For King & Country.Photo: Courtesy Jeremy Cowart Joel Smallbonewas lying in bed thinking. It was four days before Christmas in 2020, and he and brotherLuke Smallbone, who comprise Grammy-winning duo FOR KING + COUNTRY, had just finished their Christmas tour in Florida. Vaccines were on the horizon, but the pandemic was still raging. The world was shrouded in fear and frustration when he had an epiphany. For King & Country....

COVID-19 testing.Photo: Geovien So/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty After health officials warned over the Thanksgiving holiday thata “worrying” new COVID-19 varianthas been spotted in 16 countries around the globe, scientists and leaders have been scrambling to better understand Omicron, the latest mutation of the virus. The variant, formally known as B.1.1.529, was first identified in Botswana on Nov. 25. Scientists in South Africa later determined that it had been spreading rapidly in both countries, and in the days since it has been spotted in travelers to Australia, Austria, Belgium, Britain, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Israel, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain and Hong Kong....

Whatever it takes, the kids ofDegrassi: The Next Generationknow how to make it through. From relationship woes and friendship fights to eating disorders, drug and alcohol addictions, gambling problems, and pregnancy scares, they’ve seen it all. And now, they’re back together. The clip features Drake and his former faux classmates rolling up to theDegrassihalls for the class of 2007’s eleventh reunion. OVO Sound/Youtube There’s even Ephraim Ellis, who played Rick — the student who shot Drake’s character Jimmy in one of the show’s most iconic episodes, leaving him in a wheelchair....

Photo: Joshua Sudock/Disneyland Resort via Getty It was one magical birthday forSantiago Enrique! Not to be missed? Santi’s adorable outfit, which included a T-shirt with a design make to look like a gray vest and red necktie, featuring a print of the Mouse himself on the front. Eva Longoria and son Santiago at Disneyland.Joshua Sudock/Disneyland Resort Eva Longoria’s Instagram Story.Eva Longoria/Instagram The family’s fun-filled trip came one day after his birthday on Wednesday, when Longoria shared two posts on Instagram to wish Santi many happy returns, as well as acollection of throwback photographsto her Instagram Story showing some of her son’s first moments of life, in the hospital....

Enzo and Linda DePiero.Photo:Courtesy Zack K. De Piero Courtesy Zack K. De Piero On July 15, Zack DePiero texted his mother a news article about people dying in the flash flood near their home in Bucks County, Penn. The next day, he learned both his parents were among thefive adults and two childrenwho drowned in the sudden, unprecedented weather event. “It was like a biblical event,” DePiero, 40, tells PEOPLE in this week’s issue....

When you buy through link on our web site , we may realize an affiliate charge . Here ’s how it works . Ancient rocks from a distant Canada island contain the Old alga ever discovered . The samples , found on Canada ’s Baffin Island , also reveal just about when plants had the components necessary forphotosynthesis , a unexampled sketch finds . By dating the ancient algaeBangiomorpha pubescens, found on the coast of Baffin Island, in Canada, researchers have determined that photosynthesis began in plants about 1....

Ashraf Ghani.Photo: Anna Moneymaker/Getty “Where is my president? Where is President [Ashraf] Ghani?” Ghani’s exact whereabouts and condition were murky in the days after he fled Afghanistan with his family on Sunday as it became clear the Taliban was overtaking the capital of Kabul. Shortly after he left, the Taliban entered the presidential palace. Some of the country’s remaining political figures are said to now be in discussions with the insurgents about a transfer of power and the details of a new government...

President Trumpon Monday announcedBrett Kavanaugh as his Supreme Court justice nominee. The news of Kennedy’s retirement has stoked fears among Democrats, abortion rights activists and everyday citizens that Trump’s nominee could lead tothe repeal of the Roe v. Wade decision of 1973,which legalized abortion across the United States. And Dawn Laguens, the executive vice president of Planned Parenthood Federation of America, said that with Trump’s nomination of Kavanaugh, “the constitutional right to access safe, legal abortion in this country is on the line....

PresidentJoe Bidenand first ladyJill Bidenare set to host a special screening of the new movieFlamin' Hoton the White House’s South Lawn on Thursday. ActressEva Longoria, 48, who made her directorial debut with the film, will be in attendance, along with other cast members, community members and Latinos leaders. Flamin' Hot,whichpremiered Friday on Disney+ and Hulu, stars Jesse Garcia, Tony Shaloub, Annie Gonzalez, Emilio Rivera and Dennis Haysbert. The film tells the story of Richard Montañez, the man who claims to have invented Flamin' Hot Cheetos while working as a janitor at a Frito-Lay factory in California in the late 1980s....

Photo: Jenny Anderson/WireImage Anderson Cooperand his mother,Gloria Vanderbilt, always had what he described as a “unique relationship.” Vanderbilt was “much morecreative and interesting and unconventional,” Cooper told PEOPLE in 2016. An heiress to a massive fortune, she dated movie stars and married four times, in addition to having careers as an actress, painter and fashion designer. “Shelived an epic lifeas a wife, a mom, a lover, an actress, a designer, a writer … and an artist,” Cooper wrote on the one-year anniversary of her death....

Brian Harman and Kelly Van Slyke at the John Deere Classic in 2014.Photo:Gregory Shamus/Getty Gregory Shamus/Getty Brian Harman has been married to his wife, Kelly Van Slyke, since 2014. Harman, a Savannah, Georgia native, has had quite an impressive professional golf career, having won three tournaments on the PGA Tour, including the 2023 Open Championship. In 2017, he was runner-up at the U.S. Open, too. And through it all, Harman has had the support of his wife....

Chris Janson and Kelly Lynn attend the 53rd Academy of Country Music Awards on April 15, 2018 in Las Vegas, Nevada.Photo:Emma Mcintyre/ACMA2018/Getty Emma Mcintyre/ACMA2018/Getty Chris Janson and Kelly Janson have a beautiful country romance. The singer and his songwriter wife first met in a Nashville bar in 2007, Chris revealed in the 2016 music video for his song “Holdin’ Her," which also starred Kelly. “I saw my wife for the first time nine years ago and called it right off the bat and said I was going to marry her,” he said in a voiceover in the introduction....

Photo:Daniele Venturelli/Daniele Venturelli / Getty Daniele Venturelli/Daniele Venturelli / Getty Dolph Lundgrenis a married man! On July 13, 2023, after a three-year engagement, Lundgren and Emma Krokdal wed during anintimate ceremonyin Mykonos, Greece. During an interview with journalist Graham Bensinger in May 2023, Lundgren addressed the couple’s40-year age difference. “I feel like Emma is very mature for her age. She’s had an interesting life. She came over here from a small town in Norway,” he said....