Day: August 30, 2023

Bob Barker, Alex Trebek, Regis Philbin: Game show icons who paved the way for Ryan Seacrest

8:00 am August 30, 2023

With Bob Barker’s passing and Pat Sajak set to retire, the stage is set for Ryan Seacrest to lead the new generation of game show hosts when he takes over “Wheel of Fortune” in 2024. The road to Seacrest’s rise is paved with icons who helped establish the game show genre on television and became […]

Minnesota boy reels in wallet filled with $2,000 cash while fishing and returns it to Iowa farmer

8:00 am August 30, 2023

A Minnesota teen reeled in a catch worth thousands while on a fishing trip this summer — but he couldn’t fry this one up for dinner. Instead, he hooked a treasure that had been on the bottom of the lake for a whole year. He made a lifelong friend, too. “I was shocked,” Connor Halsa […]

This special ops leader secretly ran a popular military meme page — here’s how it helped him do his job

8:00 am August 30, 2023

FIRST ON FOX: As a senior enlisted leader within the U.S. Special Operations Command, Sgt. Maj. Matt Parrish had a secret weapon empowering him to better serve his community: memes. “Across the military, humor has always been a great coping mechanism. It’s always been something that’s united us,” Parrish said. Parrish revealed to Fox News […]

‘Waffle House Index’ is used to determine severity of Hurricane Idalia

7:49 am August 30, 2023

The “Waffle House Index” is an unofficial metric used to determine the severity of Hurricane Idalia and other storms in the U.S., and has existed for nearly 20 years. Florida Emergency Management Director Craig Fugate coined the term “Waffle House Index” in 2004 after Hurricane Charley. The term was inspired by Waffle House’s reputation for […]

Climate protesters ridiculed as tribal police plow through Burning Man demonstration: ‘Bless those Rangers’

7:00 am August 30, 2023

Climate protesters in Nevada were arrested for blocking traffic on a busy road which led to tribal police taking matters into their own hands, plowing the barricade set up by the demonstrators and making arrests. The “Outnumbered” panel applauded the arrests and discussed why this method of activism is not productive and argued that eco-protesters […]