Jessica Biel is the author of a new children’s book focused on destigmatizing and normalizing the conversation around menstruation. “A Kids Book About Periods” is “designed to inspire positive conversations between children and adults,” according to an official synopsis, and was inspired by Biel’s own personal experience getting her period for the first time. … Read more
Zach Bryan and his girlfriend Brianna LaPaglia were involved in a scary car accident earlier this week, according to LaPaglia, who recalled the experience in a candid video posted to her TikTok page earlier this week. LaPaglia, a Barstool sports blog personality known more commonly as Brianna Chickenfry, said in the video posted … Read more
A young child has died of measles in the province, a new surveillance report from Public Health Ontario confirms. The child, who was under the age of five, was not immunized against the virus, according to the report, which was published on Thursday. The PHO report also confirms that this is the … Read more
Apple users experienced an iMessage outage, reporting issues with sending and receiving messages, Downdetector showed. More than 2,000 users submitted incident reports on the website. At its peak, Downdetector reported more than 2,000 incident reports. (Downdetector) Apple’s system status page shows the issue began on Thursday at 5:49 p.m. ET and ended at 6:35 p.m. … Read more
Newfoundland nurse Katie Thorne is getting worried. Even though her due date isn’t until October, she’s been convinced she needs to find a daycare now or else she’ll be out of luck. “A lot of the women have told me as soon as you find out you’re pregnant, you’ve got to start looking,” … Read more
A dangerous, life-threatening flash flooding event is unfolding Thursday as torrential storms pound the already-soaked U.S. South. A rare Level 4 of 4 high risk of excessive rainfall was issued for parts of eastern Texas and western Louisiana by the Weather Prediction Center Thursday. More than 600,000 people live in the high-risk zone. … Read more
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A former top official in Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont’s budget office allegedly extorted private contractors into paying him thousands of dollars in bribes as he oversaw large blocks of state money for school construction projects, federal authorities said Thursday. Konstantinos “Kosta” Diamantis, a former state representative and a lawyer, … Read more
Police have issued a Canada-wide warrant for a man wanted in a homicide which occurred in Regina on May 12. Officers were called to the 4800 block of Sherwood Drive for the report of a firearms offence around 1:50 p.m., according to a release from the Regina Police Service (RPS). Police said … Read more
What is big, with a fluffy, cotton candy-like composition? Turns out, a planet. An international coalition of astronomers has newly discovered an unusual planet, dubbed WASP-193b, that’s about 50 per cent bigger than Jupiter and somehow still the second lightest planet ever found. But WASP-193b, located beyond our solar system about 1,200 light-years … Read more
Just after Lainey Wilson lit up the stage with a cover of Little Texas’ “God Blessed Texas” into her new single, “Hang Tight Honey,” Clay Walker and Randy Travis presented Jordan Davis with song of the year at the 2024 Academy of Country Music Awards for his ubiquitous country radio hit “Next Thing You … Read more
