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By SHANIA OBRIEN, LIFESTYLE REPORTER Published: 06:28 BST, 5 August 2025 | Updated: 06:33 BST, 5 August 2025 After decades of wild speculation, McDonald’s has finally put an end to one of the most bizarre pop‑culture mysteries of all time.Grimace, the lovable purple blob who’s been part of the McDonaldland crew for generations, is… a taste bud.Yes, you read that right. A giant, anthropomorphic taste bud who has somehow managed to charm millions around the globe.Fans have spent years theorising about Grimace’s true origin. Was he a milkshake? A blob? Some sort of alien? Now we know the truth.Grimace made…
Former CNN anchor Jim Acosta shocked and disgusted many viewers after interviewing an AI recreation of Parkland High School shooting victim. Acosta — a former liberal, anti-Trump voice at the network — has made a presence on Substack since being pushed out at CNN. On his show Monday, he posted what he called an interview with Joaquin Oliver, who was one of the teenaged victims of Nikolas Cruz at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida in 2018. Acosta explained why he was performing this absurd interview in a post on X.’A show you don’t want to miss at 4p ET / 1p PT. I’ll be having…
By NATALIA PENZA Published: 15:00 BST, 4 August 2025 | Updated: 15:07 BST, 4 August 2025 A British couple on holiday were left horrified after their son was put on a different flight and sent to a different country this morning. The incident occurred after they were separated from him in a busy airport in Menorca, Spain, ahead of their scheduled Tui flight back to London Stansted. Police checked CCTV cameras and discovered the 15-year-old had managed to get past security and board a flight heading to Milan Malpensa Airport instead.The boy’s mum is now flying to Italy later today to bring…
Penrith Panthers trainer Corey Bocking has been accused of robbing the Gold Coast Titans of a win over his team with an act of ‘pathetic sportsmanship’ on Saturday.The Titans had scored five tries in 25 minutes to take a 26-24 lead late in regular time when Bocking ran in front of Gold Coast kicker Jayden Campbell as he attempted a conversion.Campbell missed the kick after having to re-set himself. Had he converted, the score would have been 28-24 with just four minutes to play.Instead, Penrith star Nathan Cleary was able to boot a two-point conversion in the last minute of regular…
By JESSICA CLARK Updated: 22:06 BST, 4 August 2025 Shares in banks climbed yesterday as investors breathed a sigh of relief after lenders were let off the hook for car finance compensation.The City watchdog estimated that the scandal will cost between £9billion and £18billion – much lower than the previously forecasted £44billion – after the Supreme Court ruled on Friday that lenders would not be liable for most of the payouts.Lloyds was the biggest FTSE 100 beneficiary – rocketing 9 per cent, or 6.82p, to a ten-year high of 82.56p.Shares in Close Brothers, one of the lenders most exposed to…
By ADAM S. LEVY, US SENIOR SHOWBUSINESS REPORTER Published: 05:35 BST, 5 August 2025 | Updated: 06:22 BST, 5 August 2025 Joanna Carson, the third wife of late comedy legend Johnny Carson, is being fondly remembered by her friends after her death at 93 last month.Joanna’s death was revealed to her friends in July, and she was laid to rest last week in a funeral service, Extra reported Monday.The Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation honored the late model in a Facebook post on July 30, saying she and the late philanthropist Wallis Annenberg embodied the ‘spirit of love and support’ the organization’s…
By STACY LIBERATORE, U.S. SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY EDITOR Archaeologists have uncovered a 2,600-year-old clay seal in Jerusalem that may be tied to a biblical warning of impending doom. The artifact, known as a bulla, dates back to the First Temple period and bears an ancient Hebrew inscription that reads: ‘Belonging to Yeda’yah (son of) Asayahu.’ Even more astonishing, the seal retains a visible fingerprint, believed to have been left by the ancient official who once owned it.Archaeologists believe the name inscribed on the seal may connect directly to a pivotal moment in the biblical account of King Josiah of Judah, who launched…
Kylie was excited. Her life was about to change.The primary school principal was three months from undergoing a gastric sleeve, which she hoped would finally solve her decades-long struggle with weight.Then disaster struck: she was involved in a devastating car crash while leaving work one day, after becoming momentarily distracted by a missed turn. ‘I looked down to check the GPS and ran up the back of a stationary truck,’ she says.Kylie’s injuries were severe; the front of the car crushed her.In addition to her knees being ‘all banged up’, she required reconstructive surgery because her left breast was so badly mangled by…
By BRITTANY CHAIN, US SENIOR REPORTER Published: 03:51 BST, 5 August 2025 | Updated: 03:54 BST, 5 August 2025 Terrified commuters were forced to flee a New Jersey train station and others rushed to hospital after a fire broke out below one of the train cars.Billowing smoke and flames sparked rush hour chaos at the Newport PATH station in Jersey City shortly after 6am on Monday morning.The fire erupted below one of the train cars, Port Authority officials said.At least 13 people required treatment for smoke inhalation at the scene, officials said. From there, nine were taken to hospital for…
Shocking video footage captured the moment tourists were forced to flee an Italian beach after a tornado hit, while giant waterspouts formed on the coast.On Sunday, the twister was filmed causing chaos on a stretch of beach in Maccarese, on the coast of north Rome.Dozens of sunseekers in bathing suits were seen running from the strong whirlwind as it ripped up umbrellas that had been planted in the sand and sent them flying above the beachfront.Tourists and locals clutched their personal belongings to their chest as they dashed across the beach to seek safety but the tornado continued to rip…