Aubrey Plaza and Jeff Baena's Separation: A Few Months Before His Death

By Nikki Reese | March 21, 2025
Welcome Back! count: 785... 5. min. Copyedited by Nate

Resilience & Mindset Mastery
William Lauds Ukraine's 'Resilience' During Visit to Estoni

The Prince of Wales has praised the "resilience" of Ukrainians during his visit to Estonia, a trip aimed at showing support for UK troops stationed along NATO's border with Russia.

On Thursday, he met with young Ukrainian refugees at a school in Tallinn, the Estonian capital.

"The resilience of Ukraine is everywhere," Prince William told the students. "You have such strong spirits and good souls, which is so important."

The prince's two-day visit to the Baltic nation began with a 35-minute meeting with Estonian President Alar Karis, where they discussed the ongoing conflict in Ukraine.

During his walkabout, Prince William was greeted by large crowds in Tallinn, many braving the cold to catch a glimpse of him. Some even handed over their camera phones for selfies with the prince.

Amid speculation about the royals' connection to Canada, Prince William was spotted wearing a jacket from Canadian brand Lululemon during the walkabout.

The royal visit comes at a time of heightened uncertainty over the war in Ukraine and concerns about Russia’s future actions.

On Friday, the prince is set to observe soldiers training in Estonia as part of a multinational force designed to deter Russian aggression along NATO's eastern border.

The 900 UK troops stationed in Estonia include soldiers from the Mercian Regiment, for which Prince William serves as colonel-in-chief. This deployment is currently the British Army's largest operational force overseas.

In response to rising tensions, Estonia recently withdrew from a treaty banning anti-personnel landmines, highlighting the growing risks. The country's navy is also working to safeguard undersea cables, and Estonia plans to increase its military spending to 5% of its GDP.

Health
A Ticking Time Bomb: The Uncertain Future of Public Health in America

The most alarming aspect of measles might not be the deaths directly linked to it—two of which have already occurred this winter, marking the first fatalities in the U.S. in a decade. Nor is it the rare, one-in-10,000 risk of irreversible, lifelong paralysis from subacute sclerosing panencephalitis. Rather, the real danger lies in the virus's impact on what’s known as immunological memory, which can cause a form of immune amnesia and severely weaken the body’s ability to fight off future infections.

During the pandemic, some Americans who feared that COVID-19 could damage the immune system were ridiculed by minimizers, who dismissed the idea of the virus as something akin to airborne AIDS. But that exaggerated comparison is more fitting for measles. Before widespread vaccination, measles was so destructive to children's immune systems that, despite its relatively low direct mortality rate, it could be linked to as many as half of all childhood deaths from infectious diseases such as pneumonia, sepsis, and meningitis.

In the U.S. of previous generations, it's estimated that 90% of children contracted measles, a disease that claimed an average of 6,000 lives annually at the turn of the 20th century. By the mid-1900s, with improvements in nutrition and antibiotics for complications, the death toll dropped to about 500 per year. In populations with malnutrition and less-developed immune systems, measles has proven far more deadly. Measles eradication programs have been credited with driving 60% of global improvements in childhood survival over the past five decades, saving 100 million lives worldwide, or roughly two million each year, according to a recent Lancet report.

This significant impact on global health seems to be easily dismissed by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the new Secretary of Health and Human Services, who recently downplayed the importance of measles vaccinations. Instead of addressing this pressing issue, he celebrated the introduction of beef-tallow fries at Steak ’n Shake, reminiscing about his childhood when “everybody got measles” and suggesting that natural immunity from infection was better than the protection offered by vaccines.

Entertainment
Aubrey Plaza and Jeff Baena's Separation: A Few Months Before His Death

Aubrey Plaza and Jeff Baena had been separated for several months before the indie film director and writer's death in January, according to a new report from the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner.

The couple parted ways in September 2024 when Plaza moved to New York. In October, Baena made "concerning remarks" to Plaza, prompting her to contact a friend to perform a welfare check on him, as reported by The Hollywood Reporter.

Baena had reportedly begun therapy following recent marital struggles in the months prior to his death.

The coroner’s report also revealed that Plaza received a text message from Baena at 10:36 a.m. on the day of his death. His body was later found by his dog walker at his L.A. home.