01of 06GAIL SIMMONSCourtesy Gail Simmons"My daughter Dahlia started kindergarten 2 weeks ago. They serve lunch at school every day but we are still figuring out if she wants to eat it or not, so have been sending light lunches too. I always try to give her as much color and variety as possible. She doesn’t love sandwiches so we give her simple, fresh finger foods. I was in a rush the day I made this so threw together sliced cucumbers and rolled a few slices of organic roast turkey around a few of them, a piece of sweet corn on the cob leftover from dinner the night before (she can eat 3 pieces in one sitting!...

Photo: Francis Chung/POLITICO via AP As reports regarding Sen.Dianne Feinstein’s health continue to swirl, some prominent Democrats appear eager to keep the ailing lawmaker in office until herplanned January 2025 retirement, despite a seemingly vast majority of Americans voicing concerns about her ability to serve. In a 2021 interview with MSNBC, Newsom vowed that, should Feinstein resign before the end of her term, he would nominate a Black woman to fill her seat....

01of 13Kelle Hampton,@etst:We buy matching rubber bracelets at the beginning of the school year for every family member. We all wear them on the first day of school to help remind us all that we are connected and loved (first days can be scary!). These also work great later in the year for test days or particular challenges. It’s so nice to have a secret reminder when you’re away from your family that everyone has your back and is rooting for you....

If you had six months to live, would you want to know? Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Wang too felt conflicted when her family told her that her “Nai Nai,” or grandmother in Chinese, had cancer but that her grandmother would not be told about the diagnosis. “I was actually in Berlin working on my first feature film, and struggling through the edit, as we usually do, when I got the news. And I very much felt the way that Billi in the movie feels, which is that it’s wrong to lie,” Wang tells PEOPLE....

Photo: Paul Morigi/Getty PresidentDonald Trumpis canceling theWhite House‘s 2018 holiday party for members of the press,Fox Newsfirst reported. “The White House Christmas press party was not put on the holiday schedule this year,” a White House official confirmed to PEOPLE. Trump has repeatedlyreferred to the news mediaas “the enemy of the people.” “It’s my only form of fighting back,” Trumpsaid in the HBO docuseries AXIOSof his penchant for criticizing the press....

Rex Heuermann and Donald Trump.Photo:Suffolk County Sheriff’s Office; James Devaney/GC Images Suffolk County Sheriff’s Office; James Devaney/GC Images The Trump Organization once recruitedRex Heuermann, the accused Long Island Serial Killer, to work on a New York City property as an architect. According toThe Real Deal, which first reported the news, the job cost $200,000. The building, which is located in Manhattan’s financial district, is described onits websiteas a 72-story landmark property built in 1930....

Photo: Courtesy Carrie Bramlee Since he was just an infant, 6-year-old Cohen Bramlee has received his meals through an IV. At 4 months old, Cohen was hospitalized with mysterious health issues that puzzled his parents, Todd and Carrie Bramlee, as well as his doctors. “When he would get sick, he would be sicker than the other kids ever were,” Carrie, a mother of five, tells PEOPLE. When his parents introduced food into his diet, Cohen’s stomach could not tolerate it, and he would sometimes vomit until he went into shock, his mother says....

Photo: Amazon For a great night’s sleep, don’t underestimate the power ofa supportive pillow. If you find yourself constantly fluffing and flipping your pillow over throughout the night, we might’ve found the antidote for you, and it’s on sale at Amazon. TheCasper Sleep Original Pillowhas a 100 percent cotton cover and a polyester fabric lining, and it is filled with polyester microfiber that’s both comfortable and supportive. It has what the brand calls a “pillow-in-pillow” design, in which the inner pillow provides support that adjusts as you move, and the outer pillow works as a soft and comfortable layer....

What ’s the prominent urban center in the world ? Your gut might say somewhere like New York , and it ’s not a bad guess – with a universe of more than 8,000,000 , it ’s far and away the most populous place in the USA . But thebiggest ? Not even close . Give it some mentation , maybe check your trivia handbooks , and perhaps you ’ll come up with Anchorage – a metropolis with scarcely one-30th the population of the Big Apple , but a land area of more than 4,420 substantial km ( 1,707 square miles ) ....

Photo: CHRISTAAN FELBER It’s another one of those typically hectic mornings for single working mom Robin Draper. She awoke just after sunrise in the tiny bedroom she shares with her 9-year-old daughter Avery, cooked breakfast, packed Avery lunch and then dropped her daughter off at school before hustling to her job. For the past six hours Draper has been racing around the grounds ofCommunity First Villagein a golf cart, stocking some of the 125 micro-homes and 100 RVs on the 51-acre property in Austin, Texas, with everything from silverware and furniture to bedding and food....

01of 18Shine Bright Like a DiamondJason Merritt/Getty ImagesRihanna had a busy night at the 2012 Grammys. She was nominated for album of the year, song of the year, best pop vocal album, best rap/sung collaboration, best rap song and best remixed recording — and she performed at the awards. The singer took home two Grammys for her feature on “All of the Lights.” 01of 18 Shine Bright Like a Diamond Jason Merritt/Getty Images...

01of 120TOM CRUISE & BRAD PITTBEI/REX/Shutterstockat the 1994 premiere ofInterview with the Vampire. 01of 120 TOM CRUISE & BRAD PITT BEI/REX/Shutterstock at the 1994 premiere ofInterview with the Vampire. 02of 120MARY-KATE & ASHLEY OLSENDMI/DMI/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Imagesare the epitome of twinning in 1993. 02of 120 MARY-KATE & ASHLEY OLSEN DMI/DMI/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images are the epitome of twinning in 1993. 03of 120LIV TYLER & JOAQUIN PHOENIXThe LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Imagesare each other’s date in 1995....

Thuso Mbedu.Photo: Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP/ShutterstockThuso Mbedu is taking on a big responsibility in telling an important story — and she’s ready for the challenge.In this week’s issue of PEOPLE, the South African actress, 29, opens up about landing the leading role on Amazon’sThe Underground Railroad, the challenges that come with it, and her big plans for the future.After being cast as Cora, an enslaved woman journeying towards freedom, Mbedu says she spent the “next two weeks” hitting the books and preparing as best she could....