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Photo: Norbert Eisele-Hein/imageBROKER/Shutterstock A 45-year-old woman underwent emergency gallbladder and stomach surgery after she was allegedly served water that contained liquid nitrogen at a hotel in St. Pete’s Beach, Florida. Stacey Wagers filed a lawsuit on Friday against The Don CeSar Hotel, alleging that she became “gravely ill” after she was served the dangerous chemical while eating at the hotel-owned Maritana Grille for her birthday on Nov. 11, 2018, Wagers’ attorney Adam Brum confirmed to PEOPLE on Monday....

Photo: Kolbie Sanders/FacebookAfter a bride-to-be made the extremely difficult decision to call off her engagement just weeks before her wedding and found out the venue and decorations were non-refundable, she knew she wanted the party and celebration to live on.Kolbie Sanders, 24, then immediately turned to Facebook,Todayreports, and told her friends that she wanted to donate her venue, which was valued at $3,500. But there was one catch: Sanders, of Tyler, Texas, only had 24 hours to find the couple — and they would have to agree to the same wedding date of Oct....

New year, new summer squad! Bravo’s hit seriesSummer Houseis returning for its third season this March with a handful of new cast members, and PEOPLE has the exclusive first look at the trailer. The reality series — which follows a group of New York City young working professionals as they escape the daily grind of the Big Apple and soak up the sun in their Hamptons share house — is back with returning houseguests Kyle Cooke, Amanda Batula, Carl Radke, Lindsay Hubbard, and Danielle Olivera embarking for another round of fun, drama and hookups....

World Hunger Dayis a critical reminder that everyone has the opportunity to help end hunger once and for all. In order to get involved, it’s important to understand that hunger is not just about food. “Hunger and poverty are inextricably linked to a nexus of issues including: the rights of women and girls, income opportunities, health, education, social justice, the environment and climate change,” saysThe Hunger Project, a global non-profit that works to sustainably end world hunger....

Photo: Alexandra Wimley/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette via AP As they gathered inside the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh on Saturday morning, to celebrate Shabbat, none of the worshipers knewthat they were going there to die. They could not have foreseen the bullets that would soon pierce chapel walls, the rageful yelling, the blood. And so much death:a wreckage of loss, at the hands of a suspected anti-Semite, in a sanctuary open to all....

The party may have been for celeb hairstylist Byron Williams’s new Beverly Hills salon, but the buzz was about Mischa Barton’s latest wacky ensemble. As if her Chanel booties, patchwork purse and glittering bolero vest weren’t enough of a style statement, the actress sported a pair of high-waisted sequined tapered pants. Mischa told PEOPLE, “Giambattista Valli gave me these pants from Iceberg. I did the Iceberg campaign in Paris and he designed them for me....

Police were called to break up the impromptu Los Angeles memorial forXXXTentacionon Tuesday night as thousands gathered on the streets of West Hollywood to mourn the late rapper. According toTheLos Angeles Times,upwards of 1,000 people were in attendance at the event, which was not permitted and waspublicized on social media hours before it began. Though it appeared to start off peacefully around 8 p.m. local time, the memorial quickly grew rowdy....

Ayana Gray.Photo: G.P. Putnam Son’s Books for Young Readers Stephen Currycan’t wait forbestselling YA author Ayana Gray’s next book— and neither can the rest of her fans! The 28-year-old author is speaking with PEOPLE aboutBeasts of Ruin, the follow-up to her hit debut,Beasts of Prey, which Curry selected forhis Literati Book Clubin December. Gray is also sharing the new book covers. “When I began writingBeasts of Preyin May 2015, I didn’t know if anyone would ever meet Koffi and Ekon, or follow their adventure,” Gray tells PEOPLE in an exclusive email Q&A....

Photo: ABLOKHIN/GETTY IMAGES Planning aThanksgivingdinner can be stressful. However, as aTrader Joe’ssuperfan, the grocery chain has everything you need to plan the perfect meal in one place. Don’t believe me? I went to my local Trader Joe’s (Court Street, Brooklyn, for those curious) and checked every item off my list for the 12-person Thanksgiving dinner I’m hosting. Here’s what to buy, with additional options just in case. Note: I’m not listing basic ingredients like vegetables, turkey stock, eggs, butter, cream, sugar, flour, etc....

Photo: Getty Small towns and cities across the United States are capitalizing on the growing number of professionals working from home — and are looking to lure them in with a series of incentives, including cash. With office commutes a thing of the past for many workers due to the pandemic, locations looking to boost their populations and pump money into their local economies have been doing their best to bring workers in from larger cities with the promise of money and, for some, a better quality of life, lower costs of living and less congestion....

Photo: Tamera Darden/Product & Branding Photography Three brothers were simply looking to add more Nerf guns and video games to their long list of toys when their mother gave them a special challenge in 2017. The Gill boys — Collin, 13, Ryan, 11, and Austin, 8 — didn’t let her down. “I told them, you need to get a job or start a business, and they decided to start a business!...

Photo: Taylor Hill/FilmMagic; Steve Granitz/WireImage Fans praisedLil Nas Xwhen he came out during Pride, but his collaborator Young Thug says in a new interview the star should have kept his sexual orientation private. “I feel like he probably shouldn’t have told the world,” Young Thug saidin a recent interviewon hip-hop YouTube channel No Jumper. “He shouldn’t have told the world because it’s like, these days, motherf—ers just, it’s just all judgment....

Photo: Getty Images Rius Vernandes, an influencer with over 500,000 subscribers on YouTube, vlogged about his business class flight from Sydney to Denpasar on July 13. He posted a video online, and shortly after, the embarrassed Indonesian Airline banned in-flight photography altogether. In the video — which has receivedover a million views on YouTube— Vernandes and a friend film their entire journey. At one point, a flight attendant hands them the in-flight dinner menu that is handwritten on a piece of notebook paper instead of professionally printed....