A Los Angeles high school student died Wednesday after falling from a fourth-floor balcony at Benjamin Franklin High School, a tragedy that investigators say happened shortly after a fight broke out inside a classroom. The September 30 incident unfolded at about 1 p.m. at the Highland Park campus, where emergency crews, school police and Los... Continue Reading →
Grammy-winning songwriter and producer Manuel Seal, the behind-the-scenes hitmaker whose work helped define R&B and pop music in the 1990s and 2000s, has died at 66. Seal died Sunday, Sept. 27, just one day after his 66th birthday. His longtime friend and collaborator Jermaine Dupri announced the loss in an emotional tribute. A cause of... Continue Reading →
New England Patriots rookie Eli Raridon and his wife, Anna, are mourning the devastating loss of their newborn son after learning months earlier that he had a fatal birth defect. The couple revealed Tuesday that their son, Peter James Raridon, was born Sept. 11 after being diagnosed with anencephaly during Anna’s 20-week anatomy scan. “Our... Continue Reading →
A Maine father’s wedding night ended in unimaginable tragedy after his mother and two young children vanished on the drive to their Airbnb and were later found dead inside a submerged vehicle. Sharon Bukulmez, 61, was driving her grandchildren, 5-year-old Kinsley Grubb and 3-year-old Sawyer Grubb, from a family wedding in Jonesboro to Machias on... Continue Reading →
A young Alaska couple died in a shocking double tragedy after police say a 22-year-old man accidentally shot his girlfriend while “playing” with a revolver, then used another gun to shoot himself as a friend desperately tried to intervene. CloeRae McBrayer, 21, was killed Wednesday night, Sept. 16, at a home in Fairbanks. Her boyfriend,... Continue Reading →
An 18-year-old Cal State Fullerton student died after attending a fraternity event, with police saying alcohol appears to have played a role in his death. Anthony Joseph Blas was dropped off at the emergency department of St. Jude Medical Center shortly after midnight Saturday, according to the Fullerton Police Department. Blas was pronounced dead at... Continue Reading →
An 11-year-old New York boy died in a heartbreaking go-kart accident just days before he was supposed to begin middle school. Parker Mitchell was riding in a go-kart with his 8-year-old sister on Sunday, Sept. 6, when the small vehicle overturned and landed in a pond in Genesee County in western New York. The Genesee... Continue Reading →
A Texas husband and wife were tragically killed after stepping out of their truck following a chaotic five-vehicle crash that also left two others critically injured. The deadly chain-reaction wreck happened around 8:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 5, on State Highway 171 near County Road 4223, north of Hillsboro, according to the Texas Department of Public... Continue Reading →
A 16-year-old cheerleader died after a tour boat packed with tourists exploded during a family vacation in the Dominican Republic, leaving her with devastating burns across most of her body. Abigail Lainton, known as Abbie, was vacationing with her family when the pleasure boat she was riding on caught fire and exploded near Cotubanama National... Continue Reading →
Hayden Panettiere’s cause of death remains a mystery after a preliminary autopsy found no signs of trauma that would explain the actress’s sudden death at age 36. The Greenville County Coroner’s Office confirmed Monday that Panettiere’s autopsy had been completed one day after she was found unresponsive inside an apartment in Greenville, South Carolina. Coroner... Continue Reading →
