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Blood pressure check.Photo: GettyThe COVID-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc on Americans' health, and not just from the virus itself. Along with the49 million people who have been infectedand more than 786,000 who have died from COVID-19, there’s been reports of increases in drug overdoses, mental health struggles and anxiety and delayed diagnoses for diseases like cancer. And now researchers have identified another negative health effect of the pandemic —rising blood pressure....

Bob Iger.Photo: Steven Ferdman/Patrick McMullan/Getty Bob Igeris marking his last day at Disney. The executive served as CEO of the company for 15 years, officiallypassing the position to his successor Bob Chapekin February 2020. (Chapek, 61, previously served as chairperson of Disney’s parks business.) Iger stayed on as chairman of the board at Disney until the end of 2021 when his contract concludes. On Dec. 31, his last day, Iger, 70,tweetedhis “enormous thanks” to his colleagues, employees and family....

Bob Sagetbroke his silence aboutLori Loughlin‘s alleged involvement in thecollege admissions cheating scandalfor the first time, appearing to support hisFull Housecostar. On Thursday,TMZcaught up with Saget, 62, as he left Avra restaurant in Beverly Hills, California. “You love who you love in your life,” the actor, who has also appeared with Loughlin in the Netflix rebootFuller House, said when asked about the issue. “I just love who I love. Candace [Cameron Bure] said it really good at the Kids Choice Awards,” he added....

Photo:Rodin Eckenroth/Getty, Clarkson Potter Rodin Eckenroth/Getty, Clarkson Potter “I didn’t realize, until people started commenting, that I was giving away feet for free,”Berk toldPridein an interviewon Wednesday, Sept. 13. “I’m not a foot person, so I didn’t think of it! Well, the book is $31-$35, so that’s how much you’re paying for those feet.” After receiving viral reactions from the foot fetish community, Berk said he didn’t realize how his book truly comes with so many free feet pics....

Photo: Paul Morigi/Getty for The Stronach Group On Monday, the Food Network star, 58, shared a photo of his 26-year-old daughter,Sophie, while she was on assignment for Los Angeles ABC 7, where she works as a community reporter. “This is a proud#dadmoment,” the chefwrote on Instagramabout his daughter, who was covering the ceremony as theJonas Brothersreceived a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. “The pic on the left is about 13 years ago when I was able to score 2 tickets to the@jonasbrothersconcert in the Bahamas for my daughter@abc7sophieand her friend,” he wrote about his only child, whom he shares with ex-wife Kate Connelly....

Bode Miller and late daughter Emmy.Photo:Instagram/millerbodeBode Milleris marking a somber milestone.On Saturday, the Olympian, 45, marked five years since the death of daughterEmeline(“Emmy”).Emmy died on June 10, 2018, after she drowned in a neighbor’s poolin Orange County, California, at just 19 months old.“It’s been five years,” the bereaved dad began. “On the night of her birth, our midwife @lindseymeehleis noted that Emmy was ‘here to change the world.’ ““5 years after her loss, I can see it....

The body of a 22-year-old Instagram influencer was discovered near a burned vehicle in Austell, Georgia, on Wednesday, according to police. At around 12:18 p.m., the Austell Fire Department responded “to Joe Jerkins Blvd and Landers Street for a brush fire,” according to astatementfrom the Cobb County Police Department. “Upon arrival, they located a vehicle fully engulfed in flames.” beautykatera/Instagram “The fire was extinguished, and the vehicle was towed to a wrecker yard,” the statement continued....

The site where the woman’s body was discovered.Photo: Pierce Co Sheriff/ twitter A day at a Washington lake took a heartbreaking turn for one family after authorities say a grandmother went missing while swimming with her grandson. The Pierce County Sheriff’s Officeconfirmed the fatal incident on Twitter, noting that it occurred on Friday at Carney Lake in their Penninsula Detachment. Deputies and firefighters were called to the scene after receiving a report about a 52-year-old woman who went under the water while swimming with her grandson, according to their tweet....

Photo:GettyIn most stores, the rule often goes: you break it, you buy it. And a fewbrunch restaurantshave adapted similar sentiments. When mimosas are flowing and patrons start to get rowdy, the rule is: you vomit, you pay a fee.Restaurants in California have been imposing vomit fees — particularly where bottomless brunch is served, to deter patrons from becoming overly intoxicated, and throwing up inside the restaurant.Oakland, Calif.’s Kitchen Story imposed the rule nearly two years ago, according toSFGate....

Photo: Go Fund Me A little boy’s life has been forever changed after his neighbors allegedly tossed a lit firework at him on his 10th birthday, causing him to lose his left hand. Aaron Carreto is now left feeling betrayed and traumatized after the July 6 incident, which has kept him in the hospital for weeks as he recovers from the burns, injuries, and many surgeries he has endured,according to the GoFundMeset up on his behalf....

Photo: Tom Pennington/Getty Images After the filings of tens of thousands of sexual abuse claims, the Boy Scouts of America has reached an $850 million settlement as part of the organization’s bankruptcy case, multiple outlets report. Back in November, the total number of sexual abuse accusations against the BSArose past 92,000 just ahead of the deadlinefor submitting claims, as the BSA filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in February 2020 after facing a wave of decades-old sexual abuse claims....

boygeniusis paying tribute toSinéad O’Connor. The “Not Strong Enough” band also teamed up with the Irish duoYe Vagabondsfor the cover. Together, they create a beguiling, heartwarming indie-folk cover to honor the singer-songwriter whodied at age 56in July. Phoebe Bridgers, Julien Baker and Lucy Dacus of boygenius and Sinead O’Connor.Ian West/PA Images via Getty;Roberto Finizio/Getty Ian West/PA Images via Getty;Roberto Finizio/Getty Slowed down from O’Connor’s rendition lush with Celtic-sounding instrumentation, the cover is full of muted strings and gentle yet stunning vocal performances....

Brad PaisleyandKimberly Williams-Paisleyare having “a lot of fun” together as they prepare to openThe Store, a charity grocery store in Nashvillewhere all of the food is free. “It’s great doing something where we can both lead and work toward a cause we care about,” Paisley tells PEOPLE of working with his wife. “This is not a trivial thing; it’s something that’s very important to us and the community.” The Store, which broke ground on Wednesday with Paisley wielding a backhoe, is modeled after Unity Shoppe grocery store in Santa Barbara, California, where the couple tooktheir sons— Huck, 12, and Jasper, 9 — oneThanksgiving....