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A devoted mother of two was killed in front of her daughter when a small plane making an emergency landing crashed into her car on a British Columbia highway. Alex Garneau, a proud “hockey mom” from Prince George, British Columbia,…
Lesley Vogel has fired back at critics questioning her grief over daughter Hayden Panettiere’s death. The 70-year-old former soap actress, who was estranged from the “Heroes” star at the time of her passing, opened a “Good Morning America” interview with…
A Southwest Airlines flight attendant was found dead near a dumpster after falling from the 24th floor of a Hawaiian hotel while on a layover, and her family is questioning the circumstances. Jenny Lupton, 50, a mom from Moore, Oklahoma,…
The United States Postal Service has issued a fresh warning to Americans about the legal dangers of keeping or destroying mail that was accidentally delivered to the wrong address. USPS guidance, circulated widely online, makes clear that misdelivered mail is…
Leslie Caoili’s husband is rallying skilled volunteers to make their Spring Valley home wheelchair-accessible before her discharge from months of hospitalization. Leslie Caoili, 41, a competitive strength athlete and mother of two from Spring Valley, California, went to a routine…
Sean Grayson, the former Illinois sheriff’s deputy convicted of murdering Sonya Massey, has died in prison. Grayson, 32, passed away on Sunday, August 23, his attorney Daniel Fultz confirmed. Fultz declined to provide any further details surrounding the circumstances of…
The suspect in a grisly Oregon quintuple homicide was found dead by apparent suicide hours after firefighters discovered five bodies and slaughtered animals on a rural property, authorities said. Benjamin Charles Parker, 36, was located dead inside a car in…
Two Phoenix police officers have been fired and arrested following an unreported traffic stop in which they allegedly assaulted a couple and deployed a Taser. Officers Antonio Felix and Luis Vasquez, 33 and 32, face charges including aggravated assault, kidnapping…
Former Disney child star Raquel Lee has sued the Walt Disney Company for negligence over alleged on-set sexual abuse during filming of a 2001 movie. Lee, 39, filed the lawsuit Friday in California, according to the complaint. She was 14…
A San Clemente father of five has been left paralyzed from the neck down after diving into the Pacific Ocean to save a child caught in a rip current. Josh Collette, 42, was spending the day at Riviera Beach with…
A Staten Island teen took her plea for free express bus rides to Instagram after her letter to City Hall went unanswered. Daeun Kim, 17, posted a video Thursday begging Mayor Mamdani to extend OMNY student benefits to express buses…
The wife of PC Matthew Blades has spoken out after he was killed alongside fellow officer PC Tom Clough in a wrong-way crash on a British motorway. PC Blades, 37, and PC Clough, 38, died early on Saturday, August 22,…
Margaret Berry, mother of crash victim Jeremy O’Brien, 18, has publicly apologized to the family of three sisters severely injured in the fatal M9 motorway collision in Ireland. Berry, 47, spoke about her grief and remorse following the August 16…
The NYPD announced Sunday it will boost police presence at a Manhattan park after an exposé revealed vagrants terrorizing visitors. The department, responding to reporting on conditions at the $73 million Gansevoort Peninsula park in the Meatpacking District, said it…
A South Carolina couple with a 34-year age gap has defended their “relationship non-negotiables” after their rules went viral and drew backlash online. Gracen Greagen, 26, and her husband Kevin Greagan, 60, posted the video from their lake house in…
A neighbor accused of firing shots near a Jewish summer camp in Maine has been released on bail and is now allegedly harassing staff alongside his father. Nathan Hewett, 36, allegedly fired several rounds from a rifle near Camp Modin…