Thailand is one of the countries with an expected tourist tax increase in 2026. Planet One Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images Several destinations plan to raise or introduce tourism taxes ...
📋 Key Facts ✓ Southern resident killer whales are endangered. ✓ These orcas are fighting for survival. ✓ Scient...
Kristin Patrick. Marc Jacobs This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Kristin Patrick, the CMO at Marc Jacobs, about her daily routine in New York City. It's been edited for length and cl...
"The Odyssey." Universal Christopher Nolan's follow-up to "Oppenheimer" is based on the famed ancient Greek poem by Homer. "The Odyssey" stars Matt Damon as the hero Odysseus a...
Jim Franck, 81, is a homebuilder in Oregon who has no plans to stop working, despite being financially comfortable. Brooke Herbert for BI This interview is based on a conversation with Jim Franck, 81,...
📋 Key Facts ✓ Made with four ingredients: frozen broccoli, cream of mushroom soup, Cheez Whiz, and stuffing mix ✓ Assembles in 10 minut...
The governor's mansion in Frankfort, Kentucky. traveler1116/Getty Images Forty-five of the 50 states have official mansions, which governors can live in rent-free. Some governors' mansions are open to...
NORFOLK, VIRGINIA - JUNE 24: U.S. Navy sailors stand along the deck as they prepare for the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford to depart from the Naval Station Norfolk on June 24, 2025, in Norfolk, V...
I have a bad habit of saying I am done buying games, then immediately proving myself wrong. This week was one of those moments where curiosity, discounts, and a slightly weak spine all lined up. I hav...
Food trends for 2026 include sweet-and-spicy flavors, bite-sized menu items, cabbage, and fast-casual Indian cuisine. Nungning20/Shutterstock Food trends for 2026 include sweet-and-spicy flavors, as w...
The Navy's fleet size has fluctuated and shrunken as China continues to churn out more warships. Official US Navy photo The US Navy's fleet size has shrunk considerably due to problems with new ship c...
Getty Images; Tyler Le/BI This past weekend, the internet was set ablaze by a post on r/Confessions claiming to be from a software engineer-turned-whistleblower working at a food delivery app . "I...
The Xenomorph from the Alien film franchise is one of the coolest, most nefarious movie monsters ever hatched, with its acid blood, mouths-within-mouths, and diabolical claws. It pretty much single-ha...
Kylie Jenner and Timothée Chalamet at the 70th David di Donatello Awards in Rome. Elisabetta A. Villa/Getty Images Timothée Chalamet thanked Kylie Jenner onstage at the 2026 Critics Choice Awards. The...
📋 Key Facts ✓ The Trump administration halted 6 gigawatts of offshore wind leases. ✓ This is the latest attempt to delay construction o...
Telegram founder and CEO Pavel Durov. Manuel Blondeau/AOP.Press/Corbis/Getty Images Pavel Durov, the founder and owner of Telegram, is worth $17 billion. The messaging platform has 1 billion users and...
Last year, I had the great pleasure of attending the Games Industry Conference (GIC) in Poznań, Wielkopolska, where I sat in on a number of talks about game development and craft. In one of those talk...
"People We Meet on Vacation" is becoming a Netflix film. Netflix The film adaptation of "People We Meet on Vacation" by Emily Henry hits Netflix on January 9. Henry's novels are romant...