Scrolling … scrolling … gone. (Hours gone, that is.) Standout social media app TikTok has gotten pretty good at keeping its users on its platform, and indulgers are having a hard time kicking the habit, as has been widely reported. Open Influence CEO and social media expert Eric Dahan said …

  Video Everything is a competition to me—from sports to carnival games at the fair. Even when I’m stopped at a red light, I want to be the first to go when the light turns green, beating the car next to me. I attribute my competitive spirit to growing up …

More than 200,000 Russian citizens have been drafted into the military following Russian President Vladimir Putin’s mobilization order last month. Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu announced the milestone Tuesday, partially addressing concerns that Putin’s regime planned to draft beyond the 300,000 troops initially called for, according to Reuters. The mobilization …

Over and over, White House reporters asked press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre last week to explain why President Biden looked for deceased Indiana congresswoman Jackie Walorski in the crowd at an event, and over and over, she wouldn’t say Biden simply misspoke. Jean-Pierre told reporters 14 times that Biden wasn’t confused about …

Florida sheriff’s deputies arrested four suspected burglars who allegedly looted in the wake of Hurricane Ian, while many impacted Floridians struggle to recover from the Category 4 storm. Omar Mejia Ortiz, 33, and Valerie Celeste Salcedo Mena, 26, were arrested, along with 20-year-olds Brandon Mauricio Araya and Steve Eduardo Sanchez …

A Nashville police officer was kicked in the head while arresting an intoxicated suspect who had cut another man with a box cutter, authorities said Monday. Nashville Officer Eric Ziegler, 27, was among the officers who responded to a reported fight on 3rd Avenue South and Symphony Place on Saturday …

San Francisco Unified School District has released a guidebook for teachers to facilitate secret child sexual transitions and to let students use the pronoun “it” at school.  According to documents obtained from a whistleblower, in 2021 the district celebrated “International Pronouns Day,” teaching students that they can adopt a wide …

A Texas woman was convicted on Monday of capital murder for killing a pregnant woman and cutting the baby from her womb. Taylor Rene Parker, 29, was found guilty of murdering Reagan Micelle Simmons-Hancock, 21, at the victim’s home in New Boston in October 2020. A Bowie County jury deliberated …

New York City Mayor Eric Adams, a Democrat, condemned the “far left” for their “silence” on Monday regarding the border crisis as the Big Apple constructs a tent city to house the influx of migrants.  “The far right is doing the wrong thing. The far left is doing nothing. I …

A 21-year-old sheriff’s deputy in Florida was shot and killed early Tuesday while serving a felony arrest warrant, authorities said. Four deputies with the Polk County Sheriff’s Office had responded around 3 a.m. to a failure to appear on a felony meth warrant, Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd announced Tuesday …