Final Victim Recovered from Florida Condo Collapse Debris, Bringing Surfside Death Toll to 98

Photo: FacebookThe final victim has been recovered from site of the devastatingSurfside, Florida condo collapsethat killed 98 people last month.Estelle Hedaya, who lived inunit 604of the Champlain Towers South condo that fell in the early morning hours of June 24, has finally been pulled from the debris, her brother Ikey Hedayaconfirmed to the Associated Press on Monday.Ikey described his 54-year-old sister as an outgoing woman who loved to travel and felt incredibly connected to her Jewish faith....

March 16, 2025 · 6 min · 1203 words · Jill Gonzales

Firefighter's 3 Kids Who Died After Fire at Home Were 'Deeply Loved,' Says Grandmother: 'Gone Too Soon'

Ezra, Autumn and Emory Day-Stewart.Photo: Susan MacDonald Stewart A grandmother is paying tribute to her three beloved grandchildren, who died after afire broke out at their homelast week. Chicago Firefighter Walter Stewart’s three children — sons Emory Day-Stewart, 2, and Ezra Day-Stewart, 7, as well as 9-year-old daughter Autumn Day-Stewart — died in the days following the blaze, which also killed their mother, 36-year-oldSummer Day-Stewart, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office....

March 16, 2025 · 3 min · 513 words · Kelly Snyder

First Look: New Collection of Intimate Paul Newman Photos Captures the Icon's 'Goofball' Side

01of 10 Paul Newman: Blue-Eyed Cool Acc Art Books Buy It:Amazon,Bookshop.org 02of 10 Look of Love Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward.Milton H. Greene 03of 10’Excuse Me While I Take This Call…‘Milton H. GreeneWalking near their Connecticut home in 1964, Woodward uses the clunky non-functioning phone her husband sometimes carried in his pocket. It was well before mobile phones and Joshua Greene, whose father Milton brought him along while photographing Newman, recalls how the star would “pretend to answer [the phone] when he needed rescuing from a boring conversation....

March 16, 2025 · 4 min · 699 words · Pamela Smith

Fishermen Caught Cheating in Ohio Tournament Plead Guilty After Stuffing Fish with Weights

Photo: Mark Gillispie/AP/Shutterstock The two mencaught cheating in a Cleveland fishing tournamentlast fall recently pleaded guilty to charges of cheating and unlawful ownership of wild animals. Jacob Runyan and Chase Cominsky would have won the Lake Erie Walleye Trail fishing tournament in September had the event’s director Jason Fischer not discovered the men had been adding weights to the fish,according to CBS. Runyan, 42, and Cominsky, 35, allegedly stuffed lead weights and fillets into five of their fish, which the Ohio Department of Natural Resources has confiscated as evidence....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 393 words · Kevin Blair

Florida Dog Stuck in Pond Rescued After Child Walking to School Spots the Distressed Pet

Photo: Hillsborough County Fire Rescue, Florida One lucky dog has an attentive child to thank for his rescue from a muddy pond in Florida. The child was on their way to school Monday morning when they saw a dog “trapped on some floating vegetation” in the mud and called Hillsborough County Animal Control for help rescuing the pet, according to Jan. 30 Facebook post fromHillsborough County Fire Rescue, Florida....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 376 words · Joshua Smith

Florida Principal Out of a Job After 6th-Graders Viewed Michelangelo's 'David' During Art Lesson

Photo: Franco Origlia/Getty A school principal in Florida has resigned after parents allegedly complained about their sixth-grade students seeing Michelangelo’s famed sculpture of the Biblical figure David. According to theWashington Post, Tallahassee Classical School principal Hope Carrasquilla was asked to resign this week after an emergency school board meeting. TheTallahassee Democratwas the first to report the news. Though Carrasquilla said she was not told about the reason for the decision, she said it likely involved a lesson about the marble statue, which features David in the nude, that was taught to sixth-grade students....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 328 words · Jamie Jordan

Following Denver's Lead, Aurora Repeals Its 15-Year-Old Pit Bull Ban

Photo: Getty Another city in Colorado will now allow its residents to own pit bulls after 15 years of the breed being restricted within city limits. On Monday, the Aurora City Council voted 7-3 to repeal the law banning its city’s residents from owning pit bull terriers, American Staffordshire Terriers, and Staffordshire Bull Terriers, per theThe Denver Post. Lawmakers last rejected the ballot measure in 2014, with 64 percent voting to keep the long-standing ban on the breeds....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 334 words · Jennifer Lee

Following Nashville School Shooting, Advocates Form 'Human Chain' Calling for Gun Violence Prevention

Linking Arms for Change in Nashville, Tennessee.Photo: Ray Di Pietro/Shutterstock On the heels of thefatal mass shooting that claimed the lives of six peopleat a Nashville school, advocates are once again pushing for gun reform. “It’s really hard in a place like Tennessee where partisan politics are seemingly everywhere and intractable,” parent Quin Evans Segall tells PEOPLE. “People seem to really agree on this and are willing to do what it takes to show that we can come together and actually make positive change....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 333 words · Angela Rose

Former OceanGate Worker Sent an Ominous Email with Safety Concerns for 'Titan' Sub: Report

Photo:Alamy Stock Photo Alamy Stock Photo Moreominous details are springing up about the doomed ‘Titan’ submersible. According to a recent report from theNew Yorker, one OceanGate employee was worried about theTitanic-bound tourist expedition years before its fatal implosion,which killed all five people aboard. As fas back as 2018, OceanGate employee David Lochridge was sounding the alarm. Lochridge’s study reportedly enraged OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush, who quickly called an emergency meeting....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 262 words · Deborah Knight

Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Sends a Message to Putin with Her 'F-You' Bracelet

Marie Yovanovitch. Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch had a four-letter message to send Russian PresidentVladimir Putinon Thursday — all without saying anything at all. Appearing on Thursday’s episode ofThe Late Show with Stephen Colbert, the 63-year-old Yovanovitch wore a beaded bracelet featuring the phrase “F— You Putin.” Yovanovitch was on the show to promote her new memoir,Lessons From the Edge, when Colbert said he “noticed you have a bracelet there, a rather unusual bracelet....

March 16, 2025 · 3 min · 528 words · Matthew Casey

Former USWNT Coach Jill Ellis Says World Cup 3-Peat Would Be ‘Unparalleled’ Accomplishment (Exclusive)

Jill Ellis.Photo:Michael Regan - FIFA/FIFA via Getty Michael Regan - FIFA/FIFA via Getty As the U.S. Women’s National Team kicks off its quest for a third-straight World Cup title this week, one person knows the squad is “fully capable” of pulling off the unprecedented feat: former head coach Jill Ellis.“We’re deeper than most other countries,” Ellis, 56, tells PEOPLE. “I think we could, at times, field two teams.” Ellis, who coached the USWNT to its last two World Cup wins before stepping down in 2019, said she first grasped the team’s dynastic potential after the first of its back-to-back World Cup wins in 2015....

March 16, 2025 · 4 min · 771 words · Susan Christensen

Fox News Host Pete Hegseth Jokes He Hasn't Washed His Hands in 10 Years Because 'Germs Aren't Real'

Fox & Friendshost Pete Hegseth says he doesn’t wash his hands.Hegseth, 38, made the shocking admission on Sunday’s episode, sending viewers into a frenzy.“My 2019 resolution is to say things on air that I say off air,” Hegseth began. “I don’t think I’ve washed my hands for 10 years.”“I don’t really wash my hands ever. I inoculate myself. Germs are just not a real thing. I can’t see them, therefore they are not real,” Hegseth added....

March 16, 2025 · 4 min · 824 words · Ashley Shaw

French, Computing, Ballet and More — Everything Princess Charlotte Will Learn at Her New School

Photo: PA Images/Sipa Princess Charlottehas a full academic schedule ahead of her! The middle child and only daughter ofPrince WilliamandKate Middletonis set to join big brotherPrince GeorgeatThomas’s Batterseaon Thursday, where her school curriculum will expose her to a variety of subjects like drama, art and French,according to the school’s website. On top of the three aforementioned areas, 4-year-old Charlotte will also be taking classes in ballet, music, computing, math, reading and more as part of the Early Years program, the site adds....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 361 words · Shari Beck