Rehab Addict host Nicole Curtis is speaking out in a lengthy statement after HGTV canceled her show over an N-word controversy. RadarOnline published footage on Wednesday, February 11, of Curtis, 49, using a racial slur, prompting HGTV to immediately pull new episodes of Rehab Addict that were due to premiere the same day. According to the outlet, Curtis used the offensive word on the set of the home restoration show. In a Thursday, February 12, Instagram post, Curtis apologized for her use of the N-word in the clip but insisted that the footage was private and not related to the…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A former New Jersey high school teacher who groomed two of her students before sexually assaulting them, including at her family’s bagel shop, was sentenced Wednesday to 10 years in prison, prosecutors said.Julie Rizzitello, 37, who taught at Wall High School in Wall Township, was sentenced during a hearing in Monmouth County Superior Court, according to the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office.Judge Jill G. O’Malley ordered that she serve 10 years in state prison, be placed on parole supervision for life, register as a sex offender under Megan’s Law, which requires certain offenders…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Some of the most hotly contested states in this year’s elections are also footing the nation’s steepest tariff bills, according to an analysis of U.S. Census trade data.That convergence creates a new economic pressure point at a time when affordability dominates the national midterm debate and the cost of everyday goods remains a top voter concern. Candidates in both parties are campaigning on promises to rein in the cost of groceries, housing and other everyday goods.All 435 House seats and 33 Senate seats are on the ballot this year, putting Republicans’ slim…

SpaceX and NASA launched a new crew Friday to the International Space Station, nearly one month after prior crew members were evacuated following a medical emergency in orbit.  NASA said the SpaceX Crew-12 mission lifted off at 5:15 a.m. from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.  “The spacecraft will take  about 34 hours to autonomously dock with the space station’s Harmony module at 3:15 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 14, while traveling 17,000 mph in Earth orbit,” the agency said.  NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway, European Space Agency astronaut Sophie Adenot and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev are onboard SpaceX’s Dragon…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! For the first time in three years, Travis Pastrana will be taking on the famed Daytona International Speedway.The excitement is real — the first time Pastrana raced in the Daytona 500. His average heart rate? Over 180 beats per minute.”At times, I was running over 180 heart rate. For someone that’s, you know, was almost 40 years old at the time, to be running that high, it was just kind of a heart attack the entire race,” Pastrana said in a recent interview with Fox News Digital.  Pastrana won’t be in the…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Thousands of anti-government protesters violently faced off against riot police outside government buildings in Albania’s capital, Tirana, earlier this week, as people called for the resignation of the government following a massive corruption scandal.The main Albanian opposition party called for people to take to the streets and demand the resignation of Deputy Prime Minister Belinda Balluku after she was indicted by a special prosecutor who alleged she had been improperly influenced in her decision to favor one company in a tender for the construction of a 3.7-mile tunnel in southern Albania.Albania’s Special…

Fists were flying. Shocking footage showed the moment a brawl broke out aboard a Jet2 flight from Antalya, Turkey to Manchester, UK, forcing an emergency landing in Belgium. “Flight LS896 from Antalya to Manchester diverted to Brussels yesterday, due to the appalling behavior of two disruptive passengers,” airline reps told the Post. “They were both offloaded by police in Brussels and the flight continued to Manchester.” Disturbing footage shows passengers exchanging blows in the aisle as onlookers swear, scream and plead with others not to “get involved.” Passengers exchange blows during the mile-high melee. YappApp One “shaken up” fly-witness recounted…

Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS this week awarded a record $3,207,500 to 158 food pantries, meal delivery services and congregate meal programs nationwide. These vital grants are made possible by the passion and commitment of the theater community and generosity of audiences on Broadway, Off-Broadway and across the country through the annual #RedBuckets fall fundraising campaign and Broadway Cares donors. A committee of 19 dedicated Broadway actors and stage managers, each of whom played an integral role in Broadway Cares’ in-theater fall fundraising, awarded the grants on February 10, 2026. Distributed annually, these grants mark the first round of Broadway Cares’ 2026…

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Thursday pardoned five former professional football players – one posthumously – for various crimes ranging from perjury to drug trafficking.The pardons were announced by White House pardon czar Alice Marie Johnson. Ex-NFL players Joe Klecko, Nate Newton, Jamal Lewis, Travis Henry and the late Billy Cannon were granted the clemency.”As football reminds us, excellence is built on grit, grace, and the courage to rise again. So is our nation,” Johnson wrote on the social media site X, as she thanked Trump for his “continued commitment to second chances.”Johnson said Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones…

Measles cases dropped significantly in Europe and Eurasia in 2025, according to a new report by the World Health Organization (WHO). ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The agency announced a 75% decline, with cases reducing to 34,000 from nearly 130,000 in 2024. It put the decrease down to stronger outbreak response measures and a gradual reduction in the number of people susceptible to the infection. Kyrgyzstan had the highest incidence rate in the WHO Europe region (1,167 cases per million people, which caused a total of 11 deaths), followed by Romania with 222. Despite Romania having the second-highest number of measles cases in…

By&nbspRebecca Ann Hughes Published on 10/02/2026 – 13:09 GMT+1•Updated 13/02/2026 – 13:50 GMT+1 Travellers to Italy should prepare for disruption to flights and rail services this month. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Nationwide strikes will hit air transport on 16 February, while trains across the country will be affected on 27 and 28 February. Flights will again be impacted on 7 March. Deputy prime minister Matteo Salvini has condemned the industrial action for its potential disruption during the Winter Olympics and Paralympics, and is pushing for the strike dates to be changed. Here’s what travellers need to know. Nationwide air transport strike to…

Allison Holker and boyfriend Adam Edmunds are engaged after nearly two years of dating. “We’re ENGAGED! It was the most romantic night of my life!” the dancer, 38, wrote via Instagram on Thursday, February 12, alongside a slideshow of pictures from the romantic proposal. “I am so in love with you Adam.” Holker donned a red dress while Edmunds, 45, wore a white button up shirt, black sport coat and pants. The couple posed in front of a red floral backdrop where Edmunds got down on one knee. “Baby, I am forever grateful for you and the impact you have…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A man convicted of double homicide was put to death Tuesday by lethal injection at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary, telling supporters, “I love y’all,” as victims’ relatives looked on—later saying the smile on his face in the death chamber was the same one that tormented them for two decades.Kendrick Simpson, 45, was convicted of fatally shooting Anthony Jones, 19, and Glen Palmer, 20, after an altercation between Simpson and Palmer at an Oklahoma City nightclub in 2006.”I love y’all,” Simpson said inside the death chamber. “Thank y’all for being here to support…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! President Donald Trump’s administration fired a U.S. attorney the same day he was sworn in for the role by a federal court this week.A board of judges for the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York tapped Donald T. Kinsella to serve as U.S. attorney for the Northern District of New York, according to a court announcement that said Kinsella was sworn in on Wednesday. But Kinsella was then booted from the post on Wednesday. Deputy U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche was blunt about the firing in a Wednesday post…

This story on the January 2026 CPI inflation report is developing and will be updated with more details. Inflation remained elevated in January as the pace of consumer price growth stayed above the Federal Reserve’s target rate as policymakers weigh affordability concerns.The Bureau of Labor Statistics on Friday said that the consumer price index (CPI) – a broad measure of how much everyday goods like gasoline, groceries and rent cost – rose 0.2% on a monthly basis in January and trended down to 2.4% on a year-over-year basis. That was down slightly from 2.7% in December. Expectations vs. realityBoth figures were…