Danny Trejo was filming his cameo in “The Muppets: Most Wanted!” when he received the news that his mother had passed away. The cast all expressed their condolence, but Trejo shrugged it off because of his ‘‘tough guy’’ persona. It wasn’t until Steve Whitmire,

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The increasing popularity of stylish, trendy athletic wear has made über-comfortable clothing something that's not just for the gym. It's infiltrated all corners of culture, from high fashion runways to the offices of Silicon Valley executives — and really, it's appropriate for any occasion

A passenger with no flying experience radioed an urgent plea for help when the pilot of a small plane suddenly fell ill off Florida’s Atlantic coast.

According to a viral meme, Gowdy attended a viewing of the film purporting to prove the 2020 presidential election was fraudulent at Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort.

Remedy Entertainment and Rockstar Games have struck an agreement to remake two iconic games.

Newly chosen board member and now Twitter's largest shareholder Elon Musk had run a Twitter poll that started Monday asking users if they wanted an edit button.

The volcanic eruption on an island near Tonga in January was as powerful as the 1883 Krakatoa eruption in Indonesia, one of the deadliest and most destructive volcanic events on record.

An unexpected discovery has revealed ancient artwork that was once part of an Iron Age complex beneath a house in southeastern Turkey. The unfinished work shows a procession of deities that depicts how different cultures came together.

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The formation looks eerily like something that could have been made by human hands.

We looked into text messages that appeared to claim that Oprah Winfrey had died, displaying the message, "Fans react to the Oprah tragedy."

For the first time, scientists have grown plants in soil from the moon collected by NASA’s Apollo astronauts.

Musk didn’t give details about the new vehicle, but said the company will start making three new vehicles next year.

The two entertainment companies say they're building a new virtual-reality world for kids.

For the first time, two otters have a comparative study on their ability to learn from others in their clan. This could lead to study of more animals in this area, providing valuable evidence of evolutionary trends in sociability.

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