Tragic selfie reveals hidden danger that took three young lives

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Three teenage girls, Essa Ricker, Kelsea Webster, and Savannah Webster lost their lives in 2011 in the worst way possible.

The three friends, two of whom sisters, decided to snap a selfie for the social media by some train tracks in Utah’s scenic Spanish Fork Canyon. What they weren’t aware of was that a locomotive was coming up behind them.

Until they realized what was going on, they got hit.

John Anderson was operating the eastbound Union Pacific train when the incident occurred. Engineer Michael Anderson was also on board. When he spotted the girls, he blasted the train’s horn in order to get to their attention, but without success.

Three teenage girls lost their lives in a train accident while taking a selfie by the trails unaware a locomotive was coming up behind them.

“They were in their own little world,” John recalled.

“We watched in horror as we got closer. We saw them for about 12 seconds until they disappeared from our sight and the train continued moving forward.”

Once they were able to stop the train about a quarter mile down the track, John got off and rushed towards the girls’ direction. He found Essa and Kelsea dead, while 13-year-old Savannah was still alive but badly injured.

“I told her everything would be OK and she relaxed a little. I hoped she would make it and for some reason I really thought she would.”

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Unfortunately, her injuries were too severe. She sustained a dozen broken bones, internal bleeding, and a severe brain injury.

Savannah died three days after the train accident at a hospital.

“We spoke to the doctors today and they informed us that Savvy’s brain injuries were too great,” Savannah’s mother wrote on her blog, per the Daily Mail. “Even though they’ve had done everything possible, Savannah will not be able to recover any further.

“We will keep her on life support till the end of the day, but it’s time to say goodbye, for now, to an angel that walked among us.”

Just moments for her death, Savannah posted to her Facebook page: “Standing right by a train ahaha this is awsome!!!! [sic]”

John and Michael, both fathers to teenage daughters, were devastated by the train accident.

“What happened was very intense and I have to carry it the rest of my life,” said Michael. “I don’t know what John saw that night and I don’t want to know what he saw that night.”

Kelsea and Savannah’s mother, Jayna Webster, said her daughters’ deaths were preventable.

“No one should have to go through this, and I hope people will seriously think about the campaign’s rail safety message and share it with their loved ones.”

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Denise Alexander, ‘General Hospital’ actress, dies at 85

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Soap opera star Denise Alexander, best known as Lesley Webber on General Hospital and Susan Hunter Martin on Days of Our Lives, passed away aged 85.

General Hospital’s executive producer, Frank Valentini, posted a tribute, honoring the actress’ life and career.

“I am so very sorry to hear of Denise Alexander’s passing. She broke barriers on-screen and off, portraying Dr. Lesley Webber – one of the first female doctors on Daytime Television – for nearly five decades,” his post read.

“It meant so much to have her reprise her role in recent years. I am honored to have had the opportunity to work with her. On behalf of the entire General Hospital family, I extend my heartfelt sympathies to her family, friends, and longtime fans. May she rest in peace.”

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Alexander died on March 5, but the news of her passing was shared just recently.

Her acting career started back in the 1950s when she landed a role on Broadway’s The Children’s Hour. From that moment on, she received a number of guest-starring roles.

In 1960, Alexander played one of the astronauts’ daughters in The Clear Horizon. Four years later, she landed the role that would mark her career, that of Susan Hunter Martin in Days of Our Lives.

In 1973, she joined the cast of General Hospital, becoming one of the first female doctors on television and a fan favorite for over a decade.

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Tributes came pouring in from fellow colleagues.

Genie Francis, who played Alexander’s TV daughter on General Hospital, posted a photo of the two, writing, “Thank you mama, for so much more than u know. #GH.”

Susan Seaforth Hayes, who played alongside Alexander in The Days of Our Lives, called her “a friend to treasure and an actress to applaud.”

“Such happy memories of her years in Salem and her great success on General Hospital,” Hayes posted on Instagram. “We both began as child actors, both had strong mothers and both were raised as Christian Scientists in our early years.

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“I was grateful for her wisdom, taste, humor, and goodness every time I saw her,” she added. “It was never enough. And my love for her will never be over.”

Denise Alexander was born in New York City in 1939.

She is survived by her stepdaughter, Elizabeth Colla, from her marriage to director and producer Richard A. Colla.

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Strange detail spotted in Meghan Markle’s photo of her kids

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Meghan Markle and Prince Harry tend to keep their children out of the spotlight. Archie, 6, and Lili, 3, are only seen by the public during rare occasions, including the couples’ Netflix documentary.

On Mother’s Day, May 11, the Duchess snapped a photo of herself holding both her children in her arms in what is believed to be the garden of their luxurious Montecito home.

“Happy Mother’s Day! Cheers to juggling it all with joy!” the proud mom captioned the picture. “And to these two gems – who still attempt to climb ‘mama mountain’, smother me with kisses, and make every day the most memorable adventure… being your mom is the greatest privilege of my life.”

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She concluded her post by writing: “I, too, ‘love you more than all the stars in all the sky, all the raindrops, and all the salt on all the french fries in all the world.'”

The children’s faces weren’t revealed, yet the photo fueled a bizarre new theory and plenty of comments.

In fact, what caught the attention of many was Archie’s big toe. Some believed the Duchess digitally altered it for the sake of attracting attention.

Re-sharing the photo on X, one user wrote: “Are we all now ignoring Archie’s toe?”

Another said, “Serious question… Is this from editing the picture or is there something wrong with his toe?”

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A third person’s comment about Archie’s toe and Lili’s hair color, which doesn’t appear to be red in the photo, added to the speculation surrounding the authenticity of Meghan Markle’s Mother’s Day photo.

“No one seems to have mentioned Archie’s very strange digital big toe?” they wrote. “Of course hair colour is different and Lili is a foot taller with different hair too… But that big toe…what were they photoshopping?!”

Further, another person commented: “The toe looks like a nose. Add the limbs of a 7 year old on Lili and Archie’s now black hair and tawny skin…Someone make it stop!”

Also, the photo of Archie on his birthday posing at the balcony also triggered many comments. One person wrote, “I wondered if it’s meant to be Archie on a ‘balcony’ after the balcony scenes on this side of the Atlantic.”

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Prince Harry revealed his ‘worst fears have been confirmed’

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With their decision to step down from their duties, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle lost the right to police protection. Harry then sought a judicial review of a Home Office decision that wouldn’t allow him to pay for protection from the police when in the UK. His legal representatives claimed in a statement they issued that he “inherited a security risk at birth, for life.”

Further, the statement read, “While his role within the Institution has changed, his profile as a member of the Royal Family has not. Nor has the threat to him and his family.

“The Duke and Duchess of Sussex personally fund a private security team for their family, yet that security cannot replicate the necessary police protection needed while in the UK. In the absence of such protection, Prince Harry and his family are unable to return to his home.”

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Eventually, Harry lost his case in the Court of Appeal seeking the return of his police protection. 

Not only he wasn’t happy with the outcome but he also accused the Royal Household of interfering in his battle to have his UK police security reinstated and expressed shock upon discovering that two senior members of the Royal Household are on that committee.

He asked the Home Secretary to investigate the influence the Royal family and Ravec had on the outcome of his case.

Government spokesman told The Mail on Sunday: “All members work together to advise the independent chair on the protective security of the Royal Family and key public figures.

“As part of long-standing arrangements these decisions have been taken by Ravec, not the Home Secretary.”

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Harry expressed his sadness over the fact that his children won’t be visiting his homeland any time soon since such visits are unsafe without police protection.

In a recent interview with the BBC, the Duke said, “I can’t see a world in which I would be bringing my wife and children back to the UK at this point.

“My worst fears have been confirmed by the whole legal disclosure in this case, and that’s really sad.”

He expressed his disappointment about the things his children, Archie and Lili, will miss out on.

“The things that they’re going to miss is, well, everything. I miss the UK, I miss parts of the UK, of course I do.

“I think that it’s really quite sad that I won’t be able to show my children my homeland.”

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According to a source close to Harry, all he wants is to be able to “ensure the safety of himself and his family while in the UK so his children can know his home country and so he can help support his patronages and their important work.”

The Duke claimed the authorities withheld information during the appeal, leaving the public unaware of facts that would ‘shock’ them.

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Pregnant woman relentlessly harassed by a K9 dog

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The Houston International Airport was as crowded as ever with people rushing to catch their flights. And then, in the middle of the crowd, Shadow, an experienced German Shepherd K9 trained to detect hazards, started barking at a woman waiting in the long queue. She was 7 months pregnant and frightened by the dog’s reaction.

Officers asked her to step forward. They conducted a thorough search of her belongings, but nothing was out of the ordinary. Yet, Shadow wouldn’t stop sniffing her and barking at her.

The officers were confused and contemplated their next move. Should they let the woman go?

She was heavily pregnant and the entire situation made her upset and uncomfortable.

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And then, just as they decided to let her go, Agent Grant remembered that Shadow was trained as medical alert service dog. Was there something wrong with this woman?

Just to be sure, he explained to her that he wanted to call the emergency services to check on her. Although she hesitated at first, the woman eventually agreed.

To everyone’s surprise, the medics discovered uterine rupture, which is a serious and rare childbirth complication where the muscle wall of the uterus tears.

The woman was quickly rushed to the nearby hospital where she gave birth prematurely.

Her baby was still tiny and placed in an incubator, but luckily, both he and his mother were fine.

That day, Shadow saved two lives. His strong senses allowed him to detect that something wasn’t right with that woman’s child.

Dogs have up to 300 million scent receptors and are able to detect chemicals or changes in body odor caused by diseases or other medical emergencies.

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A few days after the incident, Shadow and Agent Grant paid the woman a visit at the hospital where she and the staff gave an appreciative “thank you” to Shadow in a brightly lit hospital ward.

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Internet loses its mind over Pope Leo’s degree

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Robert Francis Prevost has become the 267th person to become Pope. He will be known as Pope Leo XIV.

According to Dennis Doyle, a theologian and professor emeritus of religious studies at the University of Dayton, a pope’s name indicates “a certain spirit and direction and vision of the new pope.”

“The first thing that you would look for would be, which popes had that name before?” he said. “That would signify something about the direction that the pope wants to take.”

Pope Leo XIV started his speech as the head of the Catholic Church with the words: “Peace be with you.”

He continued: “Dearest brothers and sisters, this was the first greeting of the risen Christ, the good shepherd who gave his life for the flock of God. I, too, would like this greeting of peace to enter your hearts, to reach your families and all people, wherever they are; and all the peoples, and all the earth: Peace be with you.

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“This is the peace of the Risen Christ, a disarming and humble and preserving peace. It comes from God. God, who loves all of us, without any limits or conditions. Let us keep in our ears the weak but always brave voice of Pope Francis, who blessed Rome – the Pope who blessed Rome and the world that day on the morning of Easter.”

When it comes to his views on what direction the church should move on, Pope Leo shares late Pope Francis’ stance. He, just like Francis, yearns for embracing the poor and marginalized, and is vocal about the threat the climate changes imposes on the human kind.

While serving as a cardinal, Leo addressed the problems of the environmental crisis at a Rome seminar, ABC reported.

Before becoming Pope, Leo served as a President of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America and as prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops.

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Leo was born in Chicago, making him the first pope of the US.

“I was born in the United States… But my grandparents were all immigrants, French, Spanish… I was raised in a very Catholic family, both of my parents were very engaged in the parish,” he said.

He also holds Peruvian citizenship.

What surprised many is that Pope Leo holds an academic degree. And while many expect it to be one in theology perhaps, that is not the case.

What’s more, Pope Leo’s degree isn’t related to theology at all.

In fact, Leo graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics in 1977.

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That many were stunned by this discovery speaks the fact that the Internet was flooded with comments over Pope Leo’s degree.

“The Pope being a math major means that he not only believes that Jesus multiplied bread and fish – he understands exactly how he did it,” one user wrote on X, per the Daily Mail.

Another wrote, “Math major possible career paths: quant, programmer, grad student… pope,” while a third added, “The new Pope is from Chicago and has a math degree, which goes to show you can still make a success of your life even if you don’t pass the first-round interview at Jump.”

A fourth person commented, “Just found out the new pope studied math at undergrad in case you’re wondering how tough the job market is for technical roles right now,” and a fifth simply asked, “HE’S A MATH MAJOR???”

On Sunday, Pope Leo called for peace from the balcony of St Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican.

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I installed cameras in our lake cabin and caught my husband with his female coworker

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Olivia Reeves, a conservation biologist with a specialty in wetland ecosystems, believed her marriage was picture perfect. She and her husband, James, have been together for many years. He was caring, loving, and trustworthy, or at least she thought so.

When she was given a bigger office at the university where she taught — a corner office with windows overlooking the campus pond where her students conducted field studies — it felt like moving into a palace.

While going through her things, trying to put everything in place, she stumbled upon an old recording — a rather outdated model built to withstand mud, rain, and the occasional drop into shallow water.

She hadn’t used that in a long period of time and was curios to check what it contained, believing she would hear her own voice discussing her research.

To her surprise, she heard her husband’s voice.

“How could this be?” she wondered. “I don’t recall James ever borrowing this from me,” she though to herself.

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However, besides James’ voice, there was one of a woman. The two discussed their plans of their life together.

At one point, James could be heard saying, “We’ll use the old cabin. Olivia never goes there. What’s more, she almost forgot it ever existed.”

He was talking of the old cabin by the lake Olivia inherited from her grandfather. It was true she never visited it, but it was a place holding all her childhood memories and it meant the world to her, and now her husband was trying to turn it into a love nest with another woman.

Olivia couldn’t believe what she had heard.

The following morning, Olivia called the university and requested a week of personal leave, citing a family emergency. In some way, it really was a family emergency.

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She visited the lake cabin, and to her surprise, it looked nothing like she remembered it. The entire place was renovated. There were new closets and they were filled with clothes belonging to a woman who was obviously tall and slim.

The fridge was packed with food and all sorts of wine.

James turned his wife’s cabin into a home for himself and his lover.

Olivia could confront James, but she chose not to. At least not until she gathered more evidence of his betrayal.

The following day, she installed cameras in the bedroom and on the porch. Tiny cameras that were unable to be spotted easily.

In the days to come, James and his coworker, Vanessa, visited the lake cabin.

They had wine on the porch, hugged each other, and shared their love for one another. Olivia’s heart shattered into a million pieces. She couldn’t believe James, whom she loved and trusted unconditionally, was capable of such a thing.

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After going through his emails, Olivia discovered a joint investment account she didn’t recognize. He opened five years prior with an initial deposit of $50,000 from their savings. Regular transfers had increased its value to just over $200,000. However, since James only provided his email and contact, Olivia never received any notifications.

This showed Olivia that James and Vanessa had been together for at least five years. He was leading a double life and she never suspected a thing.

Finally, she was able to confront him.

“James, why don’t we visit my grandfather’s cabin this weekend?” she said during dinner time.

James’ face turned pale.

“This weekend? Well, you know I’m busy at the university. Having lectures and stuff. Maybe some other time?” he said, as his hands shook.

Olivia couldn’t stay silent any longer.

“Or maybe you don’t want me to see how you renovated it?” she said.

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James was shocked. “But… how do you know that?” he asked.

“I know everything James, and I have solid proof of your affair. By the way, the divorce papers are on the night stand.”

James started saying that he was sorry. He even cried. But it was obvious he was only sorry because he was about to lose the cabin, which was on Olivia’s name. Their house was too.

“You have a day to pack your things, James,” Olivia said.

She never looked back.

As of the lake cabin. She renovated it again, and got rid of everything that reminded her of the man who betrayed her in the worst way possible.

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Daughter of Rep. McGovern passes away during vacation

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Molly McGovern, the daughter of Massachusetts Rep. James McGovern, passed away during a vacation in Italy.

The 23-year-old had dinner with her friends when she suddenly experienced nausea.

According to her family, Molly was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer shortly after turning 18 yet lived her life to the fullest despite the diagnosis.

“She had a great 23 years, but who would have thought the last five years would be the best,” her mother, Lisa McGovern, said at a eulogy for her daughter on Saturday at St. Bernard’s Church in Worcester. “There were little miracles everywhere.”

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Rep. McGovern paid an emotional tribute to his daughter who passed away and was taken from him way too soon.

“Molly radiated pure joy. She lit up every room with her beaming smile — full of laughter, endless warmth, and a sharp wit that could disarm you in an instant,” he wrote in an Instagram post.

Molly was a student at Northeastern University where she pursued a bachelor’s degree in political science and international affairs.

Her father described her as “unbelievably funny, fiercely loyal, and wise beyond her years,” adding that she had a “rare gift.”

“She made everyone feel special, because she genuinely believed everyone was special,” McGovern wrote. “She treated people with compassion and kindness—always standing up for the underdog, and making fast friends wherever she went.”

According to her father, Molly never let her cancer diagnosis slow her down.

Recently, she finished a semester studying in Asutralia.

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Her brother Patrick spoke of his close relationship with Molly, saying the two would FaceTime or speak on the phone every day.

“Molly will always be the soul of our family,” he wrote. “We are so proud of her, and so glad that so many people were touched by her incredible life. We love you, Molly, and we miss you already.”

Molly passed away on April 23, and her funeral was held on May 3.

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