Us Weekly has affiliate partnerships. We receive compensation when you click on a link and make a purchase. Learn more! In case you didn’t get the memo, white sneakers are ‘out’ and chic suede sneakers are ‘in.’ With fall just around the corner, these stylish seasonal shoes add instant polish with its soft texture, rich color and designer‑coded vibe. If you want to incorporate quiet-luxury vibes and rich-mom style into your fall wardrobe, these elevated suede sneakers are an effortless way to do so. While suede might have a reputation for being insanely pricey, we did some digging and found…

It’s not exactly California Dreamin’. San Francisco and Los Angeles have been named among the world’s 20 happiest destinations — but both Golden State metropolises squeezed onto the list perilously close to the bottom. The City by the Bay took 17th place with a 67.5 “Happy Place” score, while LA limped in at No. 19 with a score of 61.9, according to a new ranking from Irish travel insurance company JustCover. The humbling showing left the home state of Disneyland — famously billed as “The Happiest Place on Earth” — with some explaining to do. Anaheim did not appear in the published…

August 5, 2026 — 1:00amSaveYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.Remove items from your saved list to add more.AAALess than half of all year 3 students in Western Australia met proficiency standards in grammar and punctuation, the latest NAPLAN data has revealed, with just under 20 per cent needing additional support.And while results have declined across all testing areas for the state’s year 3s when compared to scores in 2023, writing and numeracy have taken the biggest hit.The latest data for 2026 testing was released by the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority late on Tuesday night.To meet…

Spider-Man: No Way Home actress Mary Rivera has died at age 82. Rivera is best known for playing Ned Leeds’ (Jacob Batalon) grandmother in a memorable scene featuring the returns of Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield’s respective versions of Spider-Man in the 2021 blockbuster. According to an online obituary, Rivera “passed away peacefully” in Honolulu, Hawaii, on April 15. A celebration of life was held on June 6. The obituary said Rivera was “very proud” of her brief but notable scene in Spider-Man: No Way Home. TMZ first reported news of Rivera’s death on Monday, August 4. A family member…

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store has built its reputation on serving Southern comfort food and nostalgic favorites — which may explain why some discontinued menu items continue to spark passionate reactions from loyal customers. From black-eyed peas and fried haddock to red-eye gravy and fried chicken livers, fans have taken to social media and online forums over the years to call for the return of beloved classics. One breakfast favorite that still has customers talking is the Sunrise Sampler. It’s a platter that combines eggs, grits, fried apples, hash brown casserole, sausage, bacon, country ham and biscuits with gravy. “I noticed a while…

Three has always been the number associated with ‘charm’, but for Bartłomiej “Foka” Kubkowski’s, it was five, as that is how many attempts it took to swim across the Baltic Sea. On Sunday at around 8 pm local time, the swimmer came ashore at Dziwnów beach in Poland, which was a condition for completing the challenge. In total, he swam 160 km in 55 hours. His feat helped the Cancer Fighters Foundation raise nearly 850,000 zlotys (€197,421) for the fight against cancer, and the fundraising campaign is still ongoing. Several previous attempts to swim across the Baltic Sea ended for…

It seems some Canadians feel quite at home with the federal government’s preference for British spelling. Messages to Prime Minister Mark Carney on the matter indicate several correspondents see the affectation as a way of countering U.S. cultural dominance.A flurry of emails to Carney followed news last December that promoters of Canadian English objected to the federal government’s use of British spelling in official documents.Dozens of pages of messages were released to The Canadian Press in response to an Access to Information request.While some writers flatly objected to the federal shift, others applauded it as patriotic.“In our effort to distance…

August 4, 2026 — 7:30pmSaveYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.Remove items from your saved list to add more.AAABalgowlah Boys, Fairvale High and Killarney Heights High recorded the highest average marks in advanced mathematics of any non-selective public schools in last year’s Higher School Certificate.A Herald analysis of average marks in the subject shows the 43 students at Balgowlah Boys who enrolled in the advanced course achieved an average mark of 90.3 – stronger than all but four selective schools.For the Mathematics Standard 2 course, fully selective school Merewether High in Newcastle had the best average marks, followed…

Ariana Grande addressed her fans directly after announcing her decision to take a “step back” from the spotlight. “Is it OK if we get a little real tonight?” the “We Can’t Be Friends” singer said onstage Monday, August 3, at her Eternal Sunshine Tour in Chicago, per footage posted via X. She continued, “Sometimes when a story comes out that’s not directly from me, things can get a little blown out of proportion, so I just wanted to speak to my fans directly tonight, because I love you so much.” “The announcement that was made yesterday was not a reactive…

Published on 04/08/2026 – 14:42 GMT+2•Updated 15:01 Ukraine’s National Police released a shocking video on Tuesday showing a Russian drone deliberately hunting down a civilian man at a farmers’ market in Kherson, calling it another war crime. “This is exactly how the Russians are fighting their war — they deliberately target civilians,” the police said in a Telegram post, noting that the man in the video “shows no signs of being a combatant, he is simply selling vegetables and fruit at the market.” “However, for the armed forces of the aggressor country, he is still a target.” The 52-year old,…

Saskatchewan legal aid service organizations are flagging justice system failures in access to affordable legal assistance. Some say Saskatchewan’s growing crime rates and climbing cost of living are causing strain on some support services.“It’s a canyon now between the services that exist in Saskatchewan and who can afford to retain a private lawyer,” says Community Legal Assistance Services for Saskatoon Inner City (CLASSIC) executive director Chantelle Johnson.According to Statistics Canada, Saskatchewan’s Crime Severity Index was almost double the national average last year, with the province’s latest RCMP crime statistics report stating it is “continuing to increase.”Johnson says the need goes…

August 4, 2026 — 9:00pmSaveYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.Remove items from your saved list to add more.AAA“I’ve had a few language epiphanies (C8) over the years,” writes Annandale’s David Evans. “But about 40 years ago, on holiday in New Caledonia (poor weather day), I saw John Wayne and Katharine Hepburn in Rooster Cogburn on TV, dubbed into French. Wayne was voiced by a squeaky tenor. I’m a baritone and notice such things. Quelle horreur!”“On a visit to my German granny in the early 1970s, she loved to watch Bonanza and marvelled at the cowboys’ beautiful German,”…

Despite its heavy subject matter, there is a reason why Hulu’s Furious doesn’t show Marshall physically abusing Alice in graphic detail. “So much of the violence that Marshall has inflicted upon Alice is spoken about but not seen,” Jake Lacy exclusively tells Us. “I honestly think it’s maybe more impactful in that way because you certainly, as a reader, for me — or as a viewer — can imagine that visceral experience and then see the guy who’s done it is shocking.” The actor, 40, says the show benefits from having Marshall try to make amends, adding, “If we just…

Former White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham has sought a restraining order against embattled Rep. Max Miller, whom Grisham previously accused of abusing her. Grisham had sued Miller (R-Ohio) last month, alleging that he broke their nondisclosure agreement during a June interview with Spectrum News. It was not immediately clear why she sought a restraining order. An attorney for Grisham, Mark Zaid, did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Miller and Grisham briefly dated during the first Trump administration, when Miller worked as a special assistant to the president. In her 2021 memoir, “I’ll Take Your Questions Now,”…

Ariana Grande’s alarming weight loss in her new ‘Petal’ music video raises serious concerns. The video, meant to address scrutiny, is overshadowed by 33-year-old Grande’s skeletal frame. Body positivity activist Charli Howard calls Grande’s appearance ‘not normal’ amid ‘thin-is-in’ culture. Over the last three years, Ariana Grande has shrunk before our eyes.  And we need to talk about it, no matter how uncomfortable it might make us feel to pick apart a person’s body. Because hundreds of millions of people across the world follow Grande on social media, many of them young, impressionable girls — and their developing body image…