Florida Shelter Finds Foster Homes for 250 Pets Ahead of Hurricane Dorian

Storm troopers are getting a whole new image. Many may know storm troopers as Darth Vader’s white-clad lackeys with horrible aim, but to Florida’sJacksonville Humane Society(JHS), Storm Troopers are heroes. Storm Troopers are what the shelter calls the amazing volunteers who open their homes to the JHS’s adoptable cats and dogs when dangerous weather threatens the shelter. “The JHS Storm Trooper program allows families to bring home dogs, cats and kittens for sleepovers during severe weather....

March 16, 2025 · 3 min · 463 words · Michael Cochran

Florida Teen Survives After Boat Anchor Impales His Head: 'That's One in a Million'

Photo: Bennet Family A Florida teenager whose routine boat trip nearly ended in tragedy when an anchor lodged its way into his head is doing just fine — a recovery his doctor says is “one in a million.” Caleb Bennett, 14, of Manatee County, was spending time with his friends and brother on the water in March when a freak accident resulted in the boat’s anchor lodging itself nearly three inches deep into his right frontal lobe, his mother Kelli Bennett told local CBS affiliateWTSP....

March 16, 2025 · 3 min · 527 words · Tonya Payne

Former 'Bachelorette' DeAnna Pappas 'Rode Every Wave of Grief,' Got Help from Trauma Center After Her Divorce

Photo:DeAnna Pappas/ Instagram DeAnna Pappas/ Instagram DeAnna Pappasis shining a light on the grieving process that many couples go through after divorce. “I have rode every wave of grief that could possibly be ridden," Pappas, 41, told the fellow Bachelor Nation alum, 40. When she and Stagliano firstannounced their split in January, Pappas said that she didn’t do it “until I was ready to do it. We had been separated for probably six months before then....

March 16, 2025 · 3 min · 551 words · Samantha Dixon

Former Bachelor Peter Weber Says He's Learned to 'Stay Away' from Dating Shows: 'Not My Forte' (Exclusive)

Former Bachelor Peter Weber.Photo:Kelsey McNeal/ABC via Getty Kelsey McNeal/ABC via Getty “I think I have to stay away from the love shows,” Weber said. “That’s not really my forte. I’ve learned that. But any kind of competition show —Special Forces,Survivor— I would definitely look forward to a challenge like that. I would love to push myself and have the ability to see what I’m made of.” “I was talking with the producer, I’m like, ‘Yeah, I should do that....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 424 words · Gregory Hodge

Former Bengals Star Ross Browner Dead at 67

Photo: Gary Landers/AP/Shutterstock Ross Browner, former Cincinnati Bengals defensive end, has died. He was 67. “It is with a heavy heart that I announce the passing of my Father, Ross Browner,” Starks wrote. “The world has lost a Titan, @CFBHOF [College Football Hall of Fame] member, @Bengals Legend, but he was most proud of being an @NDFootball [Notre Dame Football] alumnus. Our hearts are heavy but he is at peace now....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 283 words · Luis Meyer

Former Colts Wide Receiver Sean Dawkins Dead at 52

Photo:Andy Lyons/Allsport Andy Lyons/Allsport Retired NFL wide receiver and Cal standout Sean Dawkins has died at the age of 52, according to multiple reports. Cal Athletics confirmed Dawkins’ death on Wednesday to several publications includingThe Daily Californian,San Francisco ChronicleandSFGATE. The former Indianapolis Colts player’s cause of death was not immediately known. “Rest in peace, Sean Dawkins,”Jim Irsay, Colts owner and CEO, wroteon X (formerly Twitter). “I am shocked and saddened....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 325 words · Dean Gordon

Former Fox News Employee Says 'Bombshell' Let Roger Ailes 'Off Easily': It Was 'Much Worse'

The wide-ranging discussion was to allow the women to tell their own stories in their own words. “That’s my immediate takeaway. It was like, ‘Oh, this is it. You really let Roger off easily,’ ” Zann said of the film. Megyn Kelly “Something I’ve dealt with in the wake of the Roger Ailes downfall is people would say, ‘Did he ever hit on you?’ And I hated how people would ask that question, and I’m sure that we’ve all gotten that,” Zann said....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 367 words · Christina Smith

Former NFL Player Charged with Trafficking Women, Racketeering

Eric Johnson.Photo: Sporting News via Getty Former NFL player Eric D. Johnson was among eight defendants indicted this month on a slew of charges in Georgia as part of a multi-county crackdown on human trafficking and violent gang-related activity, authorities said. Johnson, 46, and seven other alleged “LOTTO” gang members are facing charges of trafficking of persons for sexual servitude, violation of the street gang terrorism and prevention act, conspiracy to violate the racketeer influenced and corrupt organizations act (RICO), aggravated assault and kidnapping, Attorney General Chris Carr said in a Feb....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 386 words · Denise Mcbride

Former Priest Who Allegedly Abused, Impregnated Teen Girl Keeps Job as Middle School Teacher

Photo: Cinnaminson Middle School Indeed, the Cinnaminson Township Public Schools district that recently tried to oust Joseph Michael DeShan for alleged “conduct unbecoming a staff member,” had already investigated him in 2002 after reports of his 1988 “relationship” with the teen girl went public. The district responded at that time with a three-week “administrative suspension” of DeShan, but after finding no more concerns then, it allowed DeShan back into the classroom, the arbitrator noted....

March 16, 2025 · 3 min · 432 words · Kelli Butler

Former Rams Linebacker Clay Matthews Is Selling His L.A. Home for $29.995 Million — See Inside!

Photo: Simon Berlyn. inset: getty The 35-year-old football player, who was released from the L.A. Rams last year, has listed his newly constructed mansion located inside the ritzy community of Estates at The Oaks of Calabasas for $29.995 million, PEOPLE can confirm. Spread across 1.65 acres, the French Provincial-inspired property boasts seven bedrooms and 11 bathrooms, according to its listing. The main house, which sits at a little over 14,000 square feet, features countless custom finishes — including antique wood beams, walnut-paneled walls, and wide-plank wenge and oak flooring....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 404 words · Eric Sullivan

Former Superintendent Who Allegedly Pooped Under the Bleachers Near School Track Pleads Guilty

Photo: Holmdel Township Police Department/Splash News A former high school superintendent in New Jersey who was arrested for pooping on Holmdel High School’s track and athletic field has pleaded guilty. Thomas Tramaglini pleaded guilty to public defecation, a rep for the Holmdel Municipal Court confirmed to PEOPLE. He received a $500 fine and $33 court cost, and the charges of lewdness and littering were dismissed. In NJ.com’s video of the guilty plea, Tramaglini answered “yes” when his attorney asked whether he knew the track and field were public, whether he experienced “the immediate and emergent need to defecate while running” on May 1, whether he defecated “in public under the bleachers near the track and field to relieve the sudden need to do so,” whether he did so “because it was an emergency” and whether he threw away “any litter that you created....

March 16, 2025 · 3 min · 518 words · Tina Cisneros

Former U.S. Marine Killed in Ukraine War, Leaves Behind Wife and New Baby

Willy Joseph Cancel, was killed on Monday while working with a private military contracting company in Ukraine (a job for which he was paid), his mother told CNN. Cancel, 22, was a former U.S. Marine and corrections officer in Tennessee. According to CNN, Cancel joined the private contractor near the end of February, shortly before the Russian invasion into Ukraine began. Former marine Willy Joseph Cancel who was killed in Ukraine....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 373 words · Courtney Odom

Former Vice President Mike Pence Returns to Indiana After Avoiding Trump Sendoff

Mike Pence and Karen Pence.Photo: Michael Conroy/AP/Shutterstock Former Vice PresidentMike Penceis back home in the Hoosier state. After attending the Inauguration Day ceremonies for PresidentJoe Bidenand Pence’s successor, Vice PresidentKamala Harris— and notably not attending the sendoff for PresidentDonald Trump— Pence and his family flew from Washington, D.C., back to Indiana, where the family is expected to relocate. Pence, former Second Lady Karen Pence and their oldest daughter, Charlotte Pence Bond, were aboard the flight back to Indiana, where Pence served as governor from 2013 until 2017, when he headed to the White House....

March 16, 2025 · 4 min · 644 words · William Le Jr.