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Glamour UK announced a group of trans women as among its 2025 “Women of the Year” — stoking outrage from outspoken author JK Rowling, who said the honor sends the wrong message to girls. The British glossy said it was bestowing the annual award to nine trans women, dubbed “The Dolls,” saying “they “these trailblazers work tirelessly to empower, uplift and celebrate trans voices.” But Rowling, the Harry Potter author who’s spoken out against trans issues, panned the decision. Author JK Rowling blasted Glamour UK for naming nine transgender women as 2025 Women of the Year. JK Rowling/X I grew…

Tracee Ellis Ross posed in sizzling bikini snaps. Instagram/@traceeellisross Tracee Ellis Ross shared sizzling bikini snaps in celebration of her 53rd birthday. “In honor of this water baby’s 53rd birthday, please enjoy this bathing suit retrospective spanning 1978-2025 #scorpioseason,” the actress captioned a carousel of snaps and videos on Instagram Wednesday. The slideshow showed Ross at different ages in life, posing in barely-there swimwear of all different styles and colors. In many of the snaps, she could be seen showing off her figure and enjoying the water. The actress shared the sultry bikini pics in celebration of her 53rd birthday. Instagram/@traceeellisross…

Character.ai has announced that starting Nov. 25, 2025, users under 18 will no longer be able to chat with AI companions on the platform. Teen users will still be able to continue to make content such as videos with their character but will no longer be able to engage in one-on-one conversations. Nearly 1 in 3 teens have tried an AI companion, according to a 2025 Common Sense Media survey. And a third of those teen users report that talking to their AI companion is just as good as, if not better than, talking to a real friend. Approximately 50%…

An intrepid team of hurricane hunters was mercilessly tossed by rocky turbulence while flying right into the eye of Hurricane Melissa, according to wild footage shared by the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The NOAA’s Aircraft Operations Center captured the buildup to a rough bout of turbulence aboard the Lockheed WP-3D Orion aircraft, affectionately nicknamed “Kermit.” A trio of storm chasers sat up front in the cockpit, accompanied by a keychain of Kermit the Frog dangling over the dashboard. Cmdr. Danielle Varwig, NOAA Corps via Storyful An outside view showed a touch of blue skies off to the side…

Upstate Rep. Nick Langworthy — the former New York State Republican Party chairman and close ally of President Trump — endorsed Andrew Cuomo instead of GOP candidate Curtis Sliwa for mayor Thursday to stop “communist” Zohran Mamdani. Langworthy said the former three-term Democratic governor, now running for mayor as an independent, has a better shot than Sliwa of beating Mamdani in the Nov. 4 election. “This is about saving the city from communism,” Langworthy told Fox News. “I’ve had plenty of disagreements — very publicly over the years — and fought tooth and nail with Gov. Cuomo. But there’s no…

Over New York Comic Con weekend, we had the opportunity to attend the Masquerade, the new immersive re-imagining of the wildly successful The Phantom of the Opera Broadway show. There are so many amazing things to say about Masquerade, but first, I’ll share some of our history with The Opera Ghost! My love of The Phantom of the Opera started decades ago, with vivid memories of watching the 1925 Lon Chaney adaptation with my mother at an early age. Since then, I’ve been captivated by how each adaptation has its own take on the Phantom story: There’s the more sympathetic…

Police allegedly decapitated a teen gangster and hung his head from a tree as a warning after a bloody gang crackdown in Brazil ahead of next month’s flagship COP30 Climate Summit in Rio de Janeiro. More than 100 alleged gangbangers were hunted and killed in Brazil’s deadliest-ever police operation, which began Tuesday in two of Rio’s favelas and targeted drug traffickers. Police said it followed a yearlong investigation into the dangerous Red Command gang, which originated in Rio’s prison system and has expanded its power in recent years. Brazilian police allegedly beheaded a teen gangster and hung his head from…

A former Virginia first-grade teacher recalled the dramatic moment she was shot by her 6-year-old student in her classroom two years ago — saying that’s when she thought she “died.” Abigail Zwerner — who was an educator at Richneck Elementary School in Newport News, Va. — described for a jury the moment when the boy stood by his desk in her classroom and shot her, piercing her hand and chest on Jan. 6, 2023. Abigail Zwerner, the first-grade teacher shot by her 6-year-old student, testified Thursday that she thought she died after the shooting. COURT TV “The last thing I…

Disgraced royal and Jeffrey Epstein pal Prince Andrew will no longer be a prince and will have to move out of his Royal Lodge home, Buckingham Palace announced Thursday. The late Queen’s son will have his title stripped and now be known as “Andrew Mountbatten Windsor,” the Palace said in a statement provided to BBC News. Disgraced Prince Andrew is being stripped of his “prince” title, according to Buckingham Palace. Getty Images Andrew will also be forced to vacate his taxpayer-subsidized royal home of more than 20 years. It comes amid renewed pressure on the royals in recent months, following…

Personal Perspective: We all have imperfections, and many of us—present company included—try at times to ignore them. Yet they make one stronger in a process that can be cleansing.