Lake Tahoe birthday boat outing turns tragic — 8 lives lost in sudden storm

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What was supposed to be a joyous birthday celebration turned into a devastating tragedy after eight people lost their lives when a boat capsized during a sudden storm on Lake Tahoe. Four of the victims were members of a same family.

Among the victims were Joshua Antony Pickles, a 37-year-old DoorDash executive, his mother Paula, whose 71st birthday they were celebrating, his father Terry, his uncle Peter Bayes. The rest of the victims were friends from California and New York, Timothy O’Leary, 66, of Auburn; Stephen Lindsay, 63, of Springwater, New York; and Theresa Giullari, 66, and James Guck, 69, of Honeoye, New York.

Two people managed to survive the ordeal.

Joshua Pickles and his parents, Paula Bozinovich and Terry Pickles

Witnesses claim the storm was fierce and fast. The waves reached up to ten feet and winds as strong as 30 knots.

As emergency calls started pouring in, a rescue operation involving the U.S. Coast Guard was launched immediately.

Joshua’s wife, Jordan Sugar-Carlsgaard, who stayed on shore with their infant daughter, expressed heartbreak over the loss.

“No words can express the pain and anguish we feel knowing their lives were lost during what was meant to be a joyful time on the lake,” she said in a shared family statement. “Our hearts go out to those who tragically lost their lives and the two survivors of this unexpected and deadly storm on Lake Tahoe.”

Joshua and Jordan bought the boat less than a year ago and only used it once before the tragic incident.

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DoorDash chief financial officer, Ravi Inukonda, said in a statement, “Josh loved his team and was an inspiration to everyone who had the privilege of knowing him.

“During his nearly seven years at DoorDash, he brought a contagious spirit that lifted those around him.”

According to Matthew Chyba, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Reno, Nevada, the thunderstorm far exceeded earlier forecasts as they only predicted a rainy afternoon, not expecting it to turn into such a violent storm. He added that the unusually low temperatures for this period of the year might have contributed to the unstable air mass.

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Why Melania Trump skipped the baby shower of stepdaughter Tiffany Trump

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Tiffany Trump’s pregnancy was revealed in October when her father, businessman-turned-president Donald Trump, shared the news with the crowd at an event at the Detroit Economic Club.

CNN reported at the time that Trump said his daughter was a “very exceptional young woman” before adding that “she’s gonna have a baby. So that’s nice.”

Tiffany’s child would be Trump’s 11th grandchild.

Her mother, Marla Maples, and Donald Trump split in 1997, after which Tiffany stayed with her mom.

Marla wanted her daughter to grow up away from her father’s shadow and discover her own identity.

Although she didn’t grow up alongside her siblings, Tiffany has a close relationship with the rest of her father’s children, especially Ivanka Trump.

Although she stayed with her mother following her parents’ divorce, Tiffany followed in her father’s footsteps by attending the University of Pennsylvania, graduating in 2016. However, unlike most of her siblings, she opted not to jump into real estate—instead, she stepped into the political spotlight, making appearances on the campaign trail and addressing the nation during the Republican National Convention.

“Like my father, I never back down from challenges, so here I am, a little new to the convention scene, but very honored and confident in the man America is coming to know,” Tiffany said.

In 2020, Tiffany graduated from Georgetown Law School and her father made sure he showed the world just how proud he was.

“Great student, great school,” Donald wrote on Twitter. “Just what I need is a lawyer in the family. Proud of you, Tiff!”

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Back in 2004, while speaking of his children, Donald Trump made a rather awkward comment about Tiffany.

“You know I have another daughter, with Marla, named Tiffany?” Trump told New York Magazine. “She’s just a beautiful great kid also. But it’s very separate. When you have separate wives, it’s sort of … separate. Marla was a good person, as was Ivana. But I’m married to my business. It’s been a marriage of love. So, for a woman, frankly, it’s not that easy in terms of relationships. But there are a lot of assets.”

Marla Maples said that Trump’s statement about the relationship with his job was true.

“There were times when all of us wished we had more of Donald’s ear and his focus, especially when we’d have family dinners on Friday,” she said. “‘Can you turn off the financial news for a moment, please?’ But those kids always knew that he was unique in a way, that he’s got to run that company. I’ve watched that also with Tiffany. A lot of the fathers are here for all her basketball games, but she knows her dad loves her.”

According to a source close to Tiffany, the relationship between Donald and Tiffany has always been a strained one, and it turned even more awkward after he took office.

“Since the inauguration, Tiffany and her father have sometimes gone months without speaking, and she went a very long time without seeing him,” the source told People Magazine. “The last time she was at a family function with him, it was awkward for her, and she didn’t feel totally welcome.

“They always had a strained relationship her whole life, and it got exacerbated by the presidency,” the source continued. “It’s gotten much worse now.”

In April, Tiffany had a Peter Rabbit-themed baby shower planned by Ivanka Trump during which she wore a floor-length blue dress with floral embellishments and posed cradling her baby bump.

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She captioned the photos: “1 month,” and added a bear and blue heart emojis.

However, while her half-sister Ivanka was the one organizing the event, Melania Trump didn’t show up. At the time, she was in New York with her son Barron Trump.

Sources close to the Trumps claim that Tiffany and Melania’s relationship is a close one, but that there wasn’t “any reason” for the First Lady to be there. Instead, Melania has her own schedule, even on weekends.” It seems like n o matter how well she gets along with her stepchildren, Melania always puts her son on the top of the list of her priorities.

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The real-life crime drama of Woody Harrelson: Shocking truth about his dad

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Oscar nominee Woody Harrelson, best known for his memorable roles in Natural Born Killers, The Hunger Games, Cheers, and No Country for Old Men, learned of the criminal career of his dad when he was twelve.

Namely, the A-lister’s father, Charles Voyde Harrelson, was a hitman-for-hire convicted of the killing of federal judge John H. Wood Jr. in 1979 and sentenced to two life sentences.

According to Chron, he was involved with shady dealings, gambling, and committing armed robbery from early age.

Charles carried out the hit for $250,000 on behalf of a drug dealer awaiting trial. He was captured after a six-hour standoff with police. At the time, he confessed of the killing of the judge, who was the first federal judge to be killed in the 20th century, and to other multiple killings, including JFK’s, though that claim was widely dismissed.

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Woody Harrelson’s father died in prison in 2007 and the actor was devastated although his father wasn’t part of his life while growing up.

In fact, the actor believed his father was innocent and requested a new trial for him, spending millions of dollars in the process.

“I think that it was not a fair trial … I’m not saying my father’s a saint but I think he’s innocent of that,” Woody said more than 20 years ago. What’s more, he believed his father worked as an undercover CIA agent and wasn’t the criminal everyone thought him to be.

Asked if he really believed his father worked for the CIA, he replied, “I shouldn’t get into this right now. This is where we’re going to get into trouble . . . I know it’s true.”

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Charles Harrelson and Woody’s mother married just two weeks after they first met, and he left her and their three sons when Woody was just seven years old.

Speaking of the day he heard his father’s name in connection to the judge’s murder, Woody revealed to The Guardian, “I’m sitting there thinking there can’t be another Charles V. Harrelson. I mean, that’s my dad! It was a wild realization.

“I tried for years to get him out. To get him a new trial… just being a son trying to help his dad. Then I spent a couple of million beating my head against the wall. Lawyers upon lawyers.”

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Despite his dad’s absence from most of Woody’s life, the two eventually reunited.

Before his father’s death, Woody Harrelson said in a TV interview, “How do I feel about him? Well I love him. 

“I definitely love him. Very fond of him. I mean, there’s probably a lot of people who should be behind bars. I don’t necessarily think he’s one of them.”

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Woman is diagnosed with cancer — believes a popular sandwich is to blame

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Lucie Morris-Marr, an investigative journalist and author of the book Processed, received a shocking bowel cancer diagnosis when she believed was in the best shape of her life. At the time of her diagnosis, Lucie felt fit and healthy.

“When you get a diagnosis like this… it’s still really shocking,” she told Nine to Noon.

“I was flying high, my book had just come out, I was invited to festivals and speeches. I was really excited and happy, and then all of it got cancelled and I felt like my identity had been cancelled.”

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While receiving treatment for the stage-four bowel cancer, Lucie started researching more on the disease and was horrified to learn the the World Health Organization links processed meats with bowel cancer and classifies them in the same category as tobacco and alcohol.

“All that kept coming up was processed meats and the link with bowel cancer,” she said.

Thinking of her diet, Lucie believed she wasn’t really a big meat eater, but the more she reflected on her dietary choices, the more she realized she actually did consume processed meat.

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“I started to go ‘I did like the prosciutto on the melon on the charcuterie boards, I did have the odd sausage at Bunnings’ and I started to think yes, it was in my diet,” she said. Eating bacon on Christmas and enjoying pepperoni pizza on Fridays hadn’t seem like a big deal, until she came to the realization that those choices might have contributed to her bowel cancer.

“I still, to this day, don’t claim that was the cause of my bowel cancer, because I’ll never know. There’s lots of other factors it can be. But I started to think, ‘Look it’s in the frame, it’s one of the suspects’ and I just felt very angry about it.

“Where were the warning labels? Where were the health campaigns?

“I’m not starting this food scare but someone needs to amplify it.”

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WHO has labeled processed meats as a Group 1 carcinogen. Consuming just 50 grams of processed meat daily—or around two slices of bacon—can raise your bowel cancer risk by 18%. The more you eat, the higher the risk. This is due to the chemicals used during meat processing.

Processed meats contain nitrates and nitrites that turn harmful when cooked or digested.

On top of that, they are high in fat and sault which can easily lead to heart and blood pressure problems.

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Lucie Morris-Marr believes that her story serves as a reminder that even your favorite sandwich can have a lasting effect on your health. She wants others to understand the dangers of processed meats and take control of their health.

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Little girl stabs plane passenger with fork — gets shoe threat in return

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A viral TikTok video shows a little girl on a 14 hour Qatar Airlines flight stabbing a random passenger with a metal fork while her mother is sound asleep. The video in question caused a stir on the social media with people taking sides, especially after the passenger reacted in what many would dub an “unorthodox” way.

The little girl, wearing a cute pink dress, could be seen standing in the aisle of the plane, holding a fork, while a female passenger tried to get the flight attendant’s attention about the situation.

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“She’s over her stabbing people with forks,” the woman yells while her sister films the entire thing.

“She just randomly stabbed me with a fork,” the woman adds while holding her sandal in the air. “I’m going to f**k her up. I don’t know whose kid that is. I’d get her. I’m going to smack the s**t out of her.”

@donnitta_renee Replying to @D WHEN WE FINALLY GOT ATTENTION, They took the fork! My sister has no chill lmao #qatarairways #donnittarenee #flightkids ♬ original sound – Donnitta_Renee

In another clip, the woman’s sister, who posted the video of the incident on TikTok, revealed that when the girl’s mom woke up, she did nothing about her daughter’s behavior. What’s more, the mom allegedly tried to defend her daughter, saying that she probably just wanted to hand the fork to the woman, not stab her.

According to the second clip, before the fork incident, the girl was “terrorizing” another customer by messing with her TV remote, forcing the passenger to switch seats.

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“Girl definitely came over there and stabbed my sister,” the woman who posted the video recounted. “I don’t know what to say. It was in between, do we jump her or do we beat the mama up?

“She was terrorizing us for almost seven hours on the plane,” the woman claimed. “… We never heard anything from the mom as far as sorry, thank you, anything like that towards us, towards the flight attendant… This 4-year-old is a menace.”

@donnitta_renee Replying to @netta🖤 WE WAS READY THOUGH #realtravelexperiences #donnittarenee #kidsbelike ♬ original sound – Donnitta_Renee

The initial TikTok video has been seen over 23 million times and has gathered a lot of comments.

“I’m the biggest HATER of other people’s kids. Please keep them away from me,” one person commented. “Who’s just letting their kid roam on a plane?” said another, while a third person added: “They definitely need to have kid-free planes.”

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Washington’s new lead prosecutor wastes no time, secures major convictions

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Washington’s new lead prosecutor Jeanine Pirro is making headlines for all the right reasons. Two months into her new role, Pirro started restoring order in D.C. by making major arrests targeting gangs, offenders, and drug traffickers.

On Tuesday, Pirro announced that Jamiek “Onion” Bassil, 32, and Charles “Cheese” Manson, 34, were sentenced to over 130 months each in prison. The two have been charged with drug trafficking conspiracy that distributed fentanyl, crack cocaine and other drugs in Northeast D.C. They also faced charges related to the 2024 shooting in Northeast D.C.

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According to Pirro, Bassil and Manson were members of the “21st and Vietnam” gang that ran a street-level drug business on Maryland Avenue NE. They sold illegal substances all over Washington D.C.

Manson was also involved in the shooting in Northeast D.C. on March 7, 2024. At the time of the incident, he wore a ski mask and opened fire on a passerby walking their dog. Luckily, no injuries were reported.

Police arrested him eight days later and found a loaded Glock 17, over 50 grams of fentanyl-type drugs, cocaine, and drug tools at his home.

Bassil admitted selling 80 grams of fentanyl to undercover agents.

“This is just the beginning,” said a spokesperson for the U.S. Attorney’s Office. “Criminal networks operating in the District should expect intense scrutiny and swift prosecution under Jeanine Pirro’s leadership.”

Another major case by Pirro and her team is the conviction of Taylor Taranto, 39. He livestreamed violent threats and admitted to crafting a “detonator” as he drove a weapon-filled van toward the National Institute of Standards and Technology in Maryland.

“On June 28, 2023, Taranto streamed a live video of himself while driving his van near National Harbor, Maryland. He told the crowd that he had been ‘working on a detonator’ and that he was going to drive a car bomb into the National Institute of Standards and Technology.”

He was found guilty on all charges.

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What drying laundry indoors does to your lungs

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When it’s raining outside and the weather is cold, you may feel tempted to dry your clothes indoors. This is a actually something a lot of people do. In order to dry their clothes faster, they often use drying racks or drape them over warm radiators, unaware of the health risks this habit may cause.

According to research, drying clothes indoors during winter time may increase humidity inside your home by as much as 30%.

This, as a result, leads to perfect conditions for mould growth – especially aspergillus fumigatus, which may cause a life-threatening lung infection.

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“Moist environments encourage the growth of mould which can release ‘seeds’ called spores,” says Pheena Kenny, of the Asthma Society of Ireland. “For some people with asthma who are sensitive to dust and mould spores, it can act as a trigger, causing asthma to get worse.”

Speaking to the Daily Mail, professor David Denning from the National Aspergillosis Centre in Manchester noted, “Most people have immune systems strong enough to handle exposure to [aspergillus fumigatus].

“But for individuals with asthma, it can cause increased coughing and breathing difficulties. And for those with compromised immunity, such as cancer patients on chemotherapy, individuals with autoimmune disorders, or people living with HIV/AIDS — the fungus can lead to a serious condition called pulmonary aspergillosis, which can cause permanent or even life-threatening lung and sinus damage.”

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To better understand aspergillosis, NHS explains it is a condition caused by aspergillus mould that affects the lungs and causes difficulties breathing. Further, it causes sneezing, severe coughing, fever, and even coughing up blood. Its treatment requires antifungal medications. Severe cases include chest pain and weight loss.

It is not contagious and rarely affects healthy people, only those with compromised immune system.

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Craig Mather, a 43-year-old father of three from Bolton, was diagnosed with a lung infection, which he believes he contracted from drying clothes indoors during the winter.

He already suffered from asthma and even had tuberculosis in the past.

“I started feeling better after my doctor diagnosed chronic pulmonary aspergillosis and prescribed antifungal treatments,” he explained.

“But I noticed my symptoms worsened whenever I dried laundry in the bedroom.”

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When he stopped drying clothes indoors after a doctor advised him not to, his condition improved within a year.

Professor Denning says that if you must dry your clothes inside, make sure to keep windows open when the weather allows to let moisture escape, or use a dehumidifier to reduce indoor humidity levels.

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Prince William knew Meghan had ‘no intention’ of staying royal, expert claims

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The initial meeting between Prince William and Meghan Markle was said to be promising, with the two “clicking” right away.

William was very fond of her, although she believed at the time that the relationship between the two would be “trying” from the off, according to Omid Scobie and Carolyn Durand, authors of the Pro-Sussex biography Finding Freedom.

“She was self-aware enough to understand that the brothers were wary of women who were more interested in their titles than their wellbeing,” Scobie and Durand wrote in the book. “And she couldn’t have come from a more different world than that of William, his wife, and most of their friends.”

The first-ever encounter between William and Meghan was quite pleasant for both of them.

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William was reported to have said to his brother’s girlfriend: “I was looking forward to meeting the girl who has put that silly grin on my brother’s face.”

However, despite the initial connection, William believed Harry was rushing things with Meghan and advised him to take it slow, which Harry didn’t like.

“William soon began to wonder about some of Meghan’s traits and motivations,” a source told the Daily Mail, as revealed by the Express.

“He was worried that at times she seemed to be more concerned about her personal progression or profile over the wider goals and aims of the Royal Family.

The future king was said to have told his brother, “Don’t feel you need to rush this,” and “Take as much time as you need to get to know this girl.” Allegedly, Harry got upset by the phrase “this girl.” However, all William wanted was “to make sure that Harry wasn’t blindsided by lust,” Omid Scobie wrote.

Eventually, William decided not to interfere. It was because he could see Meghan was trying to do adjustments in order to fit in the family.

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Today, the relationship between William and Meghan is an entirely different story. Since she and Harry stepped down from their royal duties and left Britain behind, the relationship between the brothers turned into a rocky one. What added fuel to the fire were the numerous interviews both Harry and Meghan gave in which they accused the royals of a number of things, which obviously, the Palace didn’t like.

Royal biographer and commentator Phil Dampier told The Sun that William could sense Meghan’s plan of marrying into the royal family.

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“I think, unfortunately, that confirms what I’ve been saying or thought for the last few years that, sadly, Meghan never really had any intention of staying in the royal family,” Dampier told the Sun, in reference to what Queen Elizabeth’s confidante, Lady Elizabeth Anson, said of William’s concerns about Meghan marrying his brother. “She saw as a stepping stone getting married to Harry to new fame and fortune. And I think that’s what initially Prince William was concerned about.

“That’s why they fell out. And now we are where we are. But to have this confirmed by somebody so close to the queen is really dynamite,” he added, claiming that the information he received had come “right from the horse’s mouth,” and was “very, very telling.”

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