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Jayne Mansfield holds her daughter Mariska Hargitay. Allan Grant/HBO hide caption toggle caption Allan Grant/HBO Emmy Award-winning Law & Order: Special Victims Unit actor Mariska Hargitay was just 3 years old in 1967 when her movie star mother, Jayne Mansfield, died in a tragic car crash. Though she and her siblings were in the car at the time, Hargitay has no memory of the crash, and never had the chance to truly know her mother. “One of the things that I grew up hearing is how smart she was, how determined she was, and what a wonderful, wonderful, wonderful sense…

Spiritual guru and founder of the Isha Foundation, Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev, who underwent an emergency brain surgery in Delhi in March 2024 after massive swelling and bleeding in his brain, recently opened up about the cause behind it.In a video titled ‘Sadhguru’s Second Brain Surgery – Undisclosed Details’ on his Instagram, he recollected, “My daughter and I were swimming in the pool. I had fixed a program in Bali and Cambodia. A plastic wrap on my wound and swimming a little bit because I need it. I needed exercise. After that, I just came up and sat on a chair.…

A coalition of states is suing the federal government to prevent it from gathering personal data on tens of millions of people who receive food assistance. Spencer Platt/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Spencer Platt/Getty Images A coalition of 20 states and Washington, D.C. announced a new lawsuit Monday against the U.S. Department of Agriculture after the federal agency told states to turn over the detailed, personal information of food assistance applicants and their household members. The USDA has told states they have until July 30 to turn over data about all applicants to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or…

When the weakest piece on the chessboard, the pawn on the f-file, broke free of its shackles and marched forward, there was little anyone could do to stop it. The right hand from across the board reached out, not for a counter, but to concede defeat.This time, there was no rush to stop the clock as it ticked away. The opponent had already left the spot, leaving behind a teary-eyed 19-year-old girl, her hands trembling, having just experienced the finest afternoon of her young chess career. That girl was Divya Deshmukh. She took a gulp of water, steadying herself, before…

Ola founder Bhavish Aggarwal’s AI venture, Krutrim, has reportedly laid off several employees in the company’s linguistics department in its second round of job cuts this year.More than 100 employees have been impacted by the layoffs as part of Krutrim’s strategy to make its workforce leaner, according to a report by Economic Times. “As part of a strategic realignment and our commitment to efficient capital deployment, we are building leaner, more agile teams. This transition aligns with evolving business priorities and reflects our long-term vision to build India’s own full-stack AI platform,” a Krutrim spokesperson told The Indian Express in…

There’s no one way to experience Yellowstone National Park. Spanning 2.2 million acres with five entrances—North, Northeast, East, South, and West—the park offers countless routes through its natural wonders. Some travelers start from Jackson Hole, Wyoming, to drive the Lower Loop, while others base themselves in West Yellowstone or Gardiner, Montana, staying overnight in one of 11 campgrounds. No matter the exact path they took to reach the park, one thing’s for sure: millions of travelers from around the world come to this part of Wyoming and Montana to see everything from geysers and hot springs to waterfalls, dramatic canyons,…

Global hunger fell in 2024 for a third straight year, but conflict and climate shocks deepened crises in Africa and the Middle East.Global hunger levels declined for a third consecutive year in 2024, according to a new United Nations report, as better access to food in South America and India offset deepening malnutrition and climate shocks in parts of Africa and the Middle East.Around 673 million people, or 8.2 percent of the world’s population, experienced hunger in 2024, down from 8.5 percent in 2023, according to the State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World report, jointly prepared by…

Planned Parenthood says one million patients could lose coverage if it was cut off from Medicaid funds.A United States federal judge has ruled against President Donald Trump’s effort to defund Planned Parenthood, a reproductive health services organisation that has long attracted conservative ire.In a decision on Monday, US District Judge Indira Talwani ruled that Planned Parenthood clinics must continue to receive reimbursements for Medicaid, a government health programme for the poor.“Patients are likely to suffer adverse health consequences where care is disrupted or unavailable,” Talwani stated in her Monday order. “In particular, restricting Members’ ability to provide healthcare services threatens…

Lok Sabha MP Arun Bharti. Photo credit: X/@ArunBhartiLJP Notwithstanding Union Minister and Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) [LJP(RV)] President Chirag Paswan’s critical remarks against Nitish Kumar-led JD(U) government in Bihar, the party will contest the upcoming Bihar assembly elections in alliance with BJP and JD(U), senior party leader and Lok Sabha MP Arun Bharti said. “Whenever a coalition government is formed, there is a common minimum programme that is agreed upon, which in our case includes zero tolerance towards corruption, crime and to maintain law and order. These are the primary agreements between the alliance partners. Chirag ji is only trying…

From the upper reaches of Mount Megunticook, I gaze out at the islands of Penobscot Bay. Cloaked in a fur of evergreens, some are long and irregular shards of rock; others are as round as gumdrops. Under raked strands of cirrus cloud, the wind scrawls patterns onto the sea. Between the mountain and the North Atlantic lies the postcard-perfect town of Camden, with its thumb-shaped harbor and white church steeples.The seaward view from the Camden Hills is justly celebrated. It’s said to have inspired “Renascence,” a poem by the legendary Mainer Edna St. Vincent Millay in which the speaker gazes…