What Is the Lunar New Year, How Is It Celebrated and More Facts About the Holiday

Photo: Getty In 2024, the Lunar New Year will start on Saturday, Feb. 10, and mark the Year of the Dragon, according to the Chinese zodiac. (For Thailand, however, 2024 is the Year of the Naga, a mythical serpent —per Royal Museums Greenwich.) The Year of the Dragon is said to be a time of possibilities and opportunities. What is Lunar New Year? Getty Images The Lunar New Year is a holiday that marks the first new moon of the lunisolar calendar, which is the calendar traditionally used in many east Asian countries, including China, Vietnam, Singapore and South Korea....

March 15, 2025 · 5 min · 1052 words · Michael Harrington

What They Grabbed in the L.A. Fires and Why: Tender Stories from Those Who Left Almost Everything Behind (Exclusive)

Danielle Bacher’s dog, an image of the fires in Los Angeles, Elizabeth Leonard’s stuffed toy.Photo:Danielle Bacher; DAVID SWANSON/AFP via Getty; Lizz Leonard Danielle Bacher; DAVID SWANSON/AFP via Getty; Lizz Leonard Amidst the chaos andmass destructioncaused over the past few days asmultiple fires ragein Los Angeles, countless individuals grappled with what they should bring with them as they fled their homes, many with just a few minutes, or even seconds, to make the decision — if they were lucky enough to pack at all....

March 15, 2025 · 7 min · 1416 words · Amber Henry

What to Wear If Your Venus Is in Aquarius, the Rule Breaker of the Zodiac

What to wear for Venus enters Aquarius.Photo:Getty (3) Getty (3) The only thing better than reading yourhoroscopeis keeping up withVenustransits and sprucing up your look!Venusis the planet of love and beauty, and as of Dec. 7, the cosmic coquette is cruising through the eccentric and rebellious sign ofAquarius, glimmering and brilliant like a dazzling supernova. Venus governs not just love and romance, but also beauty, aesthetics and what we find appealing....

March 15, 2025 · 5 min · 926 words · Jermaine Jenkins

What Was Project MKUltra? Inside the CIA's Mind Control Experiments That May Have Involved Charles Manson

Charles Manson. Journalist Tom O’Neill conducted two decades of research for his 2019 bookChaos: Charles Manson, the CIA and the Secret History of the Sixties, which is the basis for the new Netflix filmChaos: The Manson Murders, now streaming. The film and O’Neill’s book each delve deeply into the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and their initiatives to spy on American citizens during the Cold War, as well as their secret experiments with drugs, mind control and infiltrating counterculture movements....

March 15, 2025 · 5 min · 859 words · Kristie Anderson

What's in a Royal Name? See the Most Popular Royal-Inspired Baby Names in the U.S. and the U.K.

Prince George, Prince Louis and Princess Charlotte.Photo: Samir Hussein/WireImage In 2021,Queen Elizabethwelcomed four new great-grandchildren:Princess Eugenieand Jack Brooksbank’s firstborn son, August; Zara and Mike Tindall’s third child, Lucas;Prince HarryandMeghan Markle’s daughter,Lilibet; andPrincess Beatrice’s daughter with Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi,Sienna. Lena Tindall and Princess Charlotte.Mark Cuthbert/UK Press via Getty On the girls' side, different names claim the top spot. While Charlotte, likeKate MiddletonandPrince William’s daughter, reigns in the U.S. when it comes to royal names (it’s ranked third overall), the number one spot on the U....

March 15, 2025 · 2 min · 234 words · Randy Wagner

Who Killed the Black Dahlia? Revisiting Elizabeth Short’s Unsolved Murder 78 Years Ago Today — and Why a Retired Detective Believes His Father Committed the Crime

Studio headshot portrait of Elizabeth Short.Photo:INTERNATIONAL NEWS PHOTO/Getty INTERNATIONAL NEWS PHOTO/Getty It’s been over 70 years since Hollywood’smost infamous unsolved murdertook place. In the early hours of Jan. 15, 1947, 22-year-oldElizabeth Shortwas brutally murdered and then left on the side of the road in an undeveloped Los Angeles neighborhood. Her body had been mutilated and cut in half with surgical precision. Despite the gruesome killing, not a drop of blood was left behind....

March 15, 2025 · 10 min · 2013 words · James Cardenas

Why Ashley Graham Continues to 'Shake Things Up' in the Fashion Industry: 'I Love Empowering Women'

Photo: courtesy Pandora Ashley Grahamis never one to sugarcoat. The curve model and entrepreneur — who could teach a masterclass on the art of real talk — is happy to use her platform to further conversations about body acceptance and to be a voice for other women who look like her. “There will never be a time in my life where I’m not talking about my body. There just won’t,” Graham tells PEOPLE....

March 15, 2025 · 3 min · 576 words · Geoffrey Howe

Why House Republicans Want to Impeach Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas This Week

Alejandro Mayorkas.Photo: Oliver Contreras/Sipa/Bloomberg via Getty Images House Republicans has revealed two articles of impeachment against Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas over his handling of border security and illegal immigration. Since Mayorkas took office, Republicans have criticized his handling of the southern border, largely blaming him for a spike in apprehensions at the border and an increase of illegal drugs smuggled across it. Republicans have also been critical of Mayorkas' attempts to undo some Trump-era immigration rules, including the Migrant Protection Protocols, which requires those who arrive at the southern border seeking asylum to go back to Mexico and remain there until their immigration court date....

March 15, 2025 · 3 min · 526 words · Vanessa Ramirez

Why Jennifer Lopez Had Marc Cohn Surprise Ben Affleck with This Song at Their Georgia Wedding

Jennifer Lopezis detailing one of the special moments she andBen Affleckshared at their Georgia wedding thanks to singer Marc Cohn. After privatelytying the knotin Las Vegas, Lopez, 53, and Affleck, 50, the couplecelebrated their nuptialsSaturday, Aug. 20, alongside friends and family on the grounds ofAffleck’s 87-acre compoundoutside Savannah, Georgia. Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck.OnTheJLo and John Russo Still, it wasn’t “True Companion” that Cohn sang during Lopez’s big moment....

March 15, 2025 · 3 min · 517 words · William Cooley

Why Nicola Peltz Didn't Wear a Victoria Beckham Wedding Dress Despite 'Really' Wanting To

Photo: German Larkin When Nicola Peltz Beckham walked down the aisle in April to marry Brooklyn Beckham, she did so incustom Valentino Haute Couture. This detail seemed curious at the time, sparking Internet rumors at the time that Nicola and her new husbandBrooklyn Peltz Beckham’s mother were at odds. Now Nicola, 27, is setting the record straight on why she opted to wear Valentino instead of Victoria Beckham forher Palm Beach, Florida, wedding, and according to her, there’s no drama whatsoever....

March 15, 2025 · 2 min · 351 words · Wendy Martinez

Why Ryan Reynolds' Aviation Gin Brand Won't Appear Again in theSimple FavorSequel with Blake Lively

Blake Lively and Anna Kendrick in 2018’s ‘A Simple Favor’.Photo:Peter Iovino/Lionsgate/Courtesy of Everett Peter Iovino/Lionsgate/Courtesy of Everett Don’t expectRyan Reynolds' gin brand to pop up again in the newA Simple Favorsequel. Lively and director Paul Feig recreated the cocktail-making moment in apromotional sketch for Regal Cinemasat the time, putting Aviation on full display in the ad. TheBridesmaidsfilmmaker revealed toEntertainment Weeklythat his own gin brand, Artingstall’s Brilliant London Dry Gin, will instead be included in the movie....

March 15, 2025 · 3 min · 438 words · Patricia Brown

Why Steph Curry Says His Dunk During Warriors-76ers Game 'Will Probably Be My Last'

Stephen Curry #30 of the Golden State Warriors dunks the ball during the game against the Philadelphia 76ers on March 1, 2025 at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.Photo:David Dow/NBAE via Getty; Jesse D. Garrabrant/NBAE via Getty David Dow/NBAE via Getty; Jesse D. Garrabrant/NBAE via Getty Steph Curry’s first dunk in six years may have been his last.The Golden State Warriors star, 36, wowed fans when he slammed down a dunk over the Philadelphia 76ers on Saturday, March 1 — but Curry said it’s unlikely he’ll attempt the impressive move in any future games....

March 15, 2025 · 4 min · 759 words · Taylor Fuller

Widow of Titanic Sub Victims Remembers Son Ahead of 19th Birthday

An OceanGate submersible.Photo:Ocean Gate / Handout/Anadolu Agency via Getty ImagesChristine Dawood’s husband and son werepassengersamong the ill-fatedTitanic-bound submersiblethat went missing about 900 miles east of Cape Cod in the North Atlantic this past summer.In her first in-depth interview, the widow told theDaily Mailabout the last time she saw her loved ones, her family’s grief, and how she has been able to cope with the tragedy.“When I dream of him, I can still feel that hug from him, and that made me quite angry, because I felt alone,” she told the outlet in a video interview shared on Friday....

March 15, 2025 · 9 min · 1716 words · Angel Miller