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Thenew year is fast approaching, and along with it often comes the onslaught of messaging that you should work out harder, eat differently and make yourself smaller in 2021. You know the drill: new year, new you. But why does it feel like that messaging applies exclusively to weight and size? To be clear, wanting to work out or eat more vegetablesare not bad resolutions. They’re just not theonlyresolutions that you can make going into 2021....

Photo: Crystal Alba/Project Chimps They walked off their transport vehicle clutching blankies like little kids, but the newest group of chimpanzees to enter theProject Chimpssanctuary in Georgia include some of the oldest animals on the grounds. These 10 chimps were recently rescued as part of an unprecedented agreement with the New Iberia Research Center (NIRC), which agreed to retire its population of more than 200 privately owned lab chimps to the236-acre sanctuary in the Blue Ridge Mountains....

Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty; Jason Mendez/Getty; Anthony Harvey/Getty Some of the most influential people in the world live with a stutter. Celebrities likeEd Sheeran,Tiger Woodsand even PresidentJoe Biden— who has garnered rounds of applause for his speeches — have opened up about their experiences of living with a stutter, inspiring millions who share this challenge. Read how other stars have learned to manage their speech disorder. 01of 10 President Joe Biden NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP via Getty Images...

Photo: Seaside Aquarium/FacebookIt’so-fish-al: something incredibly rare happened in Oregon this week.On Wednesday,the Surfside Aquarium posted on Facebookthat an Opah, not frequently seen so far north, had washed ashore on Sunset Beach, along Oregon’s very northwest coast. Someone reported the creature to aquarium staff, who came to recover the deceased fish.“It created quite a stir at the aquarium,” the post read. “Folks were encouraged to come take a look at this beautiful and odd-looking fish....

Photo: David Sprayberry/Belhaven UniversityAt 100-years-old, British-born ballet phenomenon Henry Danton is healthy and thriving — and he can’t fathom retiring from his job as a ballet teacher.“I see people who retire and they become so bored, they don’t know what to do with themselves,” Danton toldToday. “That’s when their health starts to go down.”The former international dancer celebrated his 100-year milestone on March 30, 2019. Born in London in 1919 — just three months before World War I formally came to an end with the signing of the Treaty of Versailles — Danton went on to train in classical ballet at the Royal Academy of Dancing in the 1940s,WLBTreported....

The Hurricane is here! Hawkins didn’t even begin her running career until age 100, saying that she “thought it’d be neat to run at 100 and do the 100-yard dash” — and that’safterpicking up a cycling career relatively late in life. Last year, the “Hurricane” set a world record for the 100-meter in her age group, but finished slightly slower this year, according toGMA. “I’m thrilled I did as well as I did but I didn’t do as well as I have done,” the mother of four said....

A police car.Photo: Shutterstock PEOPLE obtained a copy of the probable cause affidavit outlining the allegations against Kelly, Rebecca, and Rachel Mennig. Kelly, 42, Rebecca, 22, and Rachel, 20, have been charged with aggravated assault, child abuse and neglect in connection with allegedly abusing the teen for some four years. All three defendants denied the allegations of abuse and neglect, according to the affidavit. The victim was removed from the home once she was medically cleared....

01of 15Evan Agostini/ImageDirect; Evan Agostini/Getty; Richard Corkery/NY Daily News via GettyPicture it: the year is 2001 and the Met Gala theme is “Jacqueline Kennedy: The White House Years.” Co-chairing the event, alongside Anna Wintour, of course, are designers Oscar de la Renta and Carolina Herrera.02of 15Mari Sarai/WireimageThe daughter of Jacqueline Kennedy, Caroline Kennedy, attended the event in a white satin Carolina Herrera gown with elbow-length gloves that emulated her mother’s impeccable style....

Photo: Getty A 19-year-old has died at Glacier National Park in Montana while attempting to climb Mount Brown, according to park officials. Winslow Nichols, of Columbia Falls, was found dead Tuesday following a brief search, Glacier National Park said in astatementon Wednesday. The Glacier Nordic Club wrote ina post on Facebookthat Nichols recently graduated from West Point Preparatory School and was preparing for his freshman year at West Point....

Las Vegas Police Department. The witnesses got his license plate number and called police, allowing officers to quickly identify the man, according to localFox 5.“The Initial 911 calls indicated a Hispanic male had entered a nail salon and had taken a female at gunpoint and had forced her out of the business and forced her into a silver SUV,” Las Vegas Metropolitan Lt. Jason Johansson told localKLAS. Johansson told reporters that police were soon led to the man’s house, where a “horrific incident” played out....

The pickup truck dangling over the bridge.Photo: IDAHO STATE POLICE/TWITTER Two Idaho residents were rescued from a terrifying situation on Monday after authorities say their pickup truck went off a bridge over a gorge’s deep canyon. The Idaho State Police (ISP)confirmed in a press releasethat a 67-year-old man and 64-year-old woman, both from Garden City, along with two dogs, were inside the truck at the time of the incident....

Photo: Al Schaben/Los Angeles Times via Getty Two decades ago, the world was sent into a panic over technology. As 1999 came to a close, the U.S. government and programmers around the world were scrambling to finish fixing flawed computer software that some predicted would send civilization into chaos when the clock struck midnight on Jan. 1, 2000. The “Millennium Bug,” or Y2K as it is commonly known, arose when experts in the early days of computing cut the code that designated the year from four digits to two, which changed “1998” to “98,” in order to save data space on hard drives, according toNational Geographic....

Photo: The Critics' Choice Awards The 2022 Critics Choice Awards will still be an in-person ceremony despite the recent spike in COVID-19 cases. “We will continue to carefully monitor the situation as events progress,” the statement added. BelfastandWest Side Storylead the nominations with 11 eachwhileDuneandThe Power of the Dogfollowed up with 10 each. For television, Succession,Mare of EasttownandEvilemerged as leading nominees. Some other industry events are calling off their upcoming ceremonies or significantly paring down festivities....