American men’s magazine Esquire has just revealed its list of the best new hotels in the world for 2026 – and the number one spot went to a property in Florence. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Collegio Alla Querce, Auberge Collection has been named the hotel of the year, having first opened in March 2025. Beginning its life as a villa in the 16th century, Collegio Alla Querce served as a boarding school before being transformed into the 83-key hotel that stands here today. Located on a hillside, the property offers incredible views over the city’s UNESCO-listed historic centre and the Tuscan countryside.…

Sia is opening up about her divorce settlement, in which she will pay $42,000 per month in child support to her ex Dan Bernad. “I see my settlement has been picked up by the press. I’m a sober working mom trying to buy peace,” the “Cheap Thrills” singer shared in an X post on Tuesday, April 7. Sia continued, “I have primary custody of our son and since i am the only parent earning income i still have to pay California’s incredibly high child support.” “This has been a horrific year but it taught me how to navigate incredibly difficult…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! HOPE TOWN, Bahamas —The husband of a missing American woman in the Bahamas has spoken out for the first time since she disappeared off a small boat, writing that he is “heartbroken.”Bahamian officials said Lynette Hooker, 55, and Brian Hooker, 58, left Hope Town’s Abaco Inn at around 7:30 p.m. on Saturday and went on a smaller boat, known as a dinghy, to travel to their yacht. Brian Hooker reportedly told officials that Lynette fell into the water with the ignition key, causing the engine to shut off. The current carried her…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A former top official in the Biden administration slammed Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger as wrongly following Joe Biden’s playbook, squandering “goodwill” and allowing the GOP to define her, demanding she “come out of her Biden bunker.”The swipe comes as former Gov. George Allen offered to debate her virtually on the subject of redistricting if timing was an issue in her original rejection, and Spanberger briskly avoided a Fox News Digital reporter who confronted the tight-lipped governor in Richmond this week.Michael LaRosa, former first lady Jill Biden’s longtime top aide and spokesperson, slammed…

A new economic iron curtain is falling across America as the “Boom Belt” — an 11-state powerhouse in the U.S. Southeast — shatters records and challenges the traditional financial dominance of New York and Chicago. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott joined forces in Miami on Tuesday to celebrate a $9 trillion gross domestic product (GDP) region that is now outpacing every other quadrant of the country in population, jobs and capital investment.”I often tell people, as Governor of Florida, my job is to closely follow California, Illinois, New York, so I can do precisely the opposite…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! New Las Vegas Raiders quarterback Kirk Cousins made a major proclamation about which franchise had the best jerseys in the game.Cousins, who played on a few teams with nifty threads, told the team’s website that it’s Las Vegas that has the best in all of sports. “Best jerseys in pro sports I think,” Cousins said. “I remember being in warm-ups once playing the Raiders and our head coach looked at me and said, ‘Those have to be the best jerseys that they are in pro sports.’ And I said, ‘You know what…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Despite efforts to shift evangelical Christian support away from Israel, some of the most influential leaders say the community has stood firmly by the Jewish state since the start of the joint U.S.-Israel operation against Iran.As Wednesday’s ceasefire took effect, Dr. Mike Evans, founder of the Friends of Zion Heritage Center in Jerusalem and a close evangelical ally of President Donald Trump, reflected on the war. Evans flew to Israel on Feb. 26 as tensions escalated ahead of the operation.During his visit, Evans toured impact sites caused by enemy missiles, met wounded…

Your love life could be affecting more than just your heart. A sweeping new study compared people who are or have been married with those who’ve never tied the knot and found one group faces a much higher lifetime risk of cancer. “It’s a clear and powerful signal that some individuals are at a greater risk,” Dr. Paulo Pinheiro, study co-author and a physician-scientist at the University of Miami’s Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, said in a press release. Across the country, 66% of Americans ages 15 and older have been married at least once. sebra – stock.adobe.com In the study,…

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — With California’s primary election weeks away, gubernatorial candidate Eric Swalwell on Tuesday denied accusations of inappropriate behavior with female staffers, responding publicly for the first time since the claims surfaced.Swalwell addressed the allegations during a town hall event in Sacramento on Tuesday night, answering reporters’ questions following reports by Politico.When asked if he’s ever behaved inappropriately with female staffers, Swalwell responded, “No, no, it’s false. And also some of the allegations I’ve seen, which is that we’ve had NDAs in the office, and never, there’s never been an allegation and there’s never been a settlement. And…

BroadwayWorld has just learned that Leigh Silverman’s production of David Cale’s new play THE UNKNOWN, starring Tony, Emmy & SAG Award winner Sean Hayes, has recouped its $1.125  million capitalization during its 10-week record-breaking run at Studio Seaview, one of off-Broadway’s newest homes for  daring, artist-driven work.   THE UNKNOWN began performances at Studio Seaview on Saturday, January 31, 2026 and officially  opened on Thursday, February 12, 2026. This strictly limited engagement will end on Sunday, April 12, 2026, following a  10-week run, during which THE UNKNOWN broke the Studio Seaview house record 5 times. Read the reviews! As previously announced, THE…

Three Greek cabinet members resigned on Friday in a burgeoning EU farm subsidy scandal that has heaped pressure on the country’s conservative government, state TV ERT reported. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The channel said the ministers of agriculture and civil protection had resigned, alongside a deputy health minister, with the government spokesperson set to make announcements on a reshuffle. It comes after it emerged on Thursday that European prosecutors were probing an increasing number of Greece’s ruling party politicians for potentially skimming EU farm subsidies, widening an almost year-long scandal that has heaped pressure on the government. The EU’s European Public Prosecutor’s…

Hulu is probably going to have its biggest week of the month, and April’s barely begun. While we have to wait a few days for Malcolm in the Middle: Life’s Still Unfair, Pizza Movie has stormed up the charts to land at No. 1 on Hulu. That’s the first pick in Watch With Us‘ roundup of the three popular Hulu movies and TV shows to binge-watch this week. Our remaining selections include Hulu’s coverage of the Artemis II mission and a film that was robbed by being excluded from the Oscars. Related: New on Hulu in April 2026 — The Full…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! President Donald Trump will meet with NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte Wednesday at the White House, just as transatlantic relations within the alliance have frayed during U.S. operations in Iran. Trump has repeatedly threatened to withdraw the U.S. from NATO and slammed European nations for blocking base access and providing limited help to the Iran offensive known as Operation Epic Fury. Despite a good relationship with the head of NATO, who once called him “daddy” of the alliance, Trump has said he views NATO as a “one-way street.” “You’ll have to start learning how to fight…

Ford Motor and other U.S. automakers have asked for relief from aluminum tariffs after fires at a major American factory created supply bottlenecks for vehicles, though the Trump administration so far has rejected the requests, according to a report. The Wall Street Journal first reported that Ford petitioned the Trump administration for assistance, citing people with knowledge of the conversations.The requests have come in recent weeks, according to the report, with the carmaker asking the government for relief from duties at least until Novelis’ aluminum rolling plant in Oswego, New York, returns to full service following two fires last year. The…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! It has to be hard for anyone to fathom being 19 years old, playing professional baseball at the highest level and earning a long-term and lucrative deal because of it.Pittsburgh Pirates shortstop Konnor Griffin won’t have to think about it anymore. He’s living it. Griffin and the Pirates finalized a nine-year contract extension on Wednesday. The contract is worth $140 million, according to multiple reports. The phenom was considered to be the No. 1 prospect in baseball coming into the season, according to MLB Pipeline.He was called up to the big leagues…