Be careful what you wish for. One Kentucky man learned that the hard way after a family of bears commandeered his car while he was visiting the town of Gatlinburg, Tennessee. “I was telling my friends, ‘I want to see a bear, I want to see a bear, you know? Been lifting weights a little bit, want to see a bear, tussle with a bear,'” barbershop owner Chad Morris told local outlet14 News....
Mike, Erica, Kylie, and Mikayla DeCelle.Photo: GoFundMe A Massachusetts community is rallying around a local family after all four members recently contractedCOVID-19. LeMay said Mike, 39, and Mikayla — who turned 12 on Sunday — “have gotten it the worst,” while Kylie and Erica have experienced “tolerable” symptoms. Per Fox affiliateWFXT, Mike and Mikayla were not vaccinated, while Kylie, 14, and Erica were. Recently, Mike and Mikayla’s conditions took a serious turn, as both were admitted to the ICU and later intubated due to breathing issues, LeMay noted in a message on the online fundraiser....
A family of four who’d in recent years swapped their life in Chicago for the father’s native Australia are among the more than a dozen victims of the New Zealand volcano eruption. Knox Grammar School “We are together with our family grieving the loss of our loved ones,” the statement read. “Our amazing daughter, Barbara Hollander and our son-in-law, Martin Hollander, were a wonderful couple and parents to our grandsons. We appreciate all the support....
A family of four, including two toddlers, were found dead inside their Upper West Side apartment from possible stab wounds in a suspected murder-suicide.A spokesperson for the NYPD told PEOPLE that police were called for a wellness check on 86th Street at 2:56 p.m. Monday. With help from the New York City Fire Department (FDNY), NYPD officers gained entry into an apartment on the fourth floor, where they discovered four individuals....
Getty.Photo: Getty Images The frozen bodies of four people, including an infant, were found near the Canadian border on Wednesday, and a Florida man has been arrested on human smuggling charges related to the case. When agents inspected the vehicle, they found two Indian nationals inside. They arrested Shand for smuggling undocumented foreign nationals. While Shand and the passengers were being transported to the Pembina Border Patrol Station in North Dakota, law enforcement ran across five additional Indian nationals about a quarter mile south of the Canadian border walking in the direction of where Shand was arrested, the statement alleges....
The family of a 4-year-old boy who is recovering from cancer has a generous donor to thank for helping change their lives and get them back on their feet. “The ENT was like, ‘Oh, no, rhabdomyosarcoma is really rare. It’s like one in a million cancer. You don’t need to worry about that,'” Heather recalls. “And then I did need to worry about it.” Adds Shaw: “We just had no idea what was about to hit us at all....
A family of five is believed to be among the victims who were killed in thecommercial diving boat firethat tragically broke out early Monday morning on the tail end of a Labor Day weekend excursion. Sisters Evanmichel Solano Quitasol, Nicole Storm Quitasol, Angela Rose Quitasol, plus their stepmother Fernisa Sison and their father Michael Storm Quitaso were celebrating Michael’s birthday on the 75-foot Conception boat when flames erupted just after 3 a....
Stock image of the Greenhorn Mountains.Photo:Getty Getty As dusk approached and faced with no food and inadequate clothing due to the freezing temperatures, the fatigued family called 911, per authorities. “They also had the awareness to call for help before it became a life-threatening emergency, before it got dark, and before their cell phone died,” the sheriff’s office said. The group was brought safely down the mountain in an operation that took about seven hours and reunited with other family members....
Photo: Norah Needs You/FacebookCalifornia parents are fighting to find their 5-year-old daughter abone marrow transplantbefore it’s too late.Norah Gratz-Lazarus of Alameda was diagnosed with Fanconi anemia (FA), an extremely rare genetic disorder that affects 31 kids a year in the U.S. and ultimately leads to bone marrow failure.Without a bone marrow transplant, her family tells the news outlet, there is 90 percent chance that she will develop leukemia or bone marrow failure, her family tellsABC 13....
Photo: Kentucky State Parks A Kentucky family is lucky to be alive after a large tree crashed into their cabin Sunday morning, forcing them to make their escape through a window, reports say. The Louisville family of six was at the cabin in Lake Cumberland State Resort Park when the large tree fell onto the structure,according to WKYT. The tree knocked the cabin over with the family inside, including at least three children....
Frankfort PD/BODY CAMS+/TMX They fearfully pleaded with the officer, “Please don’t drop her.” “I won’t,” he promised. “I got her.” Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. He can also be heard leading the family out of the home to safety. In additional footage,officers entered the homeand urged others still inside to get out, telling them, “There’s a fire, go!...
The family of a 6-year-old boy who allegedly intentionally shot his teacher in a Virginia school is speaking out for the first time since the incident. The 6-year-old has not been named publicly but is accused of showing up to school on Jan. 6 with a gun in his backpack and shooting his 25-year-old teacher Abigail Zwerner in an intentional act, according to police. In a statement sent to PEOPLE Thursday via their attorney James Ellenson, the family claims the “firearm our son accessed was secured....
Cooper Roberts.Photo: Courtesy of the Roberts Family Cooper Roberts, 8, was told Saturday night that he is paralyzed from the waist down. “It’s been a tough weekend,” a family friend and spokesperson, Tony Loizzi, tells PEOPLE. The rising fourth grader was with his parents and twin brother at the Highland Park July 4th parade when agunman opened fire, killing seven people and injuring dozens. Cooper remains in serious condition atComer Children’s Hospitalin Downtown Chicago....
