Taylor Frankie Paul is “hopeful” her season of The Bachelorette will eventually air, a source exclusively tells Us Weekly. “Viewers would get to see another side to her,” the insider adds as the future of Taylor’s season remains up in the air. ABC announced in March, days before The Bachelorette was scheduled to premiere, that Taylor’s season was being pulled from the air amid domestic violence allegations between the reality star and ex-boyfriend Dakota Mortensen. “She has been doing the work behind the scenes, taken accountability and is focused on moving forward in a more positive way,” the same insider…

As the New York Knicks and Philadelphia 76ers face off in the playoffs, the longtime rivalry is heating up off the hardwood and onto New York City menus. Some zealous Knicks fans have even gone as far as to “ban” the iconic Philly cheesesteak, while others are doubling down on New York’s humble bodega legend: the chopped cheese. The beef runs deeper than sandwiches. Both the Philly cheesesteak and chopped cheese have become hometown comfort foods — but despite sharing meat, cheese and onions, the similarities mostly end there. And for eager fans, bragging rights are at steak. To settle…

Don’t sleep on good sleep. Recent research suggests skipping shuteye can cause issues that are shockingly similar to those found in Alzheimer’s disease patients. A team of researchers from the University of Ibadan in Nigeria analyzed sleep-centric medical studies published over the last quarter century to better understand how a lack of sleep affects the brain. The team specifically compiled research that focused on key themes, including “sleep deprivation,” “memory consolidation” and the “hippocampus.” The hippocampus is of particular interest to researchers because it is the brain area responsible for converting short-term memories into long-term ones. In its analysis, the…

Liberal City Council members are pushing a bill that would automatically enroll residents in programs to receive social benefits — even if they’re illegal immigrants. Council member Crystal Hudson is pushing the measure, which would have the Department of Social Services mine tax data, social services rolls and other government records to identify New Yorkers who quality for “city-created benefit programs” and sign them up without so much as having to file an application. The cost is expected to massive — but neither lawmakers nor Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s administration could estimate how much the auto enroll program would cost taxpayers.…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Governor Ron DeSantis’ famed “Alligator Alcatraz” U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) holding facility in the Florida swamp will “return to the Everglades” after it is no longer needed, a senior Florida government official has told Fox News.The New York Times reported Thursday that Florida is in talks with the Trump administration to shut the facility down, citing massive operational costs amounting to hundreds of millions. The outlet also reported that the Department of Homeland Security determined the facility was too expensive to continue operating.Though calling Alligator Alcatraz a “massive success,” the…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! More than two dozen cruise ship employees, including Disney cruise workers, were arrested by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) in a child exploitation ring bust at a port in San Diego.In all, 28 people from three different countries — 26 from the Philippines, one from Indonesia and another from Portugal — were interviewed, and 27 were found to have taken part in the “receipt, possession, transportation, distribution, or viewing of [child sexual exploitation material] or child pornography,” according to CBP. It is unclear how many of those people worked for Disney Cruise…

Former Bachelor Clayton Echard’s viral dancing Cameos bring him happiness — and rack up money. “I have a revenue stream that pays more than a full-time job. It’s Cameos,” Echard, 33, said on the Tuesday, May 5, episode of the “She’s All Bach” podcast. “I did 1,300 Cameos in the last year. So you can do the math on that. Multiply that by $75 a pop, you can see how much money I made from it. It’s a lot of money.” Host Stefanie Parker proceeded to pull out her calculator, determining that Echard made more than $97,000 from the videos…

The Colts and Kenny Moore II have officially severed ties. On Thursday, Indianapolis cut the former Pro Bowl cornerback after two sides agreed to split and seek a trade in early April. Moore has been with the Colts for nine years, but saw his playing time take a dive last season. He missed three games with an Achilles issue and logged just seven starts, his fewest since he joined as an undrafted free agent rookie from Valdosta State. “[I] think very highly of Kenny, not only me personally, but organizationally, and I know the city feels the same way,” general…

A key architect of California’s controversial billionaire tax acknowledged this week that the proposed one-time levy may end up becoming permanent. Economics professor Emmanuel Saez made made the admission during a Tuesday debate against Arthur Laffer, the father of trickle-down economics, at the University of California, Berkeley. The billionaires tax — proposed by the Service Employees International Union–United Healthcare Workers West — would impose a one-time 5% levy on California residents with assets exceeding $1 billion. Supporters say the tax is needed to address healthcare funding gaps tied to cuts to Medicaid and other federal programs implemented last year. The proposal has…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Compounding layers of leniency in California laws are allowing drivers charged with vehicular manslaughter to walk away with clean criminal and driving records, prompting calls for reform from victims’ families.Allison Lyman, who is looking for accountability for the crash that killed her son last year, believes soft-on-crime laws passed under Gov. Gavin Newsom’s tenure have weakened accountability for road deaths, amounting to what she described as “negligence.””You know, our hunch is this was all happening during ‘soft on crime,’ ‘let’s clear the jails,’” Lyman said of California’s laws.”And the consequence now is…