Eyeing the Wine? Here's How to Stay Motivated for the Rest of Dry January

Photo: Getty Twelve days down, 19 to go! There’s still a couple weeks to go, so here’s some motivation from our experts to encourage you. You’re Doing This for Your Health A break from alcoholisgood for your health — that’s not a myth. Taking just a month off has “multiple physiologic benefits, from sleeping better to having reduced cholesterol and lower glucose levels, lower blood pressure, weight loss and loss of fat from the liver,” says Dr....

March 16, 2025 · 4 min · 822 words · Kristen Davis

Fact-Checking Trump: Can Abortions Really Happen on the 'Final Day' of Pregnancy?

When you purchase through liaison on our site , we may earn an affiliate commission . Here ’s how it works . At last night ’s presidential debate , Donald Trump say abortions could happen " on the final day " of a pregnancy if Hillary Clinton becomes president , but expert say this is very improbable and does not accurately reflect the reality of miscarriage in the United States ....

March 16, 2025 · 5 min · 1012 words · Lori Martin

Faith Healer Parents Plead Guilty in the Death of Baby After They Chose Prayer Over Medical Help

Photo: Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office (2) Theparents of an infant twin girl who died hours after her birthin 2017 pled guilty on Monday. The couple, Sarah Mitchell, 25, and Travis Lee Mitchell, 22, pled guilty to negligent homicide and criminal mistreatment in thedeath of their daughter Gennifer Mitchell, according to the Associated Press. Sarah did not know she was expecting twins or when she was due as she did not have any prenatal care....

March 16, 2025 · 3 min · 517 words · Rebekah Weiss

Families Struggle 3 Years After Florida Teens Lost at Sea: 'There Is No Healing Process'

Unending mourning, ongoing legal battles and bittersweet celebration mark the third anniversary this week of thedisappearance of two Florida teenagersinto the Atlantic waters off Jupiter Inlet. On the morning of July 24, 2015, longtime friends Austin Stephanos and Perry Cohen boarded Austin’s 19-foot 1978 SeaCraft and set out for a fishing excursion, but never returned. “It’s so hard to put into words,” Austin’s father, Blu Stephanos, told PEOPLE. “Losing a child is the most unnatural thing that can happen and we’re doing the best we can....

March 16, 2025 · 5 min · 865 words · Harold Patrick

Family Discovers New Va. Home Was a Plantation Where Their Ancestors Were Enslaved: 'Heart-Wrenching'

When Air Force veteran Fred Miller bought a home in southern Virginia two years ago, he had no idea of the tragic link his family already shared with the property. In a60 Minutesinterview that aired Sunday, Miller, who is Black, recalled how he and his family discovered the Pittsylvania County home he purchased in May 2020 had been a 1,300-acre plantation known as Sharswood in the 1800s. Though he lives in California, Miller grew up down the road from the Virginia property, which he would walk past with family members during his childhood....

March 16, 2025 · 3 min · 442 words · Adrian Wilkins

Family Who Were Allegedly at the Center of a Violent Fight at Disneyland Face Multiple Charges

Three adults, who were allegedly involved in the violentfamily brawlthat took place at Disneyland’s Toontown earlier this month, are facing multiple charges after footage of the horrific incident went viral on the internet. Avery Desmond-Edwinn Robinson, 35, has been charged with five felonies and nine misdemeanors, the Orange County District Attorney’s Officeannounced in a press releaseTuesday. Avery allegedly attacked his sister, brother-in-law and girlfriend at the park, endangering his child and three other children who were at Disneyland with the family, according to the release....

March 16, 2025 · 3 min · 515 words · Daniel Moore

Fans Clap Back at Bow Wow for Body Shaming Wendy Williams

Wendy Williams’fans are sticking up for her. Sharing a photo of Williams, 55, on the beach in a black bikini, Bow Wow (née Shad Moss), 32, threw a jab at her in the caption, writing, “They say its a hot girl summer,” along with several emojis that indicated he was mocking her appearance. “When u failed as a rapper so you gotta turn to making fun of older (more successful) women on the TL,”one Twitter user repliedto the rapper....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 358 words · Andrew Hernandez

FDA Announces Ban on Fruit and Mint E-Cigarette Flavors That Appeal to Kids

Photo: Brianna Soukup/Portland Press Herald/Getty The Food and Drug Administration has announced a new policy to limit the access young people have to vaping products in the United States. On Thursday, the FDA announced that starting in 30 days, they would begin enforcing a ruleprohibiting sales of “flavored, cartridge-based” e-cigarette products— which includes fruit and mint flavors — with the exception of tobacco and menthol. In November, findings from the2019 National Youth Tobacco Surveyshowed that over 5 million middle and high school-aged children use e-cigarettes, with the majority of respondents indicating a preference for cartridge-based products....

March 16, 2025 · 3 min · 452 words · Kelly Brown

FDA Makes Regulatory Change That Will Allow Retail Pharmacies to Offer Abortion Pills

Photo: File: Getty According toThe New York Times,the updated FDA mandatewill allow pharmacies that agree to certain criteria to dispose the abortion pill mifepristone with a prescription order from a certified healthcare provider. Politico adds that pharmacies in states that have near-total abortion banswould not be able to participate. “The FDA determined that removal of the in-person dispensing requirement and the addition of the requirement for certification for pharmacies were necessary to minimize the burden on the health care delivery system of complying with the [agency’s Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy], while still ensuring that the benefits of mifepristone for medical abortion outweigh the risks,” he explained....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 393 words · James Powell

Fertility Doctor, 80, Loses License for Inseminating at Least 11 Women with His Own Sperm

Photo: Media for Medical/Universal Images Group via Getty Canadian medical authorities revoked the license of a fertility doctor who inseminated at least 11 womenwith his own spermandused the incorrect spermto impregnate between 50 and 100 patients. The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario said that Dr. Norman Barwin, 80, is “incompetent,” and that his actions were “beyond reprehensible.” The claims against Barwin, who worked at Ottawa General Hospital and an Ottawa clinic, span years,with some going back to the 1970s....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 313 words · Courtney Turner

Film Reels of Classic Movies Are Absolutely Gorgeous

Austrian photographerReiner Riedlercreated his pic series ‘ The Unseen Seen ’ by snapping shots of the film reels of noted picture show . They ’re drip utterly gorgeous and somehow uniquely unlike from each other . It ’s like stick the feel for a movie from just looking at the compounding of colors in its spool . I want to attend these photographs up as graphics . Riedler gain access to an incredible archive of moving picture reels from The Deutsche Kinemathek in Berlin ....

March 16, 2025 · 1 min · 205 words · Michael Richard

Firefighters Create Unique Rescue Plan to Save Dog That Fell 40 Ft Down Well

Photo: Prairietown Fire Department Two Illinois fire departments joined forces this week to save a dog that had fallen down a well. A pup named Rico had been walking from his owners' house to a neighbor’s on Monday when he accidentally fell down a 40-foot well, the Prairietown Fire Department said on Facebook Tuesday. Firefighters dropped everything to save Rico and called in help from the neighboring county to create a plan to get him out of the deep hole....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 259 words · Scott Salazar

First Look! See Renée Zellweger's Amazing Transformation Into Judy Garland for New Movie

For her upcoming movieJudy,Renée Zellweger, 50, completely transforms herself into Hollywood legend Judy Garland and PEOPLE has an exclusive first look. To prepare for the role, the Oscar winner took music lessons, studied choreography and read up about the actress and singer, who shot to fame in 1939 when she played Dorothy inThe Wizard of Ozbut struggled later in life. For more on Zellweger, pick up this week’s issue of PEOPLE on newsstands Friday....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 217 words · Mr. Duane Black