Tyra Banks Praises 'Perfect Choice' Julianne Hough as 'Dancing with the Stars' Replacement: 'A Family Affair'

Photo: Noam Galai/Getty Images; Gilbert Flores/Variety via Getty Images Tyra Banksjust gave her stamp of approval toDancing with the StarsreplacementJulianne Hough. Banks acknowledged that “the businesswoman in mesees how Julianne is greaton multiple levels” for the co-hosting gig. “She’s a perfect choice! She’s gonna crush it,” she added. “I think it’s time to graduate from the dance floor to the stock market floor … from the ballroom to the boardroom,” she continued....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 231 words · Vanessa Richards

Tyre Nichols' Last 3 Words Were, 'Mom, Mom. Mom,' Says Lawyer, as Family Calls for Peaceful Protests

Tyre Nichols.Photo: Adrian Sainz/AP/Shutterstock While five Memphis police officers were allegedly beating him to death,Tyre Nicholsused his final words to cry out for his mother, family attorney Benjamin Crump said at a Friday press conference. “He calls out three times for his mother. His last words on this earth are ‘Mom, Mom, Mom.’ He’s screaming for her,” Crump said. “He said, ‘I just wanna go home.'” Around 8:30 pm on Jan....

March 16, 2025 · 4 min · 650 words · Darren Willis DVM

U of Houston Basketball Player Reggie Chaney Dead at 23 After Helping Team to NCAA Final Four Last Year

Reggie Chaney #32 of the Houston Cougars in action against the UCF Knights during the second half of a game at Fertitta Center on January 17, 2021 in Houston, Texas.Photo:Carmen Mandato/Getty Carmen Mandato/Getty Reggie Chaney, a former basketball star for the University of Houston, died unexpectedly at 23 on Monday, according to multiple reports. Information about his cause of death has not been made available. A fundraising page has been set up onGoFundMeto cover the costs of Chaney’s funeral expenses....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 384 words · Scott Jenkins

U.K. Politician Defends Two Senior Royals Named amid Royal Book Controversy

Kate Middleton, Prince William, King Charles and Queen Camilla in Edinburgh, Scotland, on July 5, 2023.Photo:Lesley Martin - Pool/Getty Lesley Martin - Pool/Getty A U.K. politician is speaking out in support of the two senior royal family members at the center of aroyal book controversy. Tom Tugendhat, a minister in the U.K. government, praised the “dignity” and “grace” ofKing CharlesandKate Middletonafter the Dutch version of Omid Scobie’s bookEndgamereportedly identified them as the two royals who allegedly made remarks about how dark the skin color ofMeghan MarkleandPrince Harry’s son Prince Archie would be before he was born....

March 16, 2025 · 3 min · 623 words · Janet Anderson

U.S. Forgives $5.8 Billion in Student Loans for Corinthian Colleges Students

Photo: Al Seib / Los Angeles Times via Getty TheU.S. Department of Educationwill forgive all outstandingloansfor students who attended Corinthian Colleges, which was one of the country’s largest for-profit education companies before it suddenly closed in 2015. On Wednesday, the Department of Educationannouncedit plans to cancel nearly $5.8 billion in remaining loans for 560,000 borrowers who enrolled in Corinthian programs before the college chain’s collapse. The loan forgiveness is the largest amount of debt the federal government has erased in one action, according to the Department of Education’s press release....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 348 words · Renee Jackson

UF Basketball Star Keyontae Johnson Helping to 'Coach' Team After Collapsing on Court Two Weeks Ago

Keyontae Johnson.Photo: Matt Stamey/AP/Shutterstock University of Florida Gators basketball starKeyontae Johnsonis slowly easing back onto the court after collapsing during a game earlier this month. Florida coach Mike White told reporters this week that the 21-year-old player has rejoined the team following his release from the hospital, 10 days after collapsing on the court on Dec. 12. But Johnson isn’t participating in drills or games just yet, White said, and instead, he’s on the sidelines helping the coaching staff....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 310 words · Jessica Moran

Ukrainian Oleksandra Zubal Shares the Story Behind Viral Photo with Her Daughter amid Russian Invasion

Photo: OleksandraZubal/Twitter On Thursday night, Oleksandra Zubal captured a vulnerable moment next to her sleeping daughter amid airstrikes in Lviv, a city in western Ukraine. She posted the photo to Twitter, captioning it, “My daughter and I surviving the night in Ukraine. We are real people at war with crazy dictator and we need the world’s support right now.” By Friday afternoon, the post went viral and got over 555,000 likes....

March 16, 2025 · 4 min · 768 words · Kristin Williams

United Airlines Is Changing the Boarding Order on Its Planes: Who Will Benefit and Why It Should Save Time

Photo:LOGAN CYRUS/AFP via Getty LOGAN CYRUS/AFP via Getty United Airlines is changing up the way passengers board its planes — and those in window seats may take priority. Here’s everything you need to know. What is the benefit of this plan? WILMA will help cut down on the amount of times passengers who are already seated need to get up in the aisle to let others in, per the memo....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 349 words · Austin Smith

Universal Officially Reveals Plans for a New Theme Park — and It's Not in Florida or California

Photo: UniversalUniversal has announced plans for a new theme park that is “unlike any other in the world,” according to apress releaseshared Wednesday.The park will include a “lush green landscape” with “immersive themed lands” designed for young children and families. With additional space planned for future expansions.But unlike its current theme park offerings — includingUniversal Studios Hollywoodnear Los Angeles,Universal Studios Floridaand Islands of Adventure in Orlando (andpreviously revealed future parks) — the new resort will not be located in Southern California or Florida....

March 16, 2025 · 7 min · 1488 words · Jane Howard

University of Utah Student, 23, Disappears Shortly After Taking Lyft Ride from Airport

Photo: Salt Lake City Police Department Police in Salt Lake City are searching for a 23-year-old University of Utah student who vanished shortly after taking a Lyft ride from the airport a week ago. MacKenzie Lueck flew into the Salt Lake City Airport in the early hours of Monday, June 17, and called a Lyft to an address in North Salt Lake, the Salt Lake City Police Departmentsaid. TheSalt Lake Tribunereports Lueck had been in her native California to attend her grandmother’s funeral before she texted her parents around 1 a....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 370 words · Ashley Leonard

Unlicensed Midwife Charged with Homicide After Nebraska Baby Dies Following Botched Home Birth

Photo: Douglas County Jail An unlicensed midwife who billed herself as a “birthing professional” has been charged with homicide after unsuccessfully attempting to help a pregnant woman give birth to her breech daughter. Angela Hock, 36, was booked into the Douglas County Jail in Nebraska on Wednesday and charged with negligent child abuse resulting in death,online recordsshow. RELATED VIDEO: Mich. Parents Allegedly Refused Medical Treatment for Newborn Who Died: ‘God Makes No Mistakes’...

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 341 words · Megan Harrell

Usher Opens Up About Co-Parenting While Raising Child with Type 1 Diabetes: 'It Is Very Complicated' (Exclusive)

Usher.Photo:Sanofi Sanofi WhenUsherand ex-wife Tameka Foster found out thatone of his childrenhadType 1 diabetesyears ago, it changed everything. “From the moment that Type 1 diabetes was a conversation, it was a re-acclimation to life. The life that we knew changed,” the Grammy winner, 45, says of the chronic condition in which the pancreas fails to produce sufficient insulin for the body, often requiring insulin injections to help maintain normal blood sugar levels....

March 16, 2025 · 3 min · 472 words · Ronald Stewart

USWNT's Sophia Smith Dedicates World Cup Goal to Late Teammate Katie Meyer: 'We Just Want to Honor Her'

Sophia Smith.Photo:Robin Alam/USSF/Getty Robin Alam/USSF/Getty After Sophia Smith netted her second goal of theU.S. Women’s National Team’s 3-0 victory over Vietnamon Friday, she and teammate Naomi Girma knew what to do. Smith, 22, took her fingers to her mouth and made a “zip-your-lip” motion with her hand, rehashing their late Stanford teammate Katie Meyer’s viral celebration from their 2019 NCAA College Cup win. “That was for Katie,” Smith told reporters after the game, according toESPN....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 415 words · Melissa Campbell