Wife, 2 Friends Killed at Her Birthday Party After She Tried to Stop Husband From Driving Drunk

Photo: Carroll County Sheriff’s Office Marlee Jones Barnhill was looking forward to celebrating her 27th birthday with friends and family Friday night. “Tonight I’m going to one of my really good friend’s houses,” the Mississippi resident said on a Facebook Live video she uploaded while getting ready for the party. “We’re going to karaoke, and sit on her back porch and just hang out.” But the evening’s celebration turned into a night of horror when Marlee’s husband, Michael, allegedly opened fire on the party in a fit of drunken rage, killing Marlee and her two friends, husband and wife Jim and Brooks Harrell....

March 16, 2025 · 3 min · 437 words · Renee Barrera

Will Smith's Mom Walked in On Him Having Sex As a Teen: 'Cannot Feel Worse'

Will Smith.Photo: Oscar Gonzalez/NurPhoto via Getty Smith, 53, recounts the embarrassing moment in his new memoir,Will. At the time of the incident, he was 16 years old and living in Philadelphia with his mother. As a teenager, Smith was in a relationship with Melanie Parker, whom he first met in high school and later fell “deeply and totally in love with,” he writes inWill, perInsider. Albert L. Ortega/Getty Smith continues, “As a teenager, outside of physical injury, youcannotfeel worse than having your mother catch you and your girlfriend doggy-style on her kitchen floor....

March 16, 2025 · 3 min · 442 words · Robert Oneill

William Shatner and Jean Smart Share the Sweet First Trailer for Their Romantic Comedy 'Senior Moment'

William Shatneris getting a whole new lease on life in the first trailer for his latest movie,Senior Moment. In a PEOPLE exclusive first look at the sweet preview, Shatner stars as Victor, a retired NASA test pilot whose license gets taken away after he’s found speeding in his vintage Porsche convertible with his best friend Sal (Christopher Lloyd). Shatner, 89, tells PEOPLE his chemistry with Smart, 69, was “the same as phosphorus and water....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 288 words · Lauren Park

Wisconsin Interstate Closed After Icy Roads Cause Accidents Involving 'Several Dozen Vehicles'

Wisconsin icy crash.Photo: fox 6 news In a statement,Wisconsin State Patrolsaid there were no fatalities. Wisconsin icy crash.fox 6 news At 5:45 a.m., a multi-vehicle crash occurred on the east and westbound lanes of I-94 at mile marker 96 in Jackson County near Northfield. “Thankfully, there were no fatalities and all other reported injuries appear to be non-life threatening,” the statement read. “Several dozen vehicles were involved, including semi-tractor trailers....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 327 words · Paula Ross

Wisconsin Teacher Fired After Criticizing School District's Ban of Student 'Rainbowland' Performance

Photo:Scott Ash / Now News Group / USA TODAY NETWORK Scott Ash / Now News Group / USA TODAY NETWORK Wisconsin teacher Melissa Tempel, who was placed on administrative leave after saying a song had beenbanned from a first-grade concert, has been fired. “Tonight I have an achey breaky heart but tomorrow I’m gonna get up and keep fighting for what is right,” the educator added. “Thanks for all the love!...

March 16, 2025 · 4 min · 673 words · Mary Smith

Wisconsin Woman Finally Tracks Down Her Long-Lost Sister — and She's Living Next Door

Photo: Dawn Johnson and Hillary Harris For years — since first beginning a search for her birth family and learning that she had a half-sister named Dawn Johnson — Hillary Harris wondered if she’d ever find the woman who shared the same father. Adopted as an infant, “I’d found three other half-siblings on Facebook, but I was having no luck with Dawn,” Hillary, 31, of Eau Claire, Wisconsin, tells PEOPLE....

March 16, 2025 · 4 min · 664 words · Alex Johnson

Woman Allegedly Fired over Amy Robach Tape Denies Leaking It in Interview with Megyn Kelly

Photo: Lorenzo Bevilaqua/ABC The producer who was says she was fired over avideoof ABC News anchor Amy Robach venting her frustrations with the network for allegedly not publishing her story on Jeffrey Epstein in 2015 is speaking out. Ashley Bianco claims she was fired from CBS earlier this week after her former employer at ABC informed the network that she was allegedly behind the leakedhot-mic moment. On Friday, she broke her silence on the scandal toMegyn Kelly, denying she had anything to do with leaking the tape in an emotional interview....

March 16, 2025 · 5 min · 973 words · Kenneth Larson

Woman Allegedly Used Social Media to Find and Kill Doppelgänger So She Could Fake Her Own Death

Victim Khadidja O.Photo: TikTok The Munich-based suspect, identified in German news outlets as Sharaban K., allegedly scoured Instagram for a lookalike to target before settling on an Algerian beauty blogger, Khadidja O., theTimesUKreports. On the day of the alleged crime, Sharaban K. and her boyfriend, Shequir K., allegedly picked the victim up in their vehicle, then drove her to a forest in Ingolstadt and stabbed her to death, authorities say, German newspaperBildreports....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 394 words · Nicholas Stafford

Woman Fatally Shot During Riot at U.S. Capitol Identified by Family Members

The woman who was shot and killed during the riot at the Capitol building Wednesday has been identified. Babbit was one of hordes of Trump supporters who stormed the Capitol Wednesday as lawmakers were counting Electoral College votes to certify President-electJoe Biden’s win. “One Capitol police officer discharged his service weapon, striking an adult female,” Contee said, adding that she was taken to a local hospital, where she was pronounced dead....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 337 words · Rick Bell

Woman in Rural Alaska Found Dead 13 Hours After 911 Call Reporting Man's Threats; Weather Delayed Responders

Photo: Getty Alaskan authorities say that severe weather prevented them from answering a woman’s call for help last week — and now, her live-in boyfriend is facing second-degree murder charges. Unok added that Teeluk had a gun, it is alleged in the complaint. The dispatchers could hear Teeluk in the background, denying his girlfriend’s claims. “Both parties sounded to be intoxicated,” the complaint reads. “The call cut off while the two were actively arguing....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 407 words · Kristen Gibson

Woman Who Vanished from Seattle Mariners Game Was Strangled, Date Seen in Her Selfie Charged with Murder

Leticia Martinez-Cosman and Brett Gitchel. Leticia Martinez-Cosmanwas last seen the evening of March 31 at T-Mobile Park in Seattle. According to family, she last texted them a selfie of her and her date Brett Gitchel at the Mariners game. Gitchel, 46, was arrested April 5 in connection with her disappearance. Want to keep up with the latest crime coverage? Sign up forPEOPLE’s free True Crime newsletterfor breaking crime news, ongoing trial coverage and details of intriguing unsolved cases....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 269 words · Megan Hughes

World's Oldest Panda in Captivity Dies of Organ Failure at 38

Photo: VCG/GettyThe world’s oldest panda living in captivity has died. She was 38 years old.On Monday, the Chongqing Zoo in western China, where Xin Xing resided,announcedthat the panda had died on Dec. 8 due to organ failure. In human years, the panda would have been about 130 years old, according to theNew York Post.“On October 21, 2020, the giant panda ‘Xin Xing’ was lethargic and unwilling to eat. Difficulty breathing, coughing, and unsteady standing occurred the next day....

March 16, 2025 · 5 min · 927 words · Stephanie Richardson

Wreckage of the Last Ship to Bring Slaves from Africa Has Been Found Off Coast of Alabama

Photo: Ben Raines/Al.com via AP Pieces of a wooden ship that was the last to transport dozens of enslaved men, women and children from Africa to America in the mid-1800s has been found off the East Coast, officials announced this week. “The discovery of the Clotilda is an extraordinary archaeological find,” Lisa Demetropoulos Jones, executive director of the commission, toldNational Geographicabout the find. “[The ship’s journey] represented one of the darkest eras of modern history....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 285 words · Joshua Lambert