Nicholas Zawadzki.Photo: Nicholas Zawadzki/instagram The co-founder of a paddleboarding company is presumed dead following “a complete freak and unexpected accident” on an Idaho river while doing the very activity he dedicated his life to. Sheriff Scott Turner with the Boise County Sheriff’s Office told theStatesmanthat the 36-year-old co-founder ofHydrus Board Tech, an outdoor sporting company that specializes in whitewater paddleboards, was knocked off his board just a few miles south of Banks around 6:30 p....

Photo: The Coca-Cola CompanyCoca-Colais pouring into the boozy beverage business.On Thursday, the drinks corporation announced in apress releasethat its teaming up withConstellation Brandsto launch a new Fresca canned cocktail, named Fresca Mixed.The beverage will be “a line of full-flavored, spirit-based ready-to-drink cocktails,” Coca-Cola said in its statement.Fresca, a grapefruit and citrus-flavored soft drink with zero calories, is “currently the fastest-growing trademark in The Coca-Cola Company’s U.S. soft-drink portfolio,” the company noted....

Photo: Robert Prange/Getty Images Coco Gauffis all about family. The 18-year-old tennis star tells PEOPLE she’s “really close” to her family, especially her younger brother Cameron, who helped inspire the design for her latestNew Balancecolorway. “We always poke fun that Cameron is the favorite because he’s the youngest,” she laughs. “But no, he just goes on his own path. He’s a true youngest sibling,” says Coco. Cameron, 9, loves to draw, according to his big sister....

Crystal McCrary and Cole Anthony attend The Gordon Parks Foundation Awards Dinner on May 23, 2023.Photo:Patrick McMullan/Patrick McMullan via Getty Patrick McMullan/Patrick McMullan via Getty Orlando Magicpoint guard Cole Anthony is proud to partner with his mother, writer and documentarian Crystal McCrary, to make navigating youth basketball development easier for aspiring athletes and their families. Anthony, 23, and McCrary, 53, know the unique challenges of navigating the road to professional sports through various programs, trainers and coaches....

Photo: CBS FILMSIn taking on his newest role — playing a lovestruck teen living with cystic fibrosis inFive Feet Apart—Cole Sprousedid extensive research about the disease in order to properly and respectfully portray how it impacts those living with it.“Cystic fibrosis is not really as in the public eye as it probably should be,” Sprouse tells PEOPLE in the latest issue. “It’s one of those illnesses that everyone sort of knows the name of but doesn’t really know the gravity of....

California prosecutors now believea gay college student was stabbed to deathwhile he was home on winter break this year because of his sexual orientation, PEOPLE confirms. On Thursday the Orange County district attorney announced that a hate-crime sentencing enhancement had been added to the murder charge against21-year-old Samuel Woodward, a high school classmate ofBlaze Bernstein, 19. Woodward is accused of fatally stabbing Bernstein more than 20 times in early January. The teen’s bodywas found in a local park days later, in a shallow grave....

Catherine Hammond and Brian Van Way.Photo: Marisa Youngblood Two days after being told that his incurable cancer had come back, Brian Van Way proposed to his girlfriend. At their wedding two weeks ago, he stumbled during his vows when he talked about how he may not have very long to live. “It seems like such a shame. It seems like such extraordinary sadness, to find such a beautiful thing and then to know that it’s probably not going to last very long,” Brian, 52, tells PEOPLE....

Photo: Parker, Colorado, Police Department A Colorado mom is facing a criminal charge for allegedly plotting with members of a far-right conspiracy group to kidnap a child that had been removed from her custody. The daughter further alleged to the caseworker that she “could not understand why her mother did not see how this was a bad thing,” according to the warrant. Abcug, 50, was picked up December 30 in Kalispell, Montana, on the warrant out of Colorado seeking her arrest, reports theFlathead Beacon....

Marc Thor Olson.Photo: Rocky Mountain PBS Heartbreaking new details have been revealed about the final moments of a Colorado pilot, who tragically died earlier this week while battlingthe Kruger Rock Fire. Ina post on FacebookWednesday, Colorado Fire Aviation announced that tanker pilot Marc Thor Olson died in the line of duty on Tuesday evening. “Marc Thor Olson was a highly decorated veteran of both the Army and Air Force with 32 years of service to our country,” they wrote....

Photo:Rodin Eckenroth/Getty, Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty, Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Rodin Eckenroth/Getty, Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty, Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty AddMagic Johnsonto the list of people who fully endorseTravis KelceandTaylor Swift’s relationship. While onJimmy Kimmel Live, the NBA Hall of Famer and part-owner of the Washington Commanders shared his perspective on the new couple — and how the music superstar has impacted pro football. “By the way, get one of those Commanders to date Taylor Swift....

Photo: ABLOKHIN/GETTY IMAGES In a world where anyone can whip out their phone to complain about the slightest flight delay or grumpy cashier, we love to celebrate the positive interactions that make someone’s day and encourage them to pay that kindness forward. We rounded up seven companies that have provided random acts of kindness to their customers, and shared the reactions that prove that even the smallest gesture can make a huge difference....

Lawmakers on either side of the aisle went bat-to-bat on Wednesday night, competing in the Congressional Baseball Game, an event that’s been held annually since 1909 but was paused last year due to theCOVID-19 pandemic. The game — played at Nationals Park — pitted Republicans and Democrats against one another at a tense time in national politics, amid negotiations on avoiding both a government shutdown and a default on the national debt....

Conservative political commentatorTomi Lahrenis speaking out against Alabama’s abortion ban. In another tweet, she challenged anyone who would question her Christian faith because of her less conservative views about abortion. “If you think banning abortion with no exception for rape or incest will stop women from terminating pregnancy, you’re not being honest with yourself,” theFox Nationhost said. “P.S. you’re not God so don’t you dare evaluate my Christian faith based on your moral superiority complex....