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Just one day after her husband President Joe Biden was sworn in to office, First Lady Dr. Jill Biden hosted her first virtual event,celebrating teachers on Thursday evening.The fitting tribute came as the long-time educator says sheplans to continue teachingduring her husband’s tenure as president.The event, held on the Dr. Biden’s first full day in the White House last week, included a recorded video message from the first lady, in which she thanked teachers for their “heroic commitment” throughout thenovel coronavirus(COVID-19) pandemic....

This graduate didn’t let a little thing like being in labor get in her way of receiving her college diploma. On May 6, first-time mom Kelsey Hudie walked up to the stage at Henry Ford College in Michigan, even though she was 38 weeks pregnant — and already dilated. Although the school let her know she didn’t need to actually be there to get her degree, “I said, ‘I’m walking,'” the new mom toldABC News....

Cheyann Shaw.Photo: Cheyann Shaw/instagram Cheyann Shaw, a fitness influencer who competed in bodybuilding competitions, has died at the age of 27. Her death was announced in astatement shared on her Instagramon Monday. “With heavy hearts, we are sad to announce that our beautiful girl Cheyann has been called home to heaven,” the statement read. “Thank you all for your support and encouragement over the years. If there’s one thing Cheyann taught us is that no matter what battles we face, we can always find a reason to smile through them....

FKA Twigs (L); Robert Pattinson.Photo: Jeff Spicer/BFC/Getty Images; Kevin Winter/Getty Images FKA twigsis speaking out about some of the racist abuse she endured from fans while in a high-profile relationship. In a recent conversation on BBC Radio 4’sGrounded with Louis Therouxpodcast, released Monday, the 33-year-old actress and singer (née Tahliah Debrett Barnett) said that people called her “the most hurtful and ignorant and horrible names on the planet” during her relationship with now-exRobert Pattinson....

Timothy Smith.Photo:Timothy Smith/Facebook Timothy Smith/Facebook Swilley requested a welfare check when he found Smith’s Jeep outside one of their two homes on March 24, a day after he said he’d last seen his husband, the affidavit says. Police were eventually able to go inside the residence the next day and found Smith, 59, on a bed “naked from the waist down,” having suffered “blunt trauma injuries to the face and possibly to the genitals....

Photo: Daniel Wallace/Tampa Bay Times/ZUMA PRESS A Florida mom who killed her two teenagers in 2011 and then described them to investigators as “mouthy” wants a new trial after her 2014 conviction. While serving a life sentence, Julie Schenecker, 57, has filed a motion claiming her public defender failed to introduce evidence that might have proven she was purportedly legally insane at the time, Tampa news stationFox 13 reports....

A Florida woman is facing multiple criminal charges in connection to thefatal shooting of her Black neighbor, 35-year-old Ajike Owens, on Friday night. Lorincz, who is White, will make her first appearance in court on Thursday, June 8, at 9 a.m., according toNBC2 in Orlando. It is unclear if she’s retained counsel. Owens was discovered in front of Lorincz’s apartment on Friday evening after officials responded to a trespassing call. “Upon arrival, they found a victim suffering from a gunshot wound and immediately rendered aid until medics could arrive, but unfortunately, Miss Owens passed,” Marion County Sheriff Billy Woods said in anews conferenceon Monday....

Flavor Flav.Photo: Marc Stamas/Getty RapperFlavor Flavfaced an unexpected, traumatic experience while driving on Tuesday. Flav was on the road from Las Vegas to Los Angeles on Tuesday when rain caused a boulder to fall down a cliffside and land on the side of his car,TMZ reported. A rep for the 62-year-old rapper (born William Drayton Jr.) tells PEOPLE, “Thank God he survived and is okay, although a bit emotionally shaken up....

A flight attendant was arrested on Thursday and charged with one count of attempted sexual exploitation of children and one count of possession of child pornography depicting a prepubescent minor.Photo: Victor Habbick Visions/Science Photo Library/Getty Images A 36-year-old American Airlines flight attendant was arrested Thursday for allegedly recording or attempting to record a minor passenger while she used the bathroom in an aircraft in September 2023. The specific incident in Thursday’s report allegedly occurred on a flight from Charlotte, N....

Florence Pugh attends the U.K. premiere ofOppenheimerin London on July 13, 2023.Photo:Wiktor Szymanowicz/Anadolu Agency via Getty Wiktor Szymanowicz/Anadolu Agency via Getty Over two months after debuting a new dramatic hairstyle at this year’sMet Galain May,Florence Pughis opening up about why she opted for the buzzed-cut look. “I purposefully chose to look like that. I wanted vanity out of the picture,” theOppenheimeractress, 27, toldRadio Timesin an interview, per theDaily Mail....

Photo: Matt Stroshane/disney Florida Gov.Ron DeSantiswants to give Walt Disney World, the place “where dreams come true,” what he thinks is a necessary — but already controversial — wake-up call. DeSantis asked state lawmakers Tuesday to consider ending a deal between Disney World and Florida that since 1967 gives the company special privileges, including tax exemptions and certain autonomies like providing its own fire, police and other services such as building and maintaining roads,The New York Times reports....

Hurricane Michaelclaimed its first victim Wednesday as a Florida man died after a tree fell onto his home. Olivia Smith, a spokeswoman for Gadsden County Sheriff’s Department, tells PEOPLE authorities received a call at around 6 p.m. about a “debris situation where debris fell on the gentleman’s home,” in Greensboro. The man is in his mid-40s, however, the sheriff’s department is not identifying him until his family can be notified of his passing....

Photo: YouTube A Florida man is being praised for his selfless actions after he donated nearly $1,000 to schools in Jupiter to help pay off the lunch debt. Andrew Levy recently discovered that more than 400 students attending schools in the Jupiter-area were unable to receive a full meal in their cafeterias due to the outstanding lunch debt, CBS Miami 4reports. Despite the fact he has only lived in the South Florida area since 2014, doesn’t have any children in the school district and has no personal connection to the schools, Levy said he was startled at those numbers and felt he needed to take action in a community he has quickly fallen in love with....