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Photo: Getty You know that petting your dog feels good, now science is backing you up. “Just 10 minutes can have a significant impact,” Patricia Pendry, an associate professor in WSU’s Department of Human Development, said in a statement. “Students in our study that interacted with cats and dogs had a significant reduction in cortisol, a major stress hormone.” The first group was immediately allowed to lovingly handle and play with cats and dogs for 10 minutes in a casual setting, while the second group had to watch others play with the animals....

Photo: Ographr Beverley Mitchellknows that nothing’s sweeter watching your kid celebrate a birthday! The 7th Heaven alum helped her sonHutton Michael, who turned 4 on Monday, ring in his next year of life in style with a sweet-themed birthday party held atMeri Cherry Art Studioin Tarzana, California. “Hutton has the biggest sweet tooth so we decided to make it asweetparty,” the actress, 38, tells PEOPLE, sharing exclusive photos of the sugar-laden bash....

Photo: Facebook Fours hours after exiting the car with the air conditioner blowing, Barker returned to find her daughter, Cheyenne Hyer, unresponsive. The child was rushed to a hospital; officials said her body temperature topped 107 degrees. She died from heatstroke. On Monday, Barker was sentenced to 20 years afterpleading guiltyto manslaughter in the 2016 incident, leading the 3-year-old’s father, Ryan Hyer, who was separated from Barker, tomourn the loss of the girl as his “innocent angel....

Photo: Kevin Dietsch/Getty The Supreme Court is set to vote to overturn the historicRoe v. Wadecase that established the right to abortionaccording toPolitico, which says it obtained a “majority draft opinion” of the decision. The draft document, labeled as the “Opinion of the Court,” also says, “It is time to heed the Constitution and return the issue of abortion to the people’s elected representatives.” A decision to overturnRoeseemed likely when the conservative-leaning Supreme Court decided in December to take up a lawsuit over Mississippi’s ban on abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy....

Photo:Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/Getty; Beatriz Ryder/Getty Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/Getty; Beatriz Ryder/Getty Griffin Colapinto’s surfing? More than “alright, alright, alright.” This year, the 25-year-old professional surfer has been tearing up the competition on the World Surf League’s Championship Tour sincetopping the world rankingsafter his win at the Surf Ranch Pro in May. Now, Colapinto — who became the first surfer, and second athlete overall to qualify for the2024 U.S. Olympic team— is gearing up for his chance at securing a World Title, and tells about PEOPLE a memorable moment from a familiar face in Hollywood that “psyched” him up along the way....

Tara Grinstead.Photo: Georgia Bureau of Investigation Last Friday, a Georgia jury acquitted Ryan Duke of the 2005 killing of popular high school teacherTara Grinstead— a crime he confessed to in 2017 within 90 seconds of walking into the Ocilla police station, only to recant the confession. Online court records confirm that Duke, 36, was found not guilty ofmalice and felony murder. Duke was also found not guilty of aggravated assault and burglary....

Photo: Uncredited/AP/REX/Shutterstock Jose Gilberto Rodriguez, 46, was arrested after a tipster reported seeing a suspicious vehicle that turned out to belong to one of Rodriguez’s alleged victims. He is expected to face three capital murder charges,theHouston Chroniclereports. Police say the first of Rodriguez’s fatal victims was 62-year-old Pamela Johnson, killed in her northwest Harris County home on Friday night. A review of mall surveillance video allegedly showed Rodriguez leaving the vehicle behind....

Dresseldominated the 100-meter butterflyat the World Championships in Gwangju, South Korea, on July 26, touching in during a semifinal heat at 49.50 seconds, shattering Phelps’ record of 49.82 seconds which he set 2009. “It was pretty special,” the Florida native tells PEOPLE in a new interview. “I know it was just a semifinal swim, but to have my name put down for a little point in time through the history of the sport of swimming, to have that one moment where you’re the greatest or the best … it was special for me to be able to share that with my mom and dad up in the stands, [I’ve] never done that before....

T-Painproved that all he does is win when he took home the golden mask onThe Masked Singer!“I feel like there’s been a weight lifted off my shoulders and now that everyone knows what I can do, I feel like it’s giving me a second win,” the singer, 33, told PEOPLE about hisWednesday nightvictory over fellow performersGladys Knight and Donny Osmond.Since the rapper became widely known in the early aughts, when he topped the Billboard Hot 100 list with songs likeBuy U A DrankandBartender, many fans have associated his music with Auto-Tune....

Tamar Braxtonis determined to surround herself with positivity, one year aftersurviving a suicide attempt. The former reality star and host of the podcastUnder Construction with Tamaris opening up about the July 16, 2020 incident and how she’s moving forward from it. At the time, Braxton, 44, was home with her son Logan (then 7, whom she shares with her ex-husband, music executive Vincent Herbert) and her then-boyfriend, financial consultantDavid Adefeso, who found her unresponsive, and she was rushed to the hospital....

Nearly a year after ending her nine-year marriage andfiling for divorcefrom ex Vince Herbert,Tamar Braxtonhas found love again. TheTamar & Vincereality star, 41, has been playing coy about her new relationship on social media as of late, but she’s finally revealing details about her boyfriend. In a PEOPLE exclusive sneak peek at Braxton’s Thursday interview during the season 10 premiere week onTheWendy WilliamsShow, she gushes about him publicly for the first time....

Photo: Prince Williams/ Getty; Tamar Estine/Instagram Tamar Braxtonis opening up about a health-related emergency she experienced amid the holiday season. “Yall, I have the FLU 🤦🏽‍♀️ and let me tell u it’s worse than COVID in my opinion,” she explained. “I’m on 5 different medications 😩..please be careful.. I wasn’t around a lot people and have NO IDEA where it came from.. enjoy y’all holiday AT HOME.. u don’t want this🤦🏽‍♀️ ....

Tamera Mowry-Housley‘sThe Realco-hosts are sending messages of love and support in the wake of thedeath of her niece,Alaina Housley, in the California mass shooting on Wednesday night. After Alaina’s death was confirmed Thursday afternoon, Tamera’s co-hosts took to social media to offer their condolences. Sharing a photo of Alaina on Instagram, Loni Love asked fans to send their positive thoughts to other families who lost loved ones in the shooting....