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Ciaya Whetstone and her mom, Miranda Ferrand.Photo: Courtesy Family It’s been almost two weeks since New Orleans studentCiaya Whetstone’s death, and her family isstill looking for answers. The 21-year-old University of New Orleans student was pronounced dead at New Orleans East Hospital on the morning of Feb. 19 after taking an Uber ride following a night celebrating Mardi Gras, according to ABC affiliateWGNO. Whetstone’s mother, Miranda Ferrand, addressed the media at a press conference on Thursday, making a public plea for anyone who “knows anything about this situation” to “please find it in their hearts to be honest and come forward....

Family of five from behind.Photo:Getty Getty A mom on Reddit never questioned her method of saving for her family until discussing aTikTokwith friends. The original poster (OP) shared her situation onReddit’s AmITheA–hole subreddit, explaining that when she first met her husband, she was childfree, while he was a dad to a daughter from a previous relationship. Because of the nature of their careers and while his ex got “her stuff together,” OP “immediately took on caring for” his then 4-year-old at the time they got together....

A Kentucky mom who says she wasstopped from breastfeeding at her children’s elementary schoolis now suing the school district.Myranda Juarez was volunteering at Jeffersontown Elementary School, where two of her children attend, in March for school picture day. The mom of four, a member of the school’s Site Based Decision Making committee, had brought her infant daughter Natalie, and she started to get fussy as the event was wrapping up, Juarez said....

Photo:PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty More than a hundred people have been removed from a list of missing persons drawn in the aftermath of the Lahaina wildfire on Maui, Hawaii — thedeadliest U.S. wildfirein decades — the FBI reported on Friday. On Thursday night, Maui County officials in Hawaiireleased a list of 388 namesof people who live or worked in Lahaina that had not been accounted for....

A winter snowstorm.Photo: Getty More than two dozen people were recently injured in a multi-vehicle pileup on a southern Wisconsin highway due to heavy snow conditions. On Friday at 12:30 p.m. local time, officers responded to initial reports of a major traffic pileup on Interstate 39/90, located in Rock County between Beloit and Janesville, according to the Wisconsin State Patrol’sstatement posted on Facebook. The crash involved 85 vehicles, injuring 21 people, who were taken to area hospitals for treatment....

Florence Welch; Morgan Wallen.Photo: getty (2) Morgan Wallen, Florence + the Machine, Maxwell and Silk Sonic have been added to the2022 Billboard Music Awardsperformers lineup. It was announced on Friday that the four acts would join previously announced performersMegan Thee Stallion,Latto,Rauw Alejandro,Red Hot Chili PeppersandBurna Boy, as well as this year’s Icon Award recipient, Mary J. Blige, at the show. MRC Live & Alternative, a division of MRC that produces the BBMAs and several other awards shows, said the decision to book Wallen followed a “thorough review....

Inna Makarenko, Yevhen Makarenko and Oleh Makarenko.Photo: Broward County Sheriff’s Office (3)Three members of a Florida family are facing hate crime charges this week after being accused of attacking a gay man last summer, injuring him so badly he is now blind.According to the Broward State Attorney’s Office, the hate crime charges were filed Tuesday against Inna Makarenko, 44, Yevhen Makarenko, 43, and 21-year-old Oleh Makarenko.Prosecutors also charged all three with first-degree attempted murder, kidnapping and battery during the burglary of a dwelling, PEOPLE confirms....

Photo:Greg Stone Greg Stone A woman who traveled the world with her German shepard has had to move on after the canine’s devastating death. Jess Stone, who had shared her story with PEOPLE about heraround-the-world trip on a BMW motorcyclewith her 6-year-old, 75-lb. German shepherd, Moxie, in February, revealed that in the months that followed things took a turn for the worse. “[Moxie] just died,” Stone told CNN. “And we were not there....

Photo:Chris Tyson/Twitter Chris Tyson/Twitter Chris Tyson, Youtube star known for appearing alongsideMrBeast, is excited about the kick off ofPride Month. On Thursday, the 26-year-old posted a selfie onTwitterin honor of Pride, showing off their new look after starting hormone replacement therapy in February. Since starting hormone replacement therapy (HRT) — which the Cleveland Clinic explains as a process that helps gender nonconforming people achieve a more traditionallymasculineorfeminineappearance — the social media star has beensharing frequent updateswith their fans....

Cristhian Bahena Rivera, 24, is charged with first-degree murder in Poweshiek County, Rick Rahn of the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation said. Poweshiek County Rahn said Tibbetts’ body was covered with corn stalks and that Rivera led police to her body. Police allege Rivera confessed to circling around Tibbetts a few times with his car while she was running in Brooklyn, then he approached her and started running alongside her....

Photo: Google Maps A celebrated former music teacher in New York City reached Carnegie Hall with an orchestra he conducted of young students from a charter middle school. Between 2000 and 2007, he also allegedly gave four minor students cash, clothes, jewelry and booze and engaged them in illegal sex acts in a school music room, in the rear of a school auditorium, in his car, at motels, at his homes and, after some of the minor victims moved on, at their out-of-state high schools, according to new criminal charges....

Photo:Getty (3) Getty (3) The 71stMiss UniverseCompetition National Costume Show was held at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans on Jan. 11, 2023. The competition — its current iteration dating back to the 1950s — is a global showcase that advocates for humanitarian causes in addition to being a beauty pageant.Contestants donned outfits that embodied their home countries, with wardrobes ranging from lavish feathers to represent birds, fashion paying homage to notable famous people and places, indigenous designs as a nod to cultures past and present and more....

Spencer Moen.Photo:Cass County Jail Cass County Jail A North Dakota man has been arrested and charged with murder in connection with his wife’s death after allegedly telling police the couple got into an argument and she “face planted” on the stairs. It’s not immediately clear if he has entered a plea to those charges. North Dakota District Court records show the 31-year-old was arraigned Monday and is due back in court for a preliminary hearing in late September....