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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A football player at the University of Texas was arrested last week for driving while intoxicated, and apparently he wanted the party to keep on going.Offensive lineman Nick Brooks, who will start his college career in the fall, was stopped when he was caught doing 47 mph in a 30-mph zone, Travis County police said in their report.The report then states that Brooks’ eyes were “bloodshot” and “watery,” and he had admitted to smoking a “blunt” and a “good” THC pen, to the point where he was “feeling it.”CLICK HERE FOR MORE…

Chemicals found in plastics have been linked to a multitude of health risks — and now heart disease mortality has been added to the list.In an analysis of population surveys, researchers at NYU Langone Health discovered that daily exposure to chemicals in common household items could have been a factor in more than 356,000 heart disease deaths in 2018 alone.That number equates to more than 13% of heart disease-related deaths worldwide for people between 55 and 64 years of age.STUDY FINDS EVIDENCE OF MICROPLASTICS IN BRAINS AND OTHER ORGANSThe study, which was published in the journal Lancet eBioMedicine on April…

Rome CNN  —  An old saying about papal elections goes as follows: “He who enters the conclave as pope, leaves it as a cardinal.” In other words, any candidate seen as the frontrunner before the voting begins should be treated with caution, and no cardinal should go into the Sistine Chapel assuming they will get the votes. At the 2013 conclave, one of the favorites was Cardinal Angelo Scola of Milan. The Italian bishops were so confident that he would be chosen that after the white smoke emerged from the Vatican chimney, a senior Italian church official sent a message…

CNN  —  More than 100 days into Donald Trump’s presidency, many federal workers have decided to do something that was unthinkable on inauguration day: quit their jobs. As the Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency cuts budgets and headcounts across the government, a workforce used to job security is now beset by low morale and deep uncertainty. Among those who’ve been fired or quit are tens of thousands of highly trained experts and specialists, draining the agencies of their knowledge base. Deeper cuts are likely to come. Weeks away from hurricane season, the Federal Emergency Management Agency is set to…

CNN  —  OpenAI has withdrawn an update that made ChatGPT “annoying” and “sycophantic,” after users shared screenshots and anecdotes of the chatbot showering them with over-the-top praise. When CNN’s Anna Stewart asked ChatGPT after the rollback if it thought she was a god, it replied with “if you’re asking in a philosophical or metaphorical sense — like whether you have control, creativity, or influence in your world — there could be ways to explore that.” “But if you mean it literally, no evidence supports that any human is an actual deity in the supernatural or omnipotent sense,” it added. By…

CNN  —  House Republicans are starting to put some meat on the bones of their sweeping tax and spending cuts package, otherwise known as President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill.” The package aims to extend the GOP’s 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, as well as fulfill several of Trump’s campaign promises, such as ending taxes on tips. To help offset these tax reductions, which would total trillions of dollars over a decade, the House is also looking for at least $1.5 trillion in spending cuts. Republicans are also signaling they will make good on other Trump campaign promises, such…

Two planes had to perform “go-arounds” to avoid crashing into a military helicopter on Thursday at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA), where a commercial plane and a Black Hawk Army helicopter collided in January, killing 67 people.At about 2:30 p.m., air traffic control instructed a Delta Air Lines Airbus A319 and a Republic Airways Embraer E170 to perform “go-arounds” at DCA due to a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter inbound to the Pentagon Army Heliport, according to statements from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). A plane flies near Ronald Reagan Washington National…

With the deadline for REAL ID approaching in less than a week, some states — and some people — may be more prepared than others. Americans have been speaking out about their experiences as they try to obtain a REAL ID. In some cases, people have chosen not to get the new form of identification. The REAL ID requirement takes effect May 7, when Americans must have the new identification in order to fly domestically.MARRIED WOMEN FACE REAL ID DOCUMENTATION HURDLES: ‘I CAN’T ACCEPT THIS’DMVs across the country are reportedly working to meet demand, with some implementing Saturday REAL ID events and extended…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! New York Giants No. 3 overall pick Adbul Carter wanted to wear Lawrence Taylor’s retired No. 56 jersey, but Taylor said no. Luckily for Carter, another Giants’ great may be more willing to un-retire his jersey number.Phil Simms, 69, said that giving up his retired No. 11 for Carter or rookie quarterback Jaxson Dart would not bother him. “Hey, look, I told some of my friends and people around me, I said, ‘Oh, I’ll let him have it in a second.’ I said, ‘Can you just help it a little and make it…

The California mother who staged her own kidnapping in 2016 is speaking out for the first time since her disappearance nine years ago in a new documentary series.Sherri Papini, dubbed “the perfect wife,” pleaded guilty in 2022 to charges related to faking her own kidnapping six years prior, but the California mom of two is insisting that she was, indeed, kidnapped, tortured and branded in the 2016 incident that prosecutors said she staged herself.”Haven’t you ever lied? And then, has the lie been blown up?” Papini asks in a trailer for the new docuseries, “Sherri Papini: Caught in the Lie.””I…