Kelli Dugan
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‘I’m not leaving my wife’: Elderly Missouri couple dies in house fire
The emergency dispatcher who took a Missouri man’s 911 call reporting a house fire early Thursday morning told the 84-year-old man to leave the burning home. But Kenneth Zerr refused to leave his beloved wife, Phyllis, in the flames and smoke. → Read More
Actor, comedian Leslie Jordan, 67, killed in vehicle crash
Actor and comedian Leslie Jordan died in a vehicle crash Monday morning in Hollywood after potentially suffering a medical emergency, multiple media outlets reported. → Read More
Former NFL player Antonio Dennard, 32, killed in shooting outside Pennsylvania bar
Police are investigating Dennard’s death as a homicide, and an autopsy is slated for Tuesday. → Read More
Justin Bieber suspends ‘Justice’ world tour
Justin Bieber on Tuesday canceled the remaining dates on his “Justice’ world tour, citing health concerns. → Read More
Former Soviet Union President Mikhail Gorbachev dead at 91
Mikhail Gorbachev, the former president of the Soviet Union, died Tuesday at the age of 91, The Associated Press reported citing Russian news agencies. → Read More
Olivia Newton-John dead at 73
Australian singer and actress Olivia Newton-John died Monday morning at her home in Southern California. → Read More
2022 Tony Awards: See the complete winners list from Broadway’s biggest night
Broadway roared back Sunday night as the 75th Tony Awards descended upon New York City’s Radio City Music Hall, shining the spotlight on theater’s biggest stars and stories. → Read More
3 American tourists found dead at Bahamas resort identified
Bahamian authorities reiterated Monday that foul play is not suspected. → Read More
Oklahoma teen sells prizewinning hog for $17,500
Caroline Gaye’s hard work paid off, but her prize-winning showing in the recent 2022 Oklahoma Youth Expo Purebred Gilt Show means she’ll have to part ways with her beloved Penny. → Read More
Hailey Bieber recovering after docs find blood clot on her brain
The clot “caused a small lack of oxygen,” she wrote. → Read More
Florida Dunkin’ worker sentenced for fatally punching customer who used racial slur
A Florida Dunkin’ employee was sentenced Monday to two years of house arrest after pleading guilty to fatally punching a customer who repeatedly used a racial slur against him. → Read More
Home sweet home: Man leaves New Mexico hospital after 550-day stay for COVID-19
Donnell Hunter spent most of his first year hospitalized on a ventilator. → Read More
‘Are you okay?’: Starbucks barista helps protect high school girl approached by stranger
A quick-thinking barista is being hailed a hero by a mother in Corpus Christi, Texas, whose teenage daughter was approached by a stranger in a Starbucks. → Read More
$16 million in fake luxury goods seized from Georgia entrepreneurs after customs sting
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers intercepted two shipments of various counterfeit luxury goods recently that led local investigators to an illegal Georgia operation worth nearly $16 million if the inventory had been genuine. → Read More
Whoopi Goldberg suspended from ‘The View’ over Holocaust remarks
Whoopi Goldberg is facing a two-week suspension from co-hosting duties on “The View” after saying during Monday’s episode that the Holocaust was “not about race,” ABC executives confirmed Tuesday night. → Read More
Miss USA 2019 Cheslie Kryst dead at 30, family says
Cheslie Kryst, a former Miss USA winner and a correspondent at “Extra,” has died at the age of 30. → Read More
Coronavirus: 2 NY nurses accused of netting $1.5M in fake COVID-19 vaccination card scheme
Two Long Island nurses are accused of pocketing as much as $1.5 million after forging official COVID-19 vaccination cards and adding the fraudulent information to New York’s statewide database, prosecutors said. → Read More
Coronavirus: False result fears prompt recall of nearly 300K at-home COVID-19 tests
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration characterized the recall as a Class 1, the most serious type issued. → Read More
‘Unforgivable’: San Antonio woman arrested after toddlers found caged, hogtied
A Texas woman is facing two child endangerment charges after authorities found two unattended toddlers, alone and restrained, in the locked bedroom of a San Antonio home. → Read More
Calvin Simon, co-founder of Parliament-Funkadelic, dead at 79
Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Calvin Simon, co-founder of the American funk music collective Parliament-Funkadelic, died Thursday at the age of 79. → Read More