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When Cpl. Nick Harvey heard that 8-year-old Avey Cox might not be able to attend the Feb. 10 dance at her Van Buren District elementary school because her father had died over the holidays, he knew he had to do something, CBS affiliateKFSMand CNN reported. Harvey spoke to his fellow school officers and suggested that they volunteer to take any students without fathers to the daddy-daughter dance — and then kicked off his sweet plan to help Cox....

Crash site after a Norfolk and Southern freight train derailed on Feb. 3 in East Palestine, Ohio.Photo: Gene J Puskar/AP/Shutterstock It has been nearly three weeks since aNorfolk Southern train derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, spilling dangerous chemicals in the area, but the effect the spill has had on aquatic animals is just starting to become apparent. On Feb. 3, the train pulling 150 cars through the village — located about 50 miles from Pittsburgh and home to over 4,700 — left the rails and toppled over, causing the substances on the train, including a burning chemical identified as vinyl chloride, to spill out into the surrounding area....

Photo: KTLA A 79-year-old Ohio woman is facing jail time all for her love of cats. Nancy Segula has been feeding the local stray cats for years but while the famished felines are big fans of the elderly woman’s passion for them, Segula’s neighbors are not. Now after three years of warnings, citations and complaints, the Garfield Heights pensioner is facing jail time. Segula is expected to report to the county jail on Aug....

Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation/Facebook An Oklahoma mother killed herself and her three children last week after a three-hour standoff with police at her home, authorities said. Brandy McCaslin was watching her three children — ages 9 months, 6 and 11 — during a supervised visitation, before she barricaded herself and her kids in their home, according to astatementon Facebook from the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation. “On the afternoon of July 20, 2023, officers with the Verdigris Police Department noticed fireworks erupting outside a home near East Dogwood Court and Cyrpress Street,” the bureau said....

Olivia Jade Giannulliis discussing her experience with “cancel culture” after her family’s involvement in the highly publicizedcollege admissions scandal. On the first episode of her newpodcastConversations with Olivia Jade, the 22-year-old influencer, who is currently competing onDancing with the Stars, said she believes “cancel culture” is prevalent in her generation, highlighting the mental health toll online backlash can have on the person who is the target of the internet’s ire....

Olivia Munn shared new photos on Instagram of a walk with her son Malcom.Photo:Jon Kopaloff/WireImage;Olivia Munn/Instagram Jon Kopaloff/WireImage;Olivia Munn/Instagram Olivia Munn’s son is growing up fast! On Friday, the actress shared a series of adorable new photos on her Instagram Story of a walk she enjoyed with her 23-month-old son,Malcolm. She couldn’t help but point out just how big he’s gotten. Olivia Munn’s son Malcolm takes a walk.Olivia Munn/Instagram...

Photo:Kevin Mazur/Getty Kevin Mazur/Getty Olivia RodrigoandConan Grayare taking over the music scene one hit at a time, but we’re equally obsessed with their cute friendship. Interestingly enough, the two pop stars first connected through music. In addition to sharing the same producer Dan Nigro, they alsoshare a love of Taylor Swift’s music. After publicly gushing about the “Cardigan” singer during various interviews and performances, Swift enlisted Rodrigo and Gray topromote her rerecordedFearlessalbumin April 2021....

Vincent Zhou.Photo: Tom Pennington/Getty Team USA’sVincent Zhouis opening up about being forced to withdraw from the men’s individual figure skating competition at the Winter Olympics after testing positive for COVID-19. In anappearanceon theTodayshow Tuesday, the 21-year figure skater discussed his emotions about the positive test with hosts Carson Daly,Savannah Guthrie,Hoda Kotb, and Al Roker. “There’s a mixed bag of emotions obviously, but I’m still processing everything and letting things flow … I’m using all the mental tactics that I learned to handle competition pressure and different circumstances and applying them now,” he said, video chatting in from Beijing....

Photo: Getty South Carolina native A’ja Wilson went from being a self-described “late bloomer” to the No. 1 WNBA draft pick and a member of Team USA’s women’s basketball team at theTokyo Olympics. Her stats are more than impressive: She holds the record for most career points in the history of women’s basketball at her alma mater The University of South Carolina. She led her college team to a national championship victory in 2017....

Christina Ashten Gourkani— an OnlyFans model known for resemblingKim Kardashian— has died at the age of 34, her family revealed.In aGoFundMepost, Gourkani’s family shared that the content creator died April 20 after going into cardiac arrest.“In the early morning hours at approximately 4:31am on 4/20/2023 our family received a tragic phone call from a family member who was frantically screaming and crying hysterically on the other end of the line….Ashten is dying…Ashten is dying,” her loved ones wrote a statement Tuesday....

A 15-year-old celebrating his birthday in Southlake, Texas, found his cookie delivery eaten upThe boy and his family checked their security cameras and discovered an opossum has stolen and eaten the sweet shipmentSouthlake DPS used the incident as an opportunity to remind people to take in their packages every dayIt’s a porch pirate with a built-in pouch.Early in the morning on Jan. 27, a security camera at a Southlake, Texas, home caught an opossum — the only marsupial native to North America — swiping a package off the porch....

Working out may not always be fun in the moment, saysOprah Winfrey,but it’s always worth it in the end.While kicking off herWW 2020 Vision Tourin Fort Lauderdale on Friday, the media mogul opened up toToday’sJenna Bush Hagerabout how living your best, most healthy life sometimes means doing things you don’t want to do.“Here’s the thing about exercise, I still hate it so much,” the media mogul, 65, explained, noting that despite her feelings, “I still do it....

Photo: NabiscoNabisco is bringing back its belovedOreo Cakesters, and celebrating in a big way!The long-awaited return of the soft-baked version of the classic cookie — which launched in 2007 before being discontinued 5 years later — will kick offin select retailersthis week. And since it might be the ultimate ’00s throwback, Oreo rewound time with a takeover of what the brand calls “the only place in the U.S. where it still feels like the mid-2000s”: the last remaining operating Blockbuster video store in Bend, Oregon....