2 People Killed After Man Allegedly Opens Fire on Random Drivers and a Bus in Seattle

Photo: Seattle Police Department Two people are dead and two more injured after a man allegedly went on a deadly rampage in Seattle Wednesday. According to the Seattle Police Department, just after 4 p.m., the man opened fire on several vehicles, including a Metro bus before carjacking a Prius and colliding with another driver in the Sand Point neighborhood. Police believe the man chose his targets at random. “We believe it’s a random, senseless act,” Deputy Police Chief Marc Garth Green told reporters during a briefing after the incident....

March 16, 2025 · 3 min · 613 words · Linda Thompson

2 Shot, 1 Killed at Maryland Funeral of 10-Year-Old Gun Violence Victim

Police respond to fatal shooting in Washington DC.Photo:FOX 5 Washington DC/YouTube FOX 5 Washington DC/YouTube Two people have been shot, one fatally, at the Maryland funeral of a 10-year-old gun violence victim, authorities said. Speaking at anews conferenceon Tuesday, Maj. David Blazer of the Prince George’s County Police said authorities received “numerous calls” in relation to a disturbance at the cemetery shortly after 1:15 p.m. local time. Upon arrival, police found a male and a female who were both suffering from gunshot wounds....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 354 words · Erik Bridges

2-Year-Old Boy Lights Up with Joy Over Resemblance to Character from Disney's 'Encanto'

Photo: courtesy Kaheisha BrandA 2-year-old boy had the cutest reaction to seeing his lookalike in Disney’sEncanto.Kaheisha Brand sharedtwo photos on Instagramof the special moment her son, Kenzo Brooks, noticed his undeniable resemblance to the film’s character Antonio Madrigal.In the first snap, Kenzo proudly smiles as he stands next to the television when Antonio appears on the screen. In the second picture, the toddler is captured watching intently while sitting on the floor....

March 16, 2025 · 7 min · 1285 words · Cheryl Martin

2006 Gift Guide At Your Service

Still wondering whatDSLRis worth your next wage check ? Wanna verify you get the bestsmartphoneavailable ? Whether you ’re shopping for supporter , foes , or yourself — let our2006 Gift Guidebe your techie Cliffs Notes this holiday season . Just select that ruby Santa hat over on the left and get shopping . Gift Guide 2006[Gizmodo ] Daily Newsletter Get the best tech , scientific discipline , and culture news in your inbox day by day ....

March 16, 2025 · 1 min · 88 words · Mrs. Molly Brown

2021 Scripps Spelling Bee Winner Zaila Avant-garde Is Becoming a Children's Book Author — See the Covers!

Photo: John Raoux/AP Photo Zaila Avant-gardeis now adding “author” to her outstanding résumé! Her first title — a nonfiction book titledIt’s Not Bragging If It’s True: How to Be Awesome at Life— will hit the shelves on May 2. The second — a picture book titledWords of Wonder from Z to A— will be released on June 27. Zaila tells PEOPLE she has “loved” her experience as an author....

March 16, 2025 · 3 min · 471 words · Dennis Hardy

22-Year-Old Marine Killed in Afghanistan Airport Attack Was Always Thinking of Someone Else

Hunter Lopez.Photo: Lopez Family Those principles translated to faithfully safeguarding his fellow Marines and unhesitatinglyaiding the people of Afghanistanin the waning days of America’s decades-long war there,which ended this week. “Hunter would not be able to live with himself if he walked away without helping as many as he could,” says his mother, Alicia Lopez. “And he wanted to make sure that the Marines he was with would come home — that was his mission....

March 16, 2025 · 4 min · 754 words · Michael Perry

22-Year-Old with No Left Hand Becomes First Visibly Disabled Radio City Rockette

Sydney Mesher, who was born without her left hand, has made history as the first-ever visibly disabled person to become a Radio City Rockette.The 22-year-old from Portland, Oregon, detailed her journey to becoming a Rockette in aRadio City Rockettes videothis week, explaining that she dreamt about joining the holiday dance troupe when she was young.“I would always love watching the Rockettes on the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade,” Mesher said. “It was such a fond memory that I have....

March 16, 2025 · 6 min · 1096 words · Catherine Becker

28-Pound Fat Cat with 'Flair for the Dramatic' Looking for Home to Help Him Lose Weight

Wilford is affectionate, sweet, loving and a little overweight. In fact, for a cat, 28-pound Wilford is morbidly obese, but he isn’t letting that stand in the way of him finding love for Valentine’s Day. While Wilford waits to find that perfect forever home that is dedicated to carefully using diet and exercise to help him lose weight, he is in good hands. His foster family contains the cat lovers behind the Instagram account@PokeyPotPie....

March 16, 2025 · 3 min · 428 words · Rebecca George

4 Die, Several Hospitalized After Human-Smuggling Boat Slams Into Reef Outside San Diego

Photo: San Diego Fire Department At least four people were killed and dozens more injured after a boat that authorities said was likely being used to smuggle migrants into the United States crashed against a reef and broke apart off the coast of San Diego. The 40-foot cabin cruiser, which authorities said was “way overcrowded” with about 30 people, was destroyed on the shore line near the Point Loma Tide Pools in the Cabrillo National Monument around 10 a....

March 16, 2025 · 3 min · 563 words · Matthew Mooney

4 Surrogates Share Why They Carried Babies for Other Families — and Whether They'd Do It Again

Surrogate births in the U.S. have quadrupled in the past 10 years — and a new documentary,Made in Boise(premiering on PBS Independent Lens on Oct. 28), follows the lives of four women who chose to be gestational carriers for families who weren’t able to carry their own. The doc aims to show what the process was truly like, and to clear up any misconceptions about it. In the latest issue of PEOPLE, the four woman speak about their experience and why they chose to be surrogates — and whether they’d ever do it again....

March 16, 2025 · 4 min · 719 words · Lauren Saunders

5-Year-Old Tx. Girl's Body Is Found Decaying in Closet, and Mom Is Arrested

Photo: Facebook A mother in Houston has been accused of hiding her daughter’s body in a closet for days after claiming the child died accidentally. On Monday, the body of 5-year-old Sierra Patino was found decaying in a closet in a Houston home. Sierra’s body was found after her grandparents went to check on her after not seeing her for several days, according to Houston police. When her grandparents arrived at the home, they asked their daughter, 27-year-old Priscilla Nicole Torres, what smelled so bad....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 367 words · Angela Peterson

50 Cent Postpones Phoenix Concert Due to Extreme Heat: '116 Degrees Is Dangerous for Everyone'

50 Cent.Photo:Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images It was simply “too hot” for50 Cent. The rapper, 48, who is currently in the midst of The Final Lap Tour for the 20th anniversary ofGet Rich or Die Tryin’,announced on Monday that he would be postponing his Tuesday, Aug. 29 show in Phoenix because of an excessive heat warning. “Due to extreme heat, the show tomorrow in Phoenix, AZ is being postponed....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 390 words · Marie Jones

50-Year-Old Lost 161 Lbs. Over 6 Years: I Lost 'An Entire Person' Worth of Weight

For most of Merial Levy’s life,food was her “best friend”— and so was the staff at the drive-thru. “They knew my voice when I’d drive up, that’s how bad it was,” the third-grade teacher, 50, tells PEOPLE for the2018 “How We Lost 100 Lbs.” issue. Levy surpassed 200 lbs. as a freshman in college, and after her daughter was born in 1994 and before her son arrived in 2000, she had reached 300 lbs....

March 16, 2025 · 4 min · 659 words · Jonathan Jackson