Firefighter Comforts Dog Wandering Burning California Neighborhood While Battling L.A. Wildfires

Lost Dog Being Comforted By Firefighter Who Saved It During Los Angeles Wildfires.Photo:ABC World News Tonight ABC World News Tonight Heartbreaking video footage from the ongoing Eaton Fire,one of the multiple wildfires burning in Southern California, also captured a tender moment between a lost dog and a firefighter. On Wednesday, Jan. 8,ABC World News Tonightshared footage on social media showing firefighters working to contain the raging Eaton Fire. Located east of Los Angeles in Pasadena and Altadena, the fire started on Tuesday and has grown to an estimated 10,600 acres since then....

March 15, 2025 · 3 min · 481 words · Danielle Sullivan

Florida Gators Quarterback Jalen Kitna, 19, Charged with Possession of Child Pornography

Photo: Alachua County Sheriff’s Office The quarterback for the University of Florida is in custody after authorities say he shared child pornography images through a social platform. Jalen Kitna, 19, was arrested on Wednesday when the Gainesville Police Department and the Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Divisionexecuted a warrant, police said in a news release shared on Facebook. Detective Donna Montague then reached out to Kitna and spoke to him....

March 15, 2025 · 3 min · 460 words · Stephanie Williams

Florida Residents Warned as Subtropical Storm Nicole Could Make Landfall as Rare November Hurricane

Hurricane Warnings are currently in effectin portions of southeast and east-central Florida as well as the northwestern Bahamas, where hurricane conditions and a dangerous storm surge are expected on Wednesday, according to the National Hurricane Center. Alamy Stock Photo As of Tuesday morning, the storm was about 350 miles away from the northwestern Bahamas and about 460 miles away from West Palm Beach, according to theNational Hurricane Center. Nicole, currently a large tropical cyclone with sustained winds of up to 50 mph, is forecasted to approach the northwestern Bahamas throughout Tuesday and “move near or over those islands on Wednesday, according to the NHC....

March 15, 2025 · 3 min · 430 words · Brian Frazier

Former Angels Employee Eric Kay Sentenced to 22 Years for Role in Tyler Skaggs' Overdose Death

Tyler Skaggs.Photo: Scott Winters/Icon Sportswire via Getty A former Los Angeles Angels employee has been sentenced to 22 years for his involvement in the fatal overdose of Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs in 2019. Eric Kay, the former communications director for the MLB team was sentenced on Tuesday, the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas, Chad Meacham, announced in a release. He was convicted of the distributing of a controlled substance resulting in death and conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute controlled substances....

March 15, 2025 · 4 min · 641 words · Ricky Moore

Former Bad Boy President Harve Pierre Sued for Alleged Sexual Assault and Negligence

Harve Pierre.Photo:Jamie McCarthy/WireImage Jamie McCarthy/WireImage According to the anonymous assistant, “Pierre engaged in a year-long pattern of grooming plaintiff, leading to sexual harassment of plaintiff, and sexual assault." The filing claims that Pierre sexually assaulted the plaintiff on “multiple occasions in New York City and other locations throughout the country” during 2016 and 2017. As a result, she claims she suffered “physical, psychological, and emotional injuries.” The plaintiff is asking for damages that “will fully and fairly compensate” her for the alleged injuries....

March 15, 2025 · 3 min · 602 words · Samantha Martin

Former Christian Singer Performed for Trump, Then Left Her Church. She Shares Her Story (Exclusive)

Julianna Glasse.Photo:Platon Platon The birth of her daughter in 2015 is what Julianna Glasse calls the “first thread pulled” in the unraveling of her views as a conservative evangelical"This faith was all that I knew. It was really the imprint through which I saw the entire world," she saysThis week, Glasse started a new project focused on women — on “freedom,” on “transformation” and on “courage"AfterJulianna Glassegave birth to her third child 10 years ago, her entire world began to change....

March 15, 2025 · 11 min · 2240 words · Justin Ray

Former Dallas Cowboys Player Gavin Escobar Dead After California Rock-Climbing Accident

Former Dallas Cowboys tight end Gavin Escobar has died in a California rock-climbing accident. “Rescuers made access to the location of the victims,” the Cal Fire and Riverside County Fire Department added in a follow-up tweet which stated that Escobar and 33-year-old Chelsea Walsh had both “perished at the scene.” AP/Shutterstock Escobar played five years in the NFL — four with the Cowboys after being drafted 47th in the second round — and one with the Baltimore Ravens, from 2013-2018....

March 15, 2025 · 2 min · 289 words · David Walker

Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo Is Taking Steps to 'Get Ready' for a Potential 2024 Presidential Run

Photo: Meg Kinnard/AP/Shutterstock A 2024 presidential run could be in the works for former Secretary of StateMike Pompeo. “We’ve got a team in Iowa, a team in New Hampshire and South Carolina. And that’s not random,” Pompeo, 58, said during a fundraising event in Chicago on Tuesday,Politicoreported. “We are doing the things one would do to get ready.” Pompeo, who was appointed director of the CIA and, later, secretary of state under former PresidentDonald Trump, also took a swipe at his onetime boss....

March 15, 2025 · 3 min · 580 words · Kathy Howell

Founder of Adventures with Purpose Search & Rescue Team Accused of Raping 9-Year-Old Girl

Jared Leisek.Photo: Adventures With Purpose According to Sanpete County court records, Leisek, 47, faces two counts of first-degree rape of a child stemming from two separate alleged incidents in 1992. The first incident allegedly occurred in the alleged victim’s bedroom in Ephraim, Utah, around Nov. 1, 1992, “when the defendant pinned the victim to the ground” and forced intercourse, the documents allege. The second alleged rape occurred at their grandparent’s house in Manti, Utah, that same year, per the documents....

March 15, 2025 · 2 min · 276 words · Gregory Griffith

Frank Sinatra Re-Enters Billboard Hot 100 for the First Time in 66 Years with His Rendition of 'Jingle Bells'

Frank Sinatra circa 1950.Photo:Silver Screen Collection/Getty Silver Screen Collection/Getty Frank Sinatrahit another music milestone — 25 years after his death. The 13-time Grammy winner, whodied in May 1998 at 82, just hit this year’s Billboard Hot 100 top 20 with his 1948 recording of “Jingle Bells.” The recording climbed from the No. 28 to No. 20 slot on the Hot 100 dated Dec. 23, reportsBillboard.Sinatra’s Christmas tune became his fourth Top 20 Hot 100 hit and his first song to reach the Top 20 since 1967....

March 15, 2025 · 2 min · 293 words · Lisa Sanchez

Frito Lay Employees Plan to Marry at the Cheetos Chapel in Las Vegas: See the Engagement Photos!

Frito-Lay Employees Get Married at Cheetos Chapel in Vegas.Photo:Frito-Lay Frito-Lay Yuri Ahn and Justin Aguilera (a key account manager and a region sales manager at Frito-Lay, respectively), first met in September 2019 while they were both were on assignment at a Frito Lay project in San Francisco. The two became fast friends and bonded over a shared love of traveling before they eventually began dating. Yuri Ahn and Justin Aguilera at the Cheetos Chapel in Vegas....

March 15, 2025 · 3 min · 461 words · Patricia Phelps

Fugitive Treasure Hunter Who Found $50 Million in Gold Is Captured

Photo: Lon Horwedel/APWhen treasure hunter Tommy Thompson first found the “Ship of Gold,” a long-sunken steamer loaded with loot worth $50 million, the oceanic engineer was hailed as a “brilliant scientist” who uncovered the greatest lost treasure in American history.The one-time Ohio resident, however, later became known as a federal fugitive after he went on the lam following a series of legal skirmishes over financial issues related to his1988 discoveryof the S....

March 15, 2025 · 7 min · 1402 words · Stephanie Martinez

Gabby Petito's Parents File $50 Million Lawsuit Against Utah Police Over Her Death

In their lawsuit, according to a press conference with the family held Thursday,Nichole SchmidtandJoe Petitoargue that their daughterwould be alive todayhad theMoab Police Departmentnot mishandled their Aug. 12, 2021, interaction with her and fiancéBrian Laundrie,who killed herweeks later. McConkie did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment. It also claims police “intentionally sought out loopholes of Utah law to be able to avoid enforcing non-discretionary law in the state of Utah....

March 15, 2025 · 3 min · 467 words · Richard Stewart