Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. “Between my mom and Amaya, they’ve been very helpful in letting me come back to basketball,” she tells PEOPLE. “I went back and forth with myself for the longest time about if I wanted to actually play this season or wait it out....

Photo: Bryan Beasley It’s in the blood! Even if it’s unintentional,Wolf Van Halensometimes finds himself making similar moves to his late dadEddiewhen he’s on stage. “It just happens,” he tells PEOPLE. Wolf (via his band Mammoth WVH) is prepping for a big year: his debut single “Distance” is nominated for best rock song at the 2022 GRAMMYs and he’s hitting the road alongside rock bandDirty Honeyfor the massiveYoung Guns Tourin January....

Photo: @obese_beagle; Brandon Sullivan In May 2019, Erin McManis of Phoenix learned of a stray, morbidly obesebeagleat a local shelter who needed her help. As soon as she and her husband Chad Schatz met this 90-lb. beagle, they knew he was special. “He was just a super-friendly, happy-go-lucky dog,” McManis, 39, tells PEOPLE for theHalf Their Size issue. Under a vet’s supervision, McManis started making high-protein, low-calorie meals for Wolfgang that mainly consisted of ground turkey meat and vegetables....

Amanda Shoultz before (left) and after surgery.Photo: Amanda Shoultz When Amanda Shoultz’s stomach first started pushing out from under her shirts in January, she thought time and genetics were catching up to her, and that she was simply gaining weight. The 29-year-old had also been “very, very sick” with COVID-19 over the winter holidays and was taking steroids, which can cause bloating. “I just thought, oh god, these darn steroids are making me bigger,” Shoultz tells PEOPLE....

Photo: Kenton County Detention Center A 25-year-old Kentucky woman faces up to 10 years in prison for allegedly lying about having cancer and bilking well-meaning friends, co-workers, and strangers out of more than $10,000, PEOPLE confirms. From 2013 to 2017, Krecskay allegedly told peopleshe had been diagnosed with terminal ovarian cancerand that it had spread throughout her body, theCincinnati Enquirerreports. Krecskay’s co-workers, employers and friends rallied around her,donating more than $10,000to help her battle the deadly disease she allegedly never had, local station WLWT reports....

Rachel Ream.Photo: GoFundMe Rachel Ream’s family members grew worried when they didn’t hear from the Colorado mother of four on New Year’s Day. On Friday, Mathews was arrested on suspicion of first-degree murder after fleeing the scene and crashing his car in Jefferson County, in the Denver metro area, more than 300 miles from Ignacio, the Colorado Bureau of Investigation says in a release. Damon Matthews.Colorado Bureau of Investigation...

Photo: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty A Michigan teacher’s trip to Iceland took a dramatic turn when she discovered that she waspositive for COVID-19midway through her flight and voluntarily self-isolated for five hours in the plane’s bathroom. Marisa Fotieo begun tofeel illwhile on board her Icelandair flight from Chicago to Reykjavík, Iceland, before Christmas and took her own rapid test to find out if she had COVID. “I just took my rapid test and I brought it into the bathroom, and within what felt like two seconds there were two lines (indicating a positive test),” Fotieo toldTodayin an interview that aired Wednesday....

Photo: liveboundlessgirl/Instagram Madeline Delp believes the Miss USA beauty pageant is ready for its first winner in a wheelchair — and she’s making strides toward making it happen. Delp is a blonde beauty queen with a background that sets her apart from her competitors: after a car accident at 10 years old left her comatose, she awoke paralyzed from the waist down, and has since lived her life in a wheelchair....

Photo: Trinity Hot Springs A ring missing for more than 40 years will soon make its way back to its owner after it was discovered at the bottom of a resort pool. A boy named Theo, 7, was swimming at Trinity Hot Springs in Featherville, Idaho, and stumbled upon the piece of jewelry in the pool, the resort wrote on Facebook. He turned the ring in to Trinity, which called the only woman listed in its long-term Lost Not Yet Found records....

Photo: Limestone County Sheriff’s Office An Alabama woman whose requests for court-ordered protection from her allegedly abusive ex-husband had been twice denied was killed on Sunday in an apparent murder-suicide, when her former spouse fatally shot her and two others with a high-powered rifle, PEOPLE confirms. Debra Ann Rivera, 41, of Ardmore, died in the murder-suicide along with husband, Radex Rivera, 41, and their roommate, 59-year-old Timothy James Hayword-Boger, the Limestone County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement....

A witness of theChristchurch mass shootingthat left at least 49 people dead and 20 injured at two mosques in New Zealand is being hailed as among the many heroes who sheltered and provided medical assistance to victims during the tragic incident. Jill Keats was on her way to a local mall to enjoy lunch with her sister when she heard the horrific sounds of what she initially thought were firecrackers. “All of a sudden it got quite violent, and I thought, ‘That’s not firecrackers....

Photo: GettyThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration has authorized a booster shot ofModernaandJohnson & Johnson’sCOVID-19vaccines, making boosters of all three vaccines in the country available to the public.Furthermore, the agency is allowing a “mix and match” approach to boosters for those who are eligible to receive one — meaning a person can get a booster from a manufacturer different than their original dose.“Today’s actions demonstrate our commitment to public health in proactively fighting against the COVID-19 pandemic,” acting FDA commissioner Janet Woodcock, M....

Photo: Wendy’sOut of every restaurant rewards card, this one might take the cake—or, Frosty.Wendy’sjust announced that its bringing back the coveted Frosty Key Tag, which gets you a free junior Frosty—the fast-food chain’s beloved frozen treat—with any purchase for the remainder of 2020.You can buy the tag at participating Wendy’s locations, through the Wendy’s app, or on DoorDash for a one-time purchase of $2 now through the end of the year....