A Year After 'Devastating' Injury, Gotham FC's Lynn Williams Named to World Cup Roster (Exclusive)

Photo:Gotham FCLynn Williams is on a roll.The Gotham FC star forward, 30, just signed a three-year contract with her NWSL team andrecently got engaged. And on Wednesday, it was announced that she has made the U.S. 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup roster!When she found out about the latter, there were plenty ofhappy tearsfor the California native, who overcame a major injury last year to claim a spot on her first World Cup team.

A Year After Derek Chauvin's Conviction, George Floyd's Sister Says Brother 'Truly Did Change the World'

George Floyd, left, and Bridgett Floyd.Photo: Marie D. De Jesus One year after ex-Minneapolis police officerDerek Chauvin’s convictionfor murdering her brother in an act that sparked a national reckoning on racial justice and police brutality,George Floyd’s sister is reflecting on his impact. Chauvin, 45, was found guilty of second-degree murder, third-degree murder and manslaughter, andsentencedto 22 and a half years in prison. Last December he alsopleaded guilty to a separate federal chargeof violating Floyd’s civil rights.

A Year After Her Smash-Hit Memoir, Michelle Obama Has a New Project Hitting Bookstores

A year after the release ofher blockbuster memoir,Becoming,Michelle Obamais returning to bookshelves with a new project this fall. Becoming: A Guided Journal for Discovering Your Voice, will be released on Nov. 19 and feature an introduction from the former first lady — exclusively excerpted below. The companion journal is intended to help readers capture their own journeys through life. It “includes more than 150 inspiring questions and quotes that resonate with key themes in Mrs.

A Year After His Murder, George Floyd's Sister Says, 'I Have No Choice but to Continue This Fight'

Bridgett Floyd.Photo: Marie D. De Jesus “I have been through so much in this last year,” Bridgett tells PEOPLE. “I have no choice but to be strong and carry this weight, and carry this position that God has put me in. Because I didn’t see it coming. None of us did.” In the intervening year, she has turned her grief into activism to combat police brutality and systemic racism. The one-year anniversary of the murder is a day to celebrate George’s life — but the next day, she says, marks the beginning of “another journey to letting the world know about George Floyd.

A Year After Uvalde School Shooting, Murals Honor 21 Victims: 'Art Has the Power to Help These Families Heal'

The healing power of art is hard at work on the streets of Uvalde, Texas. Last year, the South Texas community was the site of one of the nation’s deadliest mass shootings when a gunman opened fire at Robb Elementary School, taking the lives of 19 students and 2 teachers, on May 24, 2022. Healing Uvalde is an outdoor mural project honoring the 21 victims with large and vibrant paintings, the result of a collaboration between Monica Maldonado of MAS Cultura, Uvalde resident Abel Ortiz and Dr.