Landau. Landau also directs. Performances will begin on October 15, 2026 prior to an opening night on November 1, 2026, with the production playing for six weeks. In addition to Mr. Brady, the cast includes Nic Ashe (“Queen Sugar”), Tony Award nominee Gideon Glick (To Kill a Mockingbird), Kelvin…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A morning runner discovered a woman fatally stabbed outside her vehicle near a popular trail area in an affluent Northern Virginia neighborhood outside Washington, D.C. on Monday, according to police.Fairfax County police said officers were called around 7 a.m. to the 8800 block of Georgetown Pike in the Great Falls area of McLean, Virginia, after a community member heading out for a morning run spotted an unconscious woman outside a vehicle.The woman was suffering from trauma to her upper body and was pronounced dead at the scene, Fairfax County Police Capt. Jason…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Kai Trump is opening up about the emotional days she spent with her mother, Vanessa Trump, before college amid Vanessa’s breast cancer battle.The 19-year-old granddaughter of President Donald Trump told Fox News Digital that she and her mother became especially emotional in the week before she left to begin her freshman year at the University of Miami.”There was definitely, there was a lot of crying in like the week leading up,” Kai Trump said. “We would just be driving, and then we’d just start crying together.”Vanessa Trump revealed in May that she…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A federal judge on Tuesday cleared the way for the Trump administration to end deportation protections for Ethiopian immigrants, putting into effect all of the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) terminations the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has pursued for select countries.U.S. District Judge Brian Murphy in Boston lifted a temporary hold on the decades-old TPS program, which allowed Ethiopian nationals to live and work legally in the U.S. as their home country was considered unsafe. Last year, DHS determined that Ethiopia no longer met the conditions for TPS, asserting that conditions in…

Mark Walter, who sold his ownership stake in the Los Angeles Lakers and may be looking to unload his shares of Chelsea Football Club, continues to cut back amid a federal investigation.  TWG Global, Walter’s holding company, said on Tuesday it had agreed to cut up to $6.5 billion of Delaware Life Insurance Co’s investments in his businesses. The billions in swaps would be related-party investments for an equivalent amount of assets classified as independent, according to Reuters. “The Group 1001 insurance companies are working with the Delaware Department of Insurance to address the identified investments, and TWG is committed to…

As back-to-school shopping kicks into high gear, a vigilante mom has gone viral for exposing what she sees as a major flaw in fast fashion. Kat, a mononymous mommy blogger and former model, has racked up millions of views on videos that expose stark and alarming differences between clothes made for boys and girls. “This is what Old Navy thinks your five-year-old little girl should be wearing to go down the slide,” she said in a recent video, holding up a pair of tiny denim shorts that resemble underwear instead of play clothes. For comparison, she holds up a pair…

Frank Beard, longtime ZZ Top drummer, has died, the band confirmed to CBS News. He was 77.A cause of death was not immediately provided, but the band’s publicist said in a statement, “He was in hospice care when he passed away at his ranch in Richmond, TX with family members at his side.” He died on Monday.Beard, along with guitarist Billy Gibbons and bassist Dusty Hill, formed ZZ Top in 1969. Hill died in 2021, and at his request, was replaced by his longtime bass tech, Elwood Francis.”Today, Elwood and I lost a great friend and collaborator, and the world…

If you’ve ever wanted to share your bodily fluids with Jason Kelce, urine luck. The former Philadelphia Eagles center is asking fans to send in their pee to help cool AI data centers in a bizarre campaign between his Garage Beer brand and beverage company Liquid Death. You read that right. Garage Beer, the beer company co-owned by Jason, 38, and his brother, Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce, released an ad on Tuesday, August 18 in which Jason sings about fans sending him their urine. Related: Kylie Kelce Saves Husband From Beer-Hoarding Villain in New Short Film If…

The Muny is closing out its 2026 season with its first-ever production of Something Rotten! Now running through August 23, the new video gives audiences a first look at Matt Doyle, Jacob Dickey, Will Burton, Bryonha Marie, Elizabeth Teeter, Lara Teeter, Adam Heller, Jen Cody, Gary Glasgow and DeMarius R. Copes in the musical. Also rounding out the cast are Lawrence Alexander, Matt Allen, Darien Crago, Aaron Patrick Craven, Kristen Smith Davis, Johnny Duvelson, Michael Harp, Sean Harrison Jones, Ryan Kasprzak, David Paul Kidder, Carina-Kay Louchiey, Spencer Davis Milford, Lizz Picini, Daniel Plimpton, Renée Reid, Allysa Shorte and Caitlin Stebelman. The company will be joined by the Muny Kids and…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Prosecutors played the faith card Tuesday, asking Lindsay Clancy’s Catholic mother-in-law if she knew murder is a mortal sin. It was part of their push to show Clancy knew what she was doing when she killed her three children, not that she was in postpartum psychosis as the defense claims.Lindsay Clancy, 36, is charged with three counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of her three children — Cora, Dawson and Callan, all under 6 years old, who were found strangled in the family’s Duxbury home in 2023. Prosecutors concluded their case…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Comedian and political commentator Bill Maher tore into a Democratic congressional candidate in Seattle for abandoning a key liberal cause to better appeal to Muslim sensibilities.Maher targeted Melissa Chaudhry, a progressive Democrat and self-described “White American convert to Islam” who is challenging longtime Rep. Adam Smith, D-Wash., in Washington’s 9th Congressional District.”A few weeks ago, a liberal Democrat named Melissa Chaudhry, running for Congress in Seattle, was asked why, among the many progressive causes listed on her website, LGBT rights was conspicuously absent. Because, she said, ‘A lot of Muslims do not…

Hell hath no fury like a fanbase scorned — just ask those rallying around the late, wonderful actress Hayden Panettiere. Less than an hour after the 36-year-old died on Sunday, August 16, fans of the actress took to social media to demand a national boycott of Neutrogena, the skincare company that worked with Hayden Panettiere from 2005 until 2015. Panattiere spoke about her break with Neutrogena in a Jay Shetty podcast. YouTube/Jay Shetty Podcast That’s when Panettiere first spoke out against the face wash giant for severing her contract, claiming she was “released” from her Neutrogena contract after speaking up…