Tennessee lawmakers in the GOP-dominated Statehouse on Thursday passed legislation making it illegal for adults to help minors find and receive sex reassignment care without permission from the child’s parents. The bill is now heading to Gov. Bill Lee’s desk, where it could be signed into law.Last week, the state’s senate passed its version of the bill before sending it to the House for approval.The law would penalize any “adult who recruits, harbors, or transports an unemancipated minor” in Tennessee “for the purpose of receiving a prohibited medical procedure for the purpose of enabling the minor to identify with, or…

Gwyneth Paltrow isn’t looking forward to officially becoming an empty nester when both her kids head to college. “It’s kind of giving me a nervous breakdown,” Paltrow, 51, said at her recent In Goop Health Summit in Carlsbad, California. “If I’m honest, I started being like, ‘Oh, my God, and I need to quit my job and I need to sell my house and I need to move.’ It’s sort of putting things into turmoil.” The actress shares her daughter, Apple, 19, and son Moses, 18, with her ex-husband, Coldplay lead singer Chris Martin. Paltrow is also stepmother to husband…

Since the Mets signed J.D. Martinez in March, they’ve talked a lot about his knowledge of hitting and what he can pass along to some of the team’s younger hitters. Hitting coach Jeremy Barnes mentioned again in San Francisco this week when asked about the pending arrival of the 36-year-old slugger, whose Mets debut has been delayed by back issues, as Barnes said Martinez “could probably be a hitting coach in his own right.” Though that part of Martinez’s game will surely be valuable, when he’s expected to finally get in a game for the Mets on Friday night when…

Reality TV personality and entrepreneur Kim Kardashian was back at the White House Thursday to discuss pardons of non-violent drug offenders with Vice President Kamala Harris — nearly five years after she stood alongside Donald Trump at a similar clemency event. The Biden White House hitched their wagon to the “Keeping Up with the Kardashians” star to promote clemencies for 16 offenders — 11 of whom served prison time and five of whom had their sentences commuted. In addition to starring on Hulu’s “The Kardashians,” the latest iteration of her family’s long-running reality enterprise, the 43-year-old has juggled co-owning the…

Early in-person voting started on Thursday across North Carolina for next month’s runoff elections, including one congressional and two statewide primary contests.Voters are choosing this fall’s Republican nominees for lieutenant governor, state auditor and the 13th Congressional District seat. These May 14 runoffs, also known as “second primaries,” occurred because the candidate with the most votes in the March 5 primaries for these races failed to receive more than 30% of the vote. The second-place candidate had to formally ask for a runoff.NORTH CAROLINA LAWMAKERS RECONVENE TO ADDRESS BUDGET, VOUCHERS BEFORE KEY ELECTIONSThe lieutenant governor’s GOP runoff is between Hal…

Newly released body camera footage from the Boston Police Department shed light on a police officer’s interaction with anti-Israel demonstrators as protests continue to rage across America’s college campuses.The body camera footage obtained by Fox News Digital shows an unidentified police officer approaching a group of demonstrators from Emerson College huddled on a street corner in front of a public alley entryway in the Massachusetts city at 1:30 on Thursday morning.The officer is heard attempting in vain to reason with the agitators.”We don’t want to arrest anybody. We support your right to protest. I’m indifferent. I don’t have a side…

Sherri Shepherd is embracing her next chapter of life after celebrating her 57th birthday. “When I tell you, you don’t know nothing about sexy, 30-year-olds! Get up in your 50s because you got wisdom underneath all of that. You know, I think it’s the inner confidence and I think that has just been life falling, failing, picking myself back up again, trying it again,” Shepherd exclusively told Us Weekly while attending the QVC Women’s Summit in Las Vegas on Wednesday, April 24. “Confidence comes from that and … I know what I bring. I know who I am, I know…

Kelly Oubre Jr. was involved in a car accident after the 76ers’ Game 2 loss to the Knicks on Monday night, TMZ confirmed with the Philadelphia Police Department.  Oubre’s 2021 purple matte Lamborghini “disregarded a red traffic signal” and hit a 2023 Hyundai Elantra at 1:45 a.m. Tuesday, and both vehicles were towed away from the scene due to damage, police said.  No injuries were reported, and the other driver was not identified in TMZ’s report.  The Sixers told the outlet they were aware of the incident.  Oubre, 28, has yet to address the accident publicly.  The crash occurred hours…

These tricks work in a pinch. If you’ve ever sat at your desk and suddenly realized that your shoulders are hunched up by your ears — you’re not alone.  Stress and tension can manifest in ways that are way more physical than you might think, NY-Presbyterian Health Matters reports.  “Many people don’t realize how damaging stress can be,” said Maria Corvese, a well-being coach at NY-Presbyterian Queens. “Stress can impact many aspects of well-being, including your sleep, digestion and overall outlook on life.” Corvese is sharing five simple steps to reducing stress — exercise, stretch, breathe, practice mindfulness and eat…

A suite of new rules to dramatically slash pollution from coal and natural gas plants was unveiled by the Biden administration Thursday — and critics promptly blasted the measures as “death by a thousand cuts to America’s fossil fuel industry.” Under the new regime, existing coal-fired and new natural gas-fired power plants will be mandated to capture 90% of all carbon pollution, the Environmental Protection Agency announced. To operate plants beyond 2039, they would need to have proper carbon capture systems fulfilling those requirements by 2032, officials explained to reporters. EPA honchos hope that the new rule, coupled with tax…