New 'Jeopardy!' Champ Was Going Through Breast Cancer Treatments While Auditioning for the Show

Photo: JeopardyChristine Whelchel has come a long way in just a year.The Spring Hill, Tennessee resident is the newestJeopardy!champion and won $34,000 in her first game, which aired Wednesday night. But she has even more to celebrate. As Whelchel told host Ken Jennings, she’s now “cancer-free"after undergoing treatmentfor breast cancer while she auditionedfor the show.“I was diagnosed in March of 2021, and one of the first things I did a couple of weeks after being diagnosed was take theJeopardy!...

March 16, 2025 · 4 min · 775 words · Todd Collins

New Cast Member Bre Tiesi Says She's 'Bringing My Full Personality' to 'Selling Sunset' Season 6

Photo: Marcus AmarBre Tiesi is ready to bring everything she has toSelling Sunset.The model and real estate agent is set tojoin the castofNetflix’s hit reality show, which follows the drama-filled lives of the luxury real estate agents at the Oppenheim Group in Los Angeles"I’m a whole personality," Tiesi tells PEOPLE. “For anyone that’s followed me, they know I’m a hate it or love it kind of gal. I’m definitely bringing my full personality....

March 16, 2025 · 5 min · 1036 words · Julian Jones

New Jersey Man, 81, Had Tumor Size of Soccer Ball Removed from His Neck

Photo: Mount Sinai Health System in NYCOne New Jersey man can now rest easy following the successful removal of a large growth from his neck.Milton Wingert, 81, had been pursuing medical attention for six months — hoping to be rid of the tumor that eventually amassed to the size of a regulation soccer ball — before he found Dr. Nazir Khan.A surgeon at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City,specializing in“medical and surgical management of benign head and neck tumors,” Khan took on the patient who had been searching for the right doctor to perform the procedure....

March 16, 2025 · 5 min · 1058 words · Kyle Beard

New Jersey Rescuers Save 'Gentle' Senior Dog Abandoned Outside on a Short Chain in the Cold

Rescued dog.Photo: Monmouth County SPCA Rescuers are caring for a 10-year-old Rottweiler they found left outside a house in Neptune Township, New Jersey, on a short chain with no food or water. According to a Facebook post from Monmouth County SPCA, which is now caring for the canine, the Neptune Township Police Departmentfound the neglected dog, Coco, over Christmas weekend. Police officers contacted Monmouth County SPCA’s animal control division for assistance helping the dog....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 270 words · Tyler Williamson

New Marilyn Manson Accuser Files Lawsuit Claiming Years of Sexual Violence That Began at 16

Marilyn Manson.Photo: Kurt Krieger - Corbis/Corbis via Getty “This lawsuit goes beyond the named predator and targets the record labels that packaged and profited from their artist’s criminal behavior, and it is an indictment of the music industry for maintaining a culture that celebrates, protects, and enables sexual predators,” said attorney Karen Barth Menzies in a press release. Jane Doe alleges she attended one of Warner’s concerts and she met him after the show....

March 16, 2025 · 3 min · 591 words · Anthony Baker

New Species of Venomous Spider That Ambushes Prey from Underneath 'Trap Door' Found at Miami Zoo

The Pine Rockland Trapdoor Spider.Photo: Zoo Miami Scientists have discovered a new species of a venomous spider in Florida, close to 10 years after it was initially spotted in a forest surrounding Miami’s zoo. In apress release on April 14, Zoo Miami announced that their staff had helped officially identify a new species of large spider called the Pine Rockland Trapdoor Spider. At the time, the zookeeper snapped a photo of the spider and shared it with the Zoo’s Conservation and Research Department in hopes of identifying it, but the zoo said the spider “never matched any existing records for known species in the region....

March 16, 2025 · 3 min · 634 words · Gail Martinez

New Year, New Hair! 'SNL' 's Bowen Yang Debuts Bleached Look

Bowen Yang.Photo: James N Scully/Instagram Bowen Yangis kicking off the new year with a new look! TheSaturday Night Livestar, 31, showed off his freshly bleached locks on Instagram Sunday, sharing a silly selfie in which his eyes are half open. “Normative queer semiotics would suggest that i am _________ but they would be wrong,” Yang wrote in the caption, going on to credit N.Y.C.-based hairstylistYu Nakatafor his new ‘do....

March 16, 2025 · 3 min · 437 words · Carolyn Smith

New Zealand Announces Ban on Assault Rifles & Military-Style Semi-Automatic Weapons After Massacre

Less than a week after a gunman attacked two mosques in New Zealand andkilled 50 people,Prime MinisterJacinda Ardernhas officially announced the ban of all assault rifles and military-style semi-automatic guns. Ardern made the announcement on Thursday local time during a press conference at Parliament, just six days after New Zealand’s worst mass shooting in history. “I absolutely believe there will be a common view amongst New Zealanders, those who use guns for legitimate purposes, and those who have never touched one, that the time for the mass and easy availability of these weapons must end....

March 16, 2025 · 4 min · 752 words · Jasmine Bradley

Newest 'Bringing Up Bates' Babies Meet for Adorable Photo Shoot: 'So Sweet'

Photo: Josie Balka/Instagram Now presenting the newest generation ofBringing Up Bates! On Monday,Tori Bates,Josie BatesandWhitney Batesgot together for a sweet photo shoot with their newest babies, who were all born in June. “Photos with the three newest babies for @bringingupbates💕,” Josie, 21, writes. Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 234 words · Timothy Hawkins

NFL Postpones 3 Games Due to COVID Surge as League Implements New Protocols

TheNFLhas been forced to postpone three Week 15 games amid aCOVID-19surge and the emergingomicron variant.In astatementreleased Friday, the league announced that Saturday’s game between the Las Vegas Raiders and the Cleveland Browns has been moved to Monday, and Sunday’s Washington Football Team-Philadelphia Eagles and Seattle Seahawks-Los Angeles Rams games have been pushed for Tuesday.The rescheduling comesafter around 100 players tested positive for COVID-19during a three-day span earlier this week, a record number of cases for the season, the NFL reported Wednesday....

March 16, 2025 · 4 min · 781 words · Kimberly Edwards

NFL Star LeSean McCoy Accused of Leaving His Ex-Girlfriend Bloody & Beaten in Viral Instagram Photo

NFL player LeSean “Shady” McCoy has been accused of being responsible for a violent attack on his former girlfriend. The legal firm representing Cordon said in a statement to PEOPLE that she was attacked at around 3am Tuesday morning as she slept in the Georgia home that she shares with the football star. The pair is currently estranged. Taylor Hill/Getty; Courtesy The Law Office of Tanya Mitchell Graham, P.C. The man allegedly demanded a number of specific pieces of jewelry and when he could not get bracelets off her wrist he pistol-whipped her multiple times and her cousin was also struck, according to the firm....

March 16, 2025 · 3 min · 502 words · Robert Dodson

Nick Cannon and Bre Tiesi Celebrate Son Legendary's First Birthday with Trip to Disneyland

Bre Tiesi, Nick Cannon and son Legendary at Disneyland.Photo:Bre Tiesi/Instagram (2) Bre Tiesi/Instagram (2) Nick CannonandBre Tiesiare celebrating their child’s first birthday at the Happiest Place on Earth! One other clip showed Tiesiholding onto Legendaryand smiling at the camera before her. “First trip to Disney was a success,” she captioned the later post. Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human-interest stories....

March 16, 2025 · 3 min · 430 words · Sara Wagner

Nick Cannon Says He Doesn't Abide By 'Government' Child Support System: 'My Account is Their Account'

Nick Cannonis proud of the fact he takes care of his big, blended family. Appearing onJason Lee’s podcastearlier this month,The Daily Cannonhost, 42, was asked about how he protects his assets in co-parenting with the moms of his kids. “I don’t care about that stuff. I believe true currency is your energy. I wish I could make a contract, ‘You cannot take this much of my energy when you leave,’ " he shared....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 256 words · Jessica Horn