The singer-songwriter opened up after her dad, Billy Ray Cyrus, split from her mom, Tish Cyrus
Noah Cyrus, Grammy-nominated singer and sister of fellow star Miley Cyrus, has opened up about rumors of a feud within her family after speculation started following the divorce of her parents, Billy Ray and Tish Cyrus.
Billy Ray and Tish decided to go their separate ways in 2022, after which Billy Ray entered another brief marriage with the singer Firerose, while Tish went on to marry Prison Break actor Dominic Purcell.
Following their split, rumors emerged that there was a rift between the family, fuelled when fans noticed that Miley appeared to be missing from Billy Ray’s wedding with Firerose, despite being in attendance at Tish’s marriage to Purcell.
Miley also failed to mention her father in her 2024 Grammy acceptance speech, though she did thank her mom, her sister Brandi and her boyfriend Maxx Morando.
Miley’s sister Noah has now addressed all the speculation surrounding her famous family, though she admitted to People she does her best to stay out of it.
Noah said she tries to keep away from rumors about her family (Christopher Polk/MTV1617/Getty Images for MTV)
âI keep myself quite separated from any interest or âdramaâ with the family,” she explained. “The one thing that’s connected us with the entire world is music, and that’s what’s the most important to us.
“Yeah, it emotionally is draining, but it doesn’t hurt us or touch us. It’s something that you really learn to keep separate and far away from yourself.â
Noah went on to assure that the family is in a good place, saying that ‘everybody’s great and loves each other’.
Stressing that despite being in the spotlight, they’re still a family unit, she continued: “I think when you grow up with that being normal â things being public â that it doesn’t quite reach you. At the end of the day, this is a family, and that’s really it: just going through normal family stuff.â
Noah Cyrus’ new album features her family (Stephane Cardinale – Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images)
Noah’s latest album, titled ‘I Want My Loved Ones to Go with Me’, features references to her family, with one lyric in particular reading: âThe words that were spoken / Mean nothing to me.â
âI think that really sums up a relationship with a sibling,” she said. “There’s so many times, especially in my relationship with my siblings growing up, you fight and you say things â but that’s your family, and they’re always going to be there for you, and I’m lucky enough to say that that’s been my case with me and my siblings and my family.â
Elsewhere in the album, Noah has featured a sample of a hymn written by her great-grandfather and sung by her paternal grandfather, while another track is the first song her dad Billy Ray ever wrote.
âIt really was beautiful to have that bloodline [running] through the record,â Noah said.
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Debbie Stevens claimed she was fired from her job not long after she saved her boss’ life
A woman who donated her kidney to save her boss’ life was later fired.
Debbie Stevens, 47, from Long Island, said she felt ‘betrayed’ after she was dismissed by her employer back in 2012.
âI decided to become a kidney donor to my boss, and she took my heart,ââ Debbie told The Post at the time.
âI feel very betrayed. This has been a very hurtful and horrible experience for me. She just took this gift and put it on the ground and kicked it.ââ
Legal papers revealed how Debbie first met her boss Jackie Brucia in January 2009, when she started working at Atlantic Automotive Group in Long Island.
While she left in 2010 after moving away, she later returned to Long Island and popped into the office where she learned that Brucia needed a kidney transplant.
Stevens claimed that Brucia told her that a possible donor had been located, but explained that if she needed to, she would be happy to donate one of her kidneys to her former colleague.
âBrucia… told her, âYou never know, I may have to take you up on that offer one day,ââ the papers explain.
Stevens offered to donate one of her kidneys (CBS)
Not long after the conversation, Stevens decided to move back to Long Island and asked Brucia if she could resume her old job.
Once she was working at the company again, Brucia called her into her office.
According to Stevens, Brucia said: “My donor was denied. Were you serious when you said that?â I said, âSure, yeah.â She was my boss, I respected her. Itâs just who I am. I didnât want her to die.”
Although Stevens wasn’t a match for Brucia, doctors allowed her to donate her kidney to somebody else so that Brucia would move up the waiting list.
âI felt I was giving her life back,” she said.
âMy kidney ended up going to St. Louis, Missouri, and hers came from San Francisco.â
Stevens explained she wasn’t a perfect match for Brucia (Getty Stock Photo)
Stevens explained that following the surgery, she experienced complications and felt pressured to return to work.
One day, after leaving the office unwell, she claims that Brucia called her from home, explaining: âShe… said, âWhat are you doing? Why arenât you at work?â I told her I didnât feel good.
âShe said, âYou canât come and go as you please. People are going to think youâre getting special treatment.ââ
Stevens claimed that she was stripped of her office and overtime opportunities, was later demoted to a dealership 50 miles from her home and suffered with mental health issues.
“She just started treating me horribly, viciously, inhumanly after the surgery,” Stevens told ABCNews.com.
“It was almost like she hired me just to get my kidney.”
Her legal team later wrote a letter to the company, after which she was fired.
Debbie claims she was fired from the company not long after (YouTube/Newsday)
At the time, AAG and Brucia did not respond to requests for comment from ABC News or The Post.
However, Brucia’s husband, James, told one reporter that claims were ‘far from the truth’ adding that she ‘didn’t fire anybody’.
The bus rolled as it was traveling on Interstate 90 near Pembroke
Five people have been confirmed dead after a tourist bus carrying 52 people rolled over on its way back from Niagara Falls to New York.
The crash occurred on Interstate 90 near Pembroke, as it was traveling eastbound before the Pembroke exit.
At this point, the investigation into how many others died from the incident is still in its early stages.
What we do know from state police spokesperson James OâCallaghan, who said in a news conference, is that the bus âlost control, went into the median, overcorrected, and ended up in the ditch, which would be on the right side of the roadwayâ.
The crash involved a tractor-trailer, leaving OâCallaghan to confirm âthe bus did rollâ but not the reason why.
49 were injured (YouTube/ABC 7 Chicago)
A witness to the incident called Powell Stephens told The Buffalo News shared that âthere was glass all over the road and peopleâs stuff all over the roadâ and that the bust âwindows were all shattered.â
âItâs a full-size tour bus. Heavy amount of damage,” OâCallaghan continued. âMost people, Iâm assuming, on the bus did not have a seat belt on. That is the reason why we have so many ejected people on this bus.â
Mercy Flight and other emergency service providers are said to have used multiple helicopters and ambulances to move injured passengers to the hospital, with the Erie County Medical Center receiving multiple of the victims, as per the Independent.
What have the police said?
New York State Police confirmed on Friday August 22 that the westbound lanes reopened to traffic and translators were brought to the scene for the passengers – who were mostly from China, the Philippines and India.
As the investigation continues into why the bus rolled as it did into the ditch, OâCallaghan said they are looking into the driver of the vehicle to provide more clarity on the situation.
He said: âThe driver is alive and well. Weâre working with him. We believe we have a good idea of what happened, why the bus lost control.”
Police said there were children transported to the hospital, however they are âunaware of any serious physical injuries to children at this pointâ.
How many are injured?
There were 52 people on the bus ranging between ages 1 and 74 were on the bus, and five people were killed.
5 people have confirmed to have died (YouTube/ABC 7 Chicago)
Twenty-four passengers were treated at a Buffalo hospital, and others were also taken to other hospitals.
Dr Jennifer Pugh, Erie County Medical Centerâs chief of emergency medicine told the Independent that 20 people were in the emergency ward, two people were in surgery, and others were admitted to the trauma ICU.
Dr Samuel Cloud, the chief medical officer, shared the impact of the crash was significant, calling it âprobably the most trauma patients from one incident in my career here in Buffalo.â
While initially there were claims that children had died as a result of the rolling tourist bus, police shared that this was âfalseâ information.
What have New York politicians said?
New York Governor Kathy Hochul has called the incident âtragicâ since reports came through about the crash, and explained in a social media post that her office is coordinating with police.
âIâve been briefed on the tragic tour bus accident on the @NYSThruway,â she wrote on X. âMy team is coordinating closely with @nyspolice and local officials who are working to rescue and provide assistance to everyone involved.â
New York Senator Chuck Schumer also wrote his own post on X, sharing how âheartbrokenâ he is for those who lost their lives.
He wrote: âIâm heartbroken for all those weâve lost and all those injured and praying for their families. Thank you to our brave first responders on the scene.â
Representative Eric Swalwell of California similarly wrote: âMy heart breaks after hearing of the horrific bus crash in New York. My thoughts are with the victims, their families, and the first responders working through this tragedy.â
How to get rid of blackheads in your ears (3 Videos Below)
You may not be able to see blackheads in ears, but that doesnât mean you canât get them. Everybody can get blackheads on their face, body & in their ears. Learn how to tackle blackheads in ears.
BlackheadsâŚ.in your earsâŚ. Yep, thatâs right. While weâre used to dealing with blackheads on and around our nose, itâs also possible to get them inside our ears too. Does this sound like you right now? Or somebody you know? Read on for all you could possibly need to know about ear blackhead removal.
What are blackheads?
Blackheads may not be something everybodyâs had, but theyâre most definitely something most of us have heard of. Theyâre teeny tiny, dark-looking bumps that appear on peopleâs skin, mostly on their face. Theyâre a mild form of acne and itâs possible to get them popping up on other parts of your body, such as your back or your chest. Anybody and everybody can get blackheads, but itâs people who have oiler skin who tend to get them the most.1Â Why do they appear? Usually because a hair follicleâs got clogged or plugged up with natural oil, sebum. This then causes a small bump to form. If the:
Bump stays closed â itâs whatâs known as a whitehead
Skin over the bump opens up â the exposure to the air can make it look black and a blackhead to form2
Cleaning Ear Acne
Yes, they can. But, thereâs no telling how long itâll take, and if theyâre going to go away or not. Blackheads have got a bit of a rep for being stubborn. So, if you want to wait for yours to disappear on their own, itâs worth knowing it can take months-upon-years to happen. Ones that are sat nearer the surface of the skin take less time to go away than those that have tunnelled deep down.3
How do you get rid of blackheads in your ear?
Pretty much the same way youâd get rid of blackheads on your face and body. Only the main difference here is that you arenât able to easily see blackheads in ears, so it can be difficult to tell how deep they are, how many you have and if theyâre going away or not. The best thing to do is to try and avoid getting them in the first place. There are a number of things you can do to prevent them from forming and to remove them if you already have some.
How to get blackheads out of your ears
Wash your ears How often do you clean your ears? Theyâre actually quite sensitive, so itâs important you donât over wash them, but itâs good to get in the habit of doing it every now and again.Use oil-free cleansing products and donât scrub at them, as this can actually cause more acne. You can use your fingers or a washcloth to give them a wipe over, and remove any dirt and oil that may have built up.4
Use an exfoliator Exfoliating is great, as it can help remove any layers of skin, dirt and oil that may have developed over time. Grab an exfoliator, the same one that youâd use on your face, and gently apply it to your ears, making sure nothing ends up going down your earhole.Look out for scrubs that contain retinol and salicylic acid, which are particularly effective at beating blackheads and future breakouts.5Â Clay masks and charcoal-based products that work by absorbing excess oil from pores are also a good shout too.6
Keep your hands away Just as touching and picking at your face can make blackheads and spots sore and irritated, the same can happen with blackheads in ears. And never, try to squeeze or extract a blackhead yourself â a) because you canât really see them properly and b) this could cause scarring.They may also spread too. It may be tempting, and you may want to desperately get rid of them. But donât mess with them, as you could potentially make them a whole lot worse.7
See a dermatologist We hope you manage to sort your blackheads without having to see a specialist. But if you find that youâre doing all you can, such as steps 1 to 3 and your blackheads arenât shifting, then you may need to get them professionally extracted. It is possible to have a go at extracting them yourself, but itâs best you go to a dermatologist to get this done to make sure itâs done safely, thoroughly and correctly, and you donât wind up causing any wider issues.8
Be mindful about what youâre putting on/in your ears For instance, you may use headphones to take calls, listen to music or podcasts. When was the last time you cleaned them? The same goes for your mobile phone too; have you wiped it over recently? Anything that regularly comes into contact with your ears, e.g. hats, pillowcases, towels, headbands, need to be washed on a regular basis to help prevent them from transferring dirt and bacteria to your ears.Itâs an obvious one, we know, but youâd be amazed at just how many people overlook it.9Â We can all get blackheads in ears. And we can all prevent them from forming, simply by paying a bit closer attention to our personal ear hygiene. For more practical ear-related advice read, âA guide to earwax removal.â
Woman now facing the death penalty after allegedly smuggling $70,000 of drugs in sex toy at an airport
The alleged smuggling took place after the woman met a man on the dark web
A Peruvian woman could face the death penalty after being accused of attempting to smuggle $70,000 worth of drugs into Bali inside a sex toy and her underwear.
The 42-year-old woman, who has only be identified by the initials N.S, was caught after boarding a flight in Barcelona, Spain, with plans to travel to the Indonesian island of Bali.
She had a stopover in Doha, in Qatar, before arriving in Bali on 12 August.
Upon arrival, customs officials reported seeing her acting strangely, prompting them to alert police to her behavior.
Bali police’s narcotics unit director, who goes by the name Radiant, told reporters at a press conference: âAlthough the X-ray machine did not detect anything suspicious in her luggage, customs officers found her behavior suspicious and decided to conduct a body search…
“After consulting with the police, they did a further check on her.”
The drugs were found in numerous places on the woman’s body (PYMCA/Avalon/Getty Images)
During the investigation, authorities allegedly uncovered not only 1.4kg (3.1lb) of cocaine but also 43 ecstasy pills, which Radiant claimed had been carefully concealed in a number of places on the woman’s body.
Per BBC News, he continued: “The narcotics were hidden in six plastic packages wrapped in black duct tape inside a green bra, three similar packages in black underwear, and a sex toy containing drugs, which was inserted into her body.”
The woman claimed she had been paid $19,000 to smuggle the drugs into Bali, alleging she had been asked to do the task by someone she met on the dark web in April.
N.S has consequently been charged under Indonesia’s drug laws, which are known to come with severe punishments.
If found guilty, the 42-year-old could face the death penalty.
Customs agents alerted police to the woman’s behavior (PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images)
A conviction could mean N.S becomes one of dozens of convicted drug traffickers who remain on death row in Indonesia, though the country has not carried out an execution since 2016.
During the last execution, one Indonesian and three Nigerian convicts were handed the penalty by way of a firing squad.
The woman’s arrest comes just weeks after three British nationals avoided the death penalty after being arrested for smuggling cocaine into Indonesia. Lisa Stocker, 39, and her husband Jon Collyer, 38, were taken into custody at Bali’s international airport after being caught with 994g of cocaine, while the intended recipient, Phineas Float, 31, was arrested a few days later.
Following their arrest in February, a judge determined the trio would instead only serve a 12 month sentence.
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‘Nicest judge in the world’ Frank Caprio’s heartwarming final message before death aged 88
Frank Caprio went viral online for the way he handled himself in the courtroom
Frank Caprio, the man regarded as the ‘nicest judge in the world’, left a heartwarming message to the world shortly before his death yesterday.
The Rhode Island native passed away at the age of 88 following a diagnosis of pancreatic cancer, having touched the lives of millions thanks to his empathetic stance as a judge, which saw him go viral on several occasions.
He also fronted the TV show Caught in Providence, where real people would enter the Providence Municipal Court in Rhode Island to learn their fate, as he made the decisions on cases involving traffic, parking, and arraignments for criminal offences.
His empathy on the stand quickly earned him the title of ‘nicest judge in the world’, while he was also nominated for two Emmy Awards thanks to his amusing and kind-hearted persona on the popular TV show.
It was confirmed in December 2023 that the father-of-five was suffering from pancreatic cancer, and a statement made by his son Frank T. Caprio yesterday (20 August)Â shared the tragic news that he had succumbed to the illness.
Frank Caprio has died at the age of 88 (Slaven Vlasic/Getty Images)
A statement shared to his Instagram page announcing his death stated: “Judge Frank Caprio passed away peacefully at the age of 88 after a long and courageous battle with pancreatic cancer.
“Beloved for his compassion, humility, and unwavering belief in the goodness of people, Judge Caprio touched the lives of millions through his work in the courtroom and beyond.
“His warmth, humour, and kindness left an indelible mark on all who knew him.
“He will be remembered not only as a respected judge, but as a devoted husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather and friend. His legacy lives on in the countless acts of kindness he inspired.
“In his honour, may we each strive to bring a little more compassion into the world – just as he did every day.”
Caprio, who is survived by his wife of six decades, Joyce, his five children – Frank, David, Marissa, John and Paul – seven grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren, confirmed only the day before his death that he had been hospitalised again due to his cancer.
After confirming the news on his Instagram page, the viral judge asked for the prayers of his fans, writing: “As I continue this difficult battle, your prayers will lift my spirit.”
Speaking in the video clip, he said: “Last year I asked you to pray for me, and it’s very obvious that you did, because I came through a very difficult period.
“Unfortunately, I’ve had a setback, I’m back in the hospital. Now, I’m coming to you again and asking you to remember me in your prayers once more.”
The judge became a viral sensation (Jessica Rinaldi/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)
Tributes have been flooding in for Caprio since his death was confirmed to his nearly four million followers on Instagram.
Debmar-Mercur, the company behind Caught in Providence, said in a statement: âJudge Caprioâs unique brand of compassion and common sense approach to justice caught the attention of daytime TV and social media audiences, making Caught in Providence a fan favorite.
“We will miss him dearly, and our hearts go out to the Caprio family.â
Viral Judge Frank Caprio’s most heartwarming moments remembered after his death aged 88
Caprio became famous for his compassionate conduct in the courtroom
Frank Caprio, a judge who gained viral fame for bringing his compassion and humour to the courtroom, has died at the age of 88.
His son confirmed yesterday (20 August) that the venerable judge had died due to pancreatic cancer.
Judge Caprio had been the star of Caught In Providence, a reality show set inside his courtroom where he showed leniency and joviality to many of the people brought before him.
A statement from his family read: “Judge Frank Caprio passed away peacefully at the age of 88 after a long and courageous battle with pancreatic cancer. Beloved for his compassion, humility, and unwavering belief in the goodness of people, Judge Caprio touched the lives of millions through his work in the courtroom and beyond.
“His warmth, humour, and kindness left an indelible mark on all who knew him. He will be remembered not only as a respected judge but as a devoted husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, and friend. His legacy lives on in the countless acts of kindness he inspired.
“In his honour, may we each strive to bring a little more compassion into the world – just as he did every day.”
Dubbed the ‘nicest judge in the world’, shortly before his death, he posted a video of himself in hospital saying he’d suffered ‘a setback’ as he asked people to remember him in their prayers.
Since his death, numerous tributes have been paid to him, but among the most enduring are the viral videos that captured his courtroom antics.
Frank Caprio gained viral fame for his conduct as a judge (Jessica Rinaldi/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)
“How about five days in jail?”
One of Judge Caprio’s most famous moments came when he had to pass a verdict on a woman who had been caught speeding, albeit at one mph over the limit.
The woman had brought her five children to court with her, and Judge Caprio asked her to pick out which of her children liked to talk most of all, and he then invited the boy to come and stand with him.
It turns out this kid’s favourite word in the world was ‘yes’ as he kept saying it to whatever the judge asked him.
“Should we fine her some money or should we let her go for nothing?” the judge asked.
“Yes!” replied the boy, before amending his verdict to: “Yes money!”
At this point, the judge joked that someone in the court should ‘get the cuffs’, but he instead got the boy to say his mother was only one mile over the speed limit and the case should be dismissed.
Finding the verdict impossible to argue with, the mum of five was let off.
“So you want to charge her $50? Ok…”
That wasn’t the only time Judge Caprio would bring someone’s children up to help him deliver a verdict, as when he had to decide on a woman who had been fined for parking on the pavement, he asked her daughter to come up and help him.
He asked the girl whether she wanted to be a judge when she grew up, but she told him she’d rather become a teacher, and Judge Caprio said this was a good job for her to aim for.
The judge told the girl her mum was facing a $100 fine, but could pay as much as $300 due to penalties.
Laying out the options, he said they could give her mum either of these verdicts, halve the fine to $50 or even let her off with no charge at all.
While she had an option to let her mum off with nothing, the girl picked the $50 option.
“You can’t charge her zero, right?” the judge asked the girl, to which she replied: “No.”
“We can’t charge you zero,” the judge jokingly told the mum.
However, he then learned that the kids hadn’t had breakfast yet because the family had been to court, so he said he’d waive the fine if she agreed to go out and treat her children to breakfast.
“You’ve paid enough money, I’m not gonna charge you anything”
One of Judge Caprio’s most notable verdicts was in a case involving a student charged with parking during an emergency.
A nervous young woman explained that she had no other parking options and had been warned that it was going to snow.
She explained that the company which towed her car away told her that if she went to court and told them she was an impoverished student, then they’d probably let her off.
Judge Caprio learned that the student had forked over a fee to the towing company and was now facing a second blow of paying the parking ticket.
However, he liked her honest manner and said: “Let me tell you how I feel, you’ve paid enough money for the two, I’m not gonna charge you anything for the ticket.”
He wished her ‘good luck’ and said afterwards that while she had many of the ‘tells of a liar’, he thought her story was genuine and she was just nervous instead.
“An honest boy, shake hands”
In yet another case of the judge asking a child to come up and help him deliver the verdict on their parents, this one went a little bit differently than expected.
A man was having to answer for doing 35mph in a 25mph zone, and he explained that he hadn’t seen a speed sign.
In the place where he was driving, the law was that if you can’t see a speed sign, then it’s 25mph, but the man explained that he was just following the cars in front of him.
The judge then called the man’s son up to help him deliver a verdict.
“I’m gonna ask you two questions, okay? And you gonna say one or the other, we’re talking about your father,” the judge told the man’s son.
“Now you’re gonna say guilty, or not guilty. What do you say?”
“Guilty,” the boy replied.
Kids really do say the darndest things.
Judge Caprio praised the kid as ‘an honest boy’ as the courtroom erupted in laughter, telling the father he had a ‘wonderful family’ and gave him credit for his previous good driving record.
“You go through this every day?”
It’s not just children that the judge asked to help deliver verdicts during his years in court, as he memorably asked a wife to judge her husband after he was caught running a red light in her car.
Since the car was registered to her, she’d received the fine, but digging down into the details, it turns out the man ran the red light by three-tenths of a second.
At first the woman declared ‘I’m not guilty, he is’ and say if anyone should be paying the fine it better not be her.
She added that when she looked at the video, she’d have called him ‘guilty’ if she were with the police, but after the judge pointed out how close things were, she changed her tune to say it was ‘not much’.
Judge Caprio couldn’t help but ask the man: “You go through this every day?”
“We’ve been happily married for 43 years,” the woman told the court before turning to her husband and asking him, “Right?”
“Yes dear,” came the response of a man who nobody would doubt had been married for 43 years.
In the end, the wife was convinced to give her husband the benefit of the doubt as long as he took her out to dinner, and the case ended up being dismissed.
Plaza and the Baena/Stern family shared a joint statement with The Independent following his tragic passing, which read: “This is an unimaginable tragedy. We are deeply grateful to everyone who has offered support.
“Please respect our privacy during this time.”
Plaza appeared on Amy Poehler’s Good Hang podcast recently, where she opened up on what life has been like since her devastating loss.
“Overall, I’m here and I’m functioning. I feel really grateful to be moving through the world. I think I’m okay, but it’s like a daily struggle, obviously,” she told her friend and Parks and Recreation co-star.
Aubrey Plaza has been speaking about her grief (Stephane Cardinale – Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images)
She added: “This is a really dumb analogy and it was kind of a joke at a certain point, but I actually mean it. Did you see that movie The Gorge? It’s like [an] alien movie or something with Miles Teller.
“In the movie, there’s like a cliff on one side and there’s a cliff on the other side, then there’s gorge in between and it’s filled with all these like monster people that are trying to get them.”
Well, Plaza went on to say how the movie helped her explain her grief a bit more.
“I swear when I watched it, I was like that feels like what my grief is like ⌠or what grief could be like,” she added, as per People.
“At all times there’s like a giant ocean of awfulness, that’s like right there and I can see it. Sometimes I just want to dive into it, and just like be in it. Then sometimes I just look at it, and sometimes I try to get away from it. But, it’s always there.”
Aubrey Plaza lost her husband earlier this year (David Crotty/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images)
Poehler went on to say Plaza’s dog has offered some kind of therapy during these very difficult few months.
Plaza and Baena began dating in 2011 before tying the knot a decade later in 2021, with The White Lotus star telling Ellen DeGeneres that year the pair ‘got a little bored one night’ during covid and decided to get married using a ‘one-hour marriage’ site.
You know, as you do.
Plaza said: “I joked about getting married, and he was like, ‘Well, we probably couldn’t get married that fast. And I said, ‘Wouldn’t it be nice to get married on our actual anniversary?’ And then I Googled it and I found onehourmarriage.com.”
Featured Image Credit: Good Hang with Amy Poehler/YouTube
“Beloved for his compassion, humility, and unwavering belief in the goodness of people, Judge Caprio touched the lives of millions through his work in the courtroom and beyond. His warmth, humor, and kindness left an indelible mark on all who knew him. He will be remembered not only as a respected judge, but as a devoted husband, father, grandfather, great grandfather and friend,” the Instagram published to Caprio’s official account, read.
âPray for meâ
Less than 24 hours before his passing, a video of Caprio was shared, also on his Instagram, asking for prayers. Caprio was soft-spoken and smiled throughout the video.Â
Compassionate judge
The backstory:
Caprio reached peak virility in 2017 after videos of him began to circulate on social media showing the kind-hearted judge helping people who were ticketed in Providence, Rhode Island.
Videos of Caprio calling children to come up on the bench to help pass judgment on their parents and making high schoolers promise to attend college in return for dropping tickets have reached hundreds of millions of viewers.
He even worked out payment plans for people who were struggling financially.
Caprio said at the time the reason why he believed he went viral was because people had lost faith in government and were accustomed to institutions coming down hard without regard for personal circumstances.
“I think I should take into consideration whether somebody is sick and whether their mother died and whether they have kids who are starving,” he said. “I donât wear a badge under my robe. I wear a heart under my robe.”
Helen Green had no idea she was pregnant until giving birth in Canada
 A British woman had no idea she was pregnant until she ended up having a baby when she went to the toilet while on a family holiday in Canada.
Helen and Michael Green, both 45, arrived in Toronto, Canada on May 21 for their ten day road trip with their six-year-old daughter six-year Darcy for a well-deserved break.
However, things took an unexpected turn very early on as Helen woke up with stomach pains in the middle of the night and rushed to the bathroom.
The woman from Bristol felt a sudden ‘urge to push’ and looked down to see a baby, much to her shock.
The parent had experienced a cryptic pregnancy – which is when a person doesn’t realise they are pregnant until late in the pregnancy or even during labour.
And due to the fact she had regular periods, Helen has no reason to believe she was pregnant.
Helen had a cryptic pregnancy (SWNS)
“This was such a huge huge shock, and also such a lovely surprise,” Helen said. “She just came along and it feels like she’s always been with us.
“Everything feels complete now, she has made us all so happy. Even the doctors at the hospital were really surprised.
“I had no idea at all that I was pregnant, everything seemed completely normal.”
Recalling going to the toilet that evening and seeing a baby beneath her, Helen said: “I had no idea what was happening, my body just took over.
“After two massive pushes there was a baby so I picked her up out of the loo and held her in my arms.”
Michael woke up to hear his new daughter, Olivia, crying thinking the sound was coming from the next door room.
The couple welcomed a daughter in Canada (SWNS)
He was understandably shocked to find his wife in the bathroom with their newborn.
“I was in such a daze, we could hardly work out what was going on,” Michael recalled. “We didn’t know if the baby was well or whether it was full term. We didn’t even check to see whether it was a boy or a girl – a paramedic told us.
“In the hospital they kept asking me about the pregnancy and I couldn’t answer them, I just kept saying ‘I don’t know.'”
The couple sent messages to friends and family saying, ‘don’t worry but Helen is in hospital’, with a picture of Darcy holding baby Olivia.
The whole family was in complete and utter shock, but Olivia was certainly a welcomed addition to the family!
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