NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! For American travelers, tipping may feel second nature, but in Europe, that instinct can backfire.While navigating new currencies and customs, small gestures like leaving loose change on a table may not translate well, travel expert Rick Steves warned.”You’re just raising the bar and messing up the local balance,” Steves wrote in a blog post. “And it’s bad style.”And in busy settings, “the wrong party might pocket the change,” Steves warned.BARTENDERS SAY ONE COMMON REQUEST COSTS THEM TIPS — AND SOME CUSTOMERS HAVE NO IDEAIn countries like Germany, Austria, Belgium and Luxembourg, plus…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Los Angeles Lakers appeared to have taken another hit to their lineup with only five games remaining before the playoffs tip off.The Lakers will be without Austin Reaves for the rest of the regular season after the guard sustained a left oblique muscle injury, ESPN first reported Saturday. Reaves is reportedly expected to miss four to six weeks. The team plays a road game against the Dallas Mavericks Sunday. The franchise later announced the injury.Reaves has emerged as one of the Lakers’ top players since he joined the team before the 2021-22…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! An unconventional private school model that replaces traditional classroom lectures with artificial intelligence is gearing up for a massive nationwide expansion this fall, even as critics and powerful teachers unions sound the alarm.Alpha Schools, which says its students learn twice as fast as those in “standard” schools, is planning to open new campuses in Chicago, Atlanta, Charlotte, Raleigh, and several California hubs, including Santa Monica, Palo Alto, and the East Bay. The school already operates in Austin, New York, and Miami.The Alpha model is built on a “two-hour core” subject requirement. Students…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! State and local authorities are frantically searching for a suspect armed with a long gun who allegedly opened fire at family members and responding law enforcement in New Hampshire on Saturday, wounding a police officer and triggering a massive manhunt.The suspect, Matthew J. Massey, 38, of Raymond, New Hampsire, allegedly shot at his family members just after 1:30 p.m. local time, and was later tracked down by officers.He then opened fire on the responding officers, striking one of them, according to New Hampshire State Police.The wounded Nottingham Police Department officer, who has…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Michigan Wolverines men’s basketball team will return to the national championship for the first time since 2018 after a rout of the Arizona Wildcats, 91-73, in the Final Four.Michigan jumped out to a 16-point lead midway through the first half and never had to look back from there. The high-percentage shooting from Aday Mara and Elliott Cadeau’s ability to knock down the long-range shot was more than enough for the Wolverines to get the win. Wolverines star Yaxel Lendeborg was saddled with two fouls early in the first half and then…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The UConn Huskies men’s basketball team is headed back to the national championship game for the third time in the last four years after defeating the Illinois Fighting Illini, 71-62, in the Final Four.The Huskies, who were leading by as much as 14 points, fended off a late 10-0 run from Illinois to keep their championship hopes alive. Tarris Reed Jr. ended the run with a lay-up in the paint, then a turnover led to a Solo Ball one-handed slam. UConn will be in a position to win three national championships in…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Saturday pushed back on claims by Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., that ICE agents struck an “asylum seeker,” saying the man is an illegal immigrant who caused a crash while trying to evade arrest.DHS told Fox News that the man in question is a Honduran illegal immigrant with a final order of removal dating back to 2018.According to DHS, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers attempted to arrest the individual, identified as Ever Omar Alvarenga-Rios, on Thursday in Baltimore, but he allegedly tried to evade…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced Saturday an immigration detainer has been lodged against an illegal immigrant accused of leading Ohio deputies on a high-speed chase that ended in a crash killing a pregnant 17-year-old girl and her unborn child, and injuring another woman.Tarsem Singh, an Indian national, was recently indicted on vehicular homicide, involuntary manslaughter and reckless homicide charges, according to DHS.He is being held on a $1 million bond, and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) lodged an arrest detainer with Ohio authorities.The fatal Feb. 16 chase was initiated…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Paul McCartney is opening up about how his wife helped him deal with the breakup of The Beatles.In the documentary, “Paul McCartney: Man on the Run,” director Morgan Neville spoke with the 83-year-old musician about his life after The Beatles, and how a mantra he learned from his late wife, Linda McCartney, helped him cope, teaching him “not to be too uptight.””In a situation like that you lost your job, you can get uptight very easily,” he said. “One of my favorite expressions of hers was, you’d be saying, ‘Oh, I don’t…

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Carpe diem. If you’ve wondered why all of Washington buzzed so much this week about “pro forma” sessions in the House and Senate, here’s your chance to find out why.Come on now. Tempus fugit. There’s no time like the present. Hopefully, when you finish reading this, you can declare veni, vidi, vici when it comes to your understanding of pro forma sessions in the House and Senate.Let’s start with what pro forma means and why it holds application in Congress.SEN. MIKE LEE URGES TRUMP TO INVOKE RARE CONSTITUTIONAL POWER TO FORCE CONGRESS…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! More than a dozen people have been taken to the hospital after a vehicle struck multiple parade participants on Saturday in New Iberia, Louisiana.The Iberia Parish Sheriff’s Office said the crash happened at an intersection and multiple people were injured.Acadian Ambulance, a local ambulance service, reported it took 11 patients to the hospital by ambulance and two patients by medical helicopter.The sheriff’s office said some of the injuries are believed to be serious. CAR BARRELS INTO CROWD OUTSIDE CALIFORNIA BAR, GUNFIRE ERUPTS IN CHAOTIC SCENE CAUGHT ON VIDEOTen ambulances and two helicopters…