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Friday the 13th comes around at least once every year, and while many know of its “unlucky” reputation, not many know why.

From TikTok to the kitchen table, words like “rizzler” and “skibidi” are finding a foothold in the lexicon of today’s tweens.

“Very demure, very mindful” has become the latest vocabulary defining the internet’s summer. And Chicago-based TikTok creator Jools Lebron is now working to trademark uses of her now-viral words.

In a statement, the bank said that depositing a fraudulent check is still fraud, “plain and simple.”

A family trip to a museum turned into every parent’s nightmare when their son accidentally broke an ancient artifact.

It’s a saying you might have heard on social media or perhaps a friend has said it: “very mindful, very demure.”

“It’s not a glamorous job, but I’m making a difference.”

After teasing a “very demure, very patient, very mindful” fall menu debut last week, the Boston-based coffee and donut chain officially unveiled its 2024 autumn offerings Wednesday.

While some coffee shops, like Starbucks and 7-Eleven, have already launched their Pumpkin Spice Lattes for the 2024 season, others are “very patient, very demure” about when they’ll announce their fall menus.

If you have Instagram or TikTok, you may have noticed something “very mindful, very demure” recently.

You may have noticed content creators on your TikTok feed talking about being “very mindful,” “very cutesy,” or — most notably — “very demure.” But what you may not have noticed is the trend actually began in Chicago.

As brat summer draws to a close, many are getting ready to welcome a “demure fall.”

You may or may not have heard words like “pebbles” or “parked” being used in Gen Z or Gen Alpha slang, but the origins of those words don’t actually come from either generation.

Substitute teacher Sam Salem went viral on TikTok for gaslighting his students into using slang words that he himself made up.

Jason Hackett, a news anchor at NBC’s Minnesota affiliate, opened up to TODAY.com about why he wanted to come out to his viewers.

A massive 100-foot-wide sinkhole opened up in an Illinois soccer field this week, with video capturing the moment it swallowed a light pole and bleachers in the field.

The formation of a 100-foot-wide sink hole was captured on nearby surveillance camera at an Illinois park Wednesday morning. Footage shows an area between two soccer and football fields open up sending a light pole crashing down.

A mysterious flood at a suburban Titanic exhibit has museum officials questioning after footage of the water bursting into the building appeared to resemble scenes from the classic movie.

A mysterious flood at a Titanic exhibit outside Chicago has museum officials questioning after footage of the water bursting into the building appeared to resemble scenes from the classic movie.

A rather small cup is getting a big reaction online.