Wildfires have already decimated 42,000 hectares in Bordeaux’s Gironde region. Even though vineyards are still safe from the blaze, winegrowers fear the grapes might take on a ‘smoke taint’ if fumes from the fires get to the vines. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Grapes are still in their veraison period; from a small green marble, they are starting to grow into bigger burgundy or golden coloured fruit. It’s a decisive phase of the grape’s maturation when smoke can impact the wine’s aroma. Some wines naturally have ash scents from other sources, but if this flavour impedes the fruity aromas, winegrowers can decide to…

Jessi Draper dropped a bombshell on Stassi Schroeder when she claimed that Scheana Shay tried to get cast on The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives. “I have tea for you about Scheana,” Jessi, 34, told Stassi, 38, in the season premiere of House of Stassi, which aired on Wednesday, July 29. “She told me she is walking away from Bravo completely.” Scheana, 41, allegedly pitched herself for Jessi’s show, with the Hulu personality adding, “And then [Scheana] goes, ‘So do you have any events coming up? [My husband] Brock [Davies] was Mormon so maybe I can come be on your…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A teenage girl whose body was found buried in a shallow grave beneath a California vineyard nearly half a century ago has finally been identified, reopening a murder mystery that had gone cold for 48 years.Michelle Louise Collier was just 15 years old when she disappeared from Fresno in February 1978.Four months later, a tractor operator cultivating a grape vineyard near Arvin uncovered her skeletal remains buried in a shallow grave, but investigators could not identify the teen, leaving her known only as “Arvin Jane Doe” for nearly five decades.Her older sister,…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Some U.S. troops deployed to the Middle East may soon be ordered to surrender their cellphones as military leaders warn that Iran is using photos and videos posted online to assess where its strikes landed and potentially improve follow-up attacks, Reuters first reported Wednesday.Some service members stationed in Jordan have been told their phones will be confiscated in the coming days, two sources familiar with the matter told the outlet. A third source said cellphone restrictions were being considered more broadly across the region because of operational security concerns but did not…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The trade deadline is looming, but that doesn’t mean we are going to take our foot off the gas. I did mention it is smart to lower your unit size a bit on some of the baseball bets for the next couple of weeks, and I stand by that. You never know who will be part of a blockbuster trade, and you don’t want your money tied up into something that isn’t all that predictable. There isn’t a bigger name available than the guy who is making a start today as the…

Oh, barf! Parents who shelled out tens of thousands of dollars to send their children to camp this summer received shocking news from the front this week — several pricey sleepaway spots in the Poconos and Catskills were spiraling after a nasty stomach bug swept through the secluded sites, sending kiddies and counselors legging it to the latrines. Families routinely spend roughly $19,000 per child, per year, for seven weeks of waterskiing, lifelong friendships, and championship games. But nobody budgets for projectile vomiting. The final two weeks each summer are supposed to be about color war — not sanitation wars. Campers…

Kyiv, Ukraine — Russian attacks across Ukraine overnight into Thursday killed at least eight people and wounded dozens of others, officials said, with the heaviest casualties reported in the eastern Dnipropetrovsk and western Lviv regions. The attacks were the latest in a series of large-scale Russian strikes on Ukrainian cities that Russia has intensified over the summer, now occurring on a nearly weekly basis. Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Kyiv and the surrounding region, along with the Dnipro, Lviv, Poltava, Kharkiv, Mykolaiv, Sumy, Vinnytsia, Cherkasy and Ivano-Frankivsk regions, were attacked overnight, with dozens of homes, businesses and infrastructure facilities destroyed or…

Driving across Europe by car is a great choice for those looking to take in the scenic route this summer while also squeezing in multi-city adventures. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT However, safety standards on those roads vary wildly from border to border. Serbia, Bulgaria, and Romania are Europe’s deadliest countries for driving, according to a study by Vignette Switzerland, an online sales company for the Swiss e-vignette, a digital road toll pass. Serbia registered 74 road deaths per million people, putting the country a staggering 72% above the EU average. It’s the second consecutive year the country topped the list. However, its…

On her new reality show, Stassi Schroeder got brutally honest about how she thought Vanderpump Rules protected the men over the women. “I loved Vanderpump Rules but it also is literally what we’re gonna have PTSD about and have to talk to therapists about for the rest of our life,” Stassi, 38, told Katie Maloney in the series premiere of Freeform and Hulu’s House of Stassi. Stassi called the Bravo show out, adding, “It was always, ‘Make the girls look psychotic, make the girls look like they have issues. They covered for the boys, they covered for the men.” In…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A man was sentenced on Wednesday to six months and a week behind bars for ramming his car into the Chabad Lubavitch World Headquarters in January, damaging some of the a side-entrance door.Dan Sohail, 36, of New Jersey, was sentenced in Brooklyn federal court, where he was also ordered to pay $20,000 in restitution. The sentence will allow Sohail, who has already spent six months in custody, to be released in about a week.Sohail was charged with intentionally damaging religious property, and he pleaded guilty in May.Prosecutors recommended a 14-month sentence, which…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A high-ranking Trump Department of Homeland Security official called out the “liberal media” for what he referred to as the “absolute absurdity” of its response to his series criticizing activist judges.James Percival, general counsel for the Department of Homeland Security, posted a series on X last week, “Worst of the Worst, District Judge Edition.” In his posts, Percival pointed to the risks that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents face while enforcing the law, saying some judges are working to “sabotage” those operations and put officers “at risk.”GOP SENATOR UNVEILS BOASBERG ACT…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Hindsight is 20/20, but it sure seems like Landon Donovan wishes the Folarin Balogun red-card controversy just played itself out.The USMNT star received a red card in the round of 32 of the World Cup, which initially made him ineligible to play in the next round. However, FIFA decided to suspend the red card, which made Balogun eligible. President Donald Trump later said he called FIFA President Gianni Infantino and asked for a review, but FIFA claimed it was not influenced by Trump.Nonetheless, the ruling added to what was already a huge…

“Overwhelmed in Ohio” seeks advice on dealing with a new, intrusive neighbor constantly asking for items. “In a Dilemma in Pennsylvania” asks how to handle her husband’s brother dating his past one-night stand. A 17-year-old in the West worries about his thumb-sucking habit being exposed in college. DEAR ABBY: I moved into my apartment four months ago. While my sister, her son and I were moving things in, my new next-door neighbor introduced herself. She has since become intrusive. I am an introvert, and she knocks on my door wanting everything from plastic bags to cigarettes and alcohol. Every day…

BOYLE HEIGHTS, LOS ANGELES () — More than a month after a fire tore through a major warehouse in Boyle Heights, the company behind the burned-out cold storage facility has filed a permit to rebuild, drawing anger from residents and city leaders who say cleanup should come first.The June fire left millions of pounds of rotting food inside the building, creating a stench that neighbors say has become unbearable as flies, pests and rodents swarm the area. The summer heat is only making the smell worse.As cleanup continues at the facility, Lineage is already planning for the future by applying…

Mackenzie Shirilla has formally requested that her 2023 murder convictions be overturned. Us confirmed on Wednesday, July 29, that Shirilla’s legal team recently filed a writ of habeas corpus in federal court, arguing her rights were violated during her original trial after key evidence in her defense was allegedly excluded improperly. Netflix’s 2026 documentary The Crash explored the July 2022 car crash that killed her boyfriend Dominic Russo and high school friend Davion Flanagan in Strongsville, Ohio. Shirilla, 21, was accused of purposefully driving her Toyota Camry at speeds in excess of 100 mph into a brick wall. She was…