Bottom line: you can't use a handheld phone while driving in New Jersey. If you do, it's a "$200 to $400 for a first offense, ...

Gen Z is trading screens for cowboy boots, line-dancing nights, and trail rides—and the data behind this “Western Revival” reveals a lot.

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Some products launched with hype, money, and confidence '€” only to crash spectacularly. Join us as we count down the most notorious product failures in history! From exploding phones to see-through ...

IMPERIAL, Mo. — A home exploded Tuesday in Imperial after contractors struck a gas line. Alyson Rotter with the Rock Community Fire Protection District said they responded at noon to reports of a ...

TNR’s Greg Sargent takes a critical look at the day’s political news and the stories leading NewRepublic.com, and speaks to leading journalists and newsmakers.

A Los Angeles-based freelance reporter had a scary morning earlier this month, when her portable charger suddenly exploded, leaving her with chemical burns on her arm, her hair and a hole in her bed. ...

A U.K. balloon business shared the messy moment a confetti-filled sex-reveal balloon burst before the customer arrived Ashley Vega is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since ...

The FBI has expanded its search for Nancy Guthrie across the border after a new ransom note for the NBC anchor's mom emerged. The FBI reportedly reached out to several Mexican federal law enforcement ...

A freak gas leak blast levelled an upstate New York church Tuesday morning, sending four local firefighters and the pastor to the hospital in critical condition, state police said. The disaster began ...