Photo: Fareed Zakaria/ instagram During the final moments of his CNN show,Fareed Zakaria GPS, Zakaria took a moment to open up about something “very personal.” “We are approaching three million COVID deaths worldwide, and people have often pointed out that behind these statistics are individual human beings. This week, my mother, Fatma Zakaria, became one of those statistics,” said Zakaria, 57. “She died of complications related to COVID.” “If there’s a single person most responsible for who I am today and the things I achieved in the world — large or small — it’s my mother,” he continued....

Photo:cohutta lee grindstaff/instagram cohutta lee grindstaff/instagram Cohutta Lee Grindstaffis a dad! “I don’t quite have the words for this Father’s Day. I was blessed to come from a long line of world class fathers. I only hope I can live up to that,” Grindstaff began his caption. “That being said Katelyn and I would like to introduce the world to Scout James Grindstaff. She was born June 10, 2023 in the afternoon and weighed 4....

Colin Jostwasn’t always a fan of getting married — until he metScarlett Johansson.TheSaturday Night Livecomedian, 37, performed stand-up at the Guild Hall in the Hamptons on Saturday night to benefit celiac disease research.When the crowd noticed his ring, he delved into marriage, saying, “I’m getting married and it’s such a crazy thing,” according toPage Six.“I was so scared of marriage for so long because every time I talked to someone who just got married, or was about to get married, is like, ‘Oh my God, you got to do it … What could go wrong?...

A Minnesota college student braved the brutal cold gripping the Midwest in a pair of shorts on Tuesday –– and he doesn’t want his mom to know. In a photoaccompanying a recentStar Tribunereport on the freezing temperatures in the region, a University of Minnesota is shown crossing University Avenue Southeast wearing a winter coat and a pair of shorts. The photo’s caption revealed why the student declined to be identified in the picture....

Crime-scene tape.Photo: Getty A Colorado woman and her 16-year-old daughter were shot at their home on Thursday — and authorities say that the gunman took his own life after the shooting. Officers arrived at the home around 2:30 p.m. on Thursday after two children, ages 12 and 14, called 911 and said they were hiding inside the home after two people were shot. When officers arrived, they found the bodies of 41-year-old Lindsay E....

Photo: David Crotty/Patrick McMullan/GettyCeleste Barberis sharing all the details about what went on during herMarie Claire Australiaphotoshoot.The 40-year-old comedian is on the cover of the magazine’s February issue andrevealed in an Instagram poston Wednesday that she shot the photos while having a broken tailbone, joking in the caption, “she’s professional.“The carousel of images included gorgeous shots of Barber leaning against a beach ball and standing on a paddle board, along with a picture of her holding on to trapeze rings....

Photo: OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP via Getty Images A House committee investigating theJan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitolvoted unanimously Tuesday to recommend criminalcharges for Steve Bannonfor his refusal to comply with their subpoena. After allnine committee membersvoted in favor of criminal contempt of Congress charges for Bannon, a full House vote is scheduled for Thursday. If certified, the recommendation for charges will be sent to the Justice Department. Steve Bannon....

Joyce Beatty.Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Rep. Joyce Beatty, 71, was part of the group of activists who gathered in the Hart Senate office building to condemn Republican-backed laws they say will restrict access to voting, particularly among people of color and those in rural and lower-income communities. “Today we’re sending a strong message,” Beatty told reporters as she entered the building. “We have Black leaders from across the country … Look at where we stand....

When a young doctor rushed to a house call in 1955 to help a woman give birth, he had no idea he was about to help deliverconjoined twins. Those twins, Lillian and Linda Matthews, would not only be the first to survive the separationsurgery,but would then go on to have happy lives and raise children of their own. Their story starts in the Mississippi town of Indianola, where 29-year-old physician Dr....

Harlee Swols.Photo: Enfield Police Department A Connecticut woman is in custody after officers allegedly found her covered in blood at the scene of a double murder, police say. Harlee Swols, 22, is charged with violation of a protective order and two counts of murder in the death of her grandmother, 72-year-old Maryrose Riach, and her grandmother’s boyfriend, 63-year-old James Samuel Bell, the Enfield Police Departmentstated in a release. Both victims suffered large lacerations on their neck, and several additional sharp force injuries and defensive wounds were discovered during autopsies, the report says....

Constance Wuis shedding further light on her controversial tweets from earlier this year. In May, the 37-year-old actress tweeted that shewas “so upset”and “literally crying” after news that her hit ABC comedy seriesFresh Off the Boathad been renewed for a sixth season. Wu has since addressed the controversy a few times, revealing that the renewal forced her to give up a play she was looking forward to. She most recentlyopened up toThe Guardianabout not regretting being open about her feelings....

Photo: Chicago Cubs/Twitter Chicago Cubs fans were treated to the concert of a lifetime when the one and onlyCookie Monsterstepped into the booth to belt “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” at Wrigley Field on Thursday. After taking the mic during the seventh inning stretch of the Cubs’ game with the Atlanta Braves, the legendarySesame Streetmember told the Cubs supporters that — just for the special occasion! — “C” stood for “Cubbies....

Austin Hopp and Daria Jalali.Photo: Loveland Police Department Two former police officers are facing criminal charges in Colorado stemming fromthe violent June 26, 2020, arrest of a 73-year-old womanwho suffers from dementia. Austin Hopp and Daria Jalali both resigned on April 30 after body camera footage surfaced showing the forceful detention of Karen Garner last summer. Garner has filed a civil complaint against Hopp, Jalali and a third officer, claiming they violated her rights during the arrest....