A Father's Dark Secrets: Inside the New, Disturbing Twists in the South Carolina Murdaugh Murders

On Labor Day weekend, the convoluted story of the Murdaugh Family Murders took another confounding twist when prominent South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaughwas shot in the headin Hampton County, South Carolina. At first, it seemed like someone had tried to kill Murdaugh in the same way that that his wife Margaret “Maggie” Murdaugh and son Paul Murdaugh weremurderedthree months earlier when they were gunned down on the grounds of the family’s 1,770-acre hunting lodge....

March 16, 2025 · 3 min · 455 words · Gavin Foster

A Guide to the Royal Family's Official Titles (Including a Few New Ones)

Trooping the Colour 2018.Photo: Chris Jackson/Getty Images Most notably, the Queen’s eldest son Charlesassumed the role of king, effectively immediately, becomingKing Charles III. Additionally, other members of the royal family are taking on new titles as a result ofthe shift in the line of succession. FromPrince William and Kate Middleton’s new titlestoPrince Harry and Meghan Markle’s childrenbecoming a prince and princess, here’s everything you need to know about the royal titles....

March 16, 2025 · 4 min · 847 words · Ernest Johnson

A Labor of Love! Go Behind the Scenes of AJ McLean's 'Night Visions' Music Video

01of 13The Vision Behind “Night Visions"Andy Keilen"Night Visions” — the lead single from Backstreet BoyAJ McLean’s upcoming country-influenced solo album — is “all about love, the good and the bad.” The song features intimate lyrics, gentle guitar tones and soft piano melodies to capture the passion. 01of 13 The Vision Behind “Night Visions” Andy Keilen “Night Visions” — the lead single from Backstreet BoyAJ McLean’s upcoming country-influenced solo album — is “all about love, the good and the bad....

March 16, 2025 · 4 min · 747 words · Laura Alvarez

A Look Back at Spice Girls' Wedding Photos

David and Victoria Beckham’s wedding.Photo:David Beckham/Instagram David Beckham/Instagram When “2 Become 1,” it usually calls for a glamorous gown and lots of celebrity guests.That’s how weddings have gone for the members of theSpice Girlsat least, as three of them have wed over the years in gorgeous gowns with their bandmates and loved ones surrounding them.Melanie Brown(a.k.a. Scary Spice) is up next;she recently teased her wedding plansduring a chat onTodayand revealed that fellow Spice GirlVictoria Beckham(Posh Spice) will be designing at least one of her wedding dresses....

March 16, 2025 · 5 min · 866 words · Abigail Turner MD

A Look Back at the Long List of Kennedy Family Tragedies

Photo: Ed Clark/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Some say the “Kennedy curse” is real. “Generally, they did not believe in the curse,”The Kennedy HeirsauthorJ. Randy Taraborrellitold PEOPLE of the family in May 2019. “It wasTed Kennedywho came up with the concept of the curse afterChappaquiddick, when he was giving his public address — and said he wondered if perhaps that explained the terrible things that had happened to the family, includingthe death of Mary Jo Kopechne....

March 16, 2025 · 7 min · 1279 words · Michael Wise MD

A Loving Mom, a 'Protector' Dad, a Dog Lover: Remembering the Victims of the Dayton Mass Shooting

Photo: Courtesy of family; Donna Johnson In the early morning hours on Sunday, the Oregon District in downtown Dayton, Ohio, was bustling with life as usual: The historic neighborhood is lined with bars and nightclubs, and has a reputation for being very safe. Adding to the horror was that the shooting occurred less than 24 hours after a gunman opened fire inside a Walmart in El Paso, Texas,killing 20 peopleand wounding 26....

March 16, 2025 · 5 min · 992 words · Mary Martinez

A Publicist for Kanye West Allegedly Pressured a 62-Year-Old Election Worker to Confess to False Fraud Charges

Kanye West.Photo: David Livingston/Getty In surveillance video Trump posted one month after election day, two women — Freeman and her daughter — can be seen counting ballots (legally, and as instructed, as a state investigation would eventually find). As they described toReuters, Freeman (who had beenhired as a temporary ballot-countermaking $16 per hour) and her daughter (who was a clerical worker with a salary of $36,000) dealt with numerous death threats and racist taunts once Trump publicly named them....

March 16, 2025 · 3 min · 535 words · Crystal Meza

A Timeline of Simon and Falynn Guobadia's Divorce: from the Filing to His Porsha Williams Romance

After about a month of dating,Real Housewives of AtlantastarPorsha Williamsannounced her engagementto Simon Guobadia on Monday. The news came as a surprise toRHOAaudiences, who know Simon as the estranged husband of Porsha’s costar, Falynn Guobadia. The former couple, who wed in June 2019,revealed their spliton their respective Instagram pages in March. Here’s the timeline of their divorce — from Simon’s initial filing earlier this year to his engagement to Williams:...

March 16, 2025 · 4 min · 791 words · Kathryn Cooke

AAP Eliminates Age Limit for Children to Ride in Rear-Facing Car Seats — What to Know

Photo: Aurelie and Morgan David de Lossy/Getty TheAmerican Academy of Pediatricshas modified its recommendations surrounding rear-facing car seats — namely, to extend the practice for “as long as possible.” Parents may recall the AAP’s previous recommendation for parents to have their children in rear-facing car seats until age 2, but lead policy-statement authorBenjamin Hoffman, MD, FAAP, points out that“car seat manufacturers have created seats that allow children to remain rear-facing until they weigh 40 pounds or more....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 247 words · Timothy Wood

Aaron Rodgers and Shailene Woodley Break Up, Call Off Engagement

Aaron Rodgers and Shailene Woodley.Photo: Getty (2) Aaron Rodgers and Shailene Woodley are done. A source close to Rodgers confirms to PEOPLE that the NFL star, 38, and the actress, 30, have split, just over one year after he made thesurprise announcementthat they were engaged. “It was an amicable split; it just wasn’t working,” the source says. “They’re very different people with busy careers and there were obstacles that they couldn’t surmount....

March 16, 2025 · 3 min · 572 words · Stephanie Gomez

Abbey Cone on Leaving Her Label and Going Out on Her Own Professionally: 'Shook My Reality' (Exclusive)

When writing a song alongside her longtime boyfriend,Abbey Conehas come to find that love can serve as a great topic to tackle. “I guess any love song we write together is from a place of love,” Cone, 24, told PEOPLE in a recent interview. “Nathan [Spicer] and I have been together for maybe five years in October. I wrote most of my debut EP with him and he co-produced all of it — and I co-produced this song with him too....

March 16, 2025 · 3 min · 614 words · Jeffrey Thompson

Abby Huntsman's Last Day on 'The View' Waves Off Any 'Rumors' of Bad Blood: 'This Has Been a Dream Come True'

It wouldn’t be aView-tiful farewell if it didn’t involve a little emotion, a little bubbly and a little bit of setting the record straight. She spoke fondly about what her time onThe Viewhad meant to her. “This show, people go nuts with rumors on this show, and this week has been no exception,” she said, referring to a fresh wave of reportsin CNNandelsewhereabout tensions between the co-hosts including her andMeghan McCain....

March 16, 2025 · 3 min · 595 words · Christopher Hicks

Abortions Now Effectively Banned in Kentucky After Republican Lawmakers Override Governor's Veto

Photo: Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg/Getty Abortions are effectively bannedin Kentucky as of Wednesday after Republican lawmakers enacted an abortion law containing so many restrictions that the only two clinics in the state say they can no longer perform the procedure. The law requires patients to file “birth-death certificates” after their abortion, and physicians who perform the procedure have to submit lengthy documentation to the state about everything from the method of abortion to the patient’s age, race, hometown and health background, along with their sexual partner’s, which abortion rights groups have said is a violation of patient privacy....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 395 words · Christopher Phillips