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Priyanka Chopra Jonas has shared more photos of her daughter on social media, featuring one very special, lovable guest. “A girl and her Ganpati,” Chopra Jonas, 41, captioned a recent Instagram post featuring several photos of her 1-year-old daughter, Malti Marie Chopra Jonas. “Always with us... wherever we go.” In the series of photos, Malti Marie is holding her favorite stuffy, Ganpati — a lord Ganesha soft toy. In the Hindu religion, Ganesha is the elephant-headed god of beginnings, and is…

When Mimi Evans found out she was pregnant for a third time 10 years ago, one of her first thoughts was: “Something has got to change.” “I thought: ’I’m not going to have my baby here in Texas in a medical center anymore,” Evans, now 36, tells TODAY.com. “I’m tired of it.” She ended up driving 1,300 miles in an RV to another state to give birth. “I was given so much choice, so much freedom and it was just such a much more pleasant experience,” she says. “I definitely felt like I made the right…

Priscilla Blossom, a Nicaraguan- and Mexican-American, grew up speaking Spanish but felt pressured to assimilate and would sometimes only communicate in English. Now as a mom, she worries that her son, who only speaks English, is missing out on his heritage. It’s common for Latino Americans to not be fluent in Spanish. According to the Pew Research Center, 24% of all Latino American adults say they can “only carry on a conversation in Spanish a little or not at all,” and 54% of non-Spanish-speak…

Content warning: This article discusses thoughts of suicide. If you or someone you know is in crisis, call or text 988 to reach the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline. You can also text HOME to 741741 or visit SpeakingOfSuicide.com/resources for additional resources. Mary Alice Hatch, 53, was desperate to find a doctor who could properly diagnosis and treat her daughter Emily’s chronic pain. “We were going to some of the best facilities in the world and no one was giving us answers,” Hatch tells TODAY.…

Maya Hawke’s parents, Ethan Hawke and Uma Thurman, were a little hesitant about her pursuing acting, but now are her biggest cheerleaders. And Maya Hawke worked alongside her famous father to record a song together. The father-daughter duo released a cover of Willie Nelson’s “We Don’t Run,” which will be included in the country icon’s celebratory vinyl collection, “Light in the Attic & Friends.” “This song is off Willie Nelson’s brilliant album ‘Spirit,’ which has been a mainstay in our home sin…

Legal actions have been filed in three states with near-total abortion bans — Idaho, Tennessee and Oklahoma — on behalf of eight women who say they were denied abortions despite serious health conditions. Tennessee mom Allie Phillips is one of those women. At 18 weeks gestation, Phillips says she was told there was hardly any amniotic fluid surrounding her fetus — a baby girl. After additional testing, she learned her baby had several fetal complications. She says her baby’s bladder, stomach a…

Vincent Montoya-Armanios remembers skipping lunch in high school because he didn’t have money to pay, afraid of being publicly confronted over his school lunch debt. “Sometimes, they would take away the food and give you a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, which is supposed to be an inferior lunch,” Montoya-Armanios, now 26, tells TODAY.com. School lunch debt is a pervasive problem in the U.S.: More than 30 million students can’t afford their school meals, according to the Education Data Initia…

One Texas high school varsity football program has a truly unique team roster that, to the surprise of Head Coach Devon Dorris, includes four sets of twins. Dorris, who leads the varsity football team at Azle High School in Azle, Texas, says it’s “pretty safe to say” that he has never had so many sets of twins on his football squad in the 14 seasons he’s served as head coach. “We have three sets of twins in one class,” Dorris tells TODAY.com. “So when they were freshmen, I knew that we would…

In the wake of Bruce Willis’ dementia diagnosis, his wife Emma Heming Willis is opening up about what her husband’s condition is teaching their young daughters. “Honestly he is the gift that keeps on giving,” Emma Willis, 45, told TODAY co-anchor Hoda Kotb in studio, adding that as a result of her husband’s diagnosis her two young daughters are learning “love, patience, resilience... so much.” “And he is teaching me,” Emma continued. “You know, for me to be out here doing this... this is not my…

A video of twin girls selecting the same colored blocks over and over again without actually being able to see each other has gone viral, leading some to question: Is twin telepathy real? Adrea Garza, 39, says her now 6-year-old fraternal twin girls, Koti and Haven, have been uniquely in-sync ever since they were babies. “They would just wake up at the exact same moment from their cribs every single morning,” the Oklahoma mom tells TODAY.com. “I just thought it was a coincidence, because they…

The seemingly innocuous term being used to bully teens online.

Two-time Daytona 500 winner Dale Earnhardt Jr. had a visceral reaction as a kid when his dad, the late Dale Earnhardt, would lose a NASCAR race. “As a little boy, I cried a few times when Dad had some bad runs,” Earnhardt Jr., 48, said while visiting Studio 1A and the 3rd Hour of TODAY on Thursday, Sept. 21. The NBC Sports NASCAR analyst recently shared that sweet childhood memory with his 5-year-old daughter, Isla Rose, who was equally upset when her father failed to win the Xfinity Series rac…

The internet is coming to Katy Perry’s defense after her ex-husband, Russell Brand, was accused of rape, sexual assault and emotional abuse by four women as the result of a joint investigation released Saturday that was conducted by Channel 4 TV, The Times of London and Sunday Times newspapers. TODAY.com has not spoken to any of the accusers or independently confirmed the multiple allegations against Brand. In a video posted to his various social media accounts prior to the publication of the al…

Tampa Bay Buccaneers linebacker Shaquil Barrett dedicated his first NFL career touchdown to a very special someone — his late daughter, Arrayah, who died in a tragic drowning accident earlier this year. When speaking to reporters after the Buccaneers’ 27-17 victory over the Chicago Bears on Sunday, Sept. 17, Barrett, 30, said: “I always play for my family already, but having that extra incentive makes me want to go a little harder for her. It never stops. “At least I’ll be able to shine some sp…

Feeling “touched out,” especially while breastfeeding, is common, but what does it actually mean and how does it impact moms?

Actor Pierce Brosnan and his 22-year-old son, Paris, look dashing in new photos as part of a campaign for the Italian company Paul & Shark. “A Father and Son Tale. Paul & Shark’s FW23 campaign takes Hollywood on a tour of Italian beauties, together with @piercebrosnanofficial and @paris.brosnan,” the Italian company, which describes itself as “a contemporary and responsible lifestyle brand inspired by the ocean,” wrote in an Instagram post showing the father-son duo posing on a picnic blanket i…

A lawsuit filed after 13-year-old Diego Stolz was beaten to death by two middle school students has ended in a $27 million settlement, according to lawyers representing the victim’s legal guardians. “This lawsuit has put schools on notice to find ways to effectively deal with bullying and to enact real anti-bullying policies,” Neil Gehlawat, one of the family’s attorneys, said in a written statement obtained by TODAY.com. “Although his family’s grief can never be taken away, we believe real ch…

Grammy award-winning singer Shakira is not just an international superstar — she’s also a proud mom of two. The Colombian and Lebanese entertainer has two sons, Milan and Sasha, who she shares with her ex-partner Gerard Piqué, a former professional soccer player who retired in November, 2022. The singer, who is being honored with the Vanguard Award at the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards on Sept. 12, took her two sons to the award show. The kids were matching in black and yellow Versace looks, whi…

When Vance Walker, 18, was diagnosed with cerebral palsy, doctors told his parents he would have to wear leg braces for the rest of his life, and that he would never be an athlete. He just won “American Ninja Warrior.” The 18-year-old, who was bullied in school because he has cerebal palsy, vividly remembers the first time he saw the show, a competition that tests the limits of human physicality, airing on NBC. “It was Kevin Bull doing a backflip off the Cannonball Alley which at the time was t…