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Photo: Getty Fisheries and Oceans Canada is searching for an endangered North Atlantic right whale sighted on Thursday tangled in some kind of gear. The whale — identified as a 14-year-old female named Sundog — was spotted near Gaspé, Quebec, and was previously seen in March near Cape Cod, Massachusetts. 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 juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories....

Photo: Getty Summer is here, and for many people that means ditching real-life responsibilities for a well-deserved vacation. But with all that eating, relaxing and otherwise indulging, it can be hard to come back looking and feeling as trim as when you left. Below, experts give their best tips on how to avoid packing on too many pounds — even when lounging to the max. Before you leave Smart habits start on the way to your destination, saysParker Cote, personal trainer and fitness model who has traveled to more than 30 cities for shoots....

Photo: Kevin Mazur/Getty When it comes to considering corporal punishment for children, the answer from experts seems to be a resounding “no.” Ryan Michelle Bathe‘scandid and powerful essayin this week’s issue of PEOPLE describes the actress’ experience with physical punishment as a child — something that was seen as culturally accepted in her family at the time. PEOPLE spoke withDr. Robin Gurwitch, a psychologist and professor at Duke University Medical Center, about the effectiveness of corporal punishment — and she immediately pointed out how “research over the past several decades confirms the negative effects of spanking, any corporal punishment and verbal shaming....

Researchers with the University of Oklahoma believe they may have found a mass gravesite from the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. In October 2018, Tulsa Mayor G.T. Bynum launched an investigation into rumors of mass graves from the race riots, calling them a “point of shame for our community,” NBC affiliateKJRH reportedat the time. On Monday, experts held a public hearing in the city to reveal that after using geophysical scanning to survey the Oaklawn Cemetery, they have identified two spots that they believe may contain bodies of those killed in the massacre nearly 100 years ago,NBCreported....

Photo: Courtesy Pet Poison Helpline Experts are warning pet owners about the dangers that some chemical hand warmers pose to animals after a puppy in Alaska fell ill last year from consuming one of the products. In November 2020, Jaime Smith’s two children and their neighborhood friends ventured outside to play in the backyard with Buoy the puppy, whom the family had recently brought home, according to the Pet Poison Hotline....

COVID-19 at-home test.Photo: Getty Images Experts are warning that the United Stateswill soon see another spike in COVID-19 casesas wastewater samples in parts of the country show an increase in infections and the BA.2 subvariant spreads in Europe. Cases are climbing in the United Kingdom — up 48% in the last week — and in more than half of countries in the European Union. The change appears to be due to several causes: the BA....

Photo: Getty It’s only just beginning, but the 2019-2020flu seasonis already off to a potentially record-setting pace afteran “atypically” early start. According tonew numbers from the Centers for Disease Control, there have been an estimated 6.4 million cases of the flu and 2,900 flu-related deaths since Sept. 29, when they start tracking the flu. Over the last week, visits to the doctor for flu symptoms jumped from 5.1 percent of Americans to 6....

Etiquette Experts Weigh in on Proper Restaurant Behavior.Photo:GettyHow much do you tip after dining out? Does stacking up dirty plates annoy servers? Just how much of a mess can children make at a restaurant? Whether you are receiving sit-down service, picking up takeout or ordering delivery from an app, here are some guidelines to help restaurant-goers feel cool as a cucumber.PEOPLE spoke with professional etiquette coachMaryanne Parkerto get some insight into proper restaurant behavior and advice for diners....

Photo: Courtesy of Netflix Warning: This post contains spoilers for season 4 of Netflix’sYou. Fans have been waiting forYou’s fourth season to hit Netflix — and now that the first half is finally here, there’s a lot to unpack. The latest installment seesPenn Badgley’s antihero Joe Goldberg reinvent himself as Professor Jonathan Moore following his relocation to London. He is committed no longer acting on his violent urges — and has even found himself entangled in an interesting, new friend group consisting of young, wealthy Londoners....

Photo: Save Elephant Foundation August 12 is World Elephant Day! And this year Gluay Hom, a young elephant from Thailand, is celebrating unchained. For years, the long-suffering animal was exploited for the sake of wildlife tourism, and was forced to live in a barren enclosure under the performance stadium at Samutprakarn Crocodile Farm and Zoo outside Bangkok, Thailand, in chains that left his legs bent and swollen, according toNational Geographic....

Courtesy of Silvia Vasquez-Lavado.Photo: Courtesy of Silvia Vasquez-Lavado Oddly enough, it wasn’t Silvia Vasquez-Lavado’s treacherous and defiant journey up Mt. Everest that finally led the explorer to write her debut memoir,In the Shadow of the Mountain. Instead, it was a severe bicycle accident that happened on the first anniversary of her history-making 2016 climb, when she became the first Peruvian woman to summit the fabled mountain. The crash landed Vasquez-Lavado in the hospital, where doctors discovered a small tumor growing on her brainstem....

Discovery Channel viewers on Sunday got to go back 2,500 years in time for a brief moment to witness Egyptian mummies — and even a rare wax head.DuringExpedition Unknown: Egypt Liveon Sunday, Egyptian archaeologists and explorers went in underground tombs and the chambers of remote burial site Al-Ghorifa in Middle Egypt, which is about 165 miles south of Cairo.The experts said they discovered the mummy of a high priest, a “Great of the Five Priest of Thoth,” who was covered in gold banding and other artifacts, along with two other mummies who appeared to be directly connected, according to a press release....

Paul-Henri Nargeolet and Hamish Harding.Photo:getty (2) getty (2) Renowned explorer Victor Vescovo, the only deep sea explorer to have reached the depths of all five oceans, is mourning the loss of his friendsPaul-Henri NargeoletandHamish Harding, who were victims of theTitansubmersible implosion. “Paul-Henri Nargeolet was such a charming soul,” Vescovo tells PEOPLE of the French explorer. “It’s very strange for me to be talking about him in the past tense. But he was so friendly and accepting of everyone....