U.S. Women's Soccer Team Appeals Equal Pay Ruling During Olympics, Claims Decision 'Defies Reality'

Photo: Berengui/DeFodi Images via Getty The U.S. women’s national soccer team is appealing a judge’s decision to theirequal pay lawsuitagainst the U.S. Soccer Federation. The appeal was filed Friday during the opening ceremony for the Tokyo Olympics, which the team did not attend, according toESPN. It was also filed shortly before their second Olympic match against New Zealand on Saturday. In the appeal, the USWNT’s legal team claimed the decision was “legally wrong, and it defies reality” and requested the appellate court “reverse the decision of the district court and remand the case for trial,” per the outlet....

March 16, 2025 · 3 min · 544 words · Zachary Collier

U2 Announces Additional Las Vegas Sphere Dates for 2024

U2 performing in Las Vegas in September 2023.Photo:Kevin Mazur/Getty Kevin Mazur/Getty Lead singerBono, guitaristThe Edge, bassist Adam Clayton and drummer Bram van den Berg are set to return to the stage on Jan. 26, 2024. The last scheduled performance is set for Feb. 18. U2 performing at Sphere.Ross Stewar Ross Stewar Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 283 words · Kristen Madden

Ukrainian MP Lesia Vasylenko Claims Russian Forces Are Raping and Killing Women and Children

Photo: Jonathan Hordle/Shutterstock Russian soldiers are accused of torturing, raping and killing women and children amid thewar in Ukraine. Ukrainian MP Lesia Vasylenko has shared updates of horrifying war crimes reported across the country, including claims that soldiers have raped girls as young as age 10 and have burned swastikas into the flesh of some of their victims. “Tortured body of a raped and killed woman. I’m speechless. My mind is paralyzed with anger and fear and hatred,” Vasylenko, 35, wrote Sunday with a gruesome photo of one such body....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 395 words · William Davis

Unearthed Footage Shows Monica Lewinsky and Bill Clinton Holding Hands in Oval Office in 1996

REX/Shutterstock Lewinsky’s father, Bernard, and stepmom, Barbara, gave a rare interview for the docuseries, with both saying something felt off about the meeting at the White House. “When we walked in, he was friendly, very familiar with us, and that felt somewhat strange,” her father told A&E. “But we accepted it. You know, we were so proud to be there and to see the Oval Office. Not everybody gets to do that....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 233 words · Wendy Rodriguez

Va. Teacher Charged with Taking Indecent Liberties with Child, Police Think There May Be More Victims

Photo: Virginia Peninsula Regional Jail A 32-year-old high school teacher has been accused of taking indecent liberties with a student in Virginia, PEOPLE confirms. The illicit relationship allegedly started in late 2021. “The investigation began after the York-Poquoson Sheriff’s Office received a report of an inappropriate relationship between a teacher and students,” reads the statement, noting that the investigation into McAllister’s alleged actions continues. She has not entered pleas to the charges and was released on bond....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 274 words · Travis Ford

Valerie Bertinelli Says She's Given Up 'the Damn Scale': 'I'm Done Judging Myself'

Two years ago,Valerie Bertinelliwas about to begin 2020 determined to lose 10 lbs., “the same 10 lbs. I had been trying to lose for the past forty years.” Then one morning as she walked over the scale, she thought, “No. I can’t be doing this again.” In the two years that followed, the 61-year-old star and Food Network host, who says she often felt “like the most famous dieter in America,” came to realize that tying her self-worth to the scale wasn’t working and never had....

March 16, 2025 · 4 min · 781 words · Jade Romero

Vanderpump Rules Alum Faith Stowers is Suing Bravo and NBC Universal Over Racial Harassment and Retaliation

Faith Stowers.Photo:Gabe Ginsberg/Getty Gabe Ginsberg/Getty Faith Stowersfiled a lawsuit on Friday, April 5, against Bravo and its parent company NBCUniversal for charges that include discrimination, retaliation and enabling a hostile work environment. Stowers, who appeared on seasons 4 and 5 ofVanderpump Rules,specifically calls out several former castmembers in her lawsuit. She claims that, during a tense verbal and physical argument,Lala Kentheld a knife to Stowers’ neck and threatened to “cut a bitch....

March 16, 2025 · 3 min · 606 words · Jason Thompson

Vanessa Lachey Celebrates 18 Shared Birthdays with Husband Nick Lachey as He Turns 50: 'You Were Meant for Me'

Vanessa and Nick Lachey.Photo:Vanessa Lachey/Instagram Vanessa Lachey/Instagram Vanessa Lacheyis celebrating her and her husbandNick Lachey’s joint trip around the sun! In a touching tribute shared to Instagram on Thursday, theNCIS: Hawai’iactress, 43, reflected on the many birthdays they’ve shared together and how she knew the 98 Degrees singer was the one. “❤️November 9, 2006❤️,” shecaptioned a photoof the couple’s first birthday dinner. “18 years ago, we celebrated our first birthday together....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 303 words · Sandra Smith

Vegan Woman Sued Her Neighbors for Barbecuing Meat in Their Backyard: 'It's Been Devastating'

Photo: GettyAn Australian vegan has been locked in a legal battle with her neighbors for years after claiming they purposely used their barbecue to cook meat, sending the smells wafting into her backyard.Cilla Carden, a massage therapist, has taken her neighbors to court multiple times, beginning in August 2017, over various claims, including the meat, the sound of scraping chairs, noisy pet birds, and reflective light, theGuardianreports.Carden, who lives in the suburbs of the western city of Perth, toldNine News Perththat she also has issues with her neighbors smoking cigarettes and allowing their children to bounce basketballs....

March 16, 2025 · 5 min · 899 words · Amanda Kramer

Vegas Massacre Anniversary: Country Stars Observe Moment of Silence and Share Remembrances

One year after the mass shootingat Las Vegas’Route 91 Harvest Festival, the country music industry is paying their respects to the victims of the tragedy in a multitude of ways. On Monday at 1:05 p.m. ET/10:05 a.m. PT, country stations around the country, record labels, publishers, booking agencies and several organizations observed a moment of silence for 58 seconds — one second for each person murdered — for the victims of the deadliest in modern America’s epidemic of mass shootings....

March 16, 2025 · 4 min · 641 words · Cindy Hood

Venice Film Festival: The Glitziest, Most Glamorous Dresses Ever

01of 22EMMA STONEDavid Fisher/REX/Shutterstockgave us the first taste of her glamLa La Landstyle that would continue throughout awards season in this glittering seafoam Atelier Versace dress at the film’s premiere in 2016. 01of 22 EMMA STONE David Fisher/REX/Shutterstock gave us the first taste of her glamLa La Landstyle that would continue throughout awards season in this glittering seafoam Atelier Versace dress at the film’s premiere in 2016. 02of 22...

March 16, 2025 · 4 min · 750 words · Robert Pratt

Venus Williams Pens Powerful Essay on Gender Equality, Announces Campaign to Advocate for Equal Pay

Photo: Craig Barritt/Getty Images Venus Williamsis once again lending her voice to the movement for gender equality. The five-time Wimbledon champion penned a moving essay forBritish Vogueon Monday about using her platform to advocate for equal pay. In 2007, Williams became the first woman to receive equal prize money to her male counterparts. While men and women now get equal prize money at the majors and combined events, Williams said there is still a long way to go in the sport and across all industries to make sure women are valued in their fields....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 339 words · Mr. Thomas Vasquez

Veterans and Their Families Share Gratitude for PACT Act: 'It Will Save a Lot of People'

Photo: Allison Bailey/NurPhoto/ShutterstockFamilies of war veterans tell PEOPLE how the Honoring Our PACT Act will minimize the roadblocks that they have faced in the past for treatment of conditions related to toxic exposure from burn pits.Amy Antioho, a military spouse from Connecticutwho lost her husband to cancertraced back to burn pits, says war veterans need the expanded health benefits granted in the PACT Act that President Joe Bidensigned into law on Wednesday....

March 16, 2025 · 17 min · 3492 words · Brian Hall