Olympian Tori Bowie Was Found Dead During Wellness Check at Her Home, No Foul Play Suspected

The department said that officers arrived at her home on Bowman Drive on Tuesday afternoon to “conduct a well-being check of a woman in her 30s who had not been seen or heard from in several days.” After deputies entered the home, they discovered and identified Bowie, full name Frentorish ‘Tori’ Bowie, who was reportedly “found dead” at the residence, per the department’s statement. The department said there were “no signs of foul play,” but that any additional information on Bowie’s cause of death will “need to come from” the medical examiner’s office....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 305 words · Matthew Underwood

Olympic Boxer Regrets Putting Silver Medal in Pocket While on Podium but Admits, 'I Feel Like a Failure'

Photo: BUDA MENDES/POOL/AFP via Getty Heartbroken British boxer Ben Whittaker said he regretted taking off his silver medal while on the podium at theTokyo Olympics. The 24-year-old faced off against Cuban boxer Arlen Lopez in the light heavyweight final in Japan on Wednesday, missing out on the gold medal after four of the five judges scored in Lopez’s favor,ESPNreported. Though he still earned a place on the podium, a visibly disappointed Whittaker removed his silver medal from around his neck and instead placed it in his pocket and cried, according toBBC....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 368 words · Bradley Collier

Olympic Gymnast Suni Lee Opens Up About Being Diagnosed with Incurable Kidney Disease

Suni Lee attends Glamour’s 2022 Women of the Year Awards on Nov. 1.Photo:Dimitrios Kambouris/GettySuni Leeis opening up about a difficult health challenge she’s facing as she sets her sights on the2024 Olympics.Earlier this year, the gymnast, 20, wasdiagnosed with an incurable kidney diseasethat forced her to cut short her final NCAA gymnastics season with Auburn University and put her training on pause for the last six months.In a new interview withSELFmagazine,Lee detailed how her illness unfolded....

March 16, 2025 · 12 min · 2494 words · Madison Henry

Operation ResCUTE Is Saving Shelter Dogs One Adorable Stuffed Animal at a Time

Photo: AmazonOperation ResCUTE is here to save shelter pets, and they found the most adorable way to do it:stuffed animal and book sets.Each Operation ResCUTE stuffed animal is designed to look like a real rescue dog who beat the odds with a little help from some kind humans, and the children’s book that comes with each plush tells the story of how that canine was rescued — plus, the amazing things the dog has done since they were saved....

March 16, 2025 · 4 min · 693 words · Heather Bell

Oprah's Best Friend Gayle King Reveals the Unique Way She Was Behind the 'You Get a Car' Giveaway

Oprah Winfreyhad a little help from a friend in pulling off her most memorable on-air stunt. In the debut episode ofPEOPLE’sPop Cultured,Gayle Kingrecalls the chance encounter in an airport with a Pontiac executive that lead to the iconic “You get a car!” giveaway on a 2004 episode ofTheOprah WinfreyShow. “I was at an airport, minding my own business,” King, 67, explains. “A guy walks up to me — and I’ll call him Larry — [and said,] ‘We’re really interested in giving a car to the show....

March 16, 2025 · 3 min · 587 words · Willie West

Original 'Wicked' Stars Kristin Chenoweth and Idina Menzel Look Back on Show's 15th Anniversary

Chenoweth, 50, and Menzel, 47, were last back together in 2016, when they performed a duet from the show for the first time since they hung up their broom and wand after the 2004 Tony Awards. Wickedopened on Broadway on Oct. 30, 2003, and has gone on to become a cultural phenomenon — winning over 100 international awards (including three Tonys) and earning over $4.6 billion in global sales, with performances in over 100 cities across 16 countries around the world....

March 16, 2025 · 5 min · 909 words · Deborah Evans

Orlando Bloom Corrects the Misspelled Tattoo of His Son's Name in Morse Code: 'Finally Dot It Right'

Second time’s the charm! Orlando Bloomis showing off an amended version of the tattoo he got in his son Flynn’s honor — that initially featured the 9-year-old’s name spelled wrong. “Finally dot it right!” Bloom, 43, jokingly captioned an Instagram slideshow, of himself holding up his arm to show the correct morse code spelling of his son’s moniker. “How do you make a mistake like that? #pinterestfail (read the small print) ?...

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 346 words · Elaine Sanchez

Orlando Bloom Jokingly Accuses Birthday Girl Katy Perry of Being 'Thirsty' for Justin Bieber

Photo: Katy Perry/InstagramOrlando Bloomcan’t go an entire day without teasing girlfriendKaty Perry— not even on her birthday!Ahead of turning 34 on Thursday, thepop star posted a series of Instagrams of herselfWednesday night — sporting a neon leopard dress, matching eyeliner and silver boots — posing with a poster ofJustin Bieber. In an especially scandalous one, she’s caressingthe newlywed‘s chest.“teen idol/american idol,” she captioned the shots.The seductive vibe of the photos didn’t escape her boyfriend, 41, who promptly commented, “Thirsty....

March 16, 2025 · 4 min · 696 words · James Garcia

Oscars 2022 by the Numbers: 120 Musicians, 80 Dancers — and 14,000 COVID Tests

A lot is going into the 94th annualAcademy Awards. Teasing 2022’s reinvigorated show, producer Will Packer toldThe Hollywood Reporterof his philosophy, “You need something other than just a chance to see stars. We have to make a show that is entertaining and appeals to a broad swath of the viewing public. My approach is to bring everybody together around the idea of a love for cinema.” This year is the first timethe Oscarshave an all-Black producing team....

March 16, 2025 · 3 min · 546 words · Tina Cruz

Over $1B in 'Knock-Off’ Handbags, Shoes and ‘Luxury Products’ Seized in Record Federal Bust

The goods in one of the storage units in New York City.Photo:U.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern District of New York U.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern District of New York On Wednesday, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York announced they had seized approximately 219,000 counterfeit bags, clothes, shoes, and other luxury items from a New York City storage facility. Per apress releasefrom the attorney’s office, the goods had a total worth of approximately $1....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 271 words · Linda Rubio

P.K. Subban Says He's 'Excited' to Focus on Hockey After His Split from Ex-Fiancée Lindsey Vonn

P.K. Subban and Lindsey Vonn.Photo: Jamie McCarthy/Getty P.K. Subbanknows that inquiring minds are curious about his recent split from fiancéeLindsey Vonn— but he also knows that as a prominent athlete, that just comes with the territory. The New Jersey Devils defenseman, 31, addressed theend of his engagementfor the first time since he and Vonn called it quits last month, andtold NJ.comthat he doesn’t plan to dwell on being a topic of conversation....

March 16, 2025 · 3 min · 476 words · Ricardo Hall MD

Pa. Couple Charged in Connection With Murder of Man Found Dead on Roadside

Justin Green and Brooke Pullin.Photo:Cambria County Cambria County A Pennsylvania couple is facing multiple charges after police say they connected them to a man found dead on the side of a road. Justin Green, 41, and Brooke Pullin, 30, of Johnstown are currently behind bars, both facing charges including abuse of a corpse and tampering with physical evidence, while Green has also been charged with criminal homicide, according toWTAJ,WJAC-6andCBS News....

March 16, 2025 · 3 min · 427 words · Jordan Owens

Pa. Nurse Charged with Killing 2 Patients Confesses to 19 Other Attempted Murders, Say Police

A former Pennsylvania nurse, who was arrested in May on homicide and other charges, has confessed to trying to kill 19 other people, according to authorities. On Thursday, the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office announced dozens of new charges against Heather Pressdee, 41, who was previously accused of having prescribed excessive amounts of insulin to patients, ultimately killing two patients and hospitalizing a third. “Today, the Office of Attorney General filed charges regarding mistreatment of 19 additional patients at five different care facilities between 2020 and this year,” a November 2press releaseread....

March 16, 2025 · 3 min · 582 words · Rodney Roman