Britt Allcroft, Creator of TV’s ‘Thomas the Tank Engine,’ Dies at 81

Britt Allcroft, the woman behind the popular children's TV show Thomas the Tank Engine and Friendspassed away on December 27th at the age of 81. Allcroft founded the Britt Allcroft Company with her television producer husband Angus Wright, and went on to secure the rights to Reverend W. Audley's railway series featuring Thomas the Tank […]
‘Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends’ series creator Britt Allcroft dead at 81

Britt Allcroft, creator of the “Thomas and Friends” series, has died at the age of 81, filmmaker Brannon Carty announced on X. Allcroft was best known for creating the popular children's show featuring Thomas the Tank Engine after acquiring the book rights to The Reverend Wilbert Audley's Railway Series in the 1980s. The show originally […]
Eyewitnesses to South Korea plane crash recount sparks in engine, bird strike before collision

Witnesses to a deadly plane crash in South Korea on Sunday said they saw flames coming from the plane's engine and heard an explosion, according to reports. a Jeju Air flights The Associated Press reported, citing the country's National Fire and Disaster Management Agency (NFA), that at least 100 people died after sliding off the […]
Why the Franco-German engine that powered the EU is now almost kaput | Germany

“circleWhen France and Germany move forward, all of Europe moves forward. Otherwise, the economy will grind to a halt,'' were the words of former French President Jacques Chirac almost a quarter of a century ago during a regular meeting of love between the two largest member states of the European Union. . So how would […]
American Airlines flight from LaGuardia emergency lands at JFK after bird strike damages engine

American Airlines passengers feared for their lives Thursday when a bird flew into the engine of an outbound LaGuardia flight, forcing the plane to quickly make an emergency landing at another airport in the city. Flight 1722 took off from LGA just after 7:20 p.m. and was scheduled to land at Charlotte Douglas International Airport […]
DOJ Proposes Google Divest Chrome Browser, Eliminate Search Engine Payments

The Justice Department has filed court documents proposing to bar tech giants from paying to sell their Chrome browser and remain the default search engine on third-party platforms as a remedy for monopolistic practices. . register report The Department of Justice has officially filed court documents proposing that the tech giant sell its hugely popular […]
1.4M Honda vehicles under investigation following concerns of engine failure

See what's being clicked on FoxBusiness.com. The U.S. government's Highway Safety Administration is investigating up to 1.4 million Honda and Acura vehicles after receiving complaints that their engines could fail. The investigation by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration includes Honda Pilot and Acura MDX models from 2016 to 2020, as well as Honda Odyssey […]
Feds probing recall of over 1M Honda, Acura cars due to engine problems

The U.S. government's Highway Safety Administration is investigating complaints such as: engine may fail It is installed in 1.4 million Honda and Acura vehicles. The investigation by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration includes Honda Pilot and Acura MDX models from 2016 to 2020, as well as Honda Odyssey and Acura TLX models from 2018 […]
Tired of Big Tech spying? A new search engine, Freespoke, offers unbiased search results

It's no secret that our news and information sources are overwhelmingly controlled by a small number of powerful corporations. These tech giants make their fortune by monetizing your data, tracking your every click, and creating search algorithms that shape how you see the world. In the process, privacy is lost and options are limited. But […]
Gen Z ditches Google for this next most popular search engine

If you don't understand something, just search for “TikTok” instead of “Google.” Young people these days are abandoning the trusty search engines in favor of social media and other unorthodox means of online research. Bernstein, citing data from a Forbes Advisor/Talker Research survey of 2,000 Americans conducted in April 2024, reported that 45% of Gen […]