At a time when inflation is pushing some prices higher and higher, we are all looking to save money on items for our homes or gifts for other people. One new trend is return and overstock warehouses. Some savvy shoppers are saving money thereby buying returned items that are too expensive for stores to restock. So instead, people are buying them for pennies on the dollar. Meredith Diggs oversees a warehouse filled with bargains called All Surplus Deals, part of a growing trend of surplus stores. Diggs showed us some of their thousands of items for sale, including brand-new air fryers, Lego set ..read more

From a cows udder to the box outside your house, milk has long been a favorite beverage choice. But why did milk become a go-to drink for Americans? And is its popularity beginning to spoil? Here's a skim history, if you will, with the help of some milk experts.  "There is some history of milk consumption going back thousands of years," said Walter Willett, Professor of Epidemiology and Nutrition at Harvard University. Yes, but modern milk consumption is a product of the last 150 years.  "Milk becomes popular in the United States in the late 19th and early 20th century as a ..read more

WEST LAFAYETTE It just got much harder for some Purdue University students to scroll through their favorite app. Purdue University announced Wednesday that TikTok is now blocked from the universitys WiFi network. Unban it in our dorms at the very least. Please," Economics major Zaina Bwaheed said. She and her friend Jenna Bruns spend their evenings sending each other TikTok videos back and forth. All the time. Pretty much all the time," Bwaheed said. People on the campus can still access TikTok on non-university WiFi or by using cellular data. However, the two Boilermakers say its still an inc ..read more

A fire broke out on a ferry in the southern Philippines and raged overnight for eight hours, killing at least 31 of the approximately 250 passengers and crew, officials said Thursday. Many of the more than 200 people who survived the blaze jumped off the MV Lady Mary Joy 3 and were rescued from the dark sea by the coast guard, navy, a nearby ferry and local fishermen, said Gov. Jim Hataman of the southern island province of Basilan. Rescuers were still searching Thursday for at least seven missing people, he said. Hataman said the burned ferry was towed to Basilan's shoreline, where the bodies ..read more

A founding member of the American boy band LFO, Brian Brizz Gillis, has died at 47 years old.  The group was formed in New Bedford, Massachusetts in 1995 and released their debut self-titled album in 1999 with the hit song "Summer Girls" pushing the group into heavy rotation on music video channels like MTV, and on radio.  The group, whose name stands for "Lyte Funkie Ones," went on to achieve modest success for a time with members Brad Fischetti, Rich Cronin and Gillis.  Cronin later died in 2010 from leukemia in his mid-thirties.  Fischetti wrote in an Inst ..read more

As Hollywood emerged from the pandemic, its biggest film productions dipped in diversity after years of incremental progress, according to a new study by UCLA researchers. Opportunities were notably greater for women and people of color on streaming platforms than in theatrically released films. The annual UCLA Hollywood Diversity Report, published Thursday, presented one of the most detailed looks yet at how the film industry was shaped and, in many ways, set back during the pandemic. In analyzing 2022 movie releases, academics found that ethnic and gender inclusivity in theatr ..read more

Some of the biggest names in technology are calling for a temporary pause on artificial intelligence developments amid concerns the industry could be getting ahead of itself. Elon Musk, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, and several other big names in computer science and tech signed an open letter Wednesday, requesting a six-month pause on the "out-of-control" AI race. The petition comes following OpenAI's recent release of its GPT-4 technology, a much more advanced version of its popular AI chatbot ChatGPT. Microsoft and Google have also unveiled similar AI-powered ..read more

The Metro Nashville Police Department has released recordings from three calls made to 911 after a shooter opened fire at The Covenant School on Monday. Two of the calls came in at 10:12 a.m. The other calls was received a minute later.  In the first call, a man tells the dispatcher that there is a active shooter at Covenant Presbyterian Church and gives the dispatcher the address. The man said he was on speakerphone with others around him. Another person tells the operator that the shooter was wearing camouflage and had shot through doors with an assault rifle before going to the second ..read more

Ralphie, the French bulldog who earned a reputation for being a "demon," has a new owner.  Thousands of people have been following Ralphie's journey after the Niagra SPCA posted on Facebook about his behavioral problems.  "Ralphie is a terror in a somewhat small package," the organization posted in January.  The shelter believes Ralphie's first owner didn't set boundaries, leading him to believe he was the boss. Ralphie was rehomed, but the shelter said he was surrendered again because he was causing trouble with the owner's older dog. SEE MORE: For first time ever, Fr ..read more

A Manhattan grand jury has voted to indict former President Donald Trump in connection to a case of alleged hush-money payments to porn actress Stormy Daniels. The indictment comes as Trump has launched a bid for the 2024 presidency  making him the only candidate for the office to be under indictment during the race. Scripps News political director Andrew Rafferty explains how that designation is likely to affect candidate Trump's race. He says Trump has historically framed investigations against him as evidence for claims that he is being unfairly targeted ..read more