C.T. Tamburello is continuing his dominating post-retirement stint onThe Challenge‘s latest season — but experience didn’t really help him inFinal Reckoning. But this time around, he says he had to approach the game a little differently after being partnered with Veronica Portillo — another vet from earlier seasons who made her return in recent years. “Being on a team with Veronica totally caught me off guard and it became interesting,” Tamburello says....

Oakboro Police Department TJ Smith.Photo: Oakboro Police Department A vaccinated police chief in North Carolina is accused of telling officers and troopers where to get a COVID-19 vaccine card without having to get the vaccine. Smith was allegedly caught telling officers about a vaccination clinic that would give them a syringe to self-inject, which they could use or dispose of in a bathroom. No matter what the officers decided to do, they would received a COVID-19 vaccination card, Smith allegedly said, adding there was an arrangement with the pharmacists....

A middle-school art teacher from Westfield, N.J., was charged on Thursday after he allegedly overdosed on Fentanyl in front of his class last November. According to a statementfrom the Westfield Police Department, teacher Frank Thompson, 57, is charged with multiple drug-related offenses in the wake of the Nov. 29 incident, in which students saw him unconscious on his classroom floor at Roosevelt Intermediate School around 9 a.m., the police statement says....

Melanie Chianese and son Myles Nicholas Franolich.Photo: GoFundMe When 3-year-old Myles Franolich was diagnosed with autism last summer, his mother, Melanie Chianese, became his advocate, taking the non-verbal child to parks around their home in the Town of Wappinger, N.Y., to enhance his development through play and socializing with other kids. On May 29, the toddler lost his mom after a former boyfriend of her mother, Cheryl Chianese, allegedly stabbed Melanie in the home she and her son shared in what police and her family said was an act of domestic violence....

Photo:Naomi Watts/Instagram Naomi Watts/Instagram Naomi WattsandBilly Crudupare married! Watts shared a photo of herself and Crudup in front of what appeared to be a Manhattan courthouse with wide smiles as Watts holds onto a bouquet of white flowers. The actress, wearing a gorgeous white wedding dress, stood opposite Crudup, who donned a sleek navy suit without a tie. “Hitched! 🕊️🪢♥️,” Watts simply captioned the photo. Watts' social media post came after photos shared pictures of the star in the same Oscar de la Renta dress, holding the same flowers and wearing a gold wedding band a day prior....

Austin Dillon’s new series.Photo: Alexander Tamargo/USA NetworkDaytona 500 championAustin Dillonis giving fans an inside look at his high-octane life in a new unscripted series — and PEOPLE has the first look.Austin Dillon’s Life in the Fast Lanefrom USA Network, premiering later this month, will profile Austin, 32, and his wife Whitney, young son Ace, and best friends Paul and Mariel Swan.The half-hour series promises “high-stakes races, hilarious adventures and heartwarming moments at home,” as cameras follow the Dillon family and friends throughout their daily lives....

Natalee Holloway, left, and Beth Holloway.Photo:AP Photo/Family photo, AP Photo/ Butch Dill AP Photo/Family photo, AP Photo/ Butch Dill The mother ofNatalee Holloway, the Alabama high school senior who was killed while on a class trip to Aruba in 2005, doesn’t accept the apology from her daughter’s killer. On Wednesday,Joran van der Sloot, long a suspect in Natalee’s death, admitted to killing the 18-year-old afterpleading guilty to extortion and wire fraud chargesfor extorting Natalee’s mother, Beth....

Chris Hemsworth and Natalie Portman hold hands on the set ofThor: Love and Thunder.Photo: P&P / MEGANatalie PortmanandChris Hemsworthare back together again, giving fans a glimpse of the upcomingThor: Love and Thunder.On Monday, the two actors were photographed holding hands while filming the sequel on a Los Angeles street where Hemsworth, 38, sported long blond hair pulled back in a ponytail and a dark T-shirt, jeans and a sweater as Thor....

Photo: Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images Natasha Lyonneis not exactly embracing her non-smoking journey, but she knows it’s for the best. Speaking exclusively with PEOPLE on Thursday at the NBC Universal Emmys Kick-Off Luncheon, thePoker Faceactress and longtime smoker, 44, gave an update on how she’s doing after quitting cigarettes — admitting it’s been “a nightmare.” “I’ll be honest. It’s the worst decision I ever made,” she teases. “Of course, my true and deep hope is that the technology will get there such that I’m able to smoke again consequence-free since it’s one of the great loves of my life....

Nate Berkus and Jeremiah Brent have soldtheir New York City townhouseafter just two years of living there, PEOPLE can confirm. The couple purchased the property in April 2019 for $9.75 million, according to property records, after letting go of their 9,000-square-foot L.A. home, which they sold in March 2019 for$11.4 million, and moving back East. Berkus, 49, and Brent, 36 — who married in 2014 and share daughter Poppy, 6, and son Oskar, 3 —opened up the doorsto the family’s West Village home forArchitectural Digest’s May 2020 issue, telling the publication that New York is a better fit for their family than L....

Adam Silver.Photo: Andy Lyons/Getty The NBA is back! Tuesday marks the first games of the 2020-2021 basketball season, less than three months after theLos Angeles Lakers won the 2020 NBA Finalsand nine months after the death ofKobe Bryant. While the latest season was held entirely within the NBA bubble at Florida’s Walt Disney World campus to keep players isolated amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the bubble will be no more for the 2021 season as players resume games at their team arenas....

Cody Zeller and Singer Leanna Crawford at their wedding in Nashville, TN on Aug. 26.Photo:Darlingjulietphoto/Instagram Darlingjulietphoto/Instagram Cody ZellerandLeanna Crawfordare married!The New Orleans Pelicans center, 30, and the Christian singer-songwriter, 28, tied the knot on Saturday in Nashville, TN. The couple exchanged vows during a ceremony at the Scarritt Bennett Center, before celebrating with their 220 guests at a reception held at theSchermerhorn Symphony Center. “I’ve lived in Nashville for five years and love it....

Photo: Jeenah Moon/Getty The NBA and the National Basketball Players Association agreed to new rules that allow for additional replacement players to be signed to teams dealing with COVID outbreaks. The league is currently facing COVID outbreaks acrossmultiple teamswith more than 70 players — including Brooklyn Nets' Kevin Durant, James Harden andKyrie Irving, Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo and Atlanta Hawks guard Trae Young – currently in the NBA’s COVID health and safety protocols....