Day: January 21, 2024

LeVar Burton shocked to discover he’s descended from a Confederate soldier

11:00 am January 21, 2024

Actor LeVar Burton was in disbelief after learning he descended from a White Confederate soldier on Tuesday’s episode of “Finding Your Roots.” The PBS documentary show uses written ancestries and DNA research to discover the long-lost family histories of prominent guests. Show host and historian Henry Louis Gates Jr. revealed to Burton that his family […]

Texas aquarium is rescuing cold-stunned turtles amid historic chilly weather

10:45 am January 21, 2024

An aquarium in Texas has been rehabilitating hundreds of turtles while a historic cold wave sweeps across Texas. The Texas State Aquarium in Corpus Christi initiated a large-scale response aimed at preserving sea turtle species that will be impacted by the freezing weather. The aquarium’s Port Corpus Christi Center for Wildlife Rescue is one of […]

‘The Bachelor’ Joey Graziadei’s ‘big red flag’ is someone ‘too self-centered’

10:30 am January 21, 2024

“The Bachelor” star Joey Graziadei is ready to find love. During an interview with Fox News Digital ahead of his season’s premiere, Graziadei called the opportunity to be the bachelor on the ABC dating show “one of those things you never expect,” but said he felt it came to him at “just the right time […]

Can you really tell a tree’s age from the rings on its stump? What you never knew

10:30 am January 21, 2024

Perhaps you’ve wandered through a forest or strolled into a neighborhood park and found tree trunks — and wondered if counting the rings on a trunk is truly a way to know the tree’s age. “Most of us learned as children that the age of a tree could be found by counting its rings,” said […]

After police seized Marine vet’s life savings, ruling brings him closer to saving others from civil forfeiture

10:00 am January 21, 2024

Stephen Lara was driving cross-country to see his daughters in California when a seemingly routine traffic stop ended with the Nevada Highway Patrol seizing his entire life savings of $87,000. “I knew at that moment that wasn’t the place to fight this battle,” Lara, a 42-year-old Marine veteran, told Fox News. “I had to stay calm.” […]