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Photo: Kevin Winter/Getty; Naserin Bogado Tyler Poseyis opening up about his sexuality. During aninterview with NME, the singer and actor, 29, said that his partner — alt-rock singer Phem, whom he’s been dating since February — has helped him explore and understand his sexual identity. “I’ve been with everybody under the sun, and right now I’m in the best relationship that I’ve ever been in with a woman, and she’s queer too,” Posey said about Phem, whom he duetted with on his debut single “Shut Up....

Photo: Pete Dovgan/Speed Media/Icon Sportswire via Getty Better luck next time. Team USA’s men’s basketball team lost to France during their first game in the group round stage of theTokyo Summer Olympics, falling 83-76. The disappointing finish marked the U.S.’s first Olympic basketball loss since 2004, when the team fell to Argentina in the semifinals. It was also their second consecutive loss to France, following a previous defeat in the 2019 FIBA World Cup....

Photo: Sandy Huffaker/Getty Those who identify as nonbinary, intersex and gender-nonconforming will be able to select a third gender option when applying for an American passport in the future, according to the Department of State.Secretary of State Anthony Blinkensaid in a news releaseWednesday that officials are working on introducing a third gender option on passports in an effort to take “further steps toward ensuring the fair treatment of LGBTQI+ U....

Sweden celebrates after scoring a goal against the United States.Photo: Kyodo via AP Images History just repeated itself. The U.S. women’s national soccer team (USWNT) fell to Sweden during their Tokyo Olympics Group G match on Wednesday. “We got our asses kicked, didn’t we?” Megan Rapinoe said after,Yahoo Sports reported. That doesn’t mean the USWNT is totally out, though. They can still move on to the quarterfinals should they finish second in group G, or be one of the top two third-place finishers....

Maggie Steffens says that the U.S.A. women’s water polo team has adopted a mentality of unity that pushes them through challenging moments ahead of the start of competition at the Tokyo Olympics. “We have a few mantras that have allowed us to propel through a lot,” Steffens tells PEOPLE at a press conference in Tokyo on Friday. “One … is ‘stronger together,’ which is a Team USA slogan as well.”...

Calhoun Wolverton.Photo: gofundme Calhoun Wolverton, a 19-year-old sophomore, was put in a medically induced coma and fighting for his life following the collision, according toa GoFundMe page set up on his behalf. Graham B. Glover, a spokesperson for the Gainesville Police Department, confirms to PEOPLE that the incident occurred early Thursday morning around 12:40 a.m. Wolverton was crossing the 300 block of Northwest 13th Street, traveling eastbound, when a vehicle hit him outside of the crosswalk, according to Glover....

Rick and Suzanna Wamsley. The 911 call was eerie: Whoever called police on the night of Dec. 11, 2003, from the luxurious Mansfield, Tx., home of Rick and Suzanna Wamsley, was silent on the other end. But what investigators encountered upon entering the home was horrific. Rick, 46, an accountant and a strapping former high school athlete, was dead, having been shot and stabbed repeatedly. His wife Suzy, 45, a homemaker, had also been shot and stabbed to death....

Emma Hayes.Photo:Press Association via AP Press Association via AP The U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team has found a new coach! Twila Kilgore served as the team’s interim head coachduring the transitional period. The U.S. Soccer Federation said Kilgore will maintain the title while Hayes finishes the 2023-24 Women’s Super League season with Chelsea FC Women, which she has been leading for the last 11 seasons. Kilgore will then join Hayes' staff as an assistant coach....

Just under an hour after Sam got the good news, her older sister Kristie found out she’d be heading to Tokyo too. The duo are now set to be the first sisters to represent U.S. Soccer at a major tournament, and achieving this dream together has made it even more special. “When she confirmed that she made it too, it just made it a lot sweeter and a lot more exciting,” Sam, 28, tells PEOPLE in the latest issue, on newsstands Friday....

Photo: Instagram A teenage girl has died in Utah after falling off a cliff while hiking a local trail late last week. The 17-year-old was hiking with friends on the Moab Rim Trail when she slipped andfell about 30 feet"off of a sheer cliff face," Moab City Police Chief Jared Garcia said in a press release. The Grand County School Districtidentified the victimas high school senior Zoe McKinney in a statement to local families on Friday....

Photo: Brent Taylor/Facebook Brent Taylor, a Utah mayor and Army National Guard major, was tragically killed in Afghanistan over the weekend, theAssociated Pressreported. He was 39. Taylor, a father of seven, was on his fourth deployment to the Middle East. He had taken a leave of absence from his role as North Ogden’s mayor (a city north of Salt Lake City) for a year and was expected to return in January 2019, the outlet said....

Americans who arefully vaccinated against COVID-19can now be indoors or outdoors without masks or social distancing in most cases, the Centers for Disease Control said Thursday. The announcement marks a major shift in public health guidance more than a year into the pandemic. The CDC, which had said last month thatfully vaccinated Americans can stop wearing masks outdoors in small groups, cited the strong protection from the vaccines and the steep decline in new COVID-19 cases in their announcement....

Photo: Valerie Bertinelli/ instagram Valerie Bertinelliis getting candid about the aftermath from her latest spa day. The 61-year-old Food Network star recentlyshared an update on her Instagram Storyabout getting her second vampire facial, in which licensed professionals draw blood from clients and re-inject it into their faces to refresh the appearance of skin, combat wrinkles and improve overall texture. “I just had my second vampire facial. It’s a little redder than last time....