The popular idea that thumbs up meant mercy and thumbs down meant death is a modern misconception. Ancient references describe a turned thumb gesture associated with killing, while mercy may have been ...

Thumbs down to Barbara Haney for stretching a minor ethics violation into a 17-month legal battle that cost the Fairbanks North Star Borough Assembly more than $21,557 in taxpayer-funded legal fees.

Congrats to the North Pole Police Department for taking the next step with a K-9 program and doing it the right way. This is a great example of moving the department forward without asking taxpayers ...

MOMOLAND is back with a new song! On January 23 at 6 p.m. KST, MOMOLAND released their new digital single “white spring” along with its music video. “white spring” is a heartfelt song that looks back ...

saw a decline in violent crimes for its third straight year in 2025 and hit a 50-year low in homicides. Following a high of 266 murders in 2022, last year saw 121, which included the 14 people killed ...

In early January 2026, an image (archived) circulated online purportedly showing captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro giving a "thumbs up" while standing handcuffed next to a U.S. Drug ...

After images of Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro giving a thumbs-up in an American-made hoodie ignited a social media firestorm, the U.S. designer behind the garment spoke out Sunday to explain how ...

I’d like to give a big “Thumbs Up” to Brittney (Finance) for her outstanding work as our department’s business manager. Brittney is relatively new to the role, but she has already made a tremendous ...

Dec 1 (Reuters) - The surviving National Guardsman shot by a gunman last week near the White House gave medical personnel a thumbs up when asked if he could hear them and also wiggled his toes in ...

With the federal government’s decimation of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, along with the mass layoffs at federal agencies as a result of the DOGE initiative and then compounded by the ...

Video of Cowboys owner Jerry Jones flashing his middle finger at fans at MetLife Stadium circulated after Sunday’s win over the Jets, but Jones said the message he was trying to send wasn’t the one ...

Taito and Konami announced that one of the next pieces of Death Stranding 2 merchandise will be a light shaped like the thumbs up “Like” sign from the game that also plays the matching sound effect.