As American Idol prepares to crown a winner for season 24, viewers can’t stop talking about Hannah Harper. Ever since she auditioned with an original song titled “String Cheese,” the mother of three has left a lasting impression on the audience with her talents and life story. “This season has stretched me in ways I never expected. It’s easy to get in my head sometimes, and when I do, my focus can start to shift to places it shouldn’t,” Harper wrote via Instagram in January 2026. “But the goal will always be the same: to encourage, to uplift and to…

close Video NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! U.S. Air Force officials confirmed one pilot is injured after an F-35 fighter jet crashed Tuesday north of Las Vegas, Nevada. Nellis Air Force Base Public Affairs told Fox News Digital the aircraft crashed about 25 miles northeast of Indian Springs, Nevada, within the controlled airspace and restricted federal property of the Nevada Test & Training Range.The pilot is safe and being treated for minor injuries, officials said. NORAD SCRAMBLES FIGHTER JETS AFTER RUSSIAN AIRCRAFT DETECTED IN ALASKA ADIZ Emergency responders are at the scene. It is unclear what led…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! President Donald Trump reacted on Tuesday after newly released photos appeared to show the husband of former Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem cross-dressing in private messages to a number of women.The images were allegedly part of a trove of hundreds of messages sent between Noem’s husband, Bryon, and three women, obtained by The Daily Mail.The father of three appeared to be pictured in hot pink underwear, wearing a skin-colored shirt with large, faux breasts worn underneath.The New York Post reported the photos were taken while acting out a “bimbofication”…

Virgin Galactic is reopening sales of its commercial spaceflights on a limited basis – though ticket prices have risen from the company’s previous rate. The company made the announcement alongside its financial results for the fourth quarter and full year 2025, signaling that work on its fleet of SpaceShips is progressing to allow for commercial spaceflights to resume.”We completed pivotal milestones during the first quarter of 2026, and with assembly of our first SpaceShip nearly complete and ground testing set to begin in April, we have released a limited number of Virgin Galactic Spaceflight Expeditions, each priced at $750,000,” Virgin Galactic…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Allegiant Stadium will once again host the Super Bowl, with the NFL announcing Tuesday that the big game will return to Las Vegas in 2029.The announcement came after NFL owners voted Monday in Phoenix to award Vegas with another Super Bowl. It comes just a few years after the Kansas City Chiefs defeated the San Francisco 49ers in overtime at Allegiant to win the Lombardi Trophy in 2024.  “We’re excited to bring the Super Bowl back to Las Vegas and provide our fans another incredible experience in one of America’s greatest sport…

As we age, plastic pollution contributes to cancers, heart diseases, infertility and cognitive decline — and now it’s thwarting our chances at being healthy before our lives even begin. A new study from NYU Langone Health partially attributed close to 2 million preterm births in 2018 — about 8% of the world’s total that year — to exposure to just one chemical found in common household products like cosmetics, detergents and bug repellents. Di-2-ethylhexylphthalate (DEHP), one of several chemicals classified as phthalates, is used to make plastic products more flexible. Preterm birth, or birth before 37 weeks of gestation, is considered…

SAN FRANCISCO — Green-card holders no longer qualify for loans from the Small Business Administration, eliminating a longtime source of financing for immigrants that advocates say will discourage job creation and harm the economy.The SBA limited access to its loans to U.S. citizens and nationals only starting in March, and expanded that policy to SBA-backed loans beginning in April. On top of that, any business that’s even partly owned by a permanent legal resident with a green card is no longer eligible for the loans.FILE – The U.S. Small Business Administration logo is shown on the agency website on Tuesday,…

Dog Day Afternoon has officially arrived on Broadway at the August Wilson Theatre. Starring Emmy Award Winners Jon Bernthal and Ebon Moss-Bachrach, the new play is written by Pulitzer Prize winner Stephen Adly Guirgis and directed by two-time Olivier Award winner Rupert Goold. See photos of the company on the red carpet here! The production reunites The Bear co-stars Bernthal and Moss-Bachrach on stage! Read the reviews for the production HERE.  Step back into the sweltering summer of 1972, New York City—a time when the Vietnam War looms large, Watergate headlines flood the news, and one man’s desperate act captivates the nation.  A…

Tiger Woods was briefly taken to the hospital after rolling his vehicle and being arrested for DUI near his home in Florida. Woods, 50, was transported to the Cleveland Clinic shortly after being taken into custody at the Martin County Jail on Friday, March 27, according to an arrest affidavit obtained by Us Weekly.  Due to Woods being involved in a car crash, staff at the jail requested medical clearance from the hospital.  Woods refused all medical treatment and was medically discharged, taken back to Martin County Jail. Neither Woods nor the other individual involved in the accident reported injuries…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A Chinese married couple convicted of trying to steal cutting-edge research from an Ohio children’s hospital to share with China will have their U.S. citizenship revoked, the Justice Department (DOJ) said Tuesday. U.S. Judge James E. Simmons Jr., ordered that Li Chen and Yu Zhou be stripped of their naturalized U.S. citizenship, citing their convictions for wire fraud and conspiracy to commit theft of trade secrets, which involved “moral turpitude” that prevented them from having the good moral character necessary to naturalize, federal prosecutors said. “Gaining citizenship after committing serious crimes against the American…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! FIRST ON FOX: Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford, a Democrat running for governor of Nevada in November, has racked up hundreds of thousands of dollars in travel costs since assuming office, prompting criticism from his political rivals as he pursues reelection in 2026.State records indicate that Ford has spent close to $270,000 on airfare since assuming office in 2019. When combined with over $140,000 Ford accepted from group-sponsored travel and lodging, such as the Democratic Attorneys General Association, his total travel amounts to over $410,000 in trips over 7 years.In 2024 alone,…

German automaker Mercedes-Benz said on Tuesday it will invest $4 billion at its Alabama plant through 2030 to boost SUV production as it seeks to address significant U.S. auto tariffs. In total, luxury automaker Mercedes-Benz said it plans to invest more than $7 billion in U.S. operations in the coming years. The company is moving up to 500 jobs from various locations across the country into a new, state-of-the-art research and development hub in Atlanta. Automakers face steep tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump on imported vehicles and parts. AS TRUMP EASES AUTO TARIFFS, MERCEDES WILL EXPAND AT ALABAMA PLANT Mercedes-Benz…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Tiger Woods is no longer getting the benefit of the doubt.After his second DUI arrest in less than a decade, Stephen A. Smith implored the 15-time major champion, who he suggested as an “addict,” to “stop getting behind the damn wheel.””Compassion is running out for Tiger Woods. He got his money, he’ll never be poor, he’s fine, but you talk about somebody whose image has fallen off a cliff…” Smith began on his SiriusXM show on Monday. “My brother, you got issues with drugs, and I personally suspect… that it’s pain meds.…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Iran is building a decentralized drone warfare capability in Tehran’s apartment building basements, powered by inexpensive technology sourced from China, a leading defense expert has warned.Draganfly’s Cameron Chell also said that this emerging system — centered on first-person-view (FPV) drones — could pose a threat not only across the Middle East but potentially to the U.S. homeland itself.”The FPVs are Iran’s Hail Mary because they are very hard to defend, are incredibly effective, and can be delivered in a manner without having to have a central command,” Chell told Fox News Digital.”So…

The scene is right out of the 1950s with students pecking away at manual typewriters, the machines dinging at the end of each line. Once each semester, Grit Matthias Phelps, a German language instructor at Cornell University, introduces her students to the raw feeling of typing without online assistance. No screens, online dictionaries, spellcheckers, or delete keys. Once each semester, Grit Matthias Phelps, a German language instructor at Cornell University, introduces her students to the raw feeling of typing without online assistance. AP The exercise started in spring 2023 as Phelps grew frustrated with the reality that students were using generative AI and online…