Simon Cowell, Laura Silverman and Eric Cowell at “America’s Got Talent”.Photo: Steve Granitz/WireImage Simon Cowellis beyond proud of his son,Eric— but that doesn’t mean he wants to see him on the world’s biggest stage any time soon!Speaking to PEOPLE backstage after Tuesday’sAmerica’s Got Talentlive show, the judge explains why he hopes his 9-year-old — who was in the audience for theseason 18qualifier round — will “never” come on the show as a contestant....

Photo: Alex Brandon/AP/Shutterstock Months afterPresident Joe Bidenannounced theend of a decades-long U.S. military presence in Afghanistan, his administration is planning to send 3,000 additional troops to the country. The Associated Pressreports that the Biden administration is “rushing” troops into Afghanistan to assist in a partial evacuation of the U.S. Embassy in Kabul as the Taliban continues to gain control across the country, seizing cities like Kandahar, Firoz Koh and Herat....

Steven Spielbergwent to great heights to getWill Smithto star inMen in Black.TheKing Richardactor, 54, revealed on the latest episode ofKevin Hart’sHart to Heartshow on Peacock that he initially didn’t consider makingMen in Blackbecause he didn’t want to make two alien movies “back to back” (he had just finished filmingIndependence Day) — but the famous director was very convincing.“Steven Spielberg sent a helicopter for me,” Smithrecalled to a disbelieving Hart. “I was in New York....

Wilmer Valderramawants you to take a minute to better understand your kidney health.TheNCISstar, 41, has partnered with theNational Kidney Foundationfor a nationwide PSA campaign, “Are You the 33%?” The initiative, timed to March for National Kidney Month, focuses on the 33 percent of American adults who are at risk for developing kidney disease.“It was really scary to find out kidney disease doesn’t have any symptoms,” Valderrama tells PEOPLE, noting that some of his close family members have diabetes and high blood pressure, two of the most common risk factors for developing the disease....

Demetrius Thomas, Lakeitha Stokes, Marcus Stokes and Tera Agee.Photo: Facebook (4) A Wisconsin man has been sentenced to prison more than a year after he called 911 to report that he had just murdered five family members. Christopher P. Stokes, 44, was sentenced to 205 years in prison for the April 2020 murders of Marcus Stokes, 19, Demetrius Thomas, 14, Tera Agee, 16, Lakeitha Stokes, 17, and Teresa Thomas, 41, theMilwaukee Journal Sentinelreports....

Joselyn Maritza Méndez.Photo: Facebook A 43-year-old woman has been charged with aggravated manslaughter in Florida, where officials allege she left a 2-year-old girl in a hot car for several hours on Friday, resulting in the child’s death. PEOPLE confirms through online records that Juana Perez-Domingo remains in custody on $50,000 bond following her arrest over the weekend. The arrest report indicates Joselyn’s mother was paying Perez-Domingo $40 a week to take the little girl to daycare....

Photo: Facebook; Twitter; GoFundMeA California woman who killed three teens in a fiery 2018 crash after driving drunk — at more than three times the legal limit — was sentenced to at least 51 years in prison Thursday.Bani Duarte, 29, was emotional as she read a statement to the families of her teenage victims Brooke Hawley, Dylan Mack and Albert “AJ” Rossi, at a sentencing hearing Thursday, according toABC7,theLos Angeles TimesandLas Vegas Review Journal....

Yellowstone National Park.Photo:Getty Images Getty Images Amber Harris, from Phoenix, Arizona, shared the news on herFacebook pageTuesday alongside a photo of her showing off her engagement ring from her hospital bed. Revealing her fiancé Chris Whitehill had planned to propose during the trip, Harris wrote, “Chris had planned a beautiful marriage proposal this week on a natural bridge but all three [including her daughter Rylee Eckblad] of us have been in the hospital since yesterday morning and I won’t be able to leave any time soon....

Photo: Robert Alexander/Getty Avigail Diveroli filed a lawsuit in Miami last week, seeking damages in excess of $75,000 and a jury trial. She says in the lawsuit that she had been assured, in phone calls prior to her flight, that the dog would be able to fly with her in business class, and that all was fine during the boarding process. Regina also allegedly told Diveroli that she would be “cuffed” once the plane landed, and “forcefully downgraded” the woman from business class to another seat mid-flight....

Photo: Trevor & Melanie/ InstagramMelanie Knecht and Trevor Hahn are showing the world the meaning of teamwork.The hiking buddies, who both live in Fort Collins, Colorado, have worked together to navigate Colorado mountains and trails ever since meeting at an adaptive exercise class, according toGood Morning America.Knecht was born withSpina bifidaand uses a wheelchair to get around, and Hahn lost his eyesight due to glaucoma five years ago, the outlet reports....

Earlier this month, hundreds of thousands of Twitter users liked and retweeted a series of posts documenting what happened when two strangers met on an airplane, and seemingly made aromantic connection— but while many saw the exchange as a modern love story, the woman at the center of the saga felt it was aninvasion of privacy. In a statement toBusiness Insider, the woman, who chose to remain anonymous, spoke out about how her private conversation became a very public story without her consent....

Photo: SWNS A woman has been left “unnecessarily traumatized” after she was misdiagnosed with an aggressive form ofbreast cancerthat forced her to undergo a grueling amount of treatments and surgery. Sarah Boyle is still struggling to come to grips with the fact that because of a “human error” she underwent an unnecessary double mastectomy and chemotherapy nearly three years ago, BBC Newsreported. “Being told I had cancer was awful, but then to go through all of the treatment and surgery, to then be told it was unnecessary was traumatizing,” the Stoke-on-Trent, England native told the outlet....

Photo: Dillon Sherlock/CBS via Getty Wynonna Juddis continuing on with “The Judds: The Final Tour” after theunexpected deathof her mother and music partnerNaomi Judd. Naomi’s husbandLarry Strickland, also added, “I am so happy that in this time of grief for us all, Wynonna has agreed to move forward with this tour as my sweet wife Naomi would have wanted her to do.” Other special guests invited to the tour areFaith Hill,Brandi Carlile,Little Big Town,Ashley McBrydeandTrisha Yearwood....