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Photo: Victor Protasio“It’ll make all your giant dessert dreams come true,” the pastry chef says of this crowd-pleaser available at the Milk Bar flagship store in New York City’s Ace Hotel.Christina Tosi’s Candy Cane & Cocoa Cookie PieBaking spray1/2 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature3/4 cup granulated sugar1 large egg1 1/2 oz. semisweet chocolate, melted1/8 tsp. peppermint extract2/3 cup all-purpose flour1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa3/4 tsp. kosher salt1/4 tsp. baking powder1/8 tsp....

Christine Quinn.Photo: Thom Kerr Christine Quinnis opening up about a past relationship with a sugar daddy. In her new bookHow to Be a Boss B*tch(out now), theSelling Sunsetstar details her relationship with Mr. Valentino, or Mr. V, an older man she dated in her twenties. Now she’s opening up to PEOPLE about their romance — and how eating McDonald’s in a Bentley factored into their split. “There’s no shame in that game,” Quinn, 33, says of once having a sugar daddy....

Kayla Tausche and husband Jeff with daughters Margaret “Maisie,” Grace, and CeCe.Photo:Courtesy of Kayla Tausche Courtesy of Kayla Tausche Kayla Tausche is cementing her status as a girl mom. Daughter Margaret McCall Izant — nicknamed Maisie — was born on Wednesday, Nov. 8, weighing 7 lbs., 3 oz. and measuring 20 in. long. “We are in newborn heaven and enjoying every moment with Maisie! We find ourselves just staring at her, just in awe of this miracle,” Tausche shares with PEOPLE....

Photo: Getty The U.S. Coast Guard has suspended search and rescue efforts for three missing children who ended up in the Mississippi River in New Orleans over the weekend, according to authorities. Rescue crews combed more than 93 miles along the river over a combined total of 55 hours, trying to locate a 15-year-old boy, 14-year-old girl and 8-year-old girl, the U.S. Coast Guard officialssaid in a news release....

Photo: Hollywood To You/Star Max/GC Images Donny Davis' cause of death has been revealed. The comedian and impersonator died of fentanyl and alcohol intoxication, the Clark County Coroner’s office tells PEOPLE. The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department said that the case is still open, and no arrests have been made, according to theLas Vegas Review-Journal. The LVMPD did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment. Davis wasfound in a roomat the Resorts World hotel and casino in February, Las Vegas'8 News Nowreported....

Long Hill Volunteer Fire Co. A volunteer firefighter from Connecticut is being credited for saving the lives of several people and animals inside a home that was catching fire. Shaun Bogen was plowing snow on his route Sunday when he saw a fire near a home, which had four adults and three dogs inside, according to theLong Hill Fire Company. The 31-year-old, who also works as a maintainer for the Trumbull Highway Department, had just turned onto Haviland Drive around 4 a....

Photo: Getty Despite a 97% on-campus vaccination rate, Cornell University reported 898 new COVID-19 cases among students at its Ithaca, New York campus during the week of Dec. 7-13, a “significant number” of which the school has identified as theomicronvariant. According to the school’sCOVID-19 dashboard, 33 faculty and staff have also tested positive, bringing the number up to 930 cases. On Wednesday, Vice President for University Relations Joel Malina said in a statement to PEOPLE, “Virtually every case of the omicron variant to date has been found in fully vaccinated students, a portion of whom had also received a booster shot....

Kat and Alex.Photo: David Lehr It was 2019, and Alex Garrido found himself standing in the gift shop of the Grand Ole Opry, making one of the loftiest predictions of his life. “I told my mom that one day in the future, I was going to come back and play the Opry,” Garrido, 28, remembers during an interview with PEOPLE of the family vacation he took right before joining duo partner Kat Luna onAmerican Idolback in 2020....

Photo: David McClister Taylor also spent many an early morning with her father, joining him as the sun came up to feed their own animals, including a slew of dogs andminiature ponies. From an early age, she knew, when she grew up, that she too wanted to fill her life with animals. But she never envisioned havingthismany. “I wish I could take them all in,” Taylor, 32, tells PEOPLE. “I wish I could give all of these animals places outside to run and find places where they could all get out of the cold and out of the heat....

Photo:Patty Harayda Patty Harayda Lavish wedding in a week? Impossible. But that’s exactly what Florida couple Sam and Brooke Falic accomplished. They went full throttle after Sam’s mom Jana received the devastating news that she’d been diagnosed withStage 4 kidney cancer, which meant she could not attend their planned dream wedding set for January 2024. Wedding plans were not in the forefront of Sam’s thoughts when he learned of his mom’s health crisis, although that was all his mom could think about....

Photo: Tibrina Hobson/Getty Images Courtney Stoddenhas come out as non-binary. The 26-year-old model andCelebrity Big Brotheralum announced the news in a TuesdayInstagram post, sharing their new pronouns. “They/them/theirs,” Stodden wrote alongside a selfie. “I don’t identify as she or her. I’ve never felt like I ever fit in anywhere. I was bullied horribly in school because I was different. The other girls never understood me. It got so bad that my mom pulled me out of school....

WhenToday’sCraig Melvinwas growing up in Columbia, South Carolina, family and friends always knew he would someday be something of a star. “When he was young, he talked a lot, but he had something to say,” the NBC newsman’s father, Lawrence Melvin, tells PEOPLE exclusively in an interview for this week’s new issue. “There was a lady at church who said Craig was going to be a minister, or find some other way of running his mouth....

Photo: Clare O’Connor; Peloton.com One Brooklyn resident’s dad has some strong opinions about the latest at-home fitness trend. Clare O’Connor — who has taken classes at Peloton’s New York City studio and has friends who love the company’s stationary bikes — was contemplating buying one of the exercise machines and decided to tell her mom about the idea,Buzzfeed Newsreported. While her mom was onboard, her dad had a quite different opinion about her impending purchase (Peloton’s basic bike package starts at $2,245)....