Photo: INA FASSBENDER/AFP via Getty Before leading the Indian women’s hockey team to the semifinals at the Tokyo Olympics, life for team captain Rani Rampal was not easy. Rani faced several hardships early in her life — from lack of electricity and food to swatting away mosquitoes at night and watching her house flood when it rained. Her father was a cart puller and her mother a maid. “I wanted an escape from my life,” she began the June 27 post....

Arlene Ballot and granddaughter Chanel.Photo:www.CommunityX.com www.CommunityX.com As Arlene Ballot prepares to finally pick up her murdered daughter’s child from the couple who have had her for most of her 4 years of life, she can be forgiven for being cautiously optimistic about actually bringing Chanel home. The July 17 decision to award Ballot custody is the second time the Selawik Tribal Court in Alaska has ordered Chanel, an indigenous child, to be returned to her grandmother....

Queen Elizabeth and Anna Wintour.Photo: Yui Mok - Pool/Getty There’s never an awkward moment whenQueen Elizabethis leading the conversation! Throughout her nearly 70 years on the throne, the 95-year-old monarch has mastered the art of small talk. After all, her interactions range from schoolchildren to everyday workers to fellow heads of state — and she always makes sure to keep things polite and comfortable. James Rosebush, a Reagan White House official and founder of GrowthStrategy....

Photo: Achmad Ibrahim/AP/Shutterstock President Joko Widodowrote on TwitterFriday that the bill changing the country’s penal code, which wasexpected to passon Tuesday, would instead be postponed as several of its 628 articles needed further review. The delay was a win for human rights activists. The new criminal code would also ban most abortions and crack down on criticisms of the president. “Indonesia’s draft criminal code is disastrous not only for women and religious and gender minorities, but for all Indonesians,” said Andreas Harsono, senior Indonesia researcher atHuman Rights Watch....

Lexi Reed.Photo: Lexi Reed/InstagramLexi Reed is still searching for a solutionfor her severe stomach and leg pain.After going back to the hospital three weeks earlier, the 31-year-old weight loss influencerlearned that her pain is likely calcinosis, a rare condition where “calcium buildups” form in and around joints like the elbows and knees, and in Reed’s case it’s a result of her kidney failure and dialysis treatments earlier this year.Reed’s doctors now have her getting regular IV treatmentsfor the condition, but it’s difficult to treat, and she’s still struggling....

In 1962, three inmates escaped from the notorious Alcatraz Island penitentiary and were never seen again. Last week, the U.S. Marshals Service released new age-progressed images of the inmates: Frank Morris, Clarence Anglin and his brother, John Anglin, who would all be in their 90s today. It’s still unclear to this day if the three men survived the strong currents and frigid Bay waters around Alcatraz. Getty (3); U.S. Marshals (3)...

Although Philipretired from public lifelast summer, and he’s been spending most of his time this season at Wood Farm, on the Queen’s Sandringham estate in Norfolk, England, he’s still had a busy summer. Philip took a helicopter – paid for out of his own money – for the 190-mile journey south west from Sandringham to Romsey. Mark Cuthbert/UK Press via Getty He and Queen Elizabeth bothmissed the royal christeningof their great-grandsonPrince Louisearlier this month....

Ray Liottaonce called his fiancéeJacy Nittolothe “love of my life.” Liottarevealedhis engagement to Nittolo in December 2020, writing on Instagram, “Christmas wishes do come true. I asked the love of my life to marry me, and thank God she said yes!!!” This past November,he told PEOPLEabout growing closer with her during isolation in the pandemic. “Luckily, I had met somebody, and it brought us really, really close, to the point now where I’m engaged,” he said at the time....

Mums come in all sizes in El Paso, Texas.Photo:Rudy Gutierrez/USA Today Rudy Gutierrez/USA Today “More cowbell” takes on new meaning when it comes to homecoming season in Texas. In fact, everything is more when it comes to mums. The custom of wearing the extravagantly-adorned creations to high school homecoming games has become a competition itself, with the once-simple corsage transforming into an increasingly larger accessory each year. In North Texas, seemingly no one keeps mum about the fall phenomenon....

Hunter Dekkers.Photo:Charlie Neibergall/AP Photo Charlie Neibergall/AP Photo Iowa State’s starting quarterback Hunter Dekkers has been accused of betting on his school’s sporting events, including one football game in which he did not play. The Iowa native, who grew up three hours west of the college, is also accused of enlisting his parents’ help in order to conceal his identity, using his mother Jami’s identity to place bets while he was still underage....

01of 17Academy Awards, 2019turns heads as she turns away in her low back Burberry long-sleeve gown with gold fringe detailing. 01of 17 Academy Awards, 2019 turns heads as she turns away in her low back Burberry long-sleeve gown with gold fringe detailing. 02of 17 BAFTAs, 2019 David Fisher/BAFTA/REX/Shutterstock 03of 17Jean Paul Gaultier Haute Couture Show, 2019Stephane Cardinale/Corbis/Gettydoubles up on denim at the fashion show in a blue blazer, sheer matching shirt, short denim shorts and over-the-knee denim boots....

Anne Hecheand her formerHungcostarThomas Janeappear to be an item.The actress, 49, and the actor, 50, were spotted attending a Tribeca Film Festival event for the filmCrown Vic, which Jane stars in alongside Bridget Moynahan, David Krumholtz and Josh Hopkins.A source tells PEOPLE “they arrived at the afterparty holding hands.”Another source says, “They have been friends for more than 20 years and really enjoy spending time with each other.”The two attended the Sarasota Film Festival in Florida last month where Heche was honored with a Career Tribute Award....

There are tons of suggestions for how adults can reduce, reuse and recycle in their everyday lives. But that advice seems to come to a screeching halt once you become a parent, with a young kids who might wear disposable diapers, down single-serve snacks and outgrow endless plastic toys—- many of which contain hard-to-recycle electronic components. Is it possible to be environmentally consciousandraise a kid, who seems to need a new diaper pail, pair of shoes or car seat every time you turn around?...