The Yale Janitor Became a Yale Doctor
Shay Taylor-Allen mopped floors at Yale New Haven Hospital for a decade — then matched into the anesthesiology residency at the same hospital where she was born, and the video went everywhere.
Lucia Vega
Bureau: São Paulo
Valerie Perrine Died, and Her Friends Started a GoFundMe
Oscar-nominated actress Valerie Perrine died at 82 after fifteen years with Parkinson's — and her friends had to crowdfund the funeral.
Marcia Ann Burrs Was Hallmark's Mrs. Claus
The character actress who played Mrs. Claus in two Hallmark films and appeared in Young Sheldon, Mad Men, and Always Sunny has died at 85.
War Anxiety Is the New Normal
Therapists are reporting 'war anxiety' as a clinical pattern — consumer sentiment fell to 55.5, and the mental health toll is landing hardest on women.
The Weekly Deaths
From OnlyFans' billionaire owner to the FBI director who investigated a president — the week's departed left marks that will outlast the obituaries.