Connecticut Resident Dies from Rare Tick-Borne Virus — the Second U.S. Fatality This Year

Photo: Getty The resident — a woman in her 90s — died on May 17 from Powassan virus infection (POWV) due to a tick bite. Two weeks after the tick was removed, the woman experienced a number of symptoms including fever, altered mental status, headache, chills, rigors, chest pain and nausea. Connecticut also reported another case of POWV in March where the patient, a man in his 50s, recovered from the illness....

March 16, 2025 · 3 min · 430 words · Donna Burns

Conrad Roy's Mom on Michelle Carter's Early Release in Suicide Text Case: 'I Don't Think About Her'

“I don’t think about her,” Lynn Roy tells Dr. Mehmet Oz for an episode ofThe Dr. Oz Showto be broadcast Thursday. “It is what it is. You know, I don’t think about her at all.” Due to “good credit” earned through her participation in programs inside the Bristol County House of Corrections in Dartmouth, Massachusetts, Carter, who began serving her sentence in February, already has shaved two months off that time, a spokesman for the county sheriff’s office tells PEOPLE....

March 16, 2025 · 3 min · 604 words · Crystal Wright

Conservative Radio Personality Larry Elder Launches Republican Presidential Campaign

Larry Elder.Photo: Greg Doherty/Getty Longtime conservative media personality Larry Elder has announced that he is running for president in 2024 and will seek the GOP nomination. “America is in decline, but this decline is not inevitable,” 70-year-old Elder, who hasdescribed himself as a libertarian,wrote on TwitterThursday. “We can enter a new American Golden Age, but we must choose a leader who can bring us there. That’s why I’m running for President....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 344 words · Natalie Rodriguez

Constance Wu and Corbin Bleu Cast as Next Audrey and Seymour in 'Little Shop of Horrors' in N.Y.C. (Exclusive)

Constance Wu and Corbin Bleu.Photo:Mark Seigler; Allan AmatoSuddenly,Corbin Bleuis Seymour — andConstance Wuis Audrey!PEOPLE can exclusively reveal that the two actors will step into the lead roles inLittle Shop of HorrorsOff-Broadway at theWestside Theatrein New York City, beginning Sept. 26.In a release, Wu, 41, calls the show her “#1 favorite musical since I first saw a community production growing up in Richmond, Virginia.““The music is so wonderful & I love Audrey,” continues theCrazy Rich Asiansactress....

March 16, 2025 · 7 min · 1344 words · Jason Sharp

Cooper Hefner and Wife Scarlett Byrne Welcome Twin Daughters: 'Our Hearts Are Fuller'

Photo: Cooper Hefner/Instagram Cooper Hefneris officially a dad of three! The businessman turned political candidate, 30, and his wife, actressScarlett Byrne Hefner, 31, welcomed twin daughters together on Saturday, March 26, the couple tells PEOPLE. The pair are already parents to 19-month-old daughterBetsy Rose. “Scarlett and I are over the moon that our two daughters have joined us in the world,” Cooper tells PEOPLE. “Our hearts are fuller than ever before....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 316 words · Karen Little

Coronation Guests Say There Were Selfies and Tears at Historic Ceremony: 'Just Surreal' (Exclusive)

Photo: Dan Kitwood/Getty ImagesEmotions were running high at the coronation ofKing CharlesandQueen Camilla.On Saturday, over 2,000 guests from around the world shared a once-in-a-lifetime experience — watching a King and Queen crowned. Of those,450 were recipientsof a British Empire Medal, awarded for achievement or service within the local community. Claire Saunders was among the lucky few inside and exclusively tells PEOPLE that the ceremony had many welling up with emotion.“The music was so incredible, you could feel yourself trembling at times,” says Saunders, who is from London and works for Co-op, a food retail business in the U....

March 16, 2025 · 6 min · 1147 words · David Moore

Cory Monteith's Mom Opens Up About His Drug Addiction and Failed Rehab Stays

In the five years since formerGleestarCory Monteithdied of a heroin overdoseat age 31, his motherAnn McGregorhas had time to plenty of time to reflect on her enormous loss.“A part of me died when Cory did,” McGregor, 67, tells PEOPLE. “My world stopped and I didn’t think I’d ever get up from it.“Monteith was just 13 years old when he became mixed up with an older crowd and began experimenting with drugs and alcohol....

March 16, 2025 · 4 min · 756 words · Shannon Brown

Cory Monteith's Mom Says He Was on Pain Meds for Dental Work Weeks Before His Tragic Overdose

It’s been five years since formerGleestarCory Monteithdied of aheroin overdosein 2013, but for his mother Ann McGregor, it’s like no time at all has passed. “I still can’t pick up the pieces,” McGregor, 67, tells PEOPLE of losing her younger sonwhen he was just 31. (Her son Shaun is 38.) “My world totally stopped. And I’m a different person than I was before.” Courtesy Ann Mcgregor “We used to go everywhere together,” recalls McGregor in this week’s issue of PEOPLE, on stands Friday....

March 16, 2025 · 3 min · 518 words · Christine Leonard

Counting Crows, David Foster and Katharine McPhee to Perform at 37th Annual Carousel Ball (Exclusive)

Adam Duritz of Counting Crows, David Foster and Katharine McPhee.Photo:Steven Ferdman/Getty; Taylor Hill/Getty; Steve Granitz/FilmMagic Steven Ferdman/Getty; Taylor Hill/Getty; Steve Granitz/FilmMagic The Carousel Ball, which supports theChildren’s Diabetes Foundation, has announced its 2023 performers. PEOPLE is able to exclusively share that the rock bandCounting Crowsand married couple/musical duoDavid FosterandKatharine McPheewill perform at the 37thannual charity event. This year’s benefit will be held on Oct. 28 in Denver, Colorado. Foster, 73, and McPhee, 39, were first announced as performers for the event, which celebrates the accomplishments and research of the Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes, in May....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 404 words · Dominique Tate

Couple Camping in California Wilderness Find Lost Man Who Survived for Weeks on Half Jar of Salsa

Big Bear Lake,.Photo: File: Shutterstock Allison Scott and her boyfriend were camping between Big Bear Lake and Angelus Oaks on Black Friday. However, their holiday trip took a detour, Scott told ABC 7 in Los Angeles. Scott and her boyfriend jumped into action and spotted a man. “We end up finding him, and my boyfriend is looking over the ridge and calling out, ‘Hey I see you,'” Scott explained to ABC 7....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 376 words · Jennifer Medina

Courteney Cox Gets Herself in Viral 'Friends' Instagram Filter: 'Finally Got Monica!'

It tookCourteney Coxmultiple tries to get herself in the viralFriendsInstagram filter, but she finally did it! On Tuesday night, the actress posteda hilarious videoof herself trying out the newly-popular online character sorter that tells Instagram users whichFriendscharacter they are. In the selfie video, Cox hilariously landed on all of the other roles from the classic sitcom — Rachel, Ross, Joey, Phoebe and Chandler — before finally landing on her character of Monica....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 294 words · Robert Miller

Courtney Love and Frances Bean Honor Kurt Cobain on What Would Have Been His 53rd Birthday

Gone, but never forgotten. On Thursday, marking what would have beenKurt Cobain’s 53rd birthday, former wifeCourtney Loveand their daughterFrances Bean Cobainhonored the late Nirvana frontman. Getty; Shutterstock Back in 2019, Frances revealed that she feels “guilt” over inheriting her father’s estate because she “didn’t earn it.” “It’s almost like this big, giant loan that I’ll never get rid of,” Frances said on an episode of theRuPaul: What’s the Tee?podcast. “I have an almost foreign relationship to it or guilt because it feels like money from somebody that I’ve never met, let alone earned myself....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 315 words · Barbara Higgins

Crafty Creator Replicates Taylor Swift’s Grammy Dress Using Paper Cutouts and a Cough Drop

Taylor Swift at the Grammys on Feb. 4.Photo:Frazer Harrison/Getty Frazer Harrison/Getty A talented Swiftie has recreatedTaylor Swift’s 2024 Grammys look! In a video uploaded onInstagramfollowingSwift’s historic night at the Grammys, social media user Angelica Hicks made her own version of the singer’s strapless Schiaparelli gown. The video began with Hicks using a piece of paper to hold a white bedsheet around her body. After tightening a piece of the sheet around her waist to make a high slit, she used a piece of black tape to make her version ofSwift’s custom-made Lorraine Schwartz vintage watchthat was worn as a choker....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 342 words · Melissa Reynolds