The Great British Baking Show’sPrue Leithis breaking her silence on the criticism surrounding the series' Mexican week episode. Leith spoke withThe New Yorkerto promote her new cookbookBliss on Toast, but when the competition show faced backlash earlier this month for the themed episode, which audiences have claimed is filled with offensive stereotypes, the outlet followed up with its judge. “There would have been absolutely no intention to offend,” she said, adding that the judges set the challenges for the themed competitions....

A routine sightseeing trip to a remote volcano island off the coast of New Zealand turned deadly in 2019. Now, a new documentary from directorRory Kennedyand executive producersLeonardo DiCaprio,Ron Howardand Brian Grazer details the fateful excursion, which resulted in the deaths of 22 tourists. Through first-hand accounts,The Volcano: Rescue from Whakaarichronicles what happened on that day in December 2019, when 47 visitors and guides were trapped “in the epicenter of a boiling pyroclastic surge of toxic dust and ash,” according to a synopsis for the film, when the volcano unexpectedly erupted....

Patty Jenkins and Gal Gadot on the set ofWonder Woman 1984(2020).Photo: Clay Enos/ Warner Bros./Courtesy Everett Collection The future ofGal Gadot’s Wonder Woman seems to be in jeopardy as multiple outlets report that new DC Studios leadership decided not to move forward with the character’s third standalone film. In October,The Suicide SquadandGuardians of the Galaxydirector James Gunn and producer Peter Safran were announced as the new co-CEOs of DC Studios, formerly known as DC Films....

Police tape on the Mount Eden subway station.Photo:New York Police Department via AP New York Police Department via AP One person is dead and five people are injured following a shooting at a New York City subway station. The shooting occurred Monday afternoon at the Mount Eden subway station at the intersection of Mount Eden and Jerome Avenues in the Bronx. A New York City Police Department spokesperson told PEOPLE that officers responded to the scene at about 4:47 pm....

Ten members of the same family have been killed after a private jet crashed minutes after taking off in southern Brazil on Sunday, Dec. 22. A statement released on theLinkedIn pageof business consultants Galeazzi & Associados, confirmed that company CEO Luiz Claudio Galeazzi, 61, died in the crash alongside his wife, three daughters, and other family members. Company director, Bruno Cardoso Munhoz Guimarães, was also listed as dead, per the release....

Tammy Slaton.Photo:Tammy Slaton/Instagram Tammy Slaton/Instagram Tammy Slatonis not putting up with the hate she’s receiving on social media about her appearance. On Monday, the1000-Lb. Sistersstar, 37, posted a TikTok video responding to one follower who wrote, “Just a question not trying to be rude, but do you know if your chin flap will go away?” “My ‘chin flap’ is not a chin flap. It’s literally excess skin and yes, it will go away when I get skin removal surgery,” she replied....

Tammy Slaton.Photo:Tammy Slaton/TikTok Tammy Slaton/TikTok Tammy Slatonis “bragging” about how life-changing her weight loss journey has been. On Tuesday, the1000-Lb. Sistersstar, 37, posted a TikTok video responding to one follower who asked how her quality of life has changed since losing over 440 lbs. “My quality of life has changed so much. Before I went to rehab, I was bitter, unhappy, very super suicidal, depressed and just mean. Everybody hated me…and they still do....

A girl took extreme measures to save her precious guinea pig, fighting off a snake that tried to eat the pet rodent. Australian radio host Kip Wightmanshared a video on social mediaof his niece, Rosie, protecting her guinea pig in her backyard from a giant reptile, which went viral online with over 8,800 views. The girl courageously bends down, grabs hold of the snake’s tail, and, to save her guinea pig, begins whirling the reptile in a circle in an attempt to get the snake to drop her pet....

At least 14 people have reportedly been killed in a mass shooting in downtown Prague in the Czech Republic, according to initial reports fromThe Associated Press,TheNewYorkTimesandReuters. More than 20 people were wounded in the shooting, the AP reports. Reuters reports the shooter was 24 years old and that the killing began shortly after 3 p.m. local time. Czech police said the shooter is believed to be a student and that he killed his father before the shooting began, Reuters also reports....

Jaden Hartley in the hospital (left); Jayden Hartley celebrates 15th birthday.Photo:Courtesy of Abojenae Grayer Courtesy of Abojenae Grayer In June 2024, 14-year-old Jaden Hartley was on a family vacation in Hawaii when he began to feel ill. The teen had traveled from Chicago as part of a Make-a-Wish Foundation trip for his cousin, who has sickle cell anemia. The first full day, the family went on a boat trip and got shaved ice, but on the second day, the teen felt like he was going to throw up if he ate anything....

Photo: Getty A teenage girl was fatallyelectrocutedafter coming in contact with a downed power line, which fell as a result of a heavy thunderstorm in Michigan on Monday, according to authorities. The Monroe Public Safety Department said onFacebookthat the 14-year-old girl, who has not been identified, was walking with a friend in her backyard when they “believed that they could smell a bonfire.” She then “reached for what she believed was a stick, however, it was the charged electrical line,” authorities said in the news release....

It ’s not a reaching ( or very original ) to callInfinite Jestthe defining oeuvre of the 1990s . David Foster Wallace ’s second novel is ready in an absurd ( but torturously believable ) near - future , and it search addiction , amusement , pleasure , Department of Commerce , technology , and tennis — lots and lots of tennis . Here are 15 abbreviated facts about Wallace ’s sprawling work ( which bring forth about 15 fascinating moments a sentence ) ....

Two people have died and at least 99 have become ill in a salmonella outbreak involving cantaloupes and cut fruit, according to theU.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.On Friday, the public health agency shared a “food safety alert,” noting that two deaths were reported in Minnesota and that salmonella cases were reported in 32 states in total.GettyOf the at least 99 people who fell ill, 45 have been hospitalized, according to the CDC....