Patriots’ Drake Maye lets marriage plans slip as he’s set to wed high school sweetheart

Patriots’ Drake Maye lets marriage plans slip as he’s set to wed high school sweetheart

Patriots quarterback Drake Maye is marrying his childhood sweetheart, Ann Michael Hudson, this month, five months after they got engaged in January. The second-year quarterback let the news slip Monday while talking to reporters about his offseason plans before training camp begins next month. “Shoot, my plans,” Maye, 22, said. “Focus on tomorrow, got another … Read more

These are the happiest cities in the world in 2025 — and NYC didn’t do as bad as we’d expect

These are the happiest cities in the world in 2025 — and NYC didn’t do as bad as we’d expect

The happiest place on Earth isn’t Disneyland. People feeling down in the dumps should consider relocating to Copenhagen, Denmark, which has been named the happiest city in the world in 2025 by the Institute for Quality of Life. Meanwhile, the Big Apple was named number one in the US on the so-called Happy City Index, … Read more

Joan Didion Knew the Stories We’d Tell About the Manson Murders

Joan Didion Knew the Stories We’d Tell About the Manson Murders

OUTSIDE of its famous first line — “we tell ourselves stories in order to live” — “The White Album” is most often cited in retellings of the era’s most notorious crime story. The “murder of five” to which Didion alludes in the essay’s first paragraph is the grisly killing that rocked Hollywood and the world. … Read more

We’re gastroenterologists — we’d never make this colon cancer mistake, plus a Taco Bell no-no

We’re gastroenterologists — we’d never make this colon cancer mistake, plus a Taco Bell no-no

They’re giving the scoop on poop. A group of Alabama gastroenterologists are sharing the mistakes they wouldn’t make — from doing parasite cleanses and colonics to relying on Google for medical guidance and undergoing coffee enemas. The first piece of advice in the TikTok video came from Dr. Charles A. Dasher, Jr., who encouraged “age-appropriate … Read more

Holy dynamic duo! Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars deliver the duet we didn’t know we’d ‘Die’ for this summer

Holy dynamic duo! Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars deliver the duet we didn’t know we’d ‘Die’ for this summer

“I just woke up from a dream/Where you and I had to say goodbye/And I don’t know what it all means/But since I survived, I realized/Wherever you go, that’s where I follow.” So croons Bruno Mars — who seems as if he had literally been on Mars — at the opening of “Die with a … Read more

We took Ozempic thinking we’d lose weight — we didn’t, and here’s why

We took Ozempic thinking we’d lose weight — we didn’t, and here’s why

Here’s a sad jab of the truth. More evidence is coming out that pricey semaglutides like Ozempic and Wegovy — diabetes medications lauded for secondary weight loss capabilities through appetite suppression — aren’t necessarily helping as many people shed pounds as previously thought. “There was appetite suppression the first 1½ months but it’s kind of … Read more

The Documentary Aleksei Navalny Knew We’d Watch After His Death

The Documentary Aleksei Navalny Knew We’d Watch After His Death

About two-thirds of the way through, Navalny is relaxing between interviews with Roher when a woman asks if he’s getting annoyed by the questions about his past. No, Navalny tells her, in Russian: Roher can ask whatever he wants. She says that’s fine, but that he seems agitated. Navalny stops and explains: “It’s just that … Read more

‘The Buccaneers’ creator: ‘We knew we’d get compared’ to ‘Bridgerton’

‘The Buccaneers’ creator: ‘We knew we’d get compared’ to ‘Bridgerton’

AppleTV+ now has its own version of “Bridgerton,” with new period drama “The Buccaneers.”  Now streaming, the series is based on the 1938 unfinished novel by Edith Wharton, set in 1870s London. The story follows a group of five young American women who arrive in high society in England to test their own luck on … Read more

Couple stranded on the Eiffel Tower decide to wed

Couple stranded on the Eiffel Tower decide to wed

Police arrested a man climbing Thursday on the Eiffel Tower, leading to visitors being temporarily stranded at the summit — including a reporter for The Associated Press and a Washington, D.C., couple who decided during the wait to get married. Amir Khan had been planning to propose to Kat Warren later Thursday in a Paris … Read more

Lifelong bachelor, 93, to wed woman he met at NJ wedding 64 years ago

Lifelong bachelor, 93, to wed woman he met at NJ wedding 64 years ago

A 93-year-old New Jersey man is getting married to the love of his life who he first met at a wedding more than 60 years ago when he was the groom’s best man and she was the maid of honor. The love story of lifelong bachelor Joseph Potenzano and his bride-to-be Mary Elkind began 64 … Read more