Why This Breast Cancer Survivor Posted a 'No Breastfeeding Zone' Sign in Her Delivery Room

Photo: Meghan Koziel/Instagram One new mom just got ahead of any breastfeeding criticism in a super creative way. Meghan Koziel, a Pittsburgh-based breast-cancer survivor who underwent a double mastectomy at age 26 in 2015, gave birth to her first child, daughterKendra Jane Koziel, on Sept. 15. But before Kendra arrived, Koziel had one request for the hospital staff, which she conveyed via a pink sign over her bed that read, “No Breastfeeding Zone” along with a poem about her wishes to formula feed her daughter and ending with, “This Mommy Is a Survivor....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 310 words · Amanda Clark

Why Were a 'Loving' Mother and Son from a S.C. Family Dynasty Murdered on Their 1,770-Acre Property?

To outsiders, Margaret “Maggie” Murdaugh seemed to lead a charmed life. As the wife of prominent South Carolina attorney Richard Alexander Murdaugh, known as Alex, whom she met at the University of South Carolina, Maggie, 52, enjoyed the prestige that came with being married to a scion of the Murdaugh family legal dynasty. Splitting her time between the family’s rustic, 1,770-acre property in Islandton, in the Lowcountry, and their airy beach house in Edisto, on the coast, Maggie enjoyed attending events with her husband and sons at their local yacht club, swimming in the family’s pool and spending time out on the water on their boat....

March 16, 2025 · 4 min · 791 words · Bianca Compton

Will Forte on Being a New Dad to 10-Month-Old Daughter Zoe: 'It Just Gets Better and Better'

Photo: Jon Kopaloff/Getty Will Forterecently welcomed his first child,daughter Zoewith wife Olivia Modling on Feb. 15, and the new dad, 51, is loving every minute of parenthood. “It’s so fun,” Forte says in the latest issue of PEOPLE. “It starts as the best thing in the world and then just gets better and better.” While Forte, who stars in the upcoming comedy seriesMacGruber(Dec. 16 on Peacock)can’t imagine life without his little girl, he didn’t know if he’d get the chance to be a dad....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 291 words · Mr. Michael Gray

Will Smith and Martin Lawrence Named Honorary Miami Officers Ahead of 'Bad Boys for Life' Debut

Martin LawrenceandWill Smithhave earned police badges! As the world prepares for the highly anticipated premiere ofBad Boys for Life— the third installment of the famousBad Boysfranchise — the pair celebrated their new honorary titles with the Miami Police Department. On Sunday, Smith revealed that the force had named the two actors, who play Miami cops Mike Lowrey (Smith) and Marcus Burnett (Lawrence) in the films, honorary police officers. “Been rockin’ with Miami for over 25 years and today me and @martinlawrence got the keys to the city and were officially made honorary Miami Police officers!...

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 388 words · Angela Brown

Will Smith Takes the Stage in Beverly Hills, Plus Gwen Stefani, Camila Cabello and More

01of 95Major RecognitionRandy Shropshire/GettyWill Smithpresents an award to hisKing RichardcostarAunjanue Ellisat the 15th AnnualESSENCE Black Women in Hollywood AwardsLuncheon at Beverly Wilshire, A Four Seasons Hotel on March 24 in Beverly Hills. 01of 95 Major Recognition Randy Shropshire/Getty Will Smithpresents an award to hisKing RichardcostarAunjanue Ellisat the 15th AnnualESSENCE Black Women in Hollywood AwardsLuncheon at Beverly Wilshire, A Four Seasons Hotel on March 24 in Beverly Hills. 02of 95Coming to ‘Kimmel’Bauer-Griffin/GC ImagesGwen Stefaniwaves to fans outside ofJimmy Kimmel Live!...

March 16, 2025 · 21 min · 4290 words · Ricardo Evans

Willie Nelson 'Never Thought' He'd Get to Age 90 — but Says the Milestone 'Ain't Nothing' (Exclusive)

Willie Nelson.Photo: Randall Michelson It’s not every day a music legend turns 90. So when it came time forWillie Nelsonto celebrate on April 29, his famous friends — including fellow HighwaymanKris Kristofferson,Sheryl Crow,George StraitandMiranda Lambert— went big, gathering for a two-day concert extravaganza,Blackbird Presents' Long Story Short: Willie Nelson 90, at the Hollywood Bowl. “I never thought I’d get here,” Nelson told PEOPLE ahead of the festivities, which drew an estimated 18,000 fans each night....

March 16, 2025 · 3 min · 609 words · Jamie Mcgrath

Winter Olympics Surprising Hotties

01of 12FELIX GOTTWALD, NORDIC COMBINED (AUSTRIA)Kerstin Joensson/APUnder that thick head of sun-kissed hair is a brain – the all-time Nordic combined skiing champ (he has 14 medals!) wrote his autobiography and got his degree in sports journalism. Nowthat’smultitasking! 01of 12 FELIX GOTTWALD, NORDIC COMBINED (AUSTRIA) Kerstin Joensson/AP Under that thick head of sun-kissed hair is a brain – the all-time Nordic combined skiing champ (he has 14 medals!) wrote his autobiography and got his degree in sports journalism....

March 16, 2025 · 4 min · 656 words · Edward Hayes

Wisc. Woman Who Offered $25G Reward in Husband's 2006 Murder Is Arrested for Allegedly Killing Him

Photo: Crimestoppers; Marathon County Sheriff’s Office In 2007, a year after her husband had been gunned down in bed in his Wisconsin home, his widow offered a $25,000 reward to anyone with information that could help solve his murder. Now, more than 13 years after Kenneth Juedes, 58, of Hull, was killed, his wife, Cindy Schulz-Juedes, is being accused of his murder, say authorities. On Monday, Schulz-Juedes, 65, of Chippewa Falls, appeared in court for a probable cause hearing, a clerk in the Marathon County Circuit Court tells PEOPLE....

March 16, 2025 · 3 min · 500 words · Todd Carter

Wives of Soldiers Trapped in Ukrainian Steel Plant Describe Horrific Conditions: 'On the Last Breath'

Photo: Alessandra Tarantino/AP/Shutterstock Wives of Ukrainian soldiers trapped beneath the besieged Ukrainian Azovstal steel plant inMariupolwant the world to know what their husbands are going through — and hope their message will help save the men before they become casualties in thewar against Russia. “They are really on the last breath,” Kateryna ProkopenkotoldThe New York Timesof the trapped soldiers, which include her husband, Lt. Col. Denys Prokopenko. Yulia Fedosiuk, whose husband Sgt....

March 16, 2025 · 3 min · 565 words · Randall Wilkinson

WNBA Star Sue Bird to Retire After 2022 Season: 'This Will Be My Final Year'

Photo: Joshua Huston/NBAE via GettySue Birdis nearing her swan song with the WNBA.“I’ve decided this will be my final year,” the 41-year-old Seattle Storm star said onInstagramThursday. “I have loved every single minute, and still do, so gonna play my last year just like this little girl played her first #TheFinalYear.“In her post, Bird shared a video of fans chanting “one more year” in January, when she decided she would play during the 2022 season....

March 16, 2025 · 8 min · 1641 words · Terry Fox

Woman Gets Gruesome Leg Infection from Pedicure: 'Was I Going to Lose My Life?'

A North Carolina woman is warning people of thedangers of pedicuresafter she developed a gruesomeleg injuryfrom a nail salon.Tracy Lynn Martinez got a pedicure at a salon in Winston-Salem that she believed to be clean on June 22. The pedicurist used a callus scraper, and left Martinez with two scraps on her ankle, but she thought nothing of them.The next day, her health took a turn.“I had the pedicure, and then Saturday morning I went to go drop off my daughter at a test, and I went over to a local store and I was just sitting in the parking lot on my phone, and all of a sudden I had this crazy chill; I was so cold,”she tells WFMY....

March 16, 2025 · 4 min · 675 words · Jay Ford

Woman Was Told Her IUD Fell Out a Decade Ago — Until an X-Ray Showed It Floating by Her Abdomen

Photo: Courtesy Melinda NicholsMelinda Nichols believed her doctor when he said her IUD fell out a decade earlier. So she was “baffled” to learn a few weeks ago that it was still in her body, floating in her abdomen.Nichols, a factory worker in Ohio, decided to get an IUD in 2008. She and her husband had welcomed their third child in Dec. 2007, andwanted a permanent form of contraception.She went to her doctor for the IUD, and went in for a “routine” x-ray a few weeks later to make sure it was in place....

March 16, 2025 · 6 min · 1072 words · Michael Moore

Wrestler Ric Flair, 73, Announces Return to Ring for Final Match This July: 'Dare to Dream!'

Ric “The Nature Boy” Flair.Photo: Mark Dadswell/Getty Images Ric Flairis ready to say farewell. Again. The 73-year-old pro wrestling legend announced his return to the ring on Monday, more than a decade after his last match. “The Rumors Are True! I’m Going To Walk That Aisle, Style And Profile, One Last Time!” Flair said in atweet. “I Will Prove Once Again, That To Be The Man, You’ve Got To Beat The Man!...

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 378 words · Charles Shaw