Devastating news about a baby boy left out in the freezing temperatures by his mother who forgot about him has shaken the world. Her negligence led for the little one to freeze to death.
According to the local media, the heartbreaking incident took place in the city of Nikolaevsk-on-Amur, Russia, and the baby in question was only seven months old.
Currently, authorities are further investigating the case.
It was reported how the mom put the baby outside on the balcony of the family apartment so he could nap in the fresh air, but she only remembered to check on him after more than five hours passed.
Russian winters are severe and on the day of the incident, the temperatures were -4 degrees Fahrenheit (-20 degrees Celsius).
The cause of death was hypothermia, a condition which occurs when the body loses heat faster than it can produce it, which leads for the temperature to drop very low.
Many parents believe that leaving their children nap outdoors during cold weather helps them avoid colds and coughs. However, after many media outlets have shared this story and the wide public showed their rage and condemned the irresponsible mother, Russian health authorities warned parents to never leave their children outside unattended, according to Fox News.
“Always know where and with whom [your child] is,” the ministry issued a warning in an Instagram post, adding, “Do not pass by if another child is in danger — in winter a child who is lost or injured on the street can very quickly become a victim of low temperatures.”
For a young life to be lost in such manner is beyond sad and tragic. Rest in peace little angel.
A mother named Nicole Langmead and her four year old daughter Kaya were having fun time at the local McDonald’s restaurant when the girl felt the need to go to the bathroom. She asked her mom whether she could go all by herself, to which the mom said yes.
After all, the mother was right there, staying next to the bathroom making sure Kaya was all fine. However, she soon regretted the decision of leaving her daughter inside alone.
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Nicole recalls that just before Kaya entered the bathroom, two girls were stepping out of it laughing hysterically. But that, of course, didn’t raise the alarm as it’s something we see every day.
At that point, nothing could really warn this mother of the danger that was awaiting her little girl.
Sadly, Kaya suffered serious injuries because those two mean girls they saw minutes before put superglue on the toilet seat. According to Metro, the little girl’s skin ripped from her legs and it caused her unbearable pain.
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The McDonald’s staff acted quickly and provided help. Police was also alerted of the incident. They are now trying to identify and locate the girls. What they did was cruel and mean and they have to suffer the consequences of their careless behavior.
Nicole is now trying to spread Kaya’s story in order to warn other parents to be extra cautious when letting their kids alone to the bathroom of restaurants and other public places.
Very often, we speak of the deep impact adoption has on the life of animals neglectful owners leave at shelters. However, our words are pale in comparison to witnessing first hand the joy these creatures feel the moment they get adopted.
Going from a tiny kennel to a comfy home surrounded by people who care is priceless. Luckily, those animals who are adopted are given the chance to experience this sort of unbridled happiness.
Benny is a shy dog that resided at the high-kill shelter Carson Animal Care Center in California. He would spend all his days waiting for someone to cross his path and take him out of that place.
He never knew what future held for him until finally the day of his adoption came.
And his reaction? One of the cutest we’ve ever seen. He just could’t hide the delight and exhilaration that filled his heart when his new forever human came to take him home.
By sharing this lovely story, you help raise awareness of the importance of adopting shelter animals. Who knows, maybe you will be the reason for some dog’s happy ending!
Having a baby is exciting and stressful, but having twins is even more so, in fact, its one of the most exciting experiences to go through! It comes with its own challenges and sometimes serious complications with mom or baby.
Giving birth takes its toll in the body, one mom got the surprise of her life when it was time to give birth, even the doctors were in awe!
Around 10-15% of pregnancies are estimated to start with twins but, sadly, end up with only one baby. It’s called the “vanishing twin” syndrome, many mothers never find out even. It is more common to need extra care as a mother of twins though, more observations, and many things can go wrong too.
Sara Thistlewaite, a math teacher from Ohio decided it was time to start a family of her own with her husband. They were excited for the arrival of their tiny babies, identical twins, they had many many questions!
As it happens the twins were having a really rather rare set of twins, they were identical but monoamniotic twins, which means that they shared the same anionic sac inside the mom’s womb. That was a 1 in 10,000 chance that they had babies like this, straight away, they knew they were special!
….they didn’t expect a delivery as special as the pregnancy though!
Sarah spent over two months in the hospital due to her rare pregnancy, every single person concerned was interested in the rare pregnancy, she began to feel like she was under a microscope. But what she did not know was that it was about to get worse…
The couple, early on, knew that Sarah was set to have a C-section because the babies were completely together, right next to each other. The doctors thought said that it was a routine procedure and said that everything would be just fine.
The Doctors gaped in shock though, it was really apparent that what they were seeing was unusual…
Sara had a screen that covered what was happening and what the doctors were doing. She just wanted to hear her baby cry, it would indicate normal breathing and a successful birth had happened. But instead, she just heard noises of shock as the babies were taken from her womb.
The Doctors could not separate the babies to pull them out one by one so they took them out together, entwined into one. At first, they were not sure that the babies were OK at first, but when they looked closer they then realized what was really happening, the room then fell silent…
Her heart felt like it was going to beat out of her chest, she was impatient and demanded to see her babies now! With what they saw it was really obvious that the two already share a special bond.
The two babies came into this world holding hands!! When the doctor’s realized it along with the nurses they all felt a special touching moment. Everyone began to cry in joy and happiness, this really was one in a million baby birth!!
Thankfully there was somebody on hand to take photos of the babies and capture the moment forever in a picture, everyone wanted to know more, everyone was so touched, how special it really was.
The story about the coupe and their babies was featured in newspapers and magazines alike, nobody could get enough of the story and how it happened and the moments before and after the birth, plus of course the lovely photo of the babies holding hands!
The birth and indeed the whole pregnancy was a little scary, to say the least, but both babies came out healthy and with all their fingers and toes. The special bond they share is very obvious right from the start. The called the babies Julian and Jenna.
The girls really love doing everything together, even wearing matching clothes, the couple really has a hard time separating them.
Sara said:
“Sometimes if my husband goes to the store, he’ll take one twin and I’ll keep the other. When that happens, they both get really upset and ask for each other. They’re definitely really close. They’re like two peas in a pod.”
Although difficult at times, their parents really love them both equally, every step of the way, bringing up twins is a challenge every day!
What a wonderful in a million story, please SHARE this story if you loved it as much as us!
Who wouldn’t want to spend the holidays surrounded by family and friends? I guess that is what every person is longing for, because not being able to experience that feeling of warmth and coziness of your place during the most wonderful time of the year might be the worst thing ever. After all, the holidays should be all about family and friends, and those we love the most.
Unfortunately, many people don’t get to experience the holiday festivities at home, usually because of their demanding job positions. Think of all the doctors, nurses, firefighters, and military men and women who spend endless hours and shifts helping those in need, and serving a whole nation. These people certainly don’t have it easy.
As a result of deployment many soldiers miss not only the holidays, but many times the birth of their children and watching them grow up, many birthdays, gatherings, and other special events. For these people, as well for their families, having a chance to make it home is the ultimate Christmas present.
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Christmas can be challenging for military people and their families. Parents, spouses, and children of soldiers spend the holidays yearning for their presence while hoping they stay safe throughout their deployment. ADVERTISEMENT
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SOURCE: YOUTUBE SCREENSHOT – KPC NEWS It seemed like a farfetched wish, but anything is possible especially if Santa is listening. Coincidentally, their school had a lottery during their Christmas breakfast. The lottery would give the winner a chance to ask Santa for whatever they wanted for Christmas. In a video posted by KPC News, Superintendent Alan Middleton is in the middle of choosing the winner. Source: YouTube/ KPC NEWS
Specialist Ethan Harris did a tour in Afghanistan as part of the storied 101st Airborne Division, also known as the “Screaming Eagles” because of their patch.
A year after being away it was finally the time for this Specialist to reunite with his family. He got to be home for Christmas, and since it is the time of the year when we give presents, he got the idea of surprising his mom by doing something both emotional and fun.
Spc. Harris’ mother works at the Prairie Heights Middle School. It was the perfect place for him to show up and make her jaw drop. So he did just that, went to the lottery the school organizes each year, dressed up in a uniform, but not the one everyone is used to seeing him in.
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Kim Harris, Spc. Harris’ mother, isn’t just a math teacher, but one of the best teachers ever. She is loving and caring and students simply adore her. She was told her son was already in the United States and she was anticipating to embrace him and tell him how much she missed him.
On the day of the lottery there is always a person dressed as Santa. This year wasn’t any different, everyone was gathered at the school cafeteria, the Big Old man was also there waiting for the people to tell him their Christmas wishes. That’s when the Superintendent Alan Middleton called Kim’s name.
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He then told her to come in the front and sit in Santa’s lap. She was quite excited and laughing all the time. When Santa asked her what it was that she wanted for Christmas she replied:
“Peace on Earth and goodwill towards men.”
Although her wish list was long, the best present she could have think of was there already.
“My son is safely on U.S. soil.”
Santa then asked Kim where her son was, but when she responded “Fort Campbell,” he only had one more question to ask.
“Are you sure?”
That’s when Santa pulled his beard down and revealed his true identity!
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This mother’s reaction is priceless. She really couldn’t be happier knowing she will get to spend Christmas with her son.
Watch the full reunion in the KPC News video below:
What makes a mother? Is it just the process of carrying a child and giving birth or being there for that little bundle of joy and doing all you can to raise them into respected individuals?
Actress Sandra Bullock is a proud mother of two wonderful kids, 10-year-old Louis and 8-year-old Laila. Bullock was highest paid actress in 2010 and 2014 and was named The Most Beautiful Woman in 2015 by People magazine. In addition to that, she was on the list of Time’s 100 most influential people in the world in 2010.
However, besides her successful career, she seems she’s most proud of being a mom.
Bullock’s kids are adopted, and people calling them “adopted children” is what makes her really angry. She believes that no child should ever be labeled in such manner, because she is a mother to these incredible children as much as any mother is to the kid she had given birth to.
During an interview with InStyle, the Oscar winning actress brought up the question about children who are adopted and said, “Let’s all just refer to these kids as “our kids.” Don’t say “my adopted child.” No one calls their kid their “IVF child” or their “oh, shit, I went to a bar and got knocked-up child.” Let just say, “our children.”
She tends to provide for Louis and Laila a regular upbringing and tends to keep them out of the spotlight as much as possible. Bullock knows best that being a mother is so much more than just giving birth and we all have to agree with her. Her kids are lucky to have her as a mom.
Those who get to grow up with their grandparents by their side are one of the luckiest people there are because the elderly are the most caring individuals who unselfishly share with us the wisdom they have gathered throughout the years.
One bride from Poland and her loving granddad melted the hearts of the entire nation after a video of them walking down the aisle holding hands was shared online. The granddad, Bronislaw Karovsky, was a war veteran who received a number of awards for his bravery. Despite his fragile health, he accompanied his granddaughter Joanna to the altar while wearing his military uniform.
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Mr. Karovsky was part of the Polish movement against the Nazis and participated in the Warsaw Uprising. At one point, he was caught by the enemies, but managed to escape. Shortly after, he was captured again and was forced to spend 10 years in prison due to his actions against the communist government in Poland.
After the liberation of Poland, he received numerous awards.
Sadly, just two days after his granddaughter’s wedding, Mr. Karovsky passed away at the age of 94. He will be remembered as a very special man who fought for his country. And for Joanna, she now has a video of a beautiful moment she shared with him to hold on and to cherish forever.
Winning an Academy Award and a Golden Globe and having starred in movies dubbed iconic, among which Thelma and Louis, it looks like Geena Davis has a lot to be proud of. Her acting career is one of the most successful in Hollywood, although there were times when Davis kept herself out of the spotlight.
Recently, all eyes were on her after it was revealed that she and her fourth husband, plastic surgeon Reza Jarrahy, have reached a settlement agreement in their divorce nearly three and a half years after he initially filed for it.
Jarrahy is the father of Davis’ three children, daughter Alizeh Keshvar Davis Jarrahy, and twin sons Kaiis Steven Jarrahy and Kian William Jarrahy.
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Jarray was reported to have wanted to split assets with Davis but she claimed that they were never legally married. A source claimed that the pair spent around $1.5 million on their divorce proceedings. She continued living in their California mansion, while he faced bankruptcy and was forced to sleep at friends’ places and even his car, according to media outlets.
Davis’ net worth, on the other hand, is said to be $30 million.
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In the past, she could be heard saying how she doesn’t want her kids to pursue careers in the film industry. Davis herself has always dreamed of becoming an actress.
During her young years, she was into athletics and even played basketball for her school’s team. Later on, Davis pursued a modeling career and had to lie about her height, she’s 6-feet-tall, because as she once said, “believe it or not, you can be considered too tall.”
In 1997, after graduating from Boston University where she majored in drama, Davis moved to New York and worked as a sales clerk and waitress as well as a mannequin in store windows. During that period, she was featured as a model in the famous Victoria Secret Catalog, after signing with the Zoli Agency. This opened many doors for young Davis, and one of them, probably the most important of all, was the one leading to Hollywood.
“I knew I wanted to be in movies, as opposed to theater,” she told NPR.
“I decided that I would try becoming a model first because, at that time, Christie Brinkley and Lauren Hutton were being offered parts in movies. And I thought, OK, well, I’ll just become a model, and then they’ll just offer me parts because obviously, it’s so much easier to become a supermodel.
“It ultimately all worked out for me, but the likelihood of becoming a famous model was actually pretty slim, and I didn’t,” she added.
“I did get work, and it was through my model agency that I got my first acting job.”
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Besides being part of a number of successful movies, including Beetlejuice, The Accidental Tourist, which brought her an Academy Award, the series Buffalo Bill, and many more, she’s also a women’s rights activist.
“There are going to be so many movies starring women, about women, female road pictures, whatever,” she said in a Q&A of the noise surrounding Thelma and Louis.
“I’m thinking, hot dog, let’s sit back and wait for all this magic change to happen. We’re still waiting. It really did not happen. It seems like every five years or so, there’s another movie starring women that’s a huge hit, and people say, ‘Well now certainly everything is going to change,’ and it really hasn’t.”
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For a while, Davis changed focus in careers and turned to archery after she got fascinated with it after watching American Justin Huish win two gold medals at the Atlanta Summer Olympic Games. She trained very hard and even received a number of local as well as national awards. Her focus were the the 2020 Olympic Games, but despite her hard work, she fell short of qualifying.
The 65-year-old actress founded Geena Davis Institute on Gender In Media in 2004, a “non-profit research organization that researches gender representation in media and advocates for equal representation of women.”
Last year, she won the Academy Award’s Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award for her work.
“We’ve been doing it about 15 years now, and we can measure progress,” Davis said.
“There’s a lot of progress that needs to still be made for characters of color or with different abilities. And age is another factor. But I’m very excited that we are seeing progress.”
David Robert Jones, or David Bowie as we all know him, was considered a leading figure in the music industry and one of the most famous and most influential musicians of the 20th century. Unfortunately, this great man left this world in 2016 after a battle with cancer. He left behind a legacy and a number of iconic music pieces that would be around in the years to come.
Bowie had been married to entrepreneur and former supermodel Iman for 26 years. They had daughter Alexandria “Lexi” Jones together, who was still a teenager when her father died.
Today, almost 6 years after his passing, Iman spoke of the sorrow she felt and the presence of her husband that she feels every single day.
Speaking to Today, Iman revealed how her daughter asked her if she would ever remarry, to what she answered “no.”
“People say to me when they talk, ‘Oh I loved your late husband,’ and I said, ‘He’s not my late husband, he’s my husband,’ so that’s how I feel about it. This was truly the love of my life, and I just wait until I meet him again.”
In the process of helping Lexi deal with the grief, Iman realized she didn’t dealt with the grief herself.
“I had a daughter who was a teenager when her father passed away, so I was really more concentrated in helping her go through her grief,” Iman shared. “But I thought, oh yes, I did go through my grief, but I actually did not.”
“Last year I went to my house estate, this beautiful property that I haven’t spent time there since my husband passed away, and there I was stuck for the year and I was forced to deal with it,” she continued. “All of a sudden grief knocked on the door and became a companion. And I went through all of it, and now it is the joy that I remember.”
Iman also recalled the time she and Bowie first met. Apparently, he felt it was love at first sight. She, on the other hand, needed few months to get there.
After their first date, Iman had to travel to Paris for a runway show. Once she entered her hotel room, she was stunned by the incredible sight. The entire place was filled with beautiful Gardenias that Bowie arranged for her. When she returned, he waited for her at the airport.
“Early on, we were walking down the street and my shoelace came undone and he got on his knees to tie it for me and I thought he’s the one,” she told People.
The muse of a number of designers, among which Gianni Versace, Thierry Mugler, Calvin Klein, Donna Karan and Yves Saint Laurent, paid tribute to her late husband by creating a fragrance named Love Memoir. It can be purchased exclusively at HSN and hsn.com.
“There are days that are harder than others but the memories are not all sad of why the person isn’t here. The memories are now of how great it was. Sometimes I have to remind myself that I had 26 years. So I have that to sustain me,” she said.
“I definitely feel his presence,” Iman added, “especially when I look out over the glorious sunsets at our home because David loves sunsets. So in that way he is ever present.”
The ongoing pandemic imposed “a new normal” where we are expected to limit the social contacts to the minimum. A number of businesses were forced to close down and that left millions of people jobless and struggling to make ends meet. One of those affected by the pandemic was a man named Robert Simpson who not only experienced a hard time landing a job, but lost his home too. He and his girlfriend, along with her 6-year-old son, were forced to move into a hotel where they pay rent. But with his only income being his disability check of $1,000 a month, living was hard.
Unable to provide for his family, Robert decided to try his luck by standing at a corner at the Hurstbourne exit off Interstate 64 in Louisville with a sign in his hands saying, “Handyman. 25 years exp. Need work.”
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He stood there for days before someone snapped a photo of him and shared it on Instagram along with the caption, “This man was out on Hurstborne (Louisville, Ky) today. He isn’t asking for money, he just wants to work. If you know any businesses that may be in need of a handyman please pass his number on.”
Luckily, the photo caught the attention of the right person, Kyle Kark, the owner of Greenstar Home Remodeling, company offering remodeling services, mainly of offices.
Even though he had never met Robert before, Kyle decided to give him a call and offer him a steady job. Just what Robert needed and hoped for.
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Speaking to WLKY News Louisville, Robert said, “It feels excellent. It’s a blessing. I didn’t even ask him what he was paying. I just came. And he’s been taking care of me ever since.”
Kyle even drives Robert to work every day as he doesn’t have a car. On top of that, Kyle organized a fundraiser to help Robert with his rent and to ease his life even further.
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“Green Star Home has had the honor and privilege to work with Rob the Handyman today,” the GoFundMe page read.
“Though we will continue to help Rob and his family out when and where we can, we ask our community to also provide the much needed support.
Rob is a humble man and has not once asked for a dime he has not earned, but he and his family are without essential needs, such as a vehicle and a permanent place to stay, so it is Green Star’s hope that you will join us in supporting our neighbor Rob and his family by providing the funds needed to get him back on his feet.
We thank you in advance for your kindness and generosity.”
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The page helped raise over $24,000. One person who donated $1,000 wrote, “God bless you and your family. I am honored to help you to gain a fresh start. You are the best this Country has to offer! A real role model.”
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For more on the story and Robert and Kyle’s interviews go to the video below. What an inspiring story during these tough times for the humanity.
Rescue teams consisting of the Bartholomew County Water Rescue and Recovery Team, other water rescue agencies, as well as a number of volunteers, were searching for 2-year-old Emma Sweet after her father Jeremy was spotted by duck hunters in his partially submerged pick up truck last Friday. Both Jeremy and Emma were reported missing by the girl’s mother, but at the time Jeremy was found, little Emma was nowhere to be seen.
The extensive and thorough search ended up with Emma’s body being recovered from White River, some 2.5 miles downstream from where Jeremy was discovered. The body was found next to a pile of debris in the water, as reported by Yahoo.
Emma’s mother and uncle were also part of the search teams.
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In a Facebook post on the Bartholomew County Sheriff page, Sheriff Matt Myers wrote while the search was still ongoing, “I have never in my 30 years in law enforcement seen such cooperation and teamwork in an investigation. I had no doubt that the men and women searching for Emma would find her.”
Speaking of the girl’s mother and family, the sheriff added, “I pray the Lord to comfort them during this difficult time.
“I again want to praise the first responders and all of those who came out to help search for Emma.”
It remains unclear how the pick up truck ended in the water. In the meantime, Jeremy was placed on the 72-hour hold.
Detectives spoke to him several times and he has given conflicting stories about how he and his daughter ended up in the water.
Once he’s out of the hospital, where he is being treated for hypothermia, he would be taken to the Bartholomew County Jail, as per sheriff Myers.
Hollywood is the place where the magic happens. Besides all those glorious million-dollar worth productions, it is also known for the love stories of many celebrities who hope to find the right one in a colleague or a co-star. However, what is typical for most Hollywood marriages is that they don’t usually last, and the one between the Bridget Jones’ Diary star Renée Zellweger and country singer Kenny Chesney is an example of that.
From the very start, the public believed that this couple was a bit unlike. Renée was reaching for the stars at the time, while Kenny already had a number of famous songs under his belt, so they were both famous in their own right.
What they had in common was that they were both from Texas, but that wasn’t reason enough for their union to succeed.
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The two were reported to have first met during NBC’s broadcast “Concert of Hope,” a tsunami aid telethon in January 2005. Apparently, Kenny learned that Renée was trying to “pass him a note.”
“When the broadcast wrapped, [Chesney] went over [to Zellweger] and said, ‘I hear you are trying to pass me a note — don’t let the principal find out,’” a friend of Rene’s told People.
Before this meeting, Renée was dating other people. She was shortly engaged to actor Jim Carrey and dated musician Jack White, lead singer of The White Stripes.
At the time, Kenny already had 20 albums and more than 40 top 10 singles on the US Billboard Hot Country, while Renée charmed the world with her roles in Jerry Maguire and the iconic Bridget JonesDiary.
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Once Renée and Kenny announced they were dating, the news took the magazines by storm. Few weeks later, they revealed they tied the knot during a private ceremony at St. John at Kenny’s place in the gated community of Peter Bay.
“It’s a quick, surprise wedding, kind of a shocker for all of us here in Hollywood who did not see it coming,” Mark Steins of Entertainment Tonight wrote at the time.
What came as a bigger shock was that just four months after saying I do, Renée asked her marriage to be annulled. Neither of them wanted to speak of the reasons which led to the decision at the time, but over the years, they both opened up and tried to make things more clear.
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Apparently, Rene listed “fraud” as the reason for her marriage to be annulled, and that caused quite a stir because people started speculating that Kenny could be gay. The actress the felt the urge to comment on those speculations, saying, “the miscommunication of the objective of their marriage at the start is the only reason for this annulment.”
Further, she was reported to have told Celebrity Nine, “That made me sad. It made me sad that somehow people were using that as a way to be cruel and calling someone gay as a pejorative, which has fateful consequences. Of course, there’s the bigger-picture problem of why anyone had to make up a story at all.”
Some believed the problem started at their honeymoon. “Well, we did our honeymoon in Little Rock at a show. I had to go back on the road, so we went to Little Rock, Oklahoma City, Dallas and San Antonio. And then I flew here. So it was not that great of a honeymoon,” the musician reported back in the day.
During an appearance at Oprah, Kenny tried to explain what really happened between him and his now ex-wife. He said his life was sort of packed in a box, and Renée somehow didn’t fit in that box.
”I panicked. It was out of the box. Oh my God, but it’s tough. It really is tough, and she’s a sweet soul, no doubt about it, but I just wasn’t ready…. This is the first time I’ve actually talked about it, but that’s what happened.”
This, however, didn’t put a stop to the rumors, so in 2009, Kenny had an interview with Playboy, as reported by CMT News, and went further on to explain, “That is the most unbelievable thing in the world … What guy who loves girls wouldn’t be angry about that sh—? I didn’t sign up for that. I think people need to live their lives the way they want to, but I’m pretty confident in the fact that I love girls. (laughs) I’ve got a long line of girls who could testify that I am not gay.”
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Although this celeb marriage was short-lived, it managed to cause controversy. We believe both Renée and Kenny are glad this period of their lives is behind them as they both continued be great at what they do when it comes to their professional lives.
Every journey starts with a single step, and the road to a healthier lifestyle for the “star” of the third season of My 600–lb Life, Amber Rachdi, was challenging and burdensome. It took this young lady five years for her to get her life back. This is her story.
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Amber struggled with her weight basically her whole life. When this Oregon girl was just five, she weighted 160 pounds. She struggled with eating disorder that later led to anxiety disorder and anxiety attacks. Sadly, in order to calm down, Amber would always turn to food. She admitted she found comfort in eating and her parents cooked her meals whenever she was anxious or nervous.
When Amber was 23, her life didn’t resemble that of those her age in any way. While her friends were out partying, she was “imprisoned” in her home and had a hard time performing even the simplest of tasks such as getting down the stairs.
The only time she went out was when she and boyfriend Rowdy, who lived with her and her parents, went shopping together. Even then, she was moving around using a mobility scooter.
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The worst of all was that although Amber hated the condition she put herself in, she believed there was nothing that could be done and instead of turning to a healthier way of living, she would just eat more and more with each passing day.
“I’ve tried so hard, so many times, to change the way I eat. But I can’t. I’m already such a failure. Why not just keep failing? I hate being in public. I feel like a sideshow,” she said.
However, her wake-up call was when she was told that in case she doesn’t change her life, she wouldn’t likely reach her 30th birthday.
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At the age of 23, Amber met the doctor who would change her life, famous Dr. Nowzaradan, also known as “Dr Now” who’s part of the TLC’s show My 600-lb Life.
However, on her way to Houston, Texas, where the show is filmed, she experienced an unpleasant situation. Her wheelchair couldn’t hold her and broke down, so her father had to wheel her through the airport in an over-sized luggage cart. On the plane, Amber was sitting on two sits and could hardly squeeze into the row.
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Amber was hoping to get the so much anticipated gastric bypass to reduce her enlarged stomach, but that wasn’t as easy as she thought. Dr. Now said her condition was worrying and asked her to lose at least 20 pounds before he considered operating on her.
She was determined to continue her journey and her diet now consisted of mainly vegetables and chicken. Her family moved to Houston to help her stay on the right path, although her boyfriend continued eating junk food in Amber’s presence but she didn’t fall into temptation. Instead, she started going to the gym. “Starting to walk again has been difficult,” she explained. “It hurts and it’s hard.”
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Amber lost 17 pounds, and Dr. Now decided it was enough for the surgery to take place. Her stomach was reduced from the size of a football to the size of a baseball. It was the new start she was longing for for so long, and she knew there was no going back if she wanted to be happy and healthy again.
Over the course of a year, brave and determined Amber lost 267lb, going from size 6X to 2X.
She said her journey was hard and described it as a “crummy experience,” according to the In Touch Weekly. “They exert a certain kind of pressure and lack a human touch sometimes,” she wrote. “They assumed we would be difficult and were rather forceful with their demands? It didn’t feel good, respectful, or mutually beneficial working with the production. There are lovely individuals on their payroll, and I met some incredible people, but it definitely wasn’t an experience I want to repeat.”
Children have the purest souls.They always speak their mind and do impressive things. The parents of 8-year-old Sammie Striker of Saginaw, Michigan, have a lot to be proud of because of their daughter. You see, Sammie isn’t an ordinary girl who dreams of buying herself a bunch of toys and fancy clothes. She knows that somebody out there could use the money she earns for much practical purposes.
Sammie “runs” a lemonade stand and all the money she makes go to a special place, the VA Hospital in Saginaw.
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Although she’s young, she understands the sacrifice of our veterans so she wants to repay them for their service in the most adorable way. Knowing she collects money for the veterans, most of her customers don’t ask for a change when they buy a cup of her juicy refreshment. Many leave $10 or even $20.
Last year, she sold 65 gallons of lemonade and made $1,500. This year, she set her goal to $2,000, and thanks to everyone who stopped by her stand, she reached it.
Sammie presented the hospital with a check of $2,111.
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“They said that we need more people like you in the community because we can take all the help we can get for the hospitals and because there’s a lot of people that need help,” Sammie said of the hospital’s officials.
Jeffrey Wendt, an official with the VA Hospital, said that they are impressed with Sammie’s work and her dedication to her cause. “It’s a great message to other students and other young people to be as generous and as hard working as she is,” he said.
For next year, Sammie is hoping to raise $5,000 that she’s planning on donating again.
Four girls who were out having fun and hanging out were suddenly attacked by one man who tried to kidnap one of them. He pulled the girl by the hair and started pulling her towards him. It was a moment of shock for both the girl in question and her friends.
“He looked really weird,” Allison Eickhoff told Inside Edition. “He grabbed me and he, like, covered my mouth and he grabbed my head. He said, ‘You’re coming with me,’ and I was, like, in shock.”
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Luckily, the rest of the girls, among which Allison’s sister, acted quickly and prevented the worst case scenario from taking place all because of our favorite beverage; coffee. Having their huge cups of coffee in their hands, the quick-thinking girls threw them at the alleged abductor and started hitting him on the head.
“I grabbed my drink and chucked it at his head. I tried, I punched him in the head,” Lauren told ABC News. “Seeing that your little sister was going to get taken is very scary.”
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The police arrived at the scene just in time to arrest the predator, 22-year-old Bruce Hipkins who has since been charged with a multitude of cases including unlawful imprisonment, assault and battery, and two counts of criminal sexual conduct. His bail was set at $250,000.
The girl’s bravery could also be seen on Hipkins’ mugshot, which shows his shirt visibly covered in coffee stains.
The girls’ dad, Aaron Eickhoff, has taught his daughters how to act in self-defense and his glad those lesson came in handy when they needed them the most.
“Punch ’em, kick ’em, anything to get away and always punch in the throat … they go and stop breathing,” Allison shared some of the tricks with Inside Edition.
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Millington Police Chief Jason Oliver was pretty impressed with the girls’ act and how they saved themselves. “The girls thought fast and did the right thing by fighting back,” he said.
The girls shared a piece of advice with others, saying to “always fight back because you always have a chance.”
For more on the story check out the video below. We are so glad everything turned out for the best and a disaster was avoided from taking place.
The trial of Kyle Rittenhouse, which ended with him being found not guilty, attracted the attention of the wide public. And while some believed he acted in self-defense the night he killed two people and wounded one, others were convinced he needed to be found guilty of all the charges and jailed for life.
On the night of August 25, 2020, Rittenhouse left his home in Antioch, Illinois, and went Kenosha, Wisconsin, holding a weapon. He claimed he drove to Kenosha in order to protect businesses from the rioters protesting against the police in the shooting of Jacob Blake.
This year’s hottest new Republican accessory is Kyle Rittenhouse, who went out and killed two people in the street.
They’re literally fighting over who gets to stand next to him.
Rittenhouse faced charges of first-degree reckless homicide and first-degree intentional homicide, amongst others, with the second of those carrying a mandatory life sentence without the possibility of parole. The entire time, he claimed that he killed his victims, Joseph Rosenbaum and Anthony Huber, and wounded third, because he acted in self-defense.
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Amid his trial, a poll asked the public to take a stand, and the results showed that two-thirds of Republicans believed he should be acquitted, while three-quarters of Democrats thought he should be convicted.
After reaching a verdict and finding Rittenhouse not guilty, he went on to speak of his case, saying that it was a classic example of prosecutorial misconduct. In an interview with right-wing host Tucker Carlson, Rittenhouse said, “It wasn’t Kyle Rittenhouse on trial in Wisconsin; it was the right of self-defense on trial.”
He then went on to explain, “I believe there needs to be change. I believe there’s a lot of prosecutorial misconduct — not just in my case, but in other cases. And it’s just amazing to see how much a prosecutor can take advantage of somebody. If they did this to me, imagine what they could have done to a person of color who doesn’t maybe have the resources I do or isn’t widely publicized, like my case.”
Kyle Rittenhouse: “This case has nothing to do with race.”
One of the public figures who stood by Rittenhouse’s side from day one was former President Donald Trump. Six days after the trial started back in 2020, while Trump was still POTUS, he was reported saying, “He was trying to get away from them, I guess, it looks like. I guess he was in very big trouble. He probably would have been killed,” referring to the shooting.
Days after getting out of prison, not surprisingly, Rittenhouse paid Trump a visit at his Mar-A-Lago resort in Florida. The two shared a photo on Twitter on which they have huge grins on their faces.
After the meeting, Trump had an hour-long interview with Fox News’ Sean Hannity, during which, among the rest, he discussed meeting Rittenhouse and his mother.
“Kyle, I got to know him a little bit. He called. He wanted to know if he could come over and say hello because he was a fan, unlike the other guy,” Trump said.
Referring to the trial, Trump added, “He should never have been put through that. That was prosecutorial misconduct,” calling Kyle “a really nice young man.”
Most women dream of getting married to the love of their life and having their father walk them down the aisle. However, only the luckiest ones get to experience this joy.
William “Willie” Shelton, a U.S. Army veteran and a father of seven daughters, always hoped to walk his girls down the aisle on their most special day. Sadly, after he was diagnosed with brain cancer and was only given weeks to live, this dream of his became very distant, almost impossible to be fulfilled.
His wife Cheryl was devastated. The thought of losing her husband broke her heart, but there was still one thing she could do for him. As one of their daughters, Emily Flinn, got married at a courthouse before, Cheryl decided to organize a wedding ceremony in the family’s backyard. However, not only Emily, but the rest of Willie’s daughters were dressed in wedding gowns, and he got to walk each and every one of them down the aisle.
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He won’t be there on the day they marry, but at least they will have one special memory of their dad to hold and to cherish.
The ceremony was organized in just three days time with the help of many kindhearted individuals, including David’s Bridal, Taylor Elchert Photography, and a hair studio, as well as local businesses and the LifeCare Hospice.
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“We had this idea we put together in three days. We got all the wedding gowns for the girls and hospice helped us out a great deal with some of the planning,” Cheryl told Fox 8 News Cleveland.
“I always assumed that my dad would be there to walk me down the aisle and when the possibility was there that he wasn’t going to be able to — this was everything,” said Lindsey Shelton, one of Willie’s daughters.
Unfortunately, Willie passed away two weeks after the touching ceremony took place. He was 44.
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You can take a look at the beautiful event in the video below. Rest in peace Willie.
There is no greater pain than that of losing a child. Watching your most precious jewel struggle and fights for their life while there is nothing you can do to ease their pain has to be the most heartbreaking thing ever. Unfortunately, some parents experience this heartbreak and are forced to say that last goodbye to their child.
Christine and Chris McArdle received devastating news when they were told their 9-month-old baby boy Brice had Embryonal tumors with multilayered rosettes (ETMR). He had to undergo a number of surgeries and chemo treatments, but that didn’t help much. Instead, the parents were told that there was nothing left to be done and that sweet Brice had between two to twelve weeks to live.
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Instead of spending that time crying, Christine and Chris decided to make the most out of it and complete a bucket list which included a bunch of fun activities.
On Monday, they went to America’s biggest mall where Brice could spend some time playing at the kid-friendly attractions, including merry-go-round.
They also visited a science museum, a railroad museum, and had Star Wars experience.
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Brice spent most of his final days at hospice and his mom and dad took as much time off of work as they could, with their colleagues donating work shifts and even money.
Chris said, “We got the news that basically it’s a done deal, we both just decided we are not gonna work. We are going to spend every waking moment with him we can and we trust God with the results of that.” Christine added, “All the things we imagined doing with Brice, all in one four to twelve week period. All the things we thought we’d be doing when he was a toddler, we want to do now.”
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Unfortunately, baby Brice died on August 10 and left his parents’ hearts filled with grief. They are glad his last days were filled with fun. Rest in peace, little one.
When something is so beautiful, even though it happened quite some time ago, it’s still worth talking about and sharing, such an amazing show of Love you could ever see!
It was back in 2010, and 1st Lieutenant Todd Weaver was in Afghanistan, unfortunately, it was there that he lost his life, killed by an improvised explosive device.
Emma, his widow, was completely devastated, his young not even one year old daughter, Kylie, would never get to meet her father.
Todd was given a hero’s funeral back on American soil and buried in the Arlington National Cemetery.
Such a sad thing that Emma and Kylie never got to say goodbye to the loving father, Todd never got the chance to tell them all his feelings before he left too, well, so Emma thought….
Emma was at her computer, a couple of days after the funeral when she found something breathtaking. Just staring at her on her computer desktop was a folder with two ‘Word documents’, one called “Dear Emma” and another called “Dear Kiley”.
Her Loving husband Todd must have written the letters before he went out to Afghanistan, just in case the worse came to worse.
Such beautiful letters are a testament to the love he had for them both, and that of a hero and proud father!
Read the two amazing and beautiful letters:
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The first letter is from Todd to his wife, Emma:
Dear Emma:
Well if you are reading this, I guess I did not make it home and therefore, I was not able to remind you again of how much I love you.
I love you so much baby and I will always love you. Although I may not be here right now, take comfort in the fact that I am watching over you right now.
I am not gone and I will always be with you in spirit. I know this time must be hard for you but I also know how strong you are.
Never forget that God knew what was best for us before we were even born. Take comfort in that. This happened for a reason. Although you may not believe it now, you will one day.
I want you to know just how important you are to me. I could not ask for a more caring, beautiful and loving wife. The memories that we have shared over the last few years have been the best of my life. Although it may seem like my life was cut short, I lived a life that most can only dream of. I married the perfect woman. I have a beautiful daughter that amazed me every day.
I even had two great dogs — at least most of the time. I couldn’t ask for anything more. If you feel sad, just think back to the memories that we shared. Look at our daughter and how beautiful she is.
Be strong for her. Remind her about her Daddy and tell her that I loved her more than anything else in the world. Her birth was the best day of my life and she was the best thing that ever happened to me. Her smile and laughter represent all that is good and beautiful in this world.
Tell her that Daddy is in heaven now and will watch over her and protect her every minute of every day. I love you Emma. But never be afraid to do what you need to do to be happy. It is so important that you continue to find happiness in your life. Although you may think this is impossible right now, have faith.
Much better times are coming. You and Kiley have a wonderful life ahead of you and I am so happy to have shared some of it with you.
I love you. Your loving Husband, Todd
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The second is from Todd to his 9-month-old daughter, Kiley:
Dear Kiley, My Sweetie:
Although you may not remember me, I want you to know how very much your Daddy loves you.
I left for Afghanistan when you were 9 months old.
Leaving you was the hardest thing I’ve ever had to do.
You are so very special to me sweetie — you are truly a gift from God.
The best day of my life was the day you were born.
Every time I saw you smile my heart would just melt.
You were my sweetie — my life was not complete until you were born.
I am so sorry I will not be able to see you grow up.
But remember, your Daddy is not gone. I am in heaven now smiling down on you every day.
You are so very lucky to have such a wonderful Mom to take care of you.
Make sure you are good for her and help her out whenever you can.
Always remember to say your prayers at night and be thankful for all your many blessings.
Never forget how important and special you are to so many people.
We love you so very much. When you get older and start school, do your best and try to learn as much as you can about the world you live in.
Always be nice and caring to others and you will discover that the world will be nice to you.
But when things aren’t going your way, never forget that God knows what is best for you and everything will work out in the end.
You have such a bright and beautiful future ahead of you.
Have fun. Enjoy it. And remember, your Daddy will always be proud of you and will always love you.
You are and will always be my sweetie.
With very much love, Your Daddy
Not a single thing can replace their loss, but it’s still amazing that Todd was able to write these letters before he died AND that Emma found them and read them!
America’s showbiz would never be what it is today without Steve Harvey being part of it. This extraordinary man is a true heartthrob adored by millions, but what many don’t know is that his life story goes from rags to riches.
Harvey experienced a tough childhood because his family didn’t have much money, but both his mom and dad were very supportive of his aspirations.
Growing up, young Harvey dreamed of becoming an entertainer. Once, he even shared that dream of his with his classmates after his teacher asked them to write an essay about the job they want to do when they grow up. When the teacher read what Harvey wrote, she started laughing and told him to dream of something else because he would never become a celebrity, referring to his stuttering.
This broke Harvey’s heart, but at the same time, it made him work even harder because he wanted to prove that teacher wrong. Years after that event, Harvey not only outgrew his stuttering thanks to a local deli man who taught him how to slow down his speech and calm down while talking, but made a name for himself, too.
Speaking to Oprah, Harvey confessed that once he became a household name, he sent his teacher TV every year for Christmas so that she could see him.
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After working several jobs, Harvey finally got to perform stand-up comedy in 1985. Eventually, he landed his first headline gig at the Bruce Ayer’s Comedy Club in Birmingham, Alabama. After winning $50 at a comedy competition, Harvey knew comedy was his calling.
“I quit my job the next day,” Harvey recalled. “I informed my supervisor that I was leaving to pursue a career in comedy. My boss discouraged me from applying by telling me: ‘Steve, you’re not even funny.’”
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Harvey often speaks of the years he was homeless and how hard it was for him to make ends meet.
“It was crushing,” Harvey told People. “I realized, ‘You’re on your own. You have nothing or no one.’ All I knew was that I could make people laugh.”
Luckily, he got more and more gigs and started earning some money, but at the time, he divorced his wife and around 75% of his income was going to his ex and his twins, so he didn’t have much money on his own.
Things started becoming more and more unbearable for Harvey. He recalled he was using a hotel restroom once and was forced to stay inside for hours until of the guests left. He then sat down on the floor and broke down. Tears started falling down his face and he though he couldn’t take that kind of life any longer, but a voice told him not to quit.
“I sat down and started crying, but a voice said, ‘If you keep going, I’m going to take you places you’ve never been,’” Harvey told People. “It was like God said, ‘Don’t quit, you’re almost there.”
And that voice was right. Shortly after the incident, Harvey got to host Showtime at the Apollo. Around the same time, he landed his show The Steve Harvey Show.
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Later, he appeared in the fantastic classic The Original Kings of Comedy alongside Bernie Mac. He even wrote books which became bestsellers and became a famous name in America. However, it was after he started hosting the iconic Family Feud that Harvey gained a worldwide fame. His unique approach to the show and the contestants put him on the pedestal, and as it looks, he’s there to stay.
In 2007, Harvey married the love of his life, Marjorie Bridges. The two often share photos of each other wearing matching outfits and people love it.
One thing that became Harvey’s signature, besides his mustache of course, are his suits. Over the years, he’s changed his style and it’s safe to say that he turned into a fashion guru.
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At first, Harvey was only allowed to pick a suit in black, dark blue, or grey color for the show, but once the producers noticed the style he rocked on the red carpet and in his private life they decided to let him dress like that for Celebrity Family Feud.
“It was sort of strange because I dress like this when I’m not at work, but I’m always photographed at work. And after I hired Elly and we did [the] NFL Honors [awards show] two years ago, the people at Celebrity Family Feud said, ‘Why don’t we let Steve dress like that on Celebrity Family Feud?” And that opened up the door. Because on Celebrity Family Feud, the way they shot the show, I had to wear the same suit every show—I could just pick a dark blue or black or a gray,” Harvey told GQ.
“And Facebook Watch came along and said, ‘We don’t want you to dress like you did on your talk show. We want you to dress like you do in your day-to-day.” So I went to Elly and said, “Okay, man, they’re going to let me do my thing. I need your help to help me get the stuff that I like, because I don’t know where to buy half of this stuff.
“So that was the beginning of it right there: they took the shackles off and didn’t require that I dress as a game show host all the time,” he added.
Having in mind that this incredible man’s net worth is around $200 million, it doesn’t come as a surprise he loves wearing famous brand names such as Dolce & Gabbana, Dior, and many more.
One thing Harvey would never change, however, are his mustache.
“You come in here talking about, ‘We going to take the mustache off,’ you will lose your job. You cannot take the mustache off, so everything got to work around the mustache, man,” he said.
“I took the mustache off when I was in college when I was pledging. When I took it off, I discovered something: the distance from the top of my top lip to the tip of my nose is about four feet. It looks like a sheet of plywood if I take my mustache off. So that can’t happen, partner.”
The ongoing coronavirus pandemic affected millions of people, one way or another. As many lost their income due to the huge number of businesses which collapsed, others, the most unfortunate ones, lost their lives.
The bad thing is that the virus is still here and spreading, and it looks like we are unable to put a stop to it no matter how hard we try. But hopefully, better days are coming.
Autumn Carver was 33 weeks pregnant when both she and her husband Zach contracted the virus. Zach’s health wasn’t affected drastically, but Autumn’s condition was getting worse and worse with each passing day, so she was rushed to the Methodist Hospital and was put on a ventilator. Because of the severity of her condition, doctors had to deliver her baby via C-section.
Little Huxley was born on August 27 and stayed at the hospital for 10 days. Sadly, his mom was on life support. Her lungs almost collapsed and her future was uncertain.
Luckily, as time passed by, Autumn’s condition improved, and finally, after nearly two months, she was able to hold her baby boy.
Speaking of the touching encounter between this mother and her baby boy, husband Zach told Good Morning America, “A surprise conversation with a doctor this morning brought us out of isolation and a plan for Autumn to meet Huxley. Same convo advised us that Autumn Carver’s tracheotomy would be switched out to a smaller one so she could have a speaking devise attached to it.
“At 3 pm today she met our son and it was an amazing moment needless to say. Her parents, one of her best friends and many nurses and doctors witnessed the special moment. I don’t know if there was a dry eye in the area. Later this afternoon I got to hear Autumn say ‘I love Zach’. What an amazing day.
“We have a long way to go, but a good day through this was much needed. Autumn says thank you for all the prayers and support along the way. God bless you.”
He added that the entire experience was very emotional for everyone.
Although she was able to be taken off life support, Autumn was told she would need lungs transplant, but as time passed by, her health improved.
“We went from she’s going to die, to she’s going to need a full lung transplant to she’s going to go home,” Zach told Good Morning America. “It’s an absolute miracle.”
This mom of three is one of the bravest individuals we’ve ever met. Her love for her kids and her husband made her fight hard, and she eventually ended up a winner.
We can never imagine what it must feel like to be wrongfully convicted and to spend years in prison knowing you haven’t committed the crime you are found guilty of. Many of these people are simply unable to have their voice heard and have no one to turn to. Luckily, a number of organizations offer their legal services to such people and bring a ray of hope when they decide to take their cases.
After serving 24 years for a crime he didn’t commit, 46-year-old Dontae Sharpe finally experienced freedom. He could again feel the breeze on his skin and the liberation he longed for.
Sharpe received a life sentence back in 1995 when a witness, then 15-year-old Charlene Johnson, testified she saw him killing George Radcliffe in an incident described by the police as drug deal.
Shortly after Sharpe started serving his sentence, Johnson recanted her testimony, but no one was willing to take a look at the case with fresh eyes. It just went back and forth between state and federal courts for years and Sharpe lost round after round.
And then, when it looked like everything was lost, his new attorneys at Duke Law’s Wrongful Conviction Clinic went above and beyond to make sure their client received pardon.
It took two years for their goal to be accomplished, but the hard work and the waiting paid off.
Speaking to The Post, Sharpe recalled how his attorney Theresa Newman delivered the life-changing news.
“Theresa called me and said, ‘Hey, Mr. Pardon Man.’ I was like, ‘What do you mean, “Mr. Pardon Man?”” Sharpe explained. “She said, ‘The governor just pardoned you.’ That just left me smiling on my couch and kind of awestruck.”
Newman commented the case as well and said, “No one is saying, or can say, he was released on a technicality. The technicality is that he was innocent.”
Wonderful news for Dontae Sharpe, a client of Duke Law’s Wrongful Convictions Clinic, who received a pardon of innocence from NC Gov. Roy Cooper earlier today. https://t.co/YBAB4q8PnM
As reported by Fox News, it was North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper who made the announcement.
“I have carefully reviewed Montoyae Dontae Sharpe’s case and am granting him a Pardon of Innocence,” Cooper said in a statement. “Mr. Sharpe and others who have been wrongly convicted deserve to have that injustice fully and publicly acknowledged.”
For the time he spent in jail, Sharpe received $750,000. The truth is that no amount of money can compensate for the time lost and all those special moments he spent away from his loved ones.
“This thing is commonplace now,” Sharpe told The Post. “It can happen in so many places in so many ways, especially to people of color. People look at you like an animal or a monster, and you can’t get that out of people’s minds.”
As for now, this man is focused on making up for the lost time, as well as on helping others who are in the position he once was in. “The only way forward for me is to bring about change in the criminal justice system,” he said, according to The Post. “It’s a slow process, but I’m 46, not 86. I got time to do things.”
Based on the new evidence, the judge said that in case there was a new trial, Sharpe would be found not guilty.
“I’m still in a haze, kind of,” Sharpe told Fox News. “When you’re dealing with us human beings, it can go any way, yes and no. I didn’t know what to expect. I was believing for a pardon.”
He is thankful to his new attorneys and his family, without whose love and support he wouldn’t have stayed sane.
Police officers chat behind a cordon on Rutland Avenue, the place where police have confirmed the passenger of the taxi that later exploded outside the Women's Hospital in Liverpool was picked up, on November 16, 2021. - Britain raised its terrorism threat level, hours after an improvised explosion outside a hospital in Liverpool, as police named the suspect believed to have made the homemade device before dying in the blast. (Photo by Oli SCARFF / AFP) (Photo by OLI SCARFF/AFP via Getty Images)
Amid Remembrance Day, when Britons commemorate the brave people who died in war, the country raised its terrorism levels from “substantial” to “severe,” according to The Washington Post.
Now, the story surrounding the events which preceded one of the terrorist attacks which happened in Liverpool after one man died in a suicide bombing is gathering the public’s attention.
According to a friend of the cab driver who was reported to had intervened before the bomb exploded and prevented a tragedy from taking place, the bomber entered the cab and asked to be taken to the Liverpool’s Anglican Cathedral. There, around 1,200 people were gathered for Remembrance Day. However, due to road closures, he was unable to get there so he asked the cab driver, David Perry, to take him to the Liverpool Women’s Hospital instead.
We’d like to say a huge thank you to David Perry for his heroic efforts on Sunday.
Who knows how many NHS staff and patients could have been hurt without his incredible bravery.https://t.co/iD8GVECaSd
“David noticed the man had some kind of light attached to his clothing and was messing around with it, it didn’t look right at all,” the friend said, as reported by the Daily Mail.
“I don’t know how he’s done it with a split second’s thought but David’s jumped out and locked the car with this guy in the back.
“As soon as he did, it’s gone off. If this guy got in the hospital God knows what could have happened. David’s the luckiest man in Britain as well as the most heroic,” the friend added.
“How he managed to escape is an utter miracle”.
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Perry was dubbed a real-life hero who saved the life of a number of people who were a potential target that day.
His wife, however, offered a slightly different version of the actual story. In the comments section of Manchester Evening News, Perry’s wife, Rachel, wrote, “There are a lot of rumors flying round about him being a hero and locking the passenger inside the car … but the truth of the matter is, he is without doubt, lucky to be alive.
“The explosion happened whilst he was in the car and how he managed to escape is an utter miracle. He certainly had some guardian angels looking over him,” she added.
Following the explosion, four people were arrested and the bomber who lost his life was believed to be 32-year-old Emad al Swealmeen, as reported by detective chief inspector Andrew Meeks.
“We continue to appeal for any information about this incident and, now that we have released his name, any information that the public may have about al Swealmeen, no matter how small, may be of great assistance to us,” Meeks said.
#BREAKING: Counter-terrorism police are investigating an explosion outside Liverpool Women’s Hospital.
Pavel Abramov from Russia is a young boy who makes a huge difference in the lives of many stray and shelter animals in his hometown.
Sweet Pavel has an immense talent for drawing and painting and he uses that in order to help the less fortunate.
Whenever he sells any of his paintings, he rushes to the local shelter and brings plenty of food for the animals there. The residents there are all very happy when they smell his presence, because that means treats and a time well-spent with someone who truly cares for their well-being.
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Being just nine, he does so much more for the vulnerable animals than any other person his age.
Sometimes, he offers his painting services in exchange for cat and dog food and a bunch of other supplies. His project is known as “Kind Paintbrushes.”
It first started when Pavel’s pet, Barsik, passed away. Pavel’s mom was very supportive of her son’s wish to help the animals because she could sense his heart was getting filled with sadness whenever he would see an animal in need. Not wanting his little heart to get broken every time, she decided to be there for him in his plan to feed as many animals as possible.
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The site “What a little volunteer is capable of” Pavel and his mom run is filled with beautiful stories of children like Pavel who make a change the best they can.
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The story of Pavel’s project has gone viral and influenced others to follow his steps. “Our family is proud of his wonderful project. His days are scheduled to minutes, he wants to do absolutely everything, there is just not enough time,” his mom Ekaterina said.
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