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A Trump administration effort aimed at discouraging Americans on food stamps from using the government nutritional aid to buy soda is having an impact, a new study shows. Recipients of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits cut their sugary drink purchases by more than 12% from January to June of this year after new state-level restrictions on what people can buy with food stamps took effect, according to a working paper released this week by economic and public health experts at the University of Chicago, MIT and Stanford University. That reduction in purchases is equivalent to a person buying 34 fewer 12-ounce cans a year,…

Dolly Parton gushed about her late husband, Carl Thomas Dean, and struck an optimistic tone about her career in the devastating last interview just four days before her death.On Tuesday, the singer’s nephew, Bryan Seaver, who also served as her head of security, announced that she had died at the age of 80. The undisputed Queen of Country told People last week that she still had ‘so many things’ she wanted to achieve. The Jolene singer had opened up about her health and the projects she was looking forward to, saying she had been dealing with some health issues that she had not paid attention to…

Dolly Parton has died aged 80.The legendary country singer’s death was confirmed today in an Instagram video posted by her nephew.Parton, who is often referred to as the Queen of Country, enjoyed an illustrious music career that spanned an incredible six decades and was arguably best known for her hits Jolene and 9 to 5. Her passing came after months of health woes that saw her pull out of a string of public appearances, fueling fan fears for her wellbeing.The fourth of 12 children, Parton was born in Pittman Center, Tennessee, on January 19, 1946. She and her siblings – Willadeene, David…

The Queen of Country, whose career ran from a childhood radio slot in Tennessee to Jolene, 9 to 5 and Dollywood, died months after withdrawing from a Las Vegas residency on health grounds Dolly Parton, the singer and songwriter whose seven-decade career made her the most recognisable figure in country music, has died at the age of 80. Her family announced the news on Tuesday. The announcement was made on her official Instagram account through a video from her nephew Bryan Seaver, speaking on behalf of the Parton family. She died peacefully in Nashville, Tennessee. The news follows months of…

Lil Nas X shared some reassuring posts on Instagram on Tuesday when he joked about his release from rehab. The Grammy Award-winner, 27, joked that he doesn’t really know what to post because of how his fans will react, despite them being really supportive. LIl Nas X had a mental health episode that culminated in his arrest last August and has since been diagnosed with bipolar disorder. He said: Ever since I got out of rehab, everyone’s like ‘OD’ nice to me.’I could be like ‘hey’ and everyone’s like ‘oh he’s so brave’. I can try to post a thirst trap on my Instagram…

Race Across The World winner Emon Choudhury has paid tribute to his co-star Jo Gardiner after her death at the age of 61.Businessman Emon, 41, appeared on the second series of the show in 2020 alongside Jo and went on to win it with his nephew Jamiul.It was announced on Monday that Jo had died – a year after her co-star son Sam was killed in a car crash.She died on Friday, August 21 following ‘a long and courageous battle with cancer’, her family said in a statement. The physiotherapist, from Manchester, was ‘an intrepid adventurer, brave, kind, witty and endlessly loving,’…

Jimmy Kimmel’s second wife Molly McNearney has revealed the moment they first decided to sleep together and bring their hush-hush office romance into reality.At 58, the Jimmy Kimmel Live host is a decade older than the Emmy winner, who currently serves as co-head writer alongside Danny Ricker and Josh Halloway.Kimmel originally hired McNearney as a writer’s assistant in 2004 but they didn’t begin dating until October 2009 – seven months after he ended his seven-year relationship with fellow comedian Sarah Silverman.The Missouri-born blonde recalled how one time in a writer’s meeting the four-time Emmy winner’s cousin Sal Iacono asked everyone,…

Fats Timbo broke down in tears as she revealed she has split from husband Alan Laszczak after less than a year of marriage. The comedian, 29 – who found fame on shows such as The Undateables and Don’t Look Down – tied the knot with Alan Laszczak last August in a ceremony that merged their two cultures: Sierra Leonean and Polish.On their big day, which was held in Cornwall, the pair were cheered on by friends and family including The Traitors star Meryl Williams, as they said ‘I do’ after six years of dating. Yet the couple didn’t get the fairytale ending befitting…

When Shae Thompson pulled her 27-year-old hairbrush from her bag, her friends gasped in horror. ‘Why have you got a dog brush in your bag?’ they asked her.But this was no dog brush.The 29-year-old from Liverpool told This is Money: ‘I’m mixed; black, white and Caribbean, and that was the same brush I’d used daily since I was a child.‘Only then did I realise how much I relied on it and how much of a staple item it was for me.’Somewhat pressured to find a ‘prettier’ looking brush, Shae searched all the big brands to buy a similar product but…

Kacey Musgraves turned 38 at her Chicago concert last Friday, and her birthday wish was for her fans to donate to the Young Center, a nonprofit organization championing children ‘in an unfair immigration system.”It’s a wonderful organization, and they help give aid, legal aid, and money to children whose parents have been deported unfairly,’ the country crooner said onstage at the United Center.’It’s not a political thing. It’s just, these kids need help…they have no guidance and no way to get through this thing without their homebase or their parents. So anyway, 50 cents, whatever the hell… I don’t know,…