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The best United States cities for so-called foodies have been revealed in a new study by WalletHub – and Florida leads the way. The Miami-based company this week released the 2024 best cities for foodies list, which ranks more than 180 major cities across 28 key indicators for food-friendliness. Chip Lupo, a WalletHub analyst, told Fox News Digital in a video interview that this year’s list looked at some factors such as accessibility and affordability of high-quality restaurants with ratings of at least 4.5 stars. (See the video at the top of this article.) THESE 10 RESTAURANTS ARE CONSIDERED THE ‘BEST OF THE BEST’ IN THE US, SAYS TRIPADVISOR”What was surprising to me is that among the top 10 foodie cities, all did very well in the diversity, accessibility, quality rankings, yet several of them ranked very low in affordability,” he said. He continued, “While the price tags for restaurants are pretty high, even in this economic climate, your hardcore food enthusiasts don’t seem to mind paying a little extra for a fine-quality, fine-dining experience.”Lupo said the 2024 list of foodie cities was basically a reshuffling of last year’s list with nine of the top 10 ranking high again. EMERGENCY LANDING PROMPTS UNITED AIRLINES PILOT TO ORDER DINNER FOR 150 PASSENGERS”Last year’s top-ranked city was Orlando, which dropped to third,” he noted. In this countdown list below, see which cities topped this year’s best food-lover spots, per WalletHub. TOP 10 US CITIES FOR COFFEE LOVERS REVEALEDMiami was named the best city in the United States for those looking for a tasty meal. MIAMI’S FAMED RESTAURANT VERSAILLES SHARES ‘DELICIOUS’ CUBAN SANDWICH RECIPELupo said this is partially due to the high availability of affordable restaurants at a rating of at least 4.5 stars out of five. “There’s also an extremely high number of restaurants per capita and high-quality dining options are there,” he said. For more Lifestyle articles, visit www.foxnews.com/lifestyleHe said something that’s often not discussed is that Miami is the city with the third-highest number of farmers markets — which means, said Lupo, that they also have food enthusiasts who love to cook at home. On a broader scale, Florida is ranked three times in the top five.Lupo said that’s due to the state having no state income tax, residents having more disposable income and the state offering a business-friendly environment. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTERAt the bottom of the list, WalletHub found that Shreveport, Louisiana; Jackson, Mississippi; Nampa, Idaho; and Montgomery, Alabama, all ranked low — with Pearl City, Hawaii, coming in last place. Lupo said the Hawaiian city ranks low because of the high cost of living on the island and the lack of affordability. “There’s definitely room for improvement in perhaps promoting and bringing in a more diverse lineup of fine dining,” he said.



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The five people killed aboard a single-engine plane that crashed and caught fire at Wright Brothers National Memorial’s First Flight Airport in North Carolina over the weekend have been identified, officials said Tuesday.The National Park Service (NPS) identified the victims as Shashwat Ajit Adhikari, 31, of Silver Spring, Maryland; Jason Ray Campbell, 43, Southern Pines, North Carolina; Kate McAllister Neely, 39, of Southern Pines, North Carolina; Matthew Arthur Fassnacht, 44, of Marietta, Georgia; and a 6-year-old child, whose name was not provided.”National Park Service employees at Wright Brothers National Memorial, Cape Hatteras National Seashore and Fort Raleigh National Historic Site (Outer Banks Group) extend their deepest condolences to the families, friends and loved ones affected by this tragedy,” David Hallac, superintendent of the Outer Banks Group, said in a statement.The Cirrus SR-22 airplane crashed around 5 p.m. Saturday in a wooded area near the airstrip, which is located near the town of Kill Devil Hills in the Outer Banks.HURRICANE HELENE: NORTH CAROLINA RESIDENTS FIGHT FOR THEIR SURVIVAL AS BASIC GOODS BECOME SCARCEWitnesses reported that the airplane was attempting to land at the airport when the aircraft crashed and sparked a fire that caused the plane to burn, according to officials.The Kill Devil Hills Fire Department and other local fire departments helped to extinguish the flames, but there were no survivors.Campbell was a decorated lieutenant colonel assigned to the U.S. Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command at Fort Liberty, North Carolina, according to Stars and Stripes. He had about 19 years of active-duty service and served in Afghanistan during Operation Enduring Freedom in 2006.HURRICANE HELENE RELIEF: MULES HELPING TO BRING SUPPLIES TO RESIDENTS IN NORTH CAROLINAThe National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is investigating the crash, and the Federal Aviation Administration was notified.”We’re here to figure out what happened, why it happened and how we can prevent it from happening again,” NTSB investigator Ryan Enders told reporters Sunday.NTSB expects to release a preliminary crash report within 10 days, though the full investigation into what caused the crash could take between nine months and a year.The Wright Brothers National Memorial was constructed in the area where Wilbur and Orville Wright conducted “a series of experiments that three years later resulted in the world’s first heavier than air, powered controlled flight,” according to NPS.



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Julianne Hough isn’t letting the haters have the last word. The former “Dancing With the Stars” pro commented underneath her own Instagram video on Monday that she posted of herself doing a “spa day” in a bikini after some commenters claimed she looked “too thin” and “boney” and needed to “lighten up on the Ozempic.””I don’t usually address comments like this, but I’m going to say a few things about this video,” the 36-year-old wrote at the beginning of a lengthy post.”My body has never been healthier – I was full of inflammation in my 20’s and had a marker for an auto immune that I addressed and committed to over a year and a half ago,” she explained in the part of the comment addressing her weight. JULIANNE HOUGH EXPLAINS THE REASONS BEHIND HER BREAKUP WITH RYAN SEACRESTShe added that she has frozen her eggs in the last few years, “which also shifts the body fluctuation.””I’ve never been healthier or happier from the inside out,” she wrote. “Grief, loss. Sadness and fear also get stored in the body and we hold on to that in different ways. I made it a huge priority to accept, express, process and release a lot of emotions over the years.”APP USERS CLICK HERE FOR POSTTo commenters who claimed that her behavior in the video – in which she jumps on a trampoline and dances around while wearing a light mask – seemed odd, she wrote: “This playful side of me is the most authentic version.””I saw somewhere that when kids are the most playful and can be the most strange and weird versions of themselves it means they are the safest to do so. My playful goofy side is a reflection of how safe I feel in my own skin and with the people around me.””Everyone who is close to me knows this side of me means I am the most free in judgement of myself and from others,” Hough noted.LIKE WHAT YOU’RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSSELENA GOMEZ ADMITS LOSING ‘TEENAGER’S BODY’ LEFT HER ‘EMBARRASSED,’ LED TO BODY SHAMINGShe added that for fans who were “genuinely concerned because this is unusual for you to see, I understand that what you don’t understand feels unfamiliar and sometimes scary.””I’m going to continue feeling safe within myself regardless of the outpouring of your comments, and have fun with life which can be really heavy and challenging. So why not be playful and laugh and enjoy the journey instead of taking everything so seriously.”At the end of her comment she wrote: “Sending love, light and playful energy your way.” Hough also had plenty of defenders in the comments section.CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTER”Society begs for celebs to be real and show all of their sides… then when they do, you call them weird and ask for less,” one person argued. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPAnother person wrote: “Everyone so judgy. She’s in the shape of her life, she’s clearly LOVING life, and is wearing a BIKINI in warm weather… in water. Would you prefer she wear a snowsuit? Grow up, ladies. Your jealousy and tearing down of someone so joyful is not a good look on anyone.” 



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The civility between the candidates during the CBS News Vice Presidential Debate Tuesday may have been a “mistake” for Democrats, according to a CBS contributor.Former BET anchor Ed Gordon took part in a CBS News panel discussing the first and only debate between vice presidential candidates Ohio Republican Sen. JD Vance and Minnesota Democratic Gov. Tim Walz. Shortly after the debate concluded, the panel all remarked on how “cordial” and “surprisingly affable” the debate was.Gordon suggested the geniality could backfire for Democrats looking for Walz to fight back against Vance.VANCE, WALZ VICE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE ENDS WITH BOTH CANDIDATES TOUTING ‘NEW’ FUTURE”I think that the civility that we saw tonight may be a mistake by Democrats, quite frankly. I talked at the outset of energizing this base. I was just in Ohio, and many Democrats were livid about what’s going on in Springfield,” Gordon said.He continued, “I think Walz missed an opportunity to really push the racial insensitivity. There was a sense of trying to be affable…I think what we are going to see from this point on is civility being laid aside. And as we’ve said, from this point on, gloves are off, I think.”There was a contentious moment between Vance and CBS News moderators Margaret Brennan and Norah O’Donnell after they attempted to fact-check Vance’s comments on illegal immigrants in Springfield, Ohio. “Just to clarify for our viewers, Springfield, Ohio, does have a large number of Haitian migrants who have legal status, temporary protected status,” Brennan said.This was despite CBS previously announcing that it would not allow its moderators to take part in any live fact-checking or corrections during the debate.”The rules were that you guys weren’t going to fact-check,” Vance reminded them. “And since you are fact-checking me, I think it’s important to say what’s actually going on.”CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF MEDIA AND CULTUREThe moderators ended up muting his mic before moving on to another topic.”Senator, we have so much we have to get to, thank you so much for explaining the legal process,” Brennan said.CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP



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Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz faced backlash on social media after he defended an individual healthcare mandate during a back and forth with his counterpart, Republican Sen. JD Vance, in their first and only debate on Tuesday night. “The question about this of young people, whatever, that’s the individual mandate,” Walz said during a conversation on healthcare and the Affordable Care Act at the CBS News debate in New York City. “And Republicans fought tooth and nail saying Americans should be free to do this.”

Vance then interjected, asking, “Tim do you think the individual mandate is a good idea?”

“I think the idea of making sure the risk pool is broad enough to cover everyone — that’s the only way insurance works. When it doesn’t, it collapses. You are asking pre- ACA where we get people out. Look, people know that they need to be on health care. People expect it to be there.”BIDEN-HARRIS ADMIN HAS ‘FAILED’ REPEATEDLY ON HEALTH CARE: ANALYSISWalz went on to say that the ACA “works” but we can “continue to do better.”Walz’s comments defending the individual mandate drew criticism on social media, with people pointing out that it was repealed during the Trump administration.”We eliminated an especially cruel tax that fell mostly on Americans making less than $50,000 a year — forcing them to pay tremendous penalties simply because they could not afford government-ordered health plans,” Trump told an audience during the 2018 State of the Union Address.”We repealed the core of disastrous Obamacare — the individual mandate is now gone,” he added.7 REASONS TO FEAR KAMALA HARRIS’ RADICAL ‘MEDICARE-FOR-ALL’ SCHEMES”Tim Walz just endorsed reinstating the Obamacare mandate which was a massive tax penalty for Americans who can’t afford to buy insurance,” GOP Sen. Tom Cotton posted on X. “Oh my god, Walz defending the individual mandate,” journalist Josh Barro posted on X. “Does he know there isn’t one anymore?””Tim Walz doubles down on his support for Obamacare’s individual mandate tax, by far the least popular part of Obamacare,” Americans for Tax Reform Director Mike Palicz posted on X.”This would violate Kamala’s pledge not to raise taxes on anyone earning less than $400K. Trump Tax Cuts repealed the hated individual mandate tax.”During the debate, Vance argued, “Donald Trump has said that if we allow states to experiment a little bit on how to cover both the chronically ill, but the non-chronically ill, it’s not just a plan. He actually implemented some of these regulations when he was President of the United States. And I think you can make a really good argument that it salvaged Obamacare, which was doing disastrously until Donald Trump came along.”Fox News Digital reported Monday that Walz has previously voiced his support for single-payer government-run healthcare.”I think that’s probably the path where we end up,” Walz said in a 2018 debate while running for governor when asked, “Are you for single-payer?””And I say that because, be very clear about this, there were no protections for preexisting conditions before the ACA,” Walz continued. “A vote for the ACA was the first time in this nation’s history we had those protections and making sure people have that protection, making sure they were covered, and then making sure we were focused on preventative care, people were finally getting that under the ACA, we started to see health outcomes improve and that’s the real key to driving down insurance premium prices.”



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