Families of NYPD Partners Clue Them in on 'Bizarre' Secret: They're Long-Lost Cousins!

Photo: NYPD 19th Precinct/ Facebook It’s all relative for two officers with the New York Police Department — literally. Officers Tyler Barbour and Harley Greco have worked as partners at the 19th Precinct for five months, and recently discovered that their bond extends far past their jobs: they’re actually cousins, too. “They just took a DNA test, turns out they’re 💯%—RELATED!” the Upper East Side precinct wrote on Twitter, referencing the opening lyrics of the popular Lizzo song “Truth Hurts....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 386 words · Kenneth Gould

Family Goals for 2022: 9 Lessons We Learned From Celebrity Families This Year

01of 09 Start the Day With Some Interpretive Dance 02of 09Lead with Love and AcceptanceDwyane Wade, Zaya Wade and Gabrielle Union.Andrew Toth/GettyFor Dwyane Wade and Gabrielle Union, it’s all about allowing their kids the space to “develop and grow into who they’re gonna become.“Speaking to Craig Melvin onToday, Wade shared that raising 14-year-old daughter Zaya, whocame out as transgenderin 2020, has “made me grow.““I didn’t know anything, I really wasn’t knowledgeable about the LGBTQ+ community,” Wade said....

March 16, 2025 · 6 min · 1135 words · Tanner Hall

Father of 3 Dies After Being Struck by Lightning During 50K Race: 'My Heart Hurts,' Says Wife

Photo: Facebook “My heart hurts and I feel sick to my stomach. I had 15 blessed years of knowing my best friend and I was planning to have 79,” Thomas’ wife, Ashley Stanley, wrote in a Facebook post on Sunday. “I want so badly for him to hold me now and to feel his face on mine. He was the most amazing man — and I’m not just saying that....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 313 words · Hayley Deleon

FDA Approves Two Pills to Treat COVID-19 at Home

Pfizer’s COVID-19 anti-viral treatment Paxlovid.Photo: Pfizer/AFP via Getty TheFood and Drug Administration approvedtwo pills designed to treat COVID-19 at home on Wednesday and Thursday as hospitals struggle with a flood of new patients and thehighly contagious omicron variant spreads throughout the United States. “This breakthrough therapy, which has been shown to significantly reduce hospitalizations and deaths and can be taken at home, will change the way we treat COVID-19, and hopefully help reduce some of the significant pressures facing our healthcare and hospital systems,” Pfizer CEO Albert Bourlasaid in a statement....

March 16, 2025 · 3 min · 538 words · Carol Schmidt

FDA Warns Parents of Asbestos Found in Claire's Cosmetics, But Retailer Denies Claims

Photo: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg via Getty Images The FDA warns parents not to purchase Claire’s cosmetics for their children after the store’s products reportedly tested positive for asbestos. After the agency first became aware of asbestos contamination in certain cosmetic products from Claire’s in 2017 (which were later recalled), the FDA continued to “routinely monitor the market for cosmetic products that may pose a public health risk,” according to itspress announcement....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 267 words · Tonya Charles

Find Out Why Scott Disick Skipped Kanye West's Fashion Show – and How Kourtney Kardashian Reacted

Photo: AKM-GSIThe entire Kardashian-Jenner clan showed up forKanye West‘s fashion show in February – but one member of the crew was missing: Scott Disick.In a sneak peek at Sunday’s Keeping Up with the Kardashians,Kourtney Kardashianopens up about why her ex decided not to come, chalking it up to the fact that Disick, 32, always seems to have an excuse.In the clip, Kourtney, 37, is with her sisters Kylie and Kendall Jenner, plus their dad Caitlyn, in the car on the way to the Yeezy season 3 show at Madison Square Garden in New York City....

March 16, 2025 · 4 min · 823 words · Heather Alvarado

Firefighters Use Jaws of Life to Extract Dog Stuck in N.C. Mountain Culvert: 'It Was Very Scary'

A curiousAustralian shepherdnamed Gracie is free after getting stuck inside a narrow mountain culvert. Gracie’s owner Becky Rowe Smith from North Carolina isn’t sure how long her canine spent stuck in the 25-foot, 15-inch-wide culvert, but she is grateful that firefighters could use their jaws of life to free the dog,accordingto WLOS. “It could have happened during the night while we slept, or it might have happened in the early morning hours,” Smith said, noting that their other dog Emmie found Gracie....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 266 words · Andrea Noble

Fla. Babysitter Charged with Murder 37 Years After Violently Shaking Baby, Who Died at 35 in 2019

Photo: AP/Shutterstock In 1985, Terry McKirchy pleaded no contest to attempted murder for shaking then-5-month-old Benjamin Dowling so severely that he suffered a brain hemorrhage, according to theAssociated Press. She was sentenced to spending weekends in jail for three months and three years on probation while Dowling lived with permanent mental and physical disabilities. In 2019, at 35 years old, Dowling died,according to his obituary. Now, McKirchy has been charged with his murder....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 282 words · Jared Cook

Fla. Educator Is Allegedly Caught by Security Footage Sexually Abusing 2 Boys, 15, in Condo Pool

Photo: FacebookA 27-year-old teacher’s aide faces criminal charges in Florida, where authorities allege she had sexual intercourse with two teenage boys — and was caught on surveillance video doing so.PEOPLE confirms Kirstie None Rosa was arrested December 6 on three counts of lewd and lascivious battery sexual activity with a 15-year-old, a second-degree felony.Rosa, who lives in Naples, is also charged with providing nicotine products and drugs to the underage alleged victims....

March 16, 2025 · 4 min · 842 words · Kelsey Roberts

Fla. Man Allegedly Murdered Former In-Laws with Hammer Because They Suspected He Killed His Ex-Wife

Photo: National Center For Missing and Endangered A Florida manpolice believe killed his ex-wifeand then pretended to be her in text messages to her parents allegedly murdered his former in-laws and their adult son when they expressed suspicion. Nealy has been in custody on three counts of first-degree murder since he was apprehended in Lakewood, Ohio, on Jan. 4. He has not yet been changed in his ex-wife’s death....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 342 words · Brian Perez

Fla. Teacher Who Would Drive Student to School Is Accused of Sexually Abusing Him

Ariel Reed.Photo: Highlands County Sheriff’s Office A 30-year-old Florida high school teacher has been arrested on accusations she sexually abused a 15-year-old student. She was booked into the Highlands County Jail and remains held without bond. “If we find out that there’s a teacher inappropriately involved with a student, they’re going to go to jail,“Scott Dressel, public information officer with the Highlands County Sheriff’s Office, told local station WFLA. “A 30-year-old woman can’t have a relationship with a 15-year old, at least not that kind of relationship....

March 16, 2025 · 3 min · 453 words · Carrie Sellers

Florida Boat Captain Hospitalized After Contracting Flesh-Eating Bacteria: 'Now I'm More Aware'

A Florida boat captain is on the mend aftercontracting a flesh-eating bacteriaduring a fishing trip with his grandson.George Billiris took his 10-year-old grandson to a fishing spoton the Gulf of Mexico, just north of Clearwater, Florida, on July 22. One day later, when Billiris was back at work on his charter boat, he started feeling pain around a few scabs on his lower right leg. He later developed a blister in the same area, and had chills and a fever....

March 16, 2025 · 3 min · 591 words · Heather Faulkner

Florida Man Contracts Flesh-Eating Bacteria — Without Touching Water Where It's Typically Found

Photo: Facebook A Florida man contracted a flesh-eating bacteria called vibrio without ever coming into contact with the warm, brackish water where it typically lives, officials say. Tyler King was at work in Santa Rosa Beach, Florida, last week when his left arm starting to swell, according toCBS News. He took Benadryl to try to calm the reaction, but was later rushed to the emergency room after his arm had swelled to nearly triple its size in just a few hours....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 354 words · Trevor Watson