Snoop Dogg's Daughter Cori Broadus Announces Death of Her 10-Month-Old Baby Girl: 'I Lost the Love of My Life'

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NEED TO KNOW

• Snoop Dogg's daughter, Cori Broadus, announced that her baby daughter has died at 10 months old

• Cori shared the tragic news in a post on her Instagram Stories on Saturday, Jan. 31

• The baby, named Codi Dreaux, was born three months premature and was brought home from the NICU earlier this month

Snoop Dogg's daughter, Cori Broadus, announced that her baby daughter, Codi Dreaux, has died.

Cori, 26, shared the tragic news in a post on herInstagram Storieson Saturday, Jan. 31. The post featured a black-and-white photo of herself smiling while holding her baby. She wrote over the photo, "Monday I lost the love of my life. My Codi," along with an emoji of an angel wing.

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Cori's fiancé, Wayne Deuce, also shared a series of photos on his ownInstagram Stories.

"I been the saddest since u left me Codi Dreaux. But I know u at peace. Daddy will always love you," he wrote over an image of himself holding his daughter.

"My baby," he added.

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Cori, who is Snoop's youngest child and only daughter, shared in a February 2025Instagram postthat Codi had beenborn three monthsearly.

"The princess arrived at 6 months," she wrote in the birth announcement, which included a black-and-white photo of the baby's foot.

She added, "I've cried and cried, I've compared and compared, blaming myself that I wasn't able to give her all that she needed. But no matter what God always shows me that I'm His Child!"

"Baby girl came at 25 weeks today and she's perfect as ever!" she continued. "Thank You God for getting me this far no matter the odds that are constantly thrown against me 🙏."

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In an Instagram Stories postshared the same day, Cori revealed that she had delivered the baby via C-section after doctors told her she was developing HELLP syndrome, which stands for Hemolysis (the process of red blood cell destruction), Elevated Liver enzymes and Low Platelets.

Codi ultimately spent 10 months in the NICU, with Cori sharing that she finally was able to bring her baby home in early January.

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"She's home. 🤍," she captioned a Jan. 6Instagram postfeaturing herself and Codi snuggling together on her bed. "Thank you for every prayer, every message, every ounce of love. God heard them all. 🕊️✨."

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Cori first announced she was pregnant with a daughter in December 2024.

"I found out Oct. 28," she said while speaking toE! News.

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"I'm a high-risk pregnancy, and doctors were very concerned for me and the baby, but God has his hands on me," she added at the time.

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Snoop Dogg's Daughter Cori Broadus Announces Death of Her 10-Month-Old Baby Girl: 'I Lost the Love of My Life'

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Why Catherine O'Hara Quit “SNL” After a Week on the Job

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NEED TO KNOW

• Catherine O'Hara once joined the cast of Saturday Night Live, but quit before ever appearing in an episode of the show

• Speaking to PEOPLE in an earlier interview, she explained that she left SNL to rejoin the cast of the Canadian comedy sketch show SCTV

• O'Hara's manager confirmed on Friday, Jan. 30, that the actress had died at age 71

Catherine O'Haraonce quitSaturday Night Livebefore ever appearing in an episode of the show.

O'Hara — who died Friday, Jan. 30 at age 71 — spoke toPEOPLEin 2024 about how she was cast on the sixth season ofSNLin the early 1980s, but quit after a week.

She explained that prior toSNL, she'd already been in the cast of the Canadian comedy sketch showSCTV, though it wasn't consistent work.

"Our producer would get a deal with a network, and we'd have a show for a season or two, and then that deal would go away. There'd be a break, then we'd do the show again," she said.

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During one break, "I got asked to be onSaturday Night Live. And of course I said yes. Who doesn't want to do that?"

When she got word thatSCTVwas picked up again, she departedSNLwithout ever filming an episode. "Basically I said, 'Oh, sorry, I gotta go be with my [comedy] family.' "

Looking back, O'Hara said she was "stupid" for not waiting longer to see ifSCTVgot picked up.

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"Yeah, not cool to take a job and leave it. You know what I mean?" she says.

In the end, O'Hara's best friend from high school, Robin Duke, took herSNLslot. "It all worked out the way it was supposed to," says O'Hara.

SCTVran from 1976 to 1984 and was an offshoot of Toronto's famed Second City comedy troupe, where the late comedian Gilda Radner (who eventually left Second City forSaturday Night Live)got her start.

O'Hara acted as Radner's understudy on the show and, in a 2020 interview onWatch What Happens Live, said she learned from Radner "that you could still be the loveliest person in the world, and still be hilarious."

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"She was really a dreamy doll of a girl, just like you'd imagine," O'Hara added of Radner. "And I got to hang out with her, because my brother dated her. She'd come to our house for dinner on Sundays and play games with the family."

She continued: "I dared to take her place at Second City theater, and I've been imitating her since."

O'Hara's other costars onSCTVincludedJohn Candy,Martin Short,Rick Moranis, Joe Flaherty,Andrea MartinandEugene Levy. She and Levy would go on to collaborate several more times — in Christopher Guest's movies includingBest in Showand in the television showSchitt's Creek.

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Jesse Welles: Keeping the spirit of American folk music alive

The story of America can be told through the lyrics of folk music – songs of the Great Depression, the civil rights era, and the social revolutions of the 1960s. As folk singer Pete Seeger put it in 1967, "A song isn't a speech; a song is not an editorial. If a song tries to be an editorial or a speech, often it fails as a song. The best songs tell a story, paint a picture, and leave the conclusion up actually to the listener."

And if you're wondering whether folk music is still relevant today, take a listen to Jesse Welles. He is 33 years old, with a voice older than his years, and a message that speaks across generations:

It ain't the banksAnd it ain't the taxesIt ain't the payday loans and the high rent homesAnd predatory fees and practices …

If you worked a little harderThen you'd have a lot moreSo the blame and the shame's on youFor being so damn poor, yeahFrom "The Poor"

If it seems fitting right now to have a guy with six strings singing about the times, Welles said, "Every dog has its day!"

Well, it's your own damn fault you're so damn fatShame, shame, shameAll the food on the shelf was engineered for your healthSo you're gonna have to take the blameFrom "Fat"

Welles can be soft-spoken in person, but behind the microphone he sings loud and clear. He takes aim at anyone he thinks takes advantage of working people – the "folks" in folk music.

There ain't no "you" in UnitedHealthThere ain't no "me" in the companyThere ain't no "us" in the private trustThere's hardly "humans" in humanityFrom "UnitedHealth"

At a Greenwich Village record store last fall, Welles dug through his musical roots, and his mother's influence: "She really liked Crosby, Stills and Nash, and she liked Fleetwood Mac," he said. "She liked pretty, pretty music. But no one was really talking about Dylan. So, I suppose that was maybe the first solo space mission I flew, was to go and find, like, some hard folk music."

He was in New York to perform on CBS' "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert," where he chose a song that speaks to the unease some feel about our moment in history:

Join ICE,Boy, ain't it nice?Join ICETake my adviceIf you're lackin' control and authority,Come with me and hunt down minoritiesJoin ICEFrom "Join ICE"

Welles is up for four Grammy Awards Sunday, recognition that this troubadour from Ozark, Arkansas, never expected, especially considering his talents seemed to be more on the football field rather than the stage.

He wasn't always comfortable with his voice, which his sister said sounds like burnt toast. "But burnt toast is still edible!" he laughed.

With that simple and direct "'burnt toast" sound, Welles gets millions of views on social media.

War isn't murderGood men don't dieChildren don't starveAnd all women survive

War isn't murderThat's what they sayWhen you're fighting the devilMurder's okayFrom "War Isn't Murder"

He tapes himself, alone in the Arkansas hills, with lyrics that can seem ripped from the headlines, as in "No Kings." But he laughs when asked if he sees himself as a political figure: "A political … ? Wow! No!"

Those songs got their start in his spare bedroom-turned-studio, where he played for us a new one:

I knew a man, his only wishTo answer to no one, drink like a fish.He worked real hard and he got it all.There was plenty to drink, and no one to call.

If you look down the road, you'll see the sunAnd it makes time, as you take time,Just to end where you've begun.

I've got peace like a river.I've got time.I don't need a thingThat ain't already mine.From "Peace Like a River"

Asked what he's trying to say in his songs, Welles replied, "I can't tell you what it means. Like, it's up to everybody. Nobody is going to paint anything and tell you, 'This is what I mean when I painted this.' You know, that's no fun. That takes away your experience."

Welles has been embraced by legends of folk and rock. He recently performed with John Fogerty, and late last year he went into the studio with Joan Baez, bridging generations and bringing in new audiences.

Joan Baez and Jesse Welles perform "Don't Think Twice It's Alright" at The Filmore in San Francisco:

For Jesse Welles, it is his way of keeping the spirit of American folk music alive. "I think it's important that it doesn't go away," he said. "It's something that you know has been going on, it's been going on for centuries and centuries. You wake up one morning and you go, this is what I do. This is what I was supposed to do."

You can stream Jesse Welles' Grammy-nominated album "Under the Powerlines (April 24 – September 24)" by clicking on the embed below (Free Spotify registration required to hear the tracks in full):

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Top US, Israeli generals meet at Pentagon amid soaring Iran tensions

Feb 1 (Reuters) - The top U.S. and Israeli generals held talks at the ​Pentagon on Friday amid soaring tensions ‌with Iran, two U.S. officials told Reuters on Sunday, ‌speaking on condition of anonymity.

The officials did not offer details about the closed-door discussions between U.S. General Dan Caine, the chairman of ⁠the Joint Chiefs ‌of Staff, and Eyal Zamir, the Israeli armed forces chief of ‍staff. The meeting has not been previously reported.

The United States has ramped up its naval presence ​and hiked its air defences in the ‌Middle East after President Donald Trump repeatedly threatened Iran, trying to pressure it to the negotiating table. Iran's leadership warned on Sunday of a regional conflict if the ⁠U.S. were to attack it.

Israeli ​Defence Minister Israel Katz ​on Sunday met with Zamir after his talks in Washington, Katz's office ‍said, to ⁠review the situation in the region and the Israeli military's "operational readiness for any possible ⁠scenario."

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Gaza’s Rafah crossing partially reopens after nearly 2 years of closure

TheRafahcrossing between Gaza and Egypt began a trial phase on Sunday ahead of its planned reopening that will allow a limited number of Palestinians to leave thewar-torn enclaveand completes the first phase of the US-brokered ceasefire plan.

The crucial crossing, which has been largely closed since Israel seized it in May 2024, underwent a series of preparations from the European Union, Egypt, and other parties that will be involved in running the crossing, according to Israel's Coordinator for Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT).

The crossing will only be open for the "limited passage of residents only," COGAT made clear, but it did not give a date for how soon residents will be allowed to cross. Ali Shaath, the head of the Palestinian technocratic committee that is supposed to run Gaza, said on social media that the crossing will open in both directions on Monday.

When Shaath previewed the opening of the crossing in mid-January, he said it "signals Gaza is no longer closed to the future and to the world." But the limited opening and the restrictions on the use of the crossing, which for years brought in truckloads of humanitarian aid each day, fall far short of full operations for Rafah.

An Israeli security official told CNN that 150 Palestinians a day will be allowed to leave Gaza, but only 50 will be allowed to enter. But the steep price of the Rafah crossing - some Palestinians have reported paying thousands of dollars, which few can afford - coupled with lengthy bureaucratic and security processes mean few Palestinians can realistically expect to leave.

The full reopening of the Rafah crossing was part of the first phase of the US-brokered ceasefire agreement that went into effect in mid-October. But Israel refused to open the crossing until the return of all of the living and deceased hostages. The final deceased hostage, Ran Givili, was returned to Israel last week.

The return of Gvili and the reopening of the Rafah crossing brings to a conclusion the first phase of the 20-point ceasefire agreement. The US announced the start of the second phase of the agreement two weeks ago when President Donald Trump officially launched his Board of Peace in Davos.

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Slovakia national security adviser resigns over Epstein files, denies wrongdoing

PRAGUE, Feb 1 (Reuters) - Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico's national security adviser has ​resigned after new files related to ‌Jeffrey Epstein showed the pair had exchanged emails ‌talking about young women.

National security adviser Miroslav Lajcak issued a statement denying any wrongdoing and condemning Epstein's crimes. He described the exchange ⁠as informal and ‌light-hearted and without any real substance, but said he would offer ‍his resignation so the situation would not be used to attack the prime minister.

"Not because of ​having done anything criminal or unethical ‌in my actions, but I don't want him (Fico) to bear the political costs for something that's unrelated to his decisions," he said.

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Fico announced in a video message on ⁠Facebook on Saturday he ​had accepted Lajcak's resignation, calling ​the adviser an incredible source of experience in diplomacy and foreign policy.

The ‍U.S. Justice ⁠Department on Friday published millions of new files related to Epstein, including a ⁠text exchange from October 2018, when Lajcak was ‌Slovakia's foreign minister.

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Al Roker Shares What He Wants His “Today” Show Legacy to Be After 30 Years on Air (Exclusive)

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• Al Roker celebrated his 30th anniversary at the Today show on Tuesday, Jan. 27

• The 71-year-old weatherman spoke with PEOPLE about his impressive career and what he hopes will be his legacy on the show

• Roker first permanently joined the NBC morning show in 1996, replacing Willard Scott

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Al Rokerrang in 30 years on theTodayshow on Tuesday, Jan. 27, celebrating with his NBC family. The 71-year-old weatherman spoke with PEOPLE ahead of the milestone about his decades on the morning show and the legacy he hopes to one day leave behind.

"[I hope] people when they watch, that they didn't feel like I wasted their time," Roker tells PEOPLE. "And that hopefully they felt better after watching than before."

Roker considers himself to be just one part of a well-oiled machine, crediting his co-anchors for the show's success through the years.

"What's been really instrumental in the longevity is that I've been fortunate enough to work with really great people," he says. "The show really is the sum of its parts. Everybody on the show I think is, you know, pretty good. I probably bring the curve down a little bit. But you put us all together and I think we're just a really good team. We actually like each other. We enjoy being with each other."

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Roker refers to himself and the rest of the team as "temporary custodians of this legacy," noting that he never imagined he'd one day be aTodayshow staple.

"To say that this was a dream job isn't really accurate because it never dawned on me that I could be on theTodayshow," he admits. "When I got to WNBC in New York to do weekends back in 1983, I was back home. I grew up in New York and my parents could see me on TV. So I thought, 'I've got it made.' The idea that I would step into the shoes of one of my heroes and mentors,Willard Scott, and be able to do this for this period of time is still a little mind boggling."

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The father of three replaced Scott as the show's weatherman in 1996 and has been going strong ever since. Health has been a priority for Roker through the years — he famously went through agastric bypass surgeryin 2002 and has beendiagnosed with prostate cancer, as well as life-threateningblood clots in his legs and lungs.

"It is funny because when you turn 50, you go, 'Oh well, my life's half over.' And then you turn 60 and you realize, 'Oh well, it's actually more than half over,' " Roker muses. "And then 70 and you're like, 'Wow!' And you're looking at news stories about people in their 70s who have 'transitioned' if you will. But to be honest, I feel good. I love this job. I love doing it. At some point I guess I won't be, but I don't feel like that's anytime soon, so I'm just gonna keep going."

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