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The CEO of the Matthew Perry Foundation, Lisa Kasteler Calio, has paid tribute to the late actor in a heartbreaking victim impact statement obtained by PEOPLE

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• The statement was released ahead of the sentencing of Perry's personal assistant Kenneth "Kenny" Iwamasa on the morning of Wednesday, May 27

• "I had lost my friend, someone I cared very deeply for. Losing Matthew was like losing a family member," Calio said while reflecting on the night of Perry's death

The CEO of theMatthew PerryFoundation paid tribute to the late actor as she spoke out in an emotional victim impact statement ahead of the sentencing of his personal assistantKenneth "Kenny" Iwamasa.

Iwamasa — who is one offive people convicted of crimesconnected to Perry's 2023 ketamine overdose death — will learn his fate on the morning of Wednesday, May 27. He faces up to 15 years in prison after pleading guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute ketamine causing death.

Perry was found deadin his hot tub at his Pacific Palisades home on Oct. 28, 2023, andhis cause of death was determinedto be "acute effects of ketamine." He was 54.

The Department of Justice determined that Iwamasa had "repeatedly" injected Perry with ketamine "without medical training," including performing multiple injections on him on the day he died.

Ahead of the sentencing, Lisa Kasteler Calio, CEO of the Matthew Perry Foundation, discussed Iwamasa while reflecting on the lateFriendsstar's incredible life in a victim impact statement submitted to the court on Tuesday, May 26.

In the impact statement obtained by PEOPLE, Calio explained how she'd worked in communications in the entertainment industry for 50 years; close to 30 of which she'd spent working for Perry.

“It was my job to protect Matthew from a worldwide media that thought Matthew's personal life should be played out publicly. I could only be of use to Matthew if he trusted me—and he did, implicitly. Our relationship transcended that of client/publicist. I was his confidante and I was fierce on his behalf,” Calio shared.

She explained that on the night of Perry's death, she sat on a curb outside his home for six hours, adding that she'd gone to meet his parents and stepparents.

“I would not have been allowed into the house and, frankly, I didn't want to go in. I stayed because I didn't know how to leave. I had lost my friend, someone I cared very deeply for. Losing Matthew was like losing a family member,” Calio insisted, stating that she was “concerned” about Iwamasa, whom she'd known longer than Perry.

Calio noted that Iwamasa — who previously pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute ketamine, in connection with Perry's death — was a 60-year-old man, not “a young assistant trying to break into the business.”

“He had worked in it for decades—but again, he now had a lifestyle to protect, even if meant harming Matthew,” she said, claiming that Iwamasa “wanted to inhabit and control Matthew's world.”

Calio accused Iwamasa of trying to get the late star “to fire several of those he trusted the most,” alleging that despite that not happening, he did manage to convince Perry that “he didn't need his sober companion or his team.”

Calio said in the statement, “Kenny convinced Matthew that there were too many people around and that he didn't need to spend the money on them anymore. And that battle Kenny won. I was not aware. And from my point of view, that was the beginning of the end.”

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She alleged that Iwamasa would buy over-the-counter sleep aids for Perry, who she said had terrible insomnia, when the medication he was prescribed wasn't enough.

Calio also claimed that despite Iwamasa telling her things she wasn't interested in knowing regarding Perry's physicality, he “never mentioned the ketamine.”

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She alleged that he didn't speak about it, “because his true concern was not upsetting the lifestyle to which he'd become accustomed,” stating that from what she'd read, he'd watched Perry “seize up more than once and never told any of us who cared so deeply” about the actor.

“We would have gotten him the help he desperately needed,” Calio wrote, claiming that although she thought Iwamasa feared that Perry would have fired him if he'd said anything, this wouldn't have been the case.

Calio alleged in the statement, “Kenny Iwamasa killed my friend. His narcissistic, outrageous, irresponsible behavior, his psychotic plan, caused him to heat up the jacuzzi, give Matthew the giant shot he requested and leave him alone to die.”

She said she'd spoken to Perry about their plans for the Matthew Perry Foundation three days before his death.

Calio wrote, “Matthew said he wanted to be remembered as someone who helped as many people as possible, not for 'Chandler.' There was no question that we were going to move forward and fulfill his legacy. The Foundation is almost three years old—our work, in Matthew's name, is saving lives.”

She continued that she'd heard that “Kenny may receive a lighter sentence because he has been helpful with the other cases related to Matthew's death,” adding, “This is heartbreaking. He did not help Matthew.”

“Whatever sentence he receives, it won't be long enough. He will always be known as the man who killed Matthew Perry, I suppose there should be some comfort in that,” Calio's statement concluded. “Your Honor, the world lost a wonderful, kind, generous, sweet, loyal soul. Matthew is still beloved, I see it every day.”

Calio's statement was filed as part of the federal criminal proceedings tied to Perry's death.

Perry's sisters, Caitlin and Madeline Morrison, were also among those criticizing Iwamasa in emotionalvictim impact statements previously obtained by PEOPLE,accusing him of enabling their brother's drug use.

“It is difficult to put into words the sense of betrayal I felt when I found out what Kenny had done,” Madeline wrote in a statement addressed to U.S. District Judge Sherilyn Garnett.

“In many ways, it felt like my brother died all over again. Everything I believed about the day he died—everything Kenny told us—was a lie," she continued, adding: "The idea that someone my brother considered family could betray him in such an unimaginable way is something I never could have conceived."

According to the Department of Justice, Iwamasa was accused of conspiring withJasveen Sangha, Erik Fleming and Dr. Salvador Plasenciato illegally obtain ketamine and distribute it to Perry, PEOPLE previously reported.

Sangha, Fleming, Plasencia and Dr. Mark Chavez — who admitted to helping distribute ketamine to Plasencia — have all pleaded guilty to various charges tied to the case.

Sangha, dubbed the "Ketamine Queen,"was sentenced to 15 years in prison in Aprilafter pleading guilty to one count of maintaining a drug-involved premises, three counts of distribution of ketamine and one count of distribution of ketamine resulting in death or serious bodily injury.

For Iwamasa, prosecutors have recommended a sentence of 41 months in prison plus three years of supervised release, according to court documents previously obtained by PEOPLE.

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May 27 (Reuters) - Russia has passed a law allowing its central bank and other financial institutions to operate their ‌own defence systems and arm staff to repel drone attacks, ‌a document published by the lower house of parliament showed.

Ukraine struck the central bank's ​office in Sevastopol in Crimea with a missile on Wednesday, local governor Mikhail Razvozhaev said, alleging that it was a British-made Storm Shadow missile. He added that the building was on fire.

Ukraine has been regularly ‌striking Russia with drones ⁠since Moscow launched the war in February 2022, with energy infrastructure frequently targeted as Kyiv aims to ⁠deprive Moscow of revenues in order to bring the conflict to an end.

Drone defence systems could be located next to the central bank, the ​country's biggest ​bank Sberbank, and the Russian ​Cash Collection Association. Staff at ‌those institutions would be permitted to be armed.

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The institutions would handle the cost of drone defence themselves, Anatoly Aksakov, the head of the financial committee in Russia's lower house of parliament, the State Duma, was quoted as saying by the RBC news outlet.

The attack on ‌the central bank's office in Sevastopol ​was the first on a major central ​bank office since the start ​of the war. There were no reported attacks ‌on major Sberbank offices.

On Tuesday, Alexander ​Shokhin, head of ​Russia's most powerful business lobby, told President Vladimir Putin companies are ready to finance the purchase of heavier weapons and ​electronic systems to defend ‌their infrastructure from drone attacks.

(Reporting by Reuters, Writing by Jekaterīna ​Golubkova in Tokyo and Gleb Bryanski in Moscow; Editing ​by Lincoln Feast and Gus Trompiz)

Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith discussed differences in American and British baking styles, including ingredient preferences and taste palates during a recent interview

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• Leith noted Americans tend to bake larger, sweeter cakes compared to British bakers' more modest creations

• Season 4 of The Great American Baking Show premiered on The Roku Channel on May 11

Paul HollywoodandPrue Leithare revealing whether they prefer American or British baking styles.

Leith, 86, and Hollywood, 60, star onThe Great American Baking Show, having also been judges onThe Great British Baking Show, referred to asThe Great British Bake Offin the U.K. They were quizzed about their preferences in an interview withThe Hollywood Reporter (THR)published on May 22.

“[Americans] are not better, they're different,” said Hollywood in aclip from the interviewshared on Instagram.

“They use a lot of whisked sponge, they use a lot of banana, they use a lot of pecans,” he continued. “They use things that we use in the U.K., but not to the extremity [that] the Americans do. That's the big difference. Their taste palette is a bit different from ours, but their baking is very similar.”

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Leith agreed, adding that aside from the quantity of each ingredient, the overall size of cakes also differs between bakers in each country.

“I think that Americans, by and large, like things to be sweeter than the Brits, and bigger. Big and sweet,” she toldTHR.

As the interview took place during filming in the summer of 2025, Leith also shared an observation that she made that day.

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“It's been interesting today because we asked them to do a cake, which could have been a little cake, and they [all made] enormous cakes — you know, four-tier jobs,” she toldTHR.

The latest season ofThe Great American Baking Showpremiered on The Roku Channel on May 11.

Around the same time, Leith — who stepped down as a judge onThe Great British Baking Showearlier this year — spoke toPEOPLEabout blunders she's had in the kitchen.

She revealed that, despite being known as a chef and restaurateur, not everything went to plan when she had the opportunity to serve tea toQueen Elizabethat the opening of the Queen Elizabeth Centre (QEII Centre) in Westminster, London, in 1986.

"I actually think there's something about the royal family, they jinx things," Leith told PEOPLE. "Because I think what happens is people get quite overexcited at the thought of them and then everything seems to go wrong. You talk to any caterer and they'll tell you drama stories about the royals."

Leith recalls another instance of messing up when cooking for royalty in her memoirBeing Old and Learning to Love It!

She fumbled theQueen's order for strong black tea, instead presenting the monarch with a "weak lemony tea served by a half-wit.”

Reflecting on the incident, Leith said, "Personally, the thing that upset me most was not giving the Queen a decent cup of tea, because I much admired the Queen and I thought, 'Poor...woman. She's been walking around this extremely boring building for two hours… By the time she got to me, she must have been absolutely panting for a cup of tea, and I failed completely.' "

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MADRID, May 26 (Reuters) - Jonathan ‌Andic, son ‌of the Mango ​fashion group's founder Isak Andic, said ‌on ⁠Thursday he was stepping ⁠down temporarily as ​vice ​chair, ​days after ‌being named a suspect in an investigation into ‌his ​father's ​death ​in 2024, ‌according to Efe.

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(Reporting ​by ​Corina Pons. Writing ​by ‌Emma Pinedo; editing ​by Charlie ​Devereux)

VATICAN CITY, May 25 (Reuters) - Anthropic co-founder Chris Olah said on Monday ‌that the development ofartificial ‌intelligencecannot be left solely to technology companies, urging ​greater oversight from religious leaders, governments and civil society.

Speaking in the Vatican at the presentation of Pope Leo's first ‌encyclical on artificial ⁠intelligence, Olah said there was "a real possibility" that AI will ⁠displace human labor "at very large scale".

"If that happens, supporting those displaced will be ​a moral ​imperative of historic ​proportions," he said, ‌sitting alongside the pope.

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He added that companies like his operated under strong commercial, geopolitical and personal pressures that can be at odds with the broader interests ‌of society.

"Every frontier AI ​lab ... operates inside a ​set of ​incentives and constraints that can ‌sometimes conflict with doing ​the right ​thing," he said, adding that even well-intentioned researchers remain influenced by those ​forces.

Olah said ‌this made outside scrutiny essential.

(Reporting by ​Giselda Vagnoni and Joshua McElwee; Editing ​by Crispian Balmer)

By Steve Holland, Andy Sullivan, Richard Cowan and Nandita Bose

The site of ongoing construction of the planned White House ballroom in Washington

WASHINGTON, May 24 (Reuters) - Standing in front of the White House ballroom construction site, U.S. President Donald Trump appealed for patience from Americans struggling with soaring gas prices as he sought to justify the cost of a project critics call a vanity effort.

"This is peanuts," he said on Tuesday in an apparent reference to the economic damage inflicted on the U.S. by ‌the Iran war. "I appreciate everybody putting up with it for a little while. It won't be much longer."

The moment crystallized concerns among some in his Republican Party, who worry that the billionaire president's focus on the ballroom ‌appears insensitive as Americans struggle to fill their gas tanks ahead of November's midterm elections.

A Reuters review of Trump's public comments shows he has mentioned the ballroom - either via speeches, social media posts, or in comments to reporters - at least 40 times this year, including nine times this month alone. By comparison, he ​mentioned it 35 times in all of 2025.

He is prone to launching into sales pitches for the ballroom at any moment, whether talking to reporters on Air Force One, speaking to guests in the Oval Office or posting on his Truth Social platform.

A White House official rejected Democrats' contention that the ballroom is a vanity project.

"This is about legacy, not vanity," the official said. "The president is deeply passionate about this and wants to get it done."

It is hard to quantify how many times Trump has talked about the economy, but as gas prices have spiraled, he has repeatedly played down the economic impact of the war, counseling patience and offering little acknowledgement of Americans' financial strain.

“I don’t think about Americans’ financial situation," he said earlier this month in a viral off-the-cuff comment about the war's economic ‌impact that was seized on by Democrats. “The only thing that matters when I'm talking about ⁠Iran, they can't have a nuclear weapon."

SOME REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS SAY BALLROOM IS A DISTRACTION

The Reuters review shows that the ballroom, reconstruction of the Washington Reflecting Pool and plans for a 250-foot Independence Arch in the capital are top of mind for a president whose second term has been dominated by legacy-building projects.

Even amid crises and diplomatic summits, Trump has kept the ballroom at the forefront. Within ⁠hours of an apparent assassination attempt at a Washington hotel, he used the incident to argue for building one. After his high-stakes meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping, Trump posted on Truth Social that the trip reinforced his case.

“China has a Ballroom, and so should the U.S.A.!” Trump wrote alongside a photo of him and Xi outside Beijing's cavernous Great Hall of the People.

In Republican-led focus groups, however, voters are expressing concerns over the ballroom and the arch, a senior Republican campaign operative told Reuters, requesting anonymity to discuss the matter.

"For voters, the message that is ​coming ​from the White House is Trump is focused on vanity projects and foreign policy, and those are things that voters don't care about," the ​operative said.

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Republican Senator Cynthia Lummis of Wyoming said in an interview that the attention being given ‌to the White House ballroom is "absolutely" sucking up more time than it should.

"It would sure be nice if the public understood that the ballroom itself was private money," Lummis said.

Trump says he has raised $400 million from wealthy donors and his own money for the ballroom. The Secret Service, however, has requested $1 billion in taxpayer money to fund security enhancements for the ballroom and the White House complex, a plan that lawmakers, including Republicans, have balked at.

Anxious Republican lawmakers and senior White House aides have for months urged Trump to focus more on the economy as voters look ahead to November, when Republicans are expected to face a difficult fight to retain control of Congress.

"Trump continues to talk about things that no one cares about," said a Republican strategist involved in efforts to help Republicans retain control of Congress. The strategist spoke on condition of anonymity in order to discuss the matter freely.

Trump's answer to questions about economic concerns is to repeatedly declare victory over inflation, despite official data showing otherwise. He has deflected ‌questions about economic uncertainty by boasting about a rise in the stock market and billions of dollars in foreign investment.

A January prediction from the ​White House that Trump would make weekly trips to promote Republican candidates and address economic concerns has not panned out.

After a flurry of weekly travel ​early in the year aimed at promoting his economic record, Trump has largely stayed at the White House or ​at his Florida weekend retreat since he launched the Iran war on February 28. He has made only a handful of domestic trips since then.

CHINA TRIP, ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT

As Trump faces a series of political ‌and policy challenges — including war with Iran, rising fuel costs, and dwindling popularity — he has increasingly ​turned to visiting construction sites tied to his initiatives, using them ​to underscore progress and reassert control over his agenda.

On Tuesday, he took reporters on a tour of the ballroom construction site and proudly described some of its planned security features. A week earlier, he rode in his armored limousine to inspect renovations at Washington's Reflecting Pool - which he has spoken about seven times this month alone.

Democrats who are trying to break Republicans' dominance in Congress in November say Trump's focus on legacy projects offers hope.

"I can't imagine that ​at a time when people are trying to figure out how to pay for their ‌groceries that are exorbitantly high thanks to Trump's tariffs that they're (Republicans) focused on a ballroom," Democratic Senator Raphael Warnock of Georgia told Reuters.

"Tone deaf is an understatement."

With polls showing a solid majority of Americans opposed to ​the ballroom, the message appears to have gotten through to Republicans. The $1 billion proposal was dropped last week - at least for now - from a spending bill in the Senate in a major setback for Trump.

(Reporting By ​Steve Holland, Andy Sullivan, Richard Cowan and Nandita Bose; Additional reporting by Bo Erickson; Editing by Ross Colvin and Alistair Bell)

By Patricia Zengerle

WASHINGTON, May 23 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's administration has been stepping up pressure on Communist-controlled Cuba, after using the military in January to remove Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.

Here is why Cuba may not be Venezuela 2.0, even though Caracas had been a key supporter of the island's government.

WHO WOULD TAKE OVER?

In Venezuela, then-Vice President ‌Delcy Rodriguez took over as U.S. forces seized Maduro in a lightning raid on Jan. 3 and has served as acting president since.

Rodriguez was Maduro's deputy, but there is no similar ‌deputy to Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel, or former President Raúl Castro, the 94-year-old former president the U.S. indicted this week in a bid to increase pressure on Havana.

"The security apparatus in Cuba has dismantled, systematically dismantled, every alternative or potentially alternative power ​source," said Orlando Pérez, an expert on U.S.-Latin America relations at the University of North Texas in Dallas.

Venezuela also has a popular opposition leader, Nobel laureate María Corina Machado, who won elections in 2024 but was not allowed to take power and hopes to return to her home country this year for free elections. Cuba has no similar figure.

Raúl Rodriguez Castro, grandson of the former president, met this month with CIA Director John Ratcliffe during a rare visit by a U.S. spy chief to Havana, fueling talk he might agree to work with Washington.

But the younger Castro has no formal position in the Cuban government and is not expected to betray ‌his family. He attended a rally in Havana on Friday to protest ⁠his grandfather's indictment.

WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS AND RISKS?

Cuba has been a U.S. antagonist for decades, since Fidel Castro's 1959 revolution. Trump is strongly supported by hardline Cuban-Americans in Florida, who have pushed for U.S.-instigated regime change for decades. The Republican U.S. president has made clear he wants to see change in their homeland.

In the ⁠past, Cuba was seen as a threatening Soviet satellite, an uncomfortably close 90 miles from Florida, and more recently as a potential site for Chinese influence in the Western Hemisphere. But Russia's attentions have shifted elsewhere since the fall of the Soviet bloc, and Cuba's economic problems have diminished its ability to confront the U.S.

Experts say instability in Cuba also threatens a migration crisis. Its people have been living largely without power due to the U.S. blockade ​and ​could opt to flee the island in case of war or chaos.

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Cuba's military is more ideologically entrenched and cohesive ​than Venezuela's and more likely to put up a fight. Dozens of Cuban agents were ‌killed in Venezuela in January when they were providing security for Maduro, but survivors would have learned from that raid how U.S. forces operate.

Cuba is also seen as more advanced in surveillance and intelligence, especially after years of cooperation with Russia and China.

WHAT WOULD CUBA BRING TO THE U.S.?

Venezuela has natural resources, and U.S. companies have been lining up to produce oil in the South American country, which has seen exports jump.

Cuba does not have any similar resource. Its state-run tourism industry was behind other Caribbean destinations in price and quality even before this year's steep downturn, which has been exacerbated by shortages tied to Trump's "maximum pressure" campaign, a U.S. blockade and threats of tariffs for countries that provide it with fuel.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, an outspoken Cuba hawk who is also national security adviser, is seen as the ‌force behind the Trump administration's Cuban policy.

Rubio, a Florida native and the son of Cuban immigrants, has run for ​president before and is expected to seek the office again. A major change in Cuba could burnish his political ambitions, but ​a failure poses major risks at a time when the U.S. faces huge budget deficits ​and is already waging a campaign in Iran that has been estimated to cost billions of dollars per day.

WHAT ARE THE LEGAL ISSUES?

Washington's ability to change relations with ‌Cuba is limited by the 1996 Helms-Burton Act, which ties the lifting of ​a decades-long U.S. embargo to specific political change such ​as the creation of a democratically elected government.

Trump changed U.S. business relations with Venezuela by removing Maduro, leaving its government in place without even announcing plans for free elections.

In Cuba, he could not legally do so without a dramatic shift by Cuban officials, who have refused so far to cooperate.

Cuba's situation is more complicated because the country's economy lacks a private sector. It ​is dominated by Gaesa, a military conglomerate subject to U.S. sanctions that ‌controls most of the island's top hotels, largest port, top commercial bank and a vast array of supermarkets, gas stations and remittance businesses.

Washington also justified the Venezuela raid by saying ​Maduro's government was involved in "narcoterrorism." Cuban officials have not faced such charges, and in fact its government says it has been cooperating with the U.S. against drug trafficking.

(Reporting by ​Patricia Zengerle; additional reporting by Sarah Kinosian and Matt Spetalnick; Editing by Sergio Non and Sanjeev Miglani)

Missionary leader shares update on American doctor who contracted Ebola in Congo 03:24

An American doctor who wasinfected with Ebolawhile working with a medical missionary organization in Africasaid in a statementthat he is feeling "cautiously optimistic" as he fights the deadly virus.

Dr. Peter Stafford was working with the missionary group Serge in the Democratic Republic of Congo when he was infected with the virus, the group said. He was evacuated to a hospital in Berlin, Germany, to receive care, the group said Tuesday.

"Before I was evacuated I was feeling really concerned I wasn't going to make it. And now I'm cautiously optimistic," Stafford said in a statement shared by Serge.

Stafford's wife, Dr. Rebekah Stafford, who also works with Serge, and their four children were also evacuated to Germany, Serge said. They are asymptomatic and are being isolated and monitored, the group said Thursday.

TheBundibugyo ebolavirusoutbreak in Congo, which has spread to neighboring Uganda, is likely larger than what has officially been reported, health officials have warned. There are so far nearly 600 suspected cases, including 139 suspected deaths, the World Health Organization said.

Stafford was exposed to the virus while doing a surgery at Nyankunde Hospital in Bunia, a city in eastern Congo, Serge said in an earlier statement. He has worked at the hospital since 2023, according to the group. Ebolaviruses are transmitted from person to person through bodily fluids such as vomit, blood or semen, andmedical personnelcan be at high risk if exposed to sick patients.

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This is only the third known outbreak of the Bundibugyo strain. There is no known vaccine or treatment for it, health officials have said. The first symptoms are typically fever, fatigue, muscle pain, headache and a sore throat. Symptoms then can progress to vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal pain, rash, organ dysfunction and less frequently, internal or external bleeding. The fatality rate of the Bundibugyo strain is about 30 to 50%, according tothe WHO.

Dr. Scott Myhre, the Serge director for East and Central Africa, described Stafford as "critically ill but not acutely deteriorating." Myhre said Stafford reported feeling better Thursday than the day before, and said that the infected doctor had been able to eat small amounts of food as he experiences Ebola symptoms including vomiting, rash and diarrhea.

While there is no treatment for this type of ebolavirus, patients can receive supportive care including rehydration and specific symptom treatment. Stafford's medical labs are "trending slightly in the right direction," and he has received intravenous treatments "designed to improve Ebola outcomes," Myhre said.

Hospital staff briefly allowed Stafford to see his wife and children through a hospital window, Serge said.

Matt Allison, Serge's executive director,told CBS News on Tuesdaythat Stafford is "doing well, all things considered."

"He's sick. He's sad to be away from his family, but he's getting the best care available to him," Allison said.

A third Serge doctor, Dr. Patrick LaRochelle, was also potentially exposed while working in a DRC hospital. He is in quarantine at Bulovka Hospital in Prague, according to Serge. He remains asymptomatic so far, the organization said.

TheState Department announced Thursdaythat any U.S. citizens or lawful permanent residents returning from the Congo, Uganda and South Sudan who had been in those countries within three weeks of entering the U.S. had to fly into Washington-Dulles International Airport in Virginia. The same restrictionsapply to any non-citizens, according to the Department of Homeland Security.

"Survivor" host Jeff Probst accidentally revealed who won a final four fire challenge on live TV and then, moments later read the jury votes to crown the winner of season 50.

Aubry Bracco won the $2 million and a brand new car as the season 50 winner. The votes were counted in front of a live audience and the entire cast.

Before the big reveal was an unexpected one. Jonathon Young and Rizo Velovic were preparing for a fire challenge to determine which would go to the jury or the final three when the show went to the CBS studio for a live interview.

There, Probst spoke with Velovic about losing the challenge — before it took place on the previously recorded final episode. After realizing the error, Probst joked about it with the audience.

Then the final three of Bracco, Young and Joe Hunter then made their pitches to the jury and answered questions. Finally, the jury voted and the votes, by fan choice, were whisked away to be read back in the U.S.

Bracco got eight votes, Young placed second with three and Hunter placed third, receiving no votes.

The three-hour finale began with five players: Tiffany Ervin, Velovic, Hunter, Young and Bracco. There were two immunity challenges, a fire making challenge and two eliminations until it came down to the final three. In between finale scenes, host Jeff Probst spoke before a live audience broadcast from California and chatted with former season 50 players.

In the first immunity challenge, the castaways had to retrieve a machete to release a ram then collect three keys to solve back-to-back puzzles. Young won the challenge, which eventually led to Ervin's torch being snuffed.

In the second immunity challenge, fans voted to bring back the iconic ball-catching game. The castaways had to gradually release balls onto a large, circular metal track then catch them with one hand — five balls later, Bracco won the challenge, her first win of the season.

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Bracco was announced as the season 50 winner, and is planned to receive her $2 million check on a CBS Mornings live broadcast on May 21.

Before the finale ended, Probst rolled a clip of season 51 showing new faces and absolutely no rules, calling it the "open era." The new season will air in the fall 2026.

Here's a breakdown of the "Survivor" season 50 finale:

Who won 'Survivor' season 50?

Aubry Bracco became the sole survivor of season 50 winning the $2 million prize and a brand new Toyota car.

Who won the 'Fan Favorite' vote on 'Survivor' season 50?

Cirie Fields won the $100,000 fan favorite prize. The prize was donated by longtime fan andAustralian singer-songwriter Sia, who has personally donated money to her favorite players over the past 20 seasons of "Survivor."

How were Ervin and Velovic voted out in 'Survivor' season 50?

After Young won the first immunity challenge, Ervin knew she was a major target. Ervin attempted to persuade Hunter and Young to vote for Bracco instead, arguing she was more likely to earn votes from the jury, therefore she was a larger threat. Ervin received the majority votes at tribal council and became the 10th jury member.

After Bracco won the ball-catching immunity challenge she sent Velovic and Young to the to the fire-making challenge. The pair had to build a fire strong enough to burn through a rope tied above. Young won, making Velovic the 11th jury member. Velovic was sent home the same way in season 49.

Some 'Survivor' season 50 finale highlights

• Probst awarded Cirie Fields the spirit of "Survivor" award.

• Probst awarded Rick Devens the large coin he flipped as part of the billionaire YouTuber "MrBeast super beware advantage."

• Mike White made an appearance via a video call while filming season 4 of "White Lotus" in France. White revealed that Charlie Davis and Kamilla Karthigesu will make appearances in the new season.

• Ervin said she would come back to play "Survivor" if she was invited again.

• Velovic held onto his "Billie Eilish boomerang Idol" for nearly the entire season and finally played it in the finale.

• Ozzy Lusth was gifted a T-shirt that said, "Ozzy we love you, please play the idol."

• During the live broadcast, Probst accidentally spoiled Velovic as the loser from the fire-making challenge, though he played it off as another season 50 twist.

• The final three players, Hunter, Young and Bracco shared breakfast with their loved ones before facing the jury.

• Bracco was announced as the season 50 winner in front of a live audience which was a fan decision.

Sneak peek clip of 'Survivor' season 51 the 'open era'

How were players voted off throughout 'Survivor' season 50?

• Jenna Lewis-Dougherty was voted off in episode 1 (season 1, 8th place; season eight, third place).

• Kyle Fraser was medically evacuated in episode 1 due to a ruptured Achilles tendon (season 48, winner).

• Savannah Louie was voted off in episode 2 (season 49, winner).

• Q Burdette was voted off in episode 3 (season 46, sixth place).

• Mike White was voted off in episode 4 (season 37, second place).

• Angelina Keeley was voted off in episode 5 (season 37, third place).

• Charlie Davis was voted off in episode 5 (season 46, second place).

• Kamilla Karthigesu was voted off in episode 6 (season 48, fourth place).

• Colby Donaldson was voted off in episode 6 (season two, second place; season eight, 12th place; season 20, fifth place).

• Genevieve Mushaluk was voted off in episode 6 (season 47, fifth place).

• Dee Valladares was voted off in episode 7 (season 45, winner).

• Chrissy Hofbeck was voted off in episode 8 (season 35, second place).

• Benjamin "Coach" Wade was voted off in episode 8 (season 18, fifth place; season 20, 12th place; season 23, second place).

• Christian Hubicki was voted off in episode 9 (season 37, seventh place).

• Stephenie LaGrossa Kendrick was voted off in episode 10 (season 10, seventh place; season 11, second place; season 20, 19th place).

• Ozzy Lusth was voted off in episode 11 (season 13, second place; season 16, ninth place; season 23, fourth place; season 34, 12th place).

• Emily Flippen was voted off in episode 11 (season 45, seventh place).

• Cirie Fields was voted off in episode 12 (season 12, fourth place; season 16, third place; season 20, 17th place; and season 34, sixth place).

• Rick Devens was voted off in episode 12 (season 38, fourth place).

• Tiffany Ervin was voted off in the finale (season 46, eighth place).

• Rizo Velovic was voted off in the finale (season 49, fourth place).

The final three:

• Joe Hunter placed third (season 47, fourth place).

• Jonathan Young placed second (season 42, fourth place).

• Aubry Bracco placed first (season 32, second place; season 34, fifth place; season 38, 16th place).

Contact Sarah Moore @ smoore@lsj.com

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By Ange Kasongo

KINSHASA, May 21 (Reuters) - A case of Ebola has been confirmed in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's South Kivu province - hundreds of kilometres from ‌the outbreak's epicentre - the rebel alliance that controls the area said on ‌Thursday.

The case in a rural area near the provincial capital of Bukavu marks an expansion of an outbreak ​that experts believe circulated for around two months in Ituri province, several hundred kilometres to the north, before being detected last week.

The Alliance Fleuve Congo, which includes the Rwanda-backed M23 rebels who seized swathes of eastern DRC last year, said in a statement that the 28-year-old ‌patient had died and been ⁠buried safely.

It said the person had come from the northern city of Kisangani, in Tshopo province, but it did not provide details ⁠about their recent movements.

The World Health Organization at the weekend declared the outbreak of the virus' Bundibugyo strain, for which there is no vaccine, a public health emergency of international concern.

The ​outbreak has ​been linked to 139 deaths and there were ​600 suspected cases in eastern DRC's ‌Ituri and North Kivu provinces as of Wednesday, according to the WHO. Two cases have also been confirmed in neighboring Uganda.

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M23 REBELS PLEDGE TO WORK WITH INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS

South Kivu health spokesperson Claude Bahizire told Reuters earlier on Thursday that two suspected cases, including the patient who died, had been detected in the province. The other patient was in ‌isolation awaiting test results, he said.

Last week, an ​Ebola case was confirmed in M23-held Goma, the capital ​of neighbouring North Kivu province.

M23 said ​earlier this week that it was committed to working with international partners ‌to contain the outbreak.

The response has been ​complicated by the virus' ​presence in densely populated urban areas and widespread armed violence in eastern DRC.

A 2018-2020 outbreak in the region of the Zaire strain of Ebola was the ​second-deadliest on record, killing nearly ‌2,300 people.

This time, first responders say they lack basic supplies, which some ​have attributed to foreign aid cuts by major international donors.

(Additional reporting and writing ​by Aaron Ross; Editing by Hugh Lawson)

DENVER (AP) — The Colorado Supreme Court has ordered Colorado’s largest provider ofgender-affirming carefor young people to resume medical treatments like puberty blockers and hormone therapy despite threats that providing the care could lead to losing federal funding.

Children’s Hospital Colorado suspended medical treatments for transgender patients under 18 in January after it said theU.S. Department of Health and Human Servicesopened an investigation into its treatments following aseries of clashesbetween President Donald Trump's administration and advocates over transgender health care for children.

The hospital said in a statement that it is reviewing Monday's court ruling and considering its next steps. It previously said it would continue to provide mental health treatment for minors and also medical treatment for patients aged 18 to 21.

Four transgender girls, ranging from age 10 to 17, sued the hospital, through their parents, alleging that the hospital was violating the state’s antidiscrimination law by refusing to provide them treatment both because of their gender identity and their disability, gender dysphoria. Gender dysphoria is the distress caused when someone’s gender expression doesn’t match their sex assigned at birth.

The girls said they feared not being able to get medication and monitoring to prevent them from undergoing puberty and developing male traits. And they cited mental health fallout, including depression and suicidal ideation.

The court sided with the girls in a 5-2 ruling, finding that the decision to shutter the services for minors violated a state antidiscrimination law. In the majority opinion, Justice William Wood III said, “We conclude that the actual immediate and irreparable harm to petitioners outweighs the speculative harm CHC may face if the federal government further acts against it.”

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In a dissent, Justice Brian Boatright said the hospital didn't make its decision to stop the case because of the gender identity of the patients. Rather, he wrote, “It was a decision driven by the direct threat to the viability of the entire hospital.”

A Kansas judge alsosided with transgender minorsin a ruling last week.

The Colorado hospital’s TRUE Center, which focuses on gender-affirming care, is one of the largest programs in the country and the only comprehensive care center in the Rocky Mountain region, according to the lawsuit.

Children’s Hospital Colorado said the HHS opened the investigation of the hospital after Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. issued adeclarationthat called treatments like puberty blockers, hormone therapy and surgeries unsafe and ineffective for children and adolescents experiencing gender dysphoria, or the distress when someone’s gender expression doesn’t match their sex assigned at birth.

An Oregon-basedfederal judge ruledin March for Colorado and 20 other states that Kennedy's declaration went too far.

Mulvihill reported from Haddonfield, New Jersey.

Jason and Kylie Kelce married in Philadelphia in April 2018

NEED TO KNOW

• The couple are parents to four daughters: Wyatt, Elliotte, Bennett and Finnley

• They've been there for each other at every turn, from appearing on each other's podcasts to Kylie cheering on her now-retired NFL husband (and brother-in-law Travis Kelce!) at the Super Bowl

Jason KelceandKylie Kelceare the perfect life teammates — and each other's favorites.

When Jason was asked to share who his "favorite teammate" was while on a panel at New Jersey's Rowan University in April 2026, he gave the perfect response. After joking that he "could completely be a jerk and not answer the question," the retired NFL All-Star center said, "My favorite teammate is my wife."

The Philadelphia-based couple married in April 2018, and are nowparents to four daughters: Wyatt Elizabeth, Elliotte "Ellie" Ray, Bennett Llewellyn and Finnley "Finn" Anne.

Kylie admitted to PEOPLE in March 2024 of being "terrified" before her wedding, "because everyone was going to be staring at me" — but the fear didn't last long.

"As soon as our wedding planner opened the door and I could see Jason, it was as if all of the worries melted away," she said. "So I was like, 'Oh,I just have to get to him. I can do that.' So that was like a memory where I really remember that overall feeling of ease and bliss."

Over the years, the couple has demonstrated their enduring love and commitment to each other, with mutual praise and support. From Jason's 2018Super Bowl win with the Philadelphia Eaglesto hisretirement announcement after 13 seasonsin March 2024, Kylie has cheered for her former NFL pro husband andhis brother,Travis Kelce, whom she watchedwin the Super Bowl in 2024.

At home, Jason and Kylie continue to be all-star parents, regularly delighting fans withstories about their girlson both of their podcasts (and sometimescameos from them!):Not Gonna Lie with Kylie KelceandNew Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce, respectively.

Here, see some of Jason and Kylie's sweetest photos together from over the years.

Humble Beginnings

Before they became parents of four and one of the NFL's favorite couples, Jason and Kyliefound each other on Tinder. After matching on the dating app, the two met up for their first date at a bar with some of Jason's friends.

In the 2023 Amazon Prime Video documentaryKelce, Kylie, who grew up in the Philadelphia suburbs, shared that their initial outing didn't last very long.

"Forty-five minutes later,he fell asleep at the bar, like just, out, like asleep, asleep," she said.

Big Feelings

Though their date didn't go as planned, Jason wasn't about to let his bar-top antics ruin his chances. In the documentary, the former Eagles center said he was "sober enough to know" Kylie was "the most beautiful woman I had ever seen in my life."

Their next meeting, he claimed, "went much better."

"The next day, he called and was like, 'Can we try that again?' " Kylie recalled, agreeing that Jason managed to impress her their second time out together.

Their first Valentine's Day together was also a success. In a 2024Instagram advertisementfor Papa John's, Kylie recalled that Jason had gifted her "flowers and this tiny little teddy bear" for the romantic holiday.

Tying the Knot

After about two years together, Jason and Kyliegot married in Philadelphiaon April 14, 2018, just two months after the All-Star NFL player won his first Super Bowl.

In a February 2026 episode of her podcastNot Gonna Lie, Kylie shared that she and Jason had a laid-back approach to their nuptials, with her having four bridesmaids and him having one groomsman: his brother Travis.

"It was a good time, we were chill," she said, adding later, "Our wedding, I feel like, appropriately conveyed us as people. There was good food. There was good music. But other than that, we showed up. And that was a win."

Eagles Fans Forever

Both before and after they got married, Kylie was a fixture at Philadelphia Eagles games — not only did her husband play for the Eagles for his entire 13-year pro career, but they're also Kylie's hometown team, andshe's a diehard fan.

Committed to Each Other

On their first wedding anniversary in 2019, Kylie paid homage to their ceremony with a sweet poston Instagram.

"One year ago today we stood in front of our closest friends and family and vowed our love and commitment to each other. I am so beyond grateful that I get to share my life with this man," she gushed in her caption.

Family Fun

Not long after they wed, Jason and Kylie started a family together.

They welcomed their first daughter,Wyatt, on Oct. 2, 2019, followed byElliotteon March 4, 2021. Their third-born,Bennett, joined the family on Feb. 23, 2023, followed by their youngestFinnleyon March 30, 2025.

Keeping the Flame Alive

Betweenfootball season,fashion weekandfull-time parenthood, the Kelces still make room for romance in their relationship.

When Jason joined Kylie for the Valentine's Day 2025 episode of herNot Gonna Liepodcast, they shared how they prioritize each other amid their busy lives as parents.

At the time, they wereexpecting their fourth child, and when a fan asked how they avoided falling "into the whole just mom and dad routine."

Kylie noted that while their main focus was "very much our kids," they still take time to "enjoy each other just the two of us," which she added made "those moments even more special."

Jason added that "talking to each other is [also] a big component" of maintaining their healthy relationship.

"Once you have kids, I think every marriage is gonna fall into the mom and dad thing from time to time," he continued. "I think the key to not having that be a thing is just talk to your spouse and say, 'Hey, I really miss going out to dinner' or whatever you miss about the moments you had with them that now get overshadowed because you're busier being a mom and dad and working and doing all these things."

The former pro athlete added, "Then if the other person is listening, hopefully, they go out of their way to try and do whatever that the other person feels like they're missing out on."

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Romantic Gestures

During the same February 2025 episode ofNot Gonna Lie, Kylie shared that Jason's proposal to her was "pretty romantic" — what she can remember of it.

"I don't remember exactly what you said. I have stated that publicly that I blacked out when you told me to get out [of] the car."

As he previously discussedon an episode ofNew Heightsin September 2023, Jason's proposal involved a "ploy" of sorts for him to pretend he had to go to the bathroom while visiting Kylie's parents, Lisa and Ed McDevitt, but he was really going inside to ask for their permission to marry Kylie.

After Jason came out two minutes later, Kylie sent him back inside so he wouldn't have to go again on their drive home.

"Then he said, 'This is not the most romantic way to do this ... but can you get out of the truck?' " Kylie recalled.

Off-Season Duties

In February 2024, the superstar parents gave PEOPLE a look inside their girl-dominated household, and Kylie praised her husband's commitment to their life at home.

"Jason is emotionally and mentally presentfor his girls, and I think that's so important," she said.

Making Memories

Kylie also shared details about their elaborate playroom, curated by Pottery Barn Kids.

"The memories that we're creating now arethings that we'll talk about later, the same way our parents tell stories about us now," she told PEOPLE in February 2024.

They're not only passing down stories but traditions, too.

In February 2025, Jason shared the Valentine's Day gesture started by his father-in-law that he's passing down to his daughters.

"[Kylie] had a tradition with her father... where Big Ed would go and buy chocolates and [a] card," Jason explained onNot Gonna Lie. "So far, Kylie has been doing that and then giving them to me to give to the girls. But now I think it's time for me to really take this initiative and actually get gifts for the girls."

Raising Their Girls

Kylie told PEOPLE in February 2023 that she knew Jason would be an amazing girl dad, despite his predictions about having a son one day.

"I used to tell him before we had our first daughter,she's gonna have you wrapped around her finger," she said, whilepregnant with their third child.

A few months later, Jason confirmed his wife's wisdom, sharing that raising girls has been the "biggest highlight" of his life.

"When I had a daughter, I was like, 'I'm not going to spoil her, I'm going to raise her tough. She's going to be hard.' And the moment she came out, I was like, 'Yeah, that's not going to work,' " he told PEOPLE in May 2023.

Music to Their Ears

The couple has stepped out for many fun events over the years, especially since launching both of their podcasts.

One of those epic nights wasChris Stapleton's exclusive concert at The Fillmore in New Orleans, as presented by SiriusXM and Pandora, in February 2025.

Jason and Kylie both wore big smiles as they posed for photos on the red carpet, where he donned a black T-shirt and jeans, while sheadorned her baby bumpin a yellow floral dress.

The former NFL pro is a big fan of Stapleton's, praising the country singer-songwriter'sSuper Bowl U.S. national anthem performanceas one of the best he's ever heard.

Super Couple

Whilehosting aNew HeightsHouse Partywith Travis in San Francisco ahead of the2025 Super Bowl, Jason leaned into his eccentric style, sporting a tie-dye coat with wide black lapels and cuffs. Kylie appeared to be letting her man — and his chest hair — shine bright, as she stood by his side in a simple white tee.

When Kylie and Jason spoke to PEOPLE exclusively about their YouTube TV Super Bowl campaign "Don't Settle For Meh," the pair considered the possibility of the former football player going beardless. Kylie couldn't imagine it, admitting she's "never actually met his chin."

At the time, Kylie was still the record holder for the most-watched episode ofNew Heights, having set that mark with 8.6 million views in September 2023. That was untilTravis' now-fiancée,Taylor Swift, broke the internetwith her August 2025 appearance. (Pretty literally — it evenset a new Guinness World Record.)

Jason poked fun at the record-breaking moment at the end of Swift's two-hour podcast, saying, "I think Kylie enjoyed being the No. 1 most viewed episode for the time that she had."

Ready for Their Close-Ups

In April 2026, the duoshowcased their acting chopsin a hilarious 16-minute Western-style mini-movie promoting Jason and Travis' beer brandGarage Beer.

During the film, Jason goes off in search of beer after his trusty horse, Travis, downed all of his, only to learn that the evil Beau Allen has declared no cold beer is allowed in his town.

After a barroom brawl, Jason refers to his magical compass, which "points to what a man wants most." The device leads him to "Ms. Kylie," who informs him — in a thick Philly accent — that Allen actually loves cold beer and likes to hoard it for himself.

Kylie's fiery personality leads Jason to declare, "What a woman!" as he leaves to follow her tip. Naturally, after an epic battle, Jason comes out victorious — thanks to a strategic shot from Kylie.

The funny video marked the couple's first foray into acting.

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