Photo: Getty Plan ahead. You don’t want a nightmare before Christmas! The holiday season may be two months away, but experts are advising shoppers to start making their lists now, due to supply chain issues, material shortages and shipping snafus affecting nearly every area of retail. Every aspect of international transportation has been affected due tothe COVID-19 pandemic, and the onset of the Delta variant. Continued outbreaks caused workers to miss shifts, close port terminals, keep truckers home, and slow cross-border movements....

Yahsinn Robinson. Two New Jersey men were charged on Wednesday in connection with the shooting death of a high school honor student earlier this year, PEOPLE confirms. Sylas Young, 19, was charged with first-degree murder and Kavon Carter, 24, was charged with conspiracy to commit murder in addition to a handful of other charges,Burlington County Prosecutor’s Office stated on its Facebook page. In April, Carter and Young allegedly were involved in a long-running dispute with some residents of the Buckingham Park section of Willingboro, according to the statement....

Eagles Nest Armory gun shop.Photo: Thomas Peipert/AP/Shutterstock The House is working to toughen up gun control following recent mass shootings across the United States. On Wednesday, the House passed a package called the “Protecting Our Kids Act,” which includes raising the legal age to buy certain semi-automatic rifles from 18 to 21 years old and establishing new federal offenses for gun trafficking and for selling large-capacity magazines,CNNreported. In the 223-to-204 vote, which mostly fell on party lines, five Republicans backed the legislation while two Democrats voted against it....

Emmett Till.Photo: Getty The House of Representatives on Wednesday overwhelmingly passed a bill named afterEmmett Tillwhich will make lynching a federal hate crime. The legislation is expected to pass in the Senate and head to PresidentDonald Trumpfor a signature. TheEmmett Till Anti-Lynching Actis named after the 14-year-old who was kidnapped, brutally beaten and lynched in 1955 in Mississippi after he was accused of whistling at and harassing a white woman....

Republican Rep.Kevin McCarthy’s path to the House speakership is even rockier than expected. For the first time in a century, House representatives weren’t able to come to a consensus on who to elect as House speaker on Tuesday, effectively putting the congressional body into a standstill until a nominee can get the majority of votes. As the nation’s 118th Congress convened, House representatives were tasked with selecting their next speaker — a role that’s just one position behind the vice president to succeed President Joe Biden in the event that the commander in chief is incapacitated....

Angelina Joliewas busy doing good over Father’s Day. While her kidsspent time with ex Brad Pittover the holiday, Jolie visited families in the Middle East as part of her latest humanitarian mission. The actress and activist, 43, madeher 61st missionas a UNHCR Special Envoy for the UN Refugee Agency on Saturday, visiting West Mosul, Iraq, less than a year after the city was liberated from three years of a brutal ISIS occupation....

BarbaraandGeorge H. W. Bushhad already overcome a lot in their73 years of marriagewhen, at last, the end became too obvious to ignore. Two days before shepassed away last Aprilat 92, Mrs. Bush sat with her husband in the den of their Houston home “holding hands,” according to Susan Page’s new biography,The Matriarch, which recounts this scene of farewell. The former first lady had long suffered from congestive heart failure and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease....

Photo: Walter McBride/Getty WhenWaitressreopens on Broadway this week, the set will include a special tribute to one of the show’s original cast members. A brand new pie will be featured on the diner’s menu board, titled the “Live Your Life” pie in honor of the lateNick Cordero, referencing his recorded single — which he had just begun to perform when he died last year due to complications fromCOVID-19. Cordero originated the role of Earl in the 2016 Broadway production....

Kylie Jennerhad some adorable help when announcing her pregnancy to momKris Jenner. “What do you have for Lovey?” Kylie asks her daughter in the clip, referring to the name Kris' grandchildren call the star. After Stormi hands her grandmother a sealed white envelope and Kris inspects its content, theKeeping Up with the Kardashiansmatriarch asks Kylie, “Wait a second…are you pregnant?” Kylie Jenner/Instagram Want to get the biggest stories fromPEOPLEevery weekday?...

Just 25 years old, Lauren Council had already given up hope ofever losing weight. After years of binge eating, and the pain of losing her mom to breast cancer when she was in high school, the Ripon, California native found herself weighing 270 lbs. “I had accepted that this was going to be my life because nothing seemed to motivate me,” Council, 26, tells PEOPLE for the2018 “How We Lost 100 Lbs....

On his May 19wedding day,Prince Harrywas in possibly the best shape of his life — and he has his new wife,Meghan Markle,to thank for the inspiration.“Meghan is a beautiful influence on Harry,” an insider tells PEOPLE. “They both worked hard to be the healthiest they could be before they got married.”Want to keep up on the latest from PEOPLE?Sign up for our daily newsletterto get our best stories of the day delivered straight to your inbox....

Meghan Marklehas already been the subject of many royal firsts, but she added another to her growing list on Thursday: bringing her mother,Doria Ragland, to her first royal hosting event. Doria told guests she was“head over heels”about her daughter’s accomplishment. BEN STANSALL/AFP/Getty Kate Middleton‘s mom,Carole Middleton, has stayed mostly behind the scenes. While it’s common to see her atmajor events such as Meghan and Harry’s royal weddingin May and her grandsonPrince Louis‘christening in July, she has never joined her daughter and son-in-law,Prince William, on official business....

After his conviction Mondayon charges of first-degree criminal sexual act and third-degree rape, how much prison time willHarvey Weinsteinsee? The criminal sexual act conviction carries a sentence of 5 to 25 years in prison, while the sentence for the rape conviction is anywhere from probation to four years. This means thatWeinstein, 67, faces anywhere from 5 to 29 years in prison when he is sentenced on March 11. PEOPLE spoke with several legal experts who said Weinstein’s sentence will likely fall somewhere in the middle....