Sen. Mitt Romney.Photo: Stefani Reynolds/GettyRepublican lawmakers are pushing back on their colleagues' decision to not get vaccinated forCOVID-19, including Utah Sen.Mitt Romney.“I hope that leaders of our party, from President Trump on down, make it real clear that it’s a great idea to get a vaccination,” Romney, 74, told reporters Tuesday,accordingtoThe Hill. “It’s good for one’s own health and it’s good for the health of our neighbors.“Romney, the former 2012 Republican presidential nominee, spoke out in response to some GOP lawmakers' hesitancy towards encouraging others to get the vaccine even as other major Republicans have spoken of its importance....

The organization, which works to “promote fair treatment, equal opportunity and sustainable practices in the fashion industry,” according to itsmission statement, shared the letter on Instagram, saying it stands in solidarity with theTime’s Up movement. “We are writing today to express our concern for the safety and wellbeing of the models and young women who aspire to model for Victoria’s Secret,” the letter addressed to Victoria’s Secret CEO John Mehas, began....

Joan Smallssays she’ll “always and forever” be a proud Puerto Rican.The supermodel, 31, opened up to PEOPLE about her mixed-race heritage at the launch ofDewar’s Caribbean Smooth, an 8-year-old double-aged Scotch finished in Caribbean rum casks, atGitano Garden of Lovein N.Y.C’s Soho neighborhood on Wednesday night.Being of West Indian and Puerto Rican descent, Smalls says the “two is better than one” campaign tied to Dewar’s newest launch resonated with her.“I grew up in a household where my father was black and my mother was Puerto Rican so it was always my norm…being black, being Hispanic and being able to speak both languages,” she tells PEOPLE....

Photo: Courtesy Jearlean Taylor After living with two permanent ostomy bags for more than 30 years, a fashion model from Baltimore is sharing her story in hopes that people around the globe will also embrace what makes them different. Jearlean Taylorwas three when she was diagnosed with a rare vaginal cancer called Rhabdomyosarcoma, CBS Newsreports. Because of the severity of the illness, doctors did not expect her to survive, the outlet said....

Photo: Santa clara district attorney The California womanwho police allege hosted alcohol-fueled sex parties for her son and his friends is accused of searching online for “good books with young sex,” “hot 16 (year) old teenage girls” and other content that sexualized teens, court documents show. Shannon O’Connor, 49,of Los Gatos, was arrested in Oct. 2021 and charged with a slew of offenses including sexual assault and providing alcohol to minors for allegedly hosting the parties, which authorities claim she attempted to keep secret, according to the criminal complaint filed with theSanta Clara County Superior Court....

Nichole and Colin Brooks were devastated earlier this month when they learned that their 2-year-old son, Wyatt, has acute lymphoblastic leukemia.The couple had just returned from the beach with their three children when they noticed a strange rash and bruises on Wyatt’s body. They took their son to the doctor and a blood test determined what was wrong with the toddler.“I was in total disbelief,” Nichole, 40, tells PEOPLE of the moment she learned of the diagnosis....

Photo: Cobb County Police Department A young Georgia woman who had stern words in July for her high school sweetheart’s supposed killer was arrested Wednesday, along with two others, for allegedly conspiring to murder him, say police. George Vela, 24, of Cobb County, was gunned down on July 22, shortly after returning home from taking his longtime girlfriend, Yainerys Gil, 23, and their two young children, to seeThe Lion Kingmovie, say police....

In January 2017, still bearing the woundsfrom the arson attackthat would eventually kill her,Judy Malinowskispoke out about the day her boyfriend covered her in gasoline and set her aflame. It was, she recalled, like “a thousand hot needles” stabbing into her body. “The look on his face was pure evil,” she said from her hospital bed, of the momentMichael Slagerapproached her with a lighter outside a gas station while the two were arguing on Aug....

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Lung Cancer X-Ray.Photo:Getty Getty Millions more Americans should be screened for lung cancer, according toupdated guidelinesfrom theAmerican Cancer Society (ACS). Earlier this week, the organization shared an update to its screening recommendations, marking the first time it has done so in a decade. The ACS now recommends that men and women between the ages of 50 and 80 — who currently smoke or formerly smoked and have a 20 pack-year history — get an annual lung cancer screening....

Salvador Sas/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock More than 300 concertgoers were injured at Festival O Marisquiño in Vigo, Spain on Sunday when a pier collapsed. However, of the hundreds injured, just nine people have been hospitalized, with only five of them in serious condition, according toThe New York Times. No fatalities have been reported and those individuals in serious condition did not suffer life-threatening injuries, according to theTimes. While it’s unclear at this time as to why the pier gave out, the president of the Vigo port authority, Enrique Lopez Veiga believes it was “probably because of excessive weight,”CBSreported....

A mother and six of her children were killed early Saturday morning in a deadly house fire, authorities said.Fire officials responded to a 12:30 a.m. call about a blaze in Clinton, Mississippi. It took nearly 45 minutes, 21 firemen, four engines and a ladder truck to get the fire under control, Mark Jones, communications director for the city of Clinton told PEOPLE.The fatal fire took the lives of seven victims — Brittney Presley, 33; Landon Brookshire, 15; Lane Presley, 13; Lawson Presley, 12; Grayson Presley, 6; Malcom Presley, 4, and Felicity Presley, 1, Jones confirmed....

Photo:David Ryan Harris/Instagram David Ryan Harris/Instagram After flying from Atlanta to Los Angeles on Sept. 15, musicianDavid Ryan Harrissays he was accused of trafficking his own children. “Apparently, a flight attendant had called ahead with some sort of concern that perhaps my mixed children weren’t my children, because they were unresponsive during an interaction with her,” Harris, 55, said in one video. According to Harris, the flight attendant had asked both children their names, but one of them is “pretty shy....