California’s dining scene cleaned up on a prestigious new ranking of North America’s best restaurants, with nine Golden State eateries earning coveted spots on the annual list — including four in Los Angeles. The World’s 50 Best Restaurants — a global dining guide voted on by hundreds of culinary experts…

Football fans heading to Monterrey for this summer’s FIFA World Cup can expect dramatic mountain backdrops, one of Mexico’s most modern football stadiums and some of the country’s best flame-grilled cuisine. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The industrial northern city is preparing to showcase its football passion and rugged beauty during the World…

Colonel Harland Sanders may have built Kentucky Fried Chicken into a fast-food empire, but there was one popular menu item he reportedly couldn’t stand. After selling what is now known simply as KFC to a group of investors in 1964, Sanders remained the company’s public face and spokesman and often voiced concerns…

The days of wanting to climb the corporate ladder seem to be gone. A new study suggests that burned-out, stressed employees are turning down higher-paying promotions because they don’t want to deal with all the added stress and anxiety that come with it. AI career tool Kickresume recently surveyed 1,028…

Burger King is letting customers have it their way. After 15 long years, the beloved fast food chain is answering customers’ prayers by bringing back a fan-favorite menu item — the crown nuggets. Beginning Tuesday, the on-theme bites will be offered on both the kids’ and regular menus. For kiddos,…

By&nbspDiana Resnik Published on 31/05/2026 – 11:50 GMT+2•Updated 16:07 Living a carefree life on a dream island in Greece and simply letting your mind unwind – that is now possible on Syros, but only on one condition: you have to love cats. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The animal welfare organisation “Syroscats (source…

DEAR ABBY: We’re a same-sex couple, and my husband has never gotten along with my sister and her husband. The tension has grown over the 17 years they’ve known each other. I suspect my sister may feel competitive or even jealous of our relationship. She comes across as self-focused, while…

The American Culture Quiz is a weekly test of our unique national traits, trends, history and people — including current events and the sights and sounds of the United States.This week’s quiz highlights fast-food flashbacks, Hollywood hurdles — and a whole lot more.Can you get all 8 questions right?Give it…

Yoo-hoo has been a beloved beverage for decades, but for a brief period, Pepsi tried to compete by making its own chocolate drink. Yoo-hoo dates to the 1920s when grocery-store owner Natale Olivieri invented the beverage “as a chocolaty addition to the fruit juices being sold in New Jersey,” the…

Around 180 years after Sir John Franklin’s doomed expedition to find the Northwest Passage ended in disaster, researchers have identified four additional crew members through DNA analysis. The new research, shedding light on one of history’s most infamous Arctic tragedies, was led by researchers at the University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada.  The…