Author: Errica Jensen

Ray Stevens fell on March 29. His neck was broken. He was brought to a Nashville hospital, where he spent a short time before returning home to recuperate. He was given a neck brace by his doctors, which he was instructed to wear for about four weeks. Favorites Old & New, his new album, will still be released on April 10. No biography could adequately convey the man’s personality from that series of events alone. Born Harold Ray Ragsdale in Clarkdale, Georgia, on January 24, 1939, Stevens has been a mainstay of American comedy and music for more than 70…

Most people don’t expect moral clarity to show up in the men’s restroom of a Chick-fil-A in Kinston, North Carolina. However, that’s precisely where it appeared on Good Friday morning: an 18-year-old on break was staring at two white envelopes with almost $10,000 in cash on the floor next to a toilet. According to Jaydon Cintron, he wasn’t excited at first. It was discomfort. He said, “My first thought was just like… okay, no, this isn’t happening,” to the local station WITN. “Something is wrong.” More about a person’s character than most job interviews or college application essays can convey…

When a company that has been in operation for three generations decides to close, a certain silence descends upon the town. Not the cacophony of filing for bankruptcy, not the pressing demands of creditors. It’s just a family sitting down, deciding it’s time while examining the numbers and each other. This is what took place at Waltman Furniture Co. in Kittanning, Pennsylvania, and the liquidation sale that began on April 9 is the last chapter in a tale that began in 1951. By all accounts, Vernon Waltman’s initial store opened in a 4,000-square-foot showroom in Chicora, Pennsylvania, with modest goals…

Tucked away in the southwest corner of the world’s most famous golf club, behind the fifth fairway at Augusta National, is a 90,000-square-foot structure that most Masters players will pass without ever realizing what’s inside. There are no indicators pointing in its direction. The official course map only displays a circled “BP” and a tiny triangular area of greenery. That’s deliberate. Berckmans Place is deliberate in every way. When the venue first opened in 2013, 400 badges were reportedly sold for about $4,000 apiece. Now, those numbers seem almost charming. Weekly badges have increased to somewhere in the low five…

There is a certain type of television program that keeps you watching—not because it’s fantastic, but rather because it’s bizarre, intricate, and slick enough that leaving feels worse than finishing it. Perhaps the most honest thing to say about The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair is that it is precisely that kind of show. The idea, which is based on the best-selling Swiss book by Joël Dicker, has a lot of potential. A young novelist experiencing writer’s block, Marcus Goldman pays a visit to his renowned mentor Harry Quebert at his house in a small coastal town in New…

A 19-year-old freshman from Flint went to the free throw line and considered practice on Monday night inside Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis with 13 seconds remaining and Michigan holding a six-point lead over Connecticut. Not the national title. Not the roughly 70 million college basketball fans. Simply practice. There are two free throws. Like any other representative from any other Ann Arbor Tuesday afternoon.Both were swished by Trey McKenney. Michigan prevailed 69-63. And the Wolverines won their second national championship, thanks in part to a player who, to his own happy admission, still finds it hard to believe that…

Pompon, a cat, wandered into a barn somewhere in rural France and made the decision to stay. Not a collar. Not a microchip. There was no tag indicating his origin or who, if anyone, was trying to find him. Over the course of about two years, Aimée Raclot took him in, fed him, took care of him, and observed how he adapted to domestic life. Every day in France, stray animals find their way to people who are willing to adopt them. But what transpired next is far less typical.Pompon was identified as the cat of a woman who came…

Mumias, a market town near Lake Victoria in western Kenya, is more well-known for its sugar industry than for producing NCAA basketball players. It doesn’t usually show up in Final Four or bracket previews. Nevertheless, Madina Okot Mullah, a 6’6″ center with a vertical game, soft hands, and a career trajectory that was unimaginable four years ago, grew up there. In April 2026, she was standing in a Phoenix arena as a member of one of the top women’s basketball programs in the nation. There isn’t a direct route from Mumias to the University of South Carolina. Okot represented her…

In front of photographers who were obviously not surprised, Dakota Johnson kissed Tucker Pillsbury, also known somewhat improbably as Role Model, on a Friday night in early April in a Los Feliz parking lot. She carried a burgundy purse and wore a black jacket over an olive blouse. He wore a ball cap, black pants, and a blue T-shirt. He nuzzled her hair and cheek once. At another, she encircled him from behind with her arms. For a 36-year-old actress who has spent her entire adult life navigating a level of public attention she did not exactly choose, it was…

When a casual dining chain closes, there’s something about it that doesn’t quite register as news until you’re standing in its parking lot, staring at the faded signage and darkened windows, and trying to recall the last time you were inside. Thirty years of tiki torches, Caribbean jerk chicken, and mango daiquiris served in large glasses silently came to an end when Bahama Breeze closed its last locations on April 5, 2026. The chain was founded in 1996 in Orlando, Florida, which, when you think about it, is exactly the kind of city where a restaurant meant to resemble a…