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Tyra Banksgot into the spirit of the evening onDancing with the Starson Monday night, which honored pop starBritney Spears. For the first look, which Banksposted to her Instagramand Instagram Stories, she wore her long hair in pigtail braids just like the star singer, complete with light-colored pom-poms. TheAmerica’s Next Top Modelstar paid special attention to detail, adding a grey cardigan worn over a white blouse that was knotted at the belly....

Dr. Rachel Levine.Photo: Joe Hermitt/The Patriot-News via AP Withthe Delta variantnow accounting for about 10% of all COVID-19 cases in the U.S., the Centers of Disease Control officially said Tuesday that it’s a “variant of concern.” That’s because the strain is proving to be particularly infectious and potentially more severe, saysDr. Rachel Levine, the Assistant Secretary of the Department of Health. “There is evidence that it is more transmissible than the original virus and other variants, and there is evidence that it might be more virulent, which means it makes people sicker and can lead to more hospitalizations,” Levine tells PEOPLE....

Photo: @tongadiaries It was the longest weekend trip ever. Zoe Stephens flew to Tonga for what was supposed to be a quick getaway in March 2020 but was unable to leave the country until this week because of COVID-19 restrictions. Those same restrictions have largely kept the Polynesian countrysafe from the virus during the pandemic. “Mask and hazmats. It’s all finally hitting me. 1.5 years in Tonga; 1.5 years without covid,” she wrote onInstagramearly Wednesday morning....

Valeria Shashenok, a Ukrainian photographer, is documenting her family’s experience from inside a bomb shelter amidRussia’s invasionof the country. Since the war, Shashenok has shared a series of videos on TikTok, which show how her family is coping while, she says, they are hunkered down in the shelter, which is located Chernihiv. TikTok In a video posted on March 11, Shashenok demonstrates how she and her family made coffee during a power outage at the shelter....

Photo: Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto via Getty A recent United Airlines flight had one unwelcome passenger on board. “After learning that one of our customers on flight 1554 from San Francisco to Atlanta was stung during flight, our crew responded immediately and consulted with a MedLink physician on the ground who provided medical guidance,” a spokesperson said in a statement. TMZ “We have been in contact with our customer to ensure her wellbeing,” the spokesperson added....

Photo: Getty An unvaccinated teenager who was banned from his high school because he did not have immunity from the chickenpox has since contracted the infection, which his father said is “the best thing to do” to become immune. Jerome Kunkle, 18, had sued the Northern Kentucky Health Department in March after they barred any students who did not have the chickenpox vaccine or had previously developed the disease, and were therefore immune, from attending Assumption Academy, a Catholic school where an outbreak of the chickenpoxhad spread to 32 students....

Photo: Courtesy Ryan Arens A UPS driver’s busy route became even more eventful this past holiday season. According to theGreat Falls Tribune, Ryan Arens was on his route in Bozeman, Montana, delivering packages a few days before Christmas, when he suddenly heard a dog yelping for help. “I could see the dog trapped about 10-15 feet off of shore, with ice all around it,” he told theTribune. Along with the dog, there was also a man on the pond, closer to shore, in a row boat, who was trying to work his way through the ice to get to the canine....

Photo: Fairfax County District CourtA Virginia mother has been sentenced to 78 years in prison six months afterher March convictionfor killing her two children in what prosecutors said was an act of revenge against her ex-husband, theAssociated Press,The Washington PostandWUSA9report.Veronica Youngblood, 38, was arrested in 2018 after she shot her daughters, 5-year-old Brooklynn Youngblood, 5, and Sharon Castro, 15, according to the AP. Before she died in the hospital, the teenager was able to call 911 and tell authorities that her mother had shot her....

Megan Hargan, 35, was arrested early Friday morning in West Virginia and charged with the murders of her mother, Pamela Hargan, 63, and her younger sister, Helen Hargan, 23, who were found fatally shot in their McLean home on July 14, 2017, Fairfax County Police Major Ed O’Carroll told reporters at a press conference Friday afternoon. Calling the murders “domestic violence at its worst,” O’Carroll said that on the day of the killings, police received “an urgent 911 call reporting that someone in the home might have been killed....

Wolfgang Van Halen and Valerie Bertinelli.Photo:Jon Kopaloff/FilmMagic; Francis Specker/CBS via Getty Jon Kopaloff/FilmMagic; Francis Specker/CBS via Getty Wolfgang Van Halenmay havejust gotten married, but he’ll never stop being mama’s boy!Throughout his life,Valerie Bertinellihas continuously celebrated her Grammy-nominated son, whom she shares with her late ex-husband,Eddie Van Halen. From wholesome Instagram posts to red-carpet appearances together, the duo has proven their bond is unbreakable. In 2021, Wolfie told PEOPLE that he and his now-wifeAndraia Allsop, spendnearly every dayat Bertinelli’s house....

Andraia Allsop and Wolfgang Van Halen with Valerie Bertinelli at their Wedding on Oct. 15.Photo:CHRISTINE SKARI PHOTOGRAPHYValerie Bertinelliknows that her late husbandEddie Van Halenwould have been overjoyed for their musicianson Wolfgangon his recent wedding day.TheMammoth WVHfrontman, 32, married his longtime love Andraia Allsop at the couple’s home in Los Angeles on Sunday, Oct. 15.“Ed would’ve been absolutely beaming and so, so proud of the man Wolfie has become and is becoming and so happy that he has found Andraia, someone who really understands Wolfie, who he is and who he wants to be, and supports him wholeheartedly,” Bertinelli, 63 told PEOPLE ahead of her son’s nuptials....

Natalia and Vanessa Bryant.Photo: Vanessa Bryant/Instagram Vanessa Bryantis clarifying why 18-year-old daughterNataliawas not in attendance for her late dadKobe Bryant’s induction into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame over the weekend. On Saturday, Vanessa, 39, accepted the honorary award on the late NBA star’s behalf andgave a moving speechabout her beloved husband’s career. Natalia did not attend the ceremony event with her mom but joined Vanessa the day priorin receiving Kobe’s Hall of Fame jacket and ringduring the Tip-Off Celebration and Awards Gala....

Sydney Lerouxjust got new ink to commemorateGianna Bryant.On Monday,Vanessa Bryantshared a photo of the tattoo that friend and pro soccer player Leroux, 29, got in memory of Gianna, who died in a helicopter crash last month at age 13, along with her dadKobe Bryantandseven other passengers.“#2 ❤️,Leroux. Thank you for honoring my Gigi. I love you @sydneyleroux,” Vanessa, 37,captionedthe photo on Instagram, showcasing the fine-line inking of the number two, which was Gianna’s jersey number on the basketball court....