'Today' star Dylan Dreyer posts sweet family photo with husband after split

'Today' star Dylan Dreyer posts sweet family photo with husband after split

There might be clear skies ahead for"Today"meteorologistDylan Dreyerand her husbandBrian Ficheraafter announcing their breakup. Thethird hour cohosttookto Instagram on July 29to share photos of the pair on a family vacation with their three sons – Calvin, Oliver and Rusty – after announcing the couple's separation earlier this month. "Find joy in things around you, take a deep breath, count to 10. You'll soon find you're living under sunny skies again," Dreyer captioned the post, using a quote from her 2021 children's book"Misty the Cloud: A Very Stormy Day."Dreyer's friend and third hour cohostAl Rokercommentedfrom his neck of the woods, writing "Wow!!!" on the photo. Dreyer, who is not on "Today" this week seemingly due to her Turks and Caicos vacation, has not publicly addressed the couple's split on the NBC morning franchise. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Dylan Dreyer (@dylandreyernbc) 'Today' meteorologist Dylan Dreyerannounces split from husband Brian Fichera Dreyer, 43, and Fichera, 38, tied the knot in 2012. Dreyer joined NBC News in September that year. TheNBC meteorologistannounced the couple's separationin a July 18 post on Instagram hoursafter the show ended, writing over a sunset photograph that "for many years, I have shared my family with you -- the highs and lows, the ups and downs, and all of the blessings and beautiful memories in between." "For that reason, I want to share with you that a few months ago, Brian and I made the decision to separate," Dreyer wrote. "We began as friends, and we will remain the closest of friends. Most importantly, we will continue to co-parent our three wonderful boys together with nothing but love and respect." While Fichera is mostly missing from her Instagram posts this year, Dreyer previously wrote "Happy Father's Day Bri!!"in a June 15 caption featuring a family selfie. It's been a cloudy year so farfor NBC's third hour "Today" family. Dreyer's third hour cohostSheinelle Jones' 45-year-old husbandUche Ojehdied from an aggressive form of brain cancer in May, and she has been off air the entire year. "With profound sadness, we share this morning that Uche Ojeh, the husband of our friend and 'Today' co-host Sheinelle Jones, has passed away after a courageous battle with an aggressive form of brain cancer calledglioblastoma," show anchorSavannah Guthrieshared on May 23. This article originally appeared on USA TODAY:Dylan Dreyer posts first family photo amid split

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July 30, 2025

'Today' star Dylan Dreyer posts sweet family photo with husband after split

'Today' star Dylan Dreyer posts sweet family photo with husband after split There might be clear skies ahead for"Today"met...

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Russian soprano's case alleging national original discrimination against the Met Opera to proceed

Russian soprano's case alleging national original discrimination against the Met Opera to proceed

NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge says Russian soprano Anna Netrebko can move forward with her case claiming national original discrimination by the Metropolitan Opera, which dropped her after she refused to repudiate President Vladimir Putin over Russia's campaign against Ukraine. The decision by U.S. District Judge Analisa Nadine Torres in Manhattan was made public Wednesday, a day after it was issued. The case, which will proceed alongside her claim of gender discrimination, has yet to be scheduled for trial. The Met did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Met General Manager Peter Gelb had demanded that she repudiate Putin shortly after Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, but she refused and waswithdrawn from three Met productions. The Met replaced her with Ukrainian soprano Liudmyla Monastyrska in at least one of those productions. Last August, Torresdismissed the performer's national original discrimination claim, when she also threw out allegations of defamation and breach of contract. But in her latest decision, the judge wrote that the "allegations support the inference that Netrebko's replacement by non-Russian artists occurred under circumstances giving rise to at least a 'minimal' inference of discrimination." The American Guild of Musical Artists filed a grievance on Netrebko's behalf and arbitrator Howard C. Edelman ruled in February 2023 that the Met violated the union's collective bargaining agreement when it canceled deals with Netrebko for three productions. Edelman awarded compensation the union calculated at $209,103.48. Torres allowed Netrebko to proceed with her separate allegation of gender discrimination under the New York State Human Rights Law and New York City Human Rights Law. She said the Met treated Netrebko's male counterparts with connections to Putin and the Russian government more favorably. She cited bass-baritone Evgeny Nikitin and baritones Igor Golovatenko and Alexey Markov, who have continued to sing at the Met.

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Russian soprano's case alleging national original discrimination against the Met Opera to proceed

Russian soprano's case alleging national original discrimination against the Met Opera to proceed NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge says R...

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January Jones Makes Rare Red Carpet Appearance with 13-Year-Old Son Xander — Who's Just as Tall as Her!

January Jones Makes Rare Red Carpet Appearance with 13-Year-Old Son Xander — Who's Just as Tall as Her!

Michael Tullberg/Getty January Jones made a rare public appearance with her son Xander Dane, 13, as the pair attended a party in Laguna Beach, Calif. over the weekend The teenager towered beside his mom as the pair posed proudly for photographers at the event Jones takes her first and only child's privacy seriously, and rarely posts about him on social media, aside from on his birthdays January Jonesis making a rare public appearance with her 13-year-old son Xander Dane. On Saturday, July 26, theMad Menactress, 47, and Xander posed for photographers as attended the 18th annual SeaChange Summer Party in Laguna Beach, Calif. Jones' son was almost the same height as his mom as she beamed proudly beside him at the bash, which was held at the Montage Laguna Beach to mark the ocean conservation nonprofit organization Oceana's 23rd birthday, per the actress'Instagram. The star dressed to impress for the outing, donning a chic black dress and strappy sandals, while her teen son wore a pair of white pants, a striped linen shirt and black adidas sneakers. Michael Tullberg/Getty Jones takes her first and only child's privacy seriously, and rarely posts about him on social media, aside from on his birthdays. On Sept. 13, 2024, she marked Xander reaching his teenage years bysharing a snap of himposing in front of a sunset on her Instagram Stories, writing, "Bday boy is a teen 😩." The year before that, Jones celebrated her son's birthday by sharing anInstagrampost showing him dancing outside of Nobu Malibu. "Happy Birthday to my child. So proud to be yours," she wrote in the caption, adding, "Couldn't love you more." Jones has never disclosed the identity of Xander's father, previously tellingThe New York Times, "That's my son's business. It's not the public's business." The actressspoke to PEOPLEabout having a "blast" with her little one when Xander was just 4 months old. "He's wonderful," she said at the time. "Every day he changes drastically — he's getting really fun and giggly now, and I can play with him." "He's not just a little bundle," Jones added. "He's taking shape, which is really amazing to watch." 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 celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. Five years later, Jones opened up toRedmagazineabout being a single parent. "Xander has a lot of bro time with the neighbor dads and my dad, who is super young," she told the magazine at the time, noting, "It's good to have strong women around a man to teach him to respect women." Jones explained, "He doesn't have a male person saying, 'Don't cry,' or 'You throw like a girl.' All those s----y things that dads accidentally do." Read the original article onPeople

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January Jones Makes Rare Red Carpet Appearance with 13-Year-Old Son Xander — Who's Just as Tall as Her!

January Jones Makes Rare Red Carpet Appearance with 13-Year-Old Son Xander — Who's Just as Tall as Her! Michael Tullberg/Getty January J...

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GDP surged in the second quarter after sliding earlier this year

GDP surged in the second quarter after sliding earlier this year

The U.S. economy surged between April and June after shrinking in the first three months of the year, driven by a large shift in imports tied to President Trump's trade policies. By the numbers The country's GDP increased at an annual rate of 3% in the second quarter, the Commerce Department said Wednesday. That's higher than the 2% pace the GDP was forecast to grow for the April-to-June period, according to economists polled by financial data firm FactSet. The number represents a surprising turnaround from the first three months of 2025, when GDP fell 0.5%, the worst quarterly performance for the U.S. economy since early 2022. The new data also shows consumers increased spending since the last quarter, with a growth of 1.4%, up from 0.5% from January to March. The number is, however, still down significantly from 4% in thefinalquarter of 2024. One measure of the economy's underlying strength tucked into the GDP report is the "final sales to private domestic purchasers," which excludes government spending, inventories, and net exports. That number rose at a 1.2% annual rate from April to May — the weakest it's been since late 2022. When considered alongside the 2.9% pace in the fourth quarter of 2024 and the 1.9% in the first quarter of this year, this quarter's number indicates that demand from consumers and businesses is dampening. What the numbers mean GDP data offers a broad yardstick for measuring the overall health of the economy, with periods of fast growth typically coinciding with robust consumer spending, ample job growth and healthy corporate profits. This year, however, experts say that the Trump administration's tariffs on U.S. economic partners has complicated the picture. "As was the case in Q1, volatile trade flows are skewing the GDP performance (the 3% growth primarily reflects a decrease in imports and an acceleration in consumer spending that were partially offset by a downturn in investment)," Adam Crisafulli, head of investment research firm Vital Knowledge, said in a report. Thomas Ryan, a North America economist at investor advisory firm Capital Economics, said in a note that the surge in GDP "overstates the economy's underlying strength" given the fact that it was largely driven by a 30% slump in imports after President Trump's tariffs took effect. GDP slumped in the first quarter, falling 0.5% from January to March, largely due to a surge in U.S. imports as consumers and businesses rushed to buy goods from abroad before stepped-up tariffs took effect. The latest data  shows that in the second quarter, from April to June, that trend started to shift with a large drop off in imports and a rise in exports — signaling that the United States is closing the trade gap President Trump has repeatedly cited as the basis for his tariff policy. Still, experts say there's more to the data than what meets the eye. If you combine the 3% growth rate in GDP in the second quarter with the 0.5% decline in first-quarter, the average growth rate for the first six months of 2025 is 1.25%. In a note shared yesterday before the GDP report, Dean Baker, a senior economist at Center for Economic and Policy Research, suggested that number would be "exceptionally weak" when stacked up against 2024's average growth rate which was 2.8%. Watch: Hawaii Gov. Josh Green gives update on tsunami warning Forensics expert analysis of Jeffrey Epstein jail video contradicts government's claims Russia reacts to Trump's new deadline on Ukraine ceasefire

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GDP surged in the second quarter after sliding earlier this year

GDP surged in the second quarter after sliding earlier this year The U.S. economy surged between April and June after shrinking in the first...

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French ministers condemn 'excessive use of force' after Jewish youths were removed from a flight

French ministers condemn 'excessive use of force' after Jewish youths were removed from a flight

PARIS (AP) — A summer camp counselor has accused Spanish law enforcement officers of using brute force against her during the removal of agroup of French Jewish teenagersfrom a plane bound for Paris from Spain, French government ministers and her lawyer said Wednesday. Ministers Aurore Bergé and Benjamin Haddad met with the counselor on Tuesday after French authorities last week contacted the CEO of the Spanish low-cost airline Vueling and the Spanish ambassador to France to determine whether the youngsters had been discriminated against on the basis of their religion. Forty-four minors and eight adult French passengers were kicked off flight V8166 from Valencia to Paris on July 23, for what Spanish police and the airline described as unruly behavior. But the ministers said the counselor, who asked to remain anonymous and is described as "shocked," disputed that account. They say she described the crew as hostile from the outset, saying a child briefly sang but stopped when asked, and claimed no behavior warranted the group's removal or the Civil Guard's response. "No action justified the disembarkation or the excessive and brutal use of force by the Civil Guard against the young woman, who has just been notified of 15 days of total incapacity to work," the ministers said in a statement, adding that her testimony had been corroborated by other passengers on board. The counselor's lawyer, Muriel Ouaknine Melki, told The Associated Press that she was left with bruises on her legs, arms and body after she was brutally handcuffed and held in an arm lock. Ouaknine Melki said her team is collecting evidence before lodging a complaint. The Club Kineret association, which organized the summer camp, did not immediately answer requests from The Associated Press for direct testimonies from people who were removed from the plane. A Vueling spokesperson said the passengers were removed after the minors repeatedly tampered with the plane's emergency equipment and interrupted the crew's safety demonstration. A Civil Guard spokesperson said the plane captain ordered the group's removal at Valencia's Manises Airport after they repeatedly ignored crew instructions. Bergé and Haddad also lashed out at a statement from the Spanish Minister of Transport "equating French children of Jewish faith with Israeli citizens, as if that somehow justified the treatment they received." Spanish Transport Minister Óscar Puente has deleted a tweet from July 26 in which he called the minors "Israeli brats." "At a time when antisemitic acts have been on the rise across Europe since the terrorist attacks carried out by Hamas on Oct. 7, 2023, in Israel, the ministers call on Vueling and the Spanish authorities to fully investigate and clarify the events," Bergé and Haddad said. "We will never accept the normalization of antisemitism. We will always stand with our fellow citizens who suffer from antisemitic hatred, and we will never compromise." Vueling has denied that the incident was related to the passengers' religion. Some Israeli news outlets reported that the students were Jewish and that their removal was religiously motivated, a claim that was repeated by an Israeli minister online. The Civil Guard spokesperson said the agents involved were not aware of the group's religious affiliation.

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French ministers condemn 'excessive use of force' after Jewish youths were removed from a flight

French ministers condemn 'excessive use of force' after Jewish youths were removed from a flight PARIS (AP) — A summer camp counselo...

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