Many school districts have carefully organized bus schedules to get kids of all ages to their elementary, middle and high schools on time.Photo: (Photo: Stuart Monk/Shutterstock) Moms in Wisconsin are stepping into the driver’s seat — literally — to combat the shortage of school bus drivers. One such mom is Sydney Reichert, who began driving a bus when she realized she wanted to earn a paycheck but wasn’t sure about being separated from her then-7-week-old daughter, Nova....

Photo: Facebook An Illinois mom convicted in the 2011 beating death of her 4-year-old son on the boy’s 4th birthday was sentenced Wednesday to 35 years in prison, PEOPLE confirms. The woman’s brother, Joseph Valdez, who found the little boy, had much harsher words. “You don’t deserve the title of mother,” he said to Valdez in court, according to theTribune. “You’re a monster.” Cook County Sheriff’s Office Valdez’s attorney, Brett Balmer, plans to appeal the verdict and sentence, she tells PEOPLE....

Whitney Way Thore. Whitney Way Thoreis done with social media users choosing to attack her decision to film her mother Barbara “Babs” Thore’s funeral forMy Big Fat Fabulous Life. After admitting that she’s had her fair share of “stalkers, vandals, death threats, and harassment” torment her “for the last decade,” Thore added, “PLEASE, I am asking some of y’all to think.” Thore said that while some may bully her to “keep you busy, or entertain you, or distract you from your own s—– life,” she and her loved ones are navigating a new normal duringa particularly rough timein their lives....

What’s it like dating one of the biggest stars in the world? In their own words, the singer’s former flames (including Tom Hiddleston, Taylor Lautner and Calvin Harris) explain the phenomenon of being linked to Swift — and how they reacted to any song lyrics that followed. 01of 06TOM HIDDLESTONAKM-GSIThe actor, who datedSwiftfor three months in 2016,candidly discussedthe whirlwind romance in the March 2017 issue ofGQ. “Taylor is an amazing woman....

Universal Pictures Oppenheimerhas now crossed the $900 million mark at the global box office, becoming one of the highest-grossing films of 2023. Christopher Nolan’s World War II biopic about theoretical physicist and Manhattan Project scientistJ. Robert Oppenheimerearned another $12.8 million over the weekend, including $10.7 million from foreign markets and $2.1 million from domestically, according toBox Office Mojo. “ForOppenheimerto cross the $900 million global mark after just nine weeks in theaters is a remarkable achievement,” senior Comscore analyst Paul Dergarabedian said, perVariety....

The eighth — and final — season ofOutlanderhas officially been announced. On Thursday, STARZ revealed it had renewed its time travel romance for one more batch of episodes. Along with a dash of bitter news for fans of Diana Gabaldon’s page–to–screen adaption came a sweet surprise: STARZ has greenlitOutlander: Blood of My Blood, a prequel series about Jamie Fraser’s parents, Brian Fraser and Ellen MacKenzie. Along with the announcement, STARZ released a video about the final season that includedOutlander’s central couple teasing the end of the series....

William Shatnerwas overcome with emotion as he returned to Earth following hishistoric space mission. TheStar Trekicon, who at 90 became theoldest person to ever travel to spaceon Wednesday, was met with applause — and a hug from Jeff Bezos — as he exited Blue Origin’s New Shepard capsule following the successful suborbital trip.“In a way, it’s indescribable,” the Emmy Award-winning actor told the 57-year-old Amazon billionaire, who made his owntrip to spaceback in July....

A prominent Los Angeles Democratic party donor and LGBTQ political activist was arrested Tuesday on accusations he operated a drug house and supplied methamphetamine to a 37-year-old man who overdosed last week but survived. The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office called Ed Buck a “violent, dangerous sexual predator,” alleging he preyed mostly on drug-addicted and homeless men. Buck has been charged with battery causing serious injury and administering methamphetamine and maintaining a drug house....

This Property Brother is no grinch! Drew Scott, 41, and hiswife Linda Phan, 34, showed off their merry and bright Christmas decorations, and their whole-house makeover is not for the faint of heart. The couple,who married in April 2018, transformed the facade of theirLos Angeleshome into a life-size gingerbread house for their first Christmas together last year, designing extravagant scenes that would make Santa jealous. In the clips below, the pair go into detail about how they decorated their home office, foyer an living room for the holidays — an extensive design process which they undertook themselves....

Zooey Deschanel and Jonathan Scott.Photo: Zooey Deschanel/Instagram Jonathan Scottfound the perfect activity for a rainy day: send a corny flirty text to your longtime girlfriend. TheProperty Brothersstar, 44, posted an Instagram Reel Saturday detailing all the things he likes to do on a rainy day, and included in the list was sending a sweet text to his partner of over three years,New GirlalumZooey Deschanel. “Are you a parking ticket? ‘Cause you’ve got fine written all over you,” he wrote....

Antoni Porowskiis opening up about his struggles with body image.TheQueer Eyecast member recently sat down withGlamourUKto discuss his new cookbook,Antoni in the Kitchen, and revealed that his relationship with his physiquechanged with his sexuality.“I was most comfortable with my body when I was in a relationship with women,” he admitted. “There wasn’t a sense of comparison because we were different. It was my first relationship with a guy where I looked at myself and I was like, ‘Oh my biceps aren’t as big as his, I wish my legs were longer, I wish my torso was longer....

Jonathan Van Ness is celebrating a health milestone!“#tbt to Hawaii & realizing I’ve beenpsoriasisflare free for 6 months,” theQueer Eyestar shared on Thursday, alongside athrowback shotof himself standing on a balcony in a pair of grey Hanes underwear.He credits an unusual source as contributing to his lack of flare-ups: “gratitude journaling.”“One thing I’ve started is gratitude journaling bc of @ruthielindsey and I’m not a doctor but I think it’s helped my stress levels & my skin is feeling it....

Jonathan Van Ness‘ famous friends and costars are praising the star after herevealed that he is HIV positive. In his upcoming memoirOver the Top, one of the revelations theQueer Eyestar shares is that he tested positive for HIV when he was 25, after fainting while working on a client’s hair,The New York Timesreports. “That day was just as devastating as you would think it would be,” he writes in the book, according to the newspaper....