Some faces you just grow up with. You don’t even realize it until they’re gone. Tom Skerritt died Wednesday. He was 93. His family said it was natural causes, and asked for privacy while they grieve. If the name doesn’t hit you right away, the roles will. He was Viper in Top Gun, the calm…
This one still gets people arguing, and honestly, I get why. In 2019, Brendan Johnston was 18, a senior at The Classical Academy in Colorado Springs. He’d worked his whole high school career to get to the state tournament. Then his bracket came up. First match: Jaslynn Gallegos. Later, Angel Rios. Both girls. He forfeited….
Stop scrolling for a second. Look at her. Her name is Gayle and she has worked at the same Walmart in Owensboro, Kentucky for 44 years. I don’t even know what to say about that number. 44 years. Most people don’t stay married that long. Last November her store made a post about her. Blue…
For millions of kids growing up in the 1970s, all it took was one word to turn an ordinary teenager into a superhero. “Shazam!” Michael Gray, the actor who became a Saturday-morning TV favorite as Billy Batson on Shazam!, died October 16 in Palm Desert, California. He was 75. His family said Gray died of…
Spilling secrets from behind the scenes of well-known businesses is nothing new. People love hearing insider information from former restaurant workers, airline employees, hotel staff and others who know what really happens behind closed doors. But things get especially interesting when a secret recipe is involved. Remember when a recipe claiming to be KFC’s famous…
More than a century after the RMS Titanic sank beneath the icy waters of the North Atlantic, one mystery continues to intrigue experts and the public alike — why have no human remains ever been discovered among the wreckage? Despite decades of exploration and dozens of dives to the site, no skeletons have ever been…
A monster storm is tearing across the Pacific — and now hundreds of flights have been canceled as authorities brace for what could be a dangerous landfall. Enormous waves According to reports, Super Typhoon Champi has intensified into a Category 5-equivalent storm, with winds reaching up to 185 mph, making it the strongest storm on…
“What the hell!” Nora’s voice cracked across the cemetery parking lot like a gunshot. A few people standing by their cars turned around to look. An older man in a black suit stopped with his hand on his car door. I was standing next to my car with a small cardboard box open in my…
Ina met Jeffrey Garten at 15, when he was a Dartmouth student and her brother’s friend. They married in December 1968, beginning a partnership that would weather military separations and dramatic career changes. She worked on nuclear energy policy in Washington before buying the Barefoot Contessa specialty food store in 1978. Jeffrey encouraged her new…
Father Patricio Alfredo Sánchez Molinari was killed when a large crucifix fell from the wall behind him during a congregation that was live-streamed. Now, his family has broken their silence with a claim about the cross. The tragic incident happened during a Saturday evening service on October 17. Father Patricio Alfredo Sánchez Molinari, 53, was…
