Naomi Osaka Offers Advice to Youth Athletes at Her Childhood Courts in Queens: 'Be a Better You'

Photo: Nann Films/ BODYARMORNaomi Osakahad a full-circle moment when she gave advice to aspiring athletes on the same tennis courts she trained on as a kid.Ahead of this year’s US Open, the 23-year-old four-time Grand Slam champ visited Detective Keith L. Williams Park in New York City’s Jamaica, Queens — the same tennis courts that she played on during her childhood. On Thursday, Osaka helped unveil the newly refurbished courts that now include colorful designs from the athlete and her sister Mari....

March 16, 2025 · 7 min · 1490 words · Robert Watts

Naomi Osaka Partners with Modern Health to Destigmatize Mental Health Care: 'My Goal Is to Empower Others'

Photo: Rob Prange Naomi Osakais using her platform to help others. The 24-year-old tennis champion recently joined forces with Modern Health, a workplace mental health platform, to raise further awareness and destigmatize mental health care among younger generations and marginalized communities. The star athlete will serve as the Chief Community Health Advocate of Modern Health’s community impact program focused on giving back,Modern Health Community, according to a statement shared with PEOPLE....

March 16, 2025 · 3 min · 445 words · Dawn Eaton

Natalia Bryant Says Her Dad Kobe Inspires Her to Someday Win an Oscar Just Like Him

Photo: IMG MODELS/Youtube; Kevin Winter/Getty Images Natalia Bryantcredits her late fatherKobe Bryantfor her interest in becoming a part of the movie industry. In aninterview, the 18-year-old daughter of Kobe andVanessa Bryantshared how her father inspired her to pursue an Oscar after he scored one in 2018 for Best Animated Short Film forDear Basketball. Natalia — whosigned with IMG Modelsin February — did a Q&A for the agency which was shared on Thursday....

March 16, 2025 · 5 min · 867 words · Mark Jacobs

Navy Mom Who Tearfully Reported Her Daughter Missing Now Pleads Guilty to Girl's Murder in Fla. Court

Brianna Williams.Photo: Jacksonville County Sheriff’s Office Brianna Williams, the Florida mother who sobbed uncontrollably when she reported her 5-year-old daughter missing in 2019, has pleaded guilty in the girl’s brutal death. On Thursday, former Naval Petty Officer 1st Class Brianna Williams pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the death of her daughter, Taylor Rose Williams,FirstCoastNewsreported. She had originally been charged with aggravated child abuse, two counts of child neglect, lying to police and tampering with evidence....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 362 words · Michael Greene

NBA Star Myles Turner Shows Off Impressive Lego Collection — Including Titanic Replica — in Fun TikTok

Photo: Myles Turner/Twitter Indiana Pacers playerMyles Turnermight be gifted on the court, but basketball is far from his only talent. The 25-year-old recently showed off his jaw-dropping Lego collection on social media, including a recently-completed model of the famous ill-fated ship, Titanic, made up of thousands of miniature parts. “9,000 Pieces And Many Cuss Words Later…,” Turner wrote in atweeton Monday that included a picture of him holding the massive replica....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 337 words · Kylie Lowery

Nearly 50 Passengers Aboard Royal Caribbean Cruise Ship Test Positive for COVID-19 in Miami

Photo: DANIEL SLIM/AFP via GettyRoyal Caribbean’s Symphony of the Seas cruise ship docked in Miami on Saturday with 48 passengers with COVID-19 on board.Royal Caribbeanconfirmed that a positive COVID test from one of the guests triggered contact tracing protocol on board, and it was found that four dozen travelers were infected on the world’s biggest cruise ship.“Each person quickly went into quarantine,” the cruise company said in statement to PEOPLE on Monday....

March 16, 2025 · 7 min · 1411 words · Glenda Murray

Neighbor of Calif. Family Driven Off Cliff by Father Says, 'We Don't Know What Goes on Behind Closed Doors'

Photo: Facebook What witnesses saw around 10 a.m. on Jan. 2, 2023, was awhite Tesla careening over the edge of Devil’s Slide— a stretch of treacherous, rocky coastline on Highway 1 about 15 miles south of San Francisco. The electric vehicle dropped some 300 feet before crash-landing just feet from the waves of the Pacific Ocean. It turned out that all four passengers miraculously survived. Dharmesh Patel, the 41-year-old driver, was seriously injured in the crash, along with his wife, Neha....

March 16, 2025 · 5 min · 964 words · Alison Hicks

Neil Patrick Harris on Playing Newly 'Uncoupled' When Love for Husband David Burtka Is 'All I've Known'

Neil Patrick Harrishas found lasting love, but he hasn’t always been able to say the same for his characters.TheUncoupledstar — who has been withDavid Burtka, 47, for 18 years andmarriedin 2014 — explained how the pair’s enduring relationship has influenced his views on dating.“David and I started dating, and we never stopped, so, in an interesting way, it’s all I’ve known,” Harris, 49, toldEntertainment Tonighton the red carpet of the Netflix show’s premiere....

March 16, 2025 · 4 min · 704 words · Chelsea Brown

NeNe Leakes and Cynthia Bailey Sound Off About Their Broken Friendship at 'RHOA' Reunion

NeNe LeakesandCynthia Baileyopened up about their strained friendship before even making it to theReal Housewives of Atlantaseason 11 reunion couches. Getting ready to come face-to-face, the two Atlanta Housewives opened up backstage about what’s torn them apart — both making it clear that they were no longer the close pals they used to be. Their problems began on theRHOAseason 11 finale episode, when former Housewife (and Leakes’ nemesis)Kenya Mooreshowed up at a party Bailey was throwing....

March 16, 2025 · 4 min · 779 words · Zachary Bennett

NeNe Leakes Is 'Very Happy' with Boyfriend Nyonisela Sioh: He 'Treats Her Like a Queen,' Source Says

NeNe Leakesis finding joy in her new relationship afterlosing her late husbandGregg to colon cancer.TheReal Housewives of Atlantaalum, 54, is “very happy right now,” a source close to the Bravo star tells PEOPLE after she was photographed Saturdayholding hands with her new beauNyonisela Sioh in Miami Beach.“She can’t stop smiling around Nyonisela. It’s still very new but she’s almost like a teenager with him, just light and giggly and feeling those new relationship butterflies,” says the source, adding that the two met through their pal Peter Thomas....

March 16, 2025 · 4 min · 778 words · Peter Anderson

Netflix Docuseries Spotlights 'Horrendous' Abuse Boy Endured Because Mom's Boyfriend Thought He Was Gay

In June of 2018, a California couple who’d recently been convicted ofmurdering the woman’s 8-year-old sonafter systematically torturing him for months appeared before a California judge for their sentencing. “I hope you think about the pain you caused this child and that it tortures you,” Judge George G. Lomeli reportedly told Isauro Aguirre and Pearl Fernandez,according to theLos Angeles Times. Five years before, on May 22, 2013,Gabriel Fernandez, was found naked, with a cracked skull, shattered ribs, severe burns andBB pellets buried in his bodyat his family’s home in Palmdale....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 386 words · Amy Gates

New Hampshire Couple Who Went Missing Found Shot to Death in Wooded Area, Authorities Say

Photo: New Hampshire Department of Justice Office of the Attorney GeneralNew Hampshire officials are investigating after a missing couple was found fatally shot in the woods Thursday evening.The state’s Department of Justice announced in a release on Friday that Stephen Reid, 67, and his wife Djeswende Reid, 66, were found in a “wooded area” near Broken Ground Trails. Autopsies later determined their cause of death was “multiple gunshot wounds” and that the manner of their deaths was homicide, per the release....

March 16, 2025 · 6 min · 1199 words · Kenneth Morgan

New Program Allows ALS Patients to Communicate in Their Own Voices Long After They Lose the Ability to Speak

Photo: Katherine C. Cohen, Boston Children’s Hospital Of all the thingsAmyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)takes away from patients, the ability to open your mouth and say “I love you” might be the most emotionally devastating. The neurodegenerative disease causes weakness and eventual paralysis of all voluntary muscles, robbing sufferers of the ability to speak, eat and move. With no known treatment, the average lifespan of a person diagnosed with ALS is three to five years....

March 16, 2025 · 4 min · 723 words · John Hall