Woman Gives Birth on Life Support for COVID and Survives to Meet Her Baby: 'I Was So Scared'

Photo: Meghan Borkowicz / University of Maryland Children’s Hospital A Maryland woman is urging other pregnant people to get theCOVID-19vaccine after she became sick during herpregnancylate last year. Per the outlet, Roque Díaz contracted COVID-19 when she was six months pregnant, and at the time vaccines were not readily available. “I couldn’t breathe. I lived [on] a second floor, and I felt like I couldn’t even go up those stairs,” Roque Díaz told NBC News....

March 16, 2025 · 3 min · 559 words · Amber Harris

Woman Shatters Iconic Jeff Koons 'Balloon Dog' Sculpture Worth $42,000 at Art Show: 'Very Sorry'

Witnesses at the annual Art Wynwood event on Thursday said afemale art collector tapped a blue version of Koons' iconic “Balloon Dog” with her finger, causing it to topple over and break, the BBC reported. Per CNN’s account, a rep for the art gallery hosting the piece said the womangave an “unintentional kick to the pedestal"where the sculpture was placed. PEOPLE reached out to the Bel-Air Fine Art galleries and Jeff Koons for comment but did not immediately receive a response....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 314 words · Dr. Teresa Conner DDS

Woman Wears Wedding Dress to Cemetery to Mourn Murdered Fiancé on Weekend They Were to Marry

Photo: Doug Strickland/Chattanooga Times Free Press/AP Instead of getting married last weekend, a Tennessee woman put on her wedding dress and wore it to the cemetery to mourn her fiancé, who had been murdered two weeks earlier. “We were supposed to be together,” the woman, 22-year-old Sara Baluch, saidthrough tears as she knelt Sunday at the graveof 24-year-old Mohammad Sharifi, reports theTimes Free Press. “I’m so sorry, Mohammad.” At the time, the shooting suspect, who has since been charged with robbery and homicide, was on probation following hisconviction for another assault last year, according to WDEF....

March 16, 2025 · 4 min · 821 words · Luis Anderson

Woman Who Hid from Nazis in Basement as a Girl Dies at 91 While Hiding from Russians, Family Says

The Russian invasion of Ukraine.Photo: ANDREY BORODULIN/AFP via Getty Vanda Semyonovna Obiedkova was 91 when she died in a frigid basement on April 4,according to Ukraine’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which said she had begged for water and asked, “Why is this happening?” Larissa and her husband reportedly buried her mother in a seaside park as shelling continued in the city where Obiedkova was born in 1930. “Mama loved Mariupol,” her daughter told Chabad....

March 16, 2025 · 3 min · 543 words · Melissa Long

Woman Whose Boyfriend Died on Death Valley Camping Trip to Undergo Surgery for 'Severe' Foot Injury

Emily Henkel and Alex Lofgren.Photo: GoFundMe An Arizona woman has been hospitalized with a severe foot injury after a camping trip with her boyfriend in California’s Death Valley National Park took a devastating turn last week. Alexander “Alex” Lofgrenand his girlfriend Emily Henkel were first reported missing on April 6, just two days after the Tucson, Arizona couple was expected to return from their camping trip, the Inyo County Sheriff’s Officeconfirmed in a press release....

March 16, 2025 · 4 min · 654 words · Chad Gallagher

Woman, 65, Has 'Permanent Disability' After Being Attacked by Shark at N.Y.C. Beach, Family Says

Tatyana Koltunyuk.Photo:Darya Koltunyuk/GoFundMe Darya Koltunyuk/GoFundMe A woman who was involved in an“extremely rare” shark attackat a New York City beach earlier this month faces a years-long road to recovery, according to her family. “Her medical team has predicted that recovery will take several years of intense physical therapy and close medical monitoring, during which time she will have significantly limited mobility,” her family said. “Though the full impact of her injury is not yet known, it has left her with a permanent disability....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 372 words · Joseph Torres

Woodstock 50 Officially Canceled as Concert Co-Founder Blames 'Unforeseen Setbacks'

Photo: Michael Kovac/Getty; Samir Hussein/Getty; Kevin Mazur/Getty Woodstock 50is officially canceled. “We are saddened that a series of unforeseen setbacks has made it impossible to put on the Festival we imagined with the great line-up we had booked and the social engagement we were anticipating,” Woodstock co-founder Michael Lang said in a statement. According toVariety, the organizers had originally signed a contract with Amplifi to host the 50th anniversary of Woodstock in Watkins Glen, New York, from Aug....

March 16, 2025 · 4 min · 735 words · Brian Campbell

Workin' Moms Creator Catherine Reitman Says Show Is a 'Battle Cry' After Her PPD Inspired Series

Catherine Reitman.Photo: Catherine Reitman/Instagram Producer, actress and mother of twoCatherine Reitmanwill be the first to tell you that postpartum depression is no joke. But in her case, it also led to an “ah-ha” moment that ended up inspiring her newest project: the popular Canadian-borne comedy seriesWorkin’ Moms. “I went back to work about six weeks after I gave birth which was crazy early andexperienced some pretty bad postpartum depression, but didn’t know it at the time,” she toldGood Morning Americain aninterview published Tuesday....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 360 words · Sarah Dunn

WWE's Roman Reigns Announces He's in Remission 4 Months After Revealing His Leukemia Returned

Roman Reignsis proving why he’s a force to be reckoned with. After announcing in October that hisLeukemia had come backand he would be taking a leave of absence from wrestling, the WWE Champion made a triumphant return to the ring on Monday night to share some good news. Addressing the crowd in Atlanta during an episode ofWWERaw, the 33-year-old wrestler, whose real name is Joe Anoa’i, revealed that he was currently in remission for the second time and intended to get back to the sport....

March 16, 2025 · 3 min · 443 words · Elizabeth Hopkins

You Have to Read Ryan Reynolds' Hilarious Out of Office Reply Ahead of Father's Day

Ryan Reynoldsis having a little fun before Father’s Day this weekend.TheDeadpoolactor set up a hilarious automatic out of the office reply on hisAviation American Gin emailthat touches on everything from his preferred type of message (include pictures!) to jokes about his “nonexistent relationship” with his own father.“This is only my 2nd OUT OF OFFICE REPLY,” Reynolds wrote. “From what I’m told, it should be short, sweet and NEVER overly personal or emotional....

March 16, 2025 · 5 min · 925 words · Stacy Powell

Young Wis. Man Found Guilty of Murdering Parents, Hiding Their Fragmented Remains

Bart and Krista Halderson.Photo: Dane County Sheriff’s Office A 23-year-old Wisconsin man has been convicted in the kidnapping and killing of his parents. On Thursday, a Dane County jury found Chandler Halderson guilty of eight felony charges for killing and dismembering his father, Bart Halderson, 50, and mother, Krista Halderson, 53, and lying to law enforcement about their whereabouts whenhe reported them missinglast July. “I hope that it brings some satisfaction,” Dane County District Attorney Ismael Ozanne told reporters after the verdicts were announced,per theWisconsinState Journal....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 307 words · Lisa Taylor

Zac Brown Releases First-Ever Pop Solo Album, 'The Controversy' : 'This Is My Chance to Be an Artist'

Zac Brown is making his foray into the pop world. In a surprise move, the Grammy-winning musician released his first-ever pop solo album,The Controversy,on Friday, just one week after his eponymously titledZac Brown Banddropped their new cross-over country album,The Owl. “I wanted to create all these other genres of music that I love to do,” Brown, 41, says in a video shared to his YouTube page aboutThe Controversy. “Some of the guys in my band played on these records....

March 16, 2025 · 4 min · 651 words · Mark Reynolds DVM

Zac Clark Praises Fiancée Tayshia Adams' 'Courage' After Finishing N.Y.C. Marathon: 'Inspiring'

Photo: Bryan Bedder/New York Road Runners via Getty Zac Clarkis fiancéeTayshia Adams' biggest cheerleader! After completing theTCS New York City Marathontogether on Sunday, the 37-year-oldBachelorettewinner raved about Adams' performance in a touching Instagram post. “The untold story about @tayshia is one of humility and courage. She would never tell the world how truly inspiring her performance was yesterday at the @nycmarathon but I will,” theRelease Recoveryco-founder wrote, alongsidephotosof them taken during the marathon....

March 16, 2025 · 3 min · 635 words · David Jennings