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Across the country, cell phone data is being used to track the rate of downtown recovery post-pandemic in a new study. The study showed the southern part of the U.S. is bouncing back.

Kenny Morales, a student at Grand Island Senior High School in Nebraska, says he used AI to draft a decoy speech that was approved by officials, a report says.

A 40-year-old worker at a Whiting, Wisconsin paper mill was tragically killed this week after being caught in the machinery and fatally injured.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, the price of new vehicles soared causing fewer people to buy them. Now the average age of vehicles on the road in the U.S. has reached a record high.

Comedian Dave Chappelle is clapping back at critics who are not fond of him buying big swaths of real estate in places like Yellow Springs, Ohio.

A Norfolk Southern train derailed in Pennsylvania late Wednesday night. Officials said no hazardous materials were involved in the incident and no one was injured.

Caes David Gruesbeck, a 20-year-old Amazon employee, died due to a blunt force injury according to the Allen County coroner. The death is still under investigation.

An unidentified Amazon employee has died at one of the company's warehouses in Fort Wayne, Indiana. The facility was closed for the rest of the day.

2Bears Tavern Group, an organization that owns four gay bars in Chicago, announced they are no longer selling Anheuser-Busch products due to the company's distancing from Dylan Mulvaney.

A deli owner has won the Small Business Person of the Year. Abdirahman Kahin of Afro Deli & Grill in St. Paul became successful after adjusting his business model during the pandemic.

Residents are fleeing blue states in droves and affecting the adjusted gross incomes of the states they are leaving and moving to, according to recent data released from the IRS.

Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown urged young residents in the Buckeye State to take up trade jobs and insisted they “don't need a college degree."

Drone footage showed the aftermath of a Burlington Northern Santa Fe train derailment near De Soto, Wisconsin, at the Mississippi River.

After the Department of Defense failed their fifth audit and is unable to account for 39% of government spending, bipartisan legislatures want to incentivize spending transparency.

The retail giant is partnering with celebrity moms to share parenting hacks and a one-year Walmart+ membership with new moms for free in May to celebrate Mother's Day.

A viral TikTok video shows an employee at a Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen in Chicago dumping food on the floor and destroying the restaurant after he allegedly wasn't paid for a month.

A man scuba diving off Waikiki, Hawaii, found an iPhone underwater and returned it to its owner from Minnesota in working condition — even after being under the surface for over a month.

Holtec Decommissioning International is looking to restore the Palisades Nuclear Generating Station. This would be the first time this has been done in the history of the U.S.

Michael O'Brian of the International Fire Chiefs Association and volunteer firefighter David Dalrymple joined 'Fox & Friends First' to warn of EV batteries' fire hazard.

Residents in and around East Palestine, Ohio, are suffering from various ailments following a Norfolk Southern train derailment in February. Independent engineers are conducting further water tests.