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Mar. 16, 2025

150-Year-Old Banyan Tree That 'Meant Everything' to Many Still Standing After Maui Fires

AP Photo/Rick Bowmer Hawaii Governor Josh Green toldCBS Newsthat although the tree isn’t producing as much sap as it usually does, it is “still breathing” and absorbing water. “It’s like a burn victim itself,” Green said. “Traumatized, much like the town.” The Lahaina Restoration Foundationsaid that the tree was planted on April 24, 1873, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the town’s first Protestant mission. Since then, the tree, now-over 60 feet tall, has become the focal point of the courthouse square in the heart of Lahaina.

Mar. 16, 2025

150-Year-Old Marriage Certificate Found at N.C. Thrift Shop Given to Couple's Great-Granddaughter

The marriage certificate.Photo: Hope Harbor Home Executive Director, Karmen Smith A nearly 150-year-old marriage certificate was found in a North Carolina thrift store last month — and thanks to “the power of community,” it will now be reunited with the couple’s great-granddaughter. Hope Harbor Executive Director Karmen Smith tells PEOPLE that Assistant Manager Pam Phelps of Hope Chest Thrift Store in Bolivia was cleaning a picture frame on July 26 when she discovered something unusual in the back of the frame.

Mar. 16, 2025

153 Houston Hospital Workers Were Fired or Quit After Refusing to Get the COVID Vaccine

Photo: Brandon Bell/Getty Images Earlier this month,178 hospital workers were suspendedwithout pay for failing to comply with the hospital’s requirement that all employees get fully vaccinated against COVID-19. The requirement was announced in April, and workers had until June 7 to comply. After the two-week suspension period,153 employees were either terminated or stepped awayTuesday, a Houston Methodist Hospital system spokesperson told NPR. A spokesperson for the hospital system did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.

Mar. 16, 2025

15 'Billy on the Street Moments ' That'll Make You Laugh So Hard, You Cry

So, in no particular order (because it would be impossible to choose which clip is funniest) we present theBilly on the Streetmoments that had us in stitches. Eichner ran around with a “pack of lesbians” playing his infamous “Lighting Round” game, and it ended up becoming a truly ridiculous meme involvingChris Evansand the rest of theAvengerscast. He also had Paul Rudd join them for a quick round of “Would You Have Sex with Paul Rudd?

Mar. 16, 2025

16 and PregnantAlumSean Garinger Dead at 20 After ATV Accident: 'He Was My Rock,' Says Mom

Sean Garinger on ‘16 and Pregnant’.Teen Mom/Instagram Teen Mom/Instagram Hobbs told the outlet that she “laid next to him” until the ambulance arrived on the scene. “There was a huge part of my heart that died with my son on Wednesday,” she continued. “He was my only son, my rock, my strength when I had none left.” Sean Garinger and Selena Gutierrez on ‘16 and Pregnant’.TeenMom/Youtube TeenMom/Youtube Fans were first introduced to Garinger whenhe appeared alongside Gutierrezin season 6 of16 and Pregnant.