Nawar al-Awlaki (Nora): 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know

<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Va7sq1wkwEo" width="560"></iframe> <br /> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">An 8-year-old American girl was reportedly killed in Donald Trump’s first approved clandestine operation against Al-Qaeda in Yemen, <a href="http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/seal-american-girl-die-first-trump-era-u-s-military-n714346" style="background: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1177aa; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">according to NBC News.</a></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Nawar al-Awlaki, sometimes called Nora, the daughter of an American-born Al-Qaeda leader assassinated by the United States several years ago, was slain in the U.S. operation that also killed a Navy Seal, the network reported.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Other news organizations had attributed claims of the girl’s death to her grandfather. NBC News reported that a “senior military official” the network did not name had confirmed the child’s death. <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/29/world/middleeast/american-commando-killed-in-yemen-in-trumps-first-counterterror-operation.html?_r=1" style="background: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1177aa; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">The New York Times reported</a> that U.S. officials denied there were civilian casualties but then said they were “assessing reports that women and children” had died.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Also killed in the raid targeting Al-Qaeda militants was American Chief Petty Officer William “Ryan” Owens. He was a member of the famed SEAL Team 6. Owens was the first U.S. combat death under President Trump.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Heavy asked the Department of Defense, “Is it true that another American citizen died in that incident also? Who? And what age? Is it true that an 8-year-old American citizen, Nawar al-Alwaki, was killed in the incident? Was she killed by the Americans, Al-Qaeda or in another manner? How did she die?”</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Christopher Sherwood, a Department of Defense spokesman, responded, “We take all civilian casualty reports seriously. As is CENTCOM’s policy, they are looking into the civilian casualty claims and will make a determination on if there needs to be a full investigation.”</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">The child’s father, Anwar al-Awlaki, was born in New Mexico but became a high-profile leader of Al-Qaeda.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Here’s what you need to know:</span></div>

Nawar al-Awlaki (Nora): 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know

An 8-year-old American girl was reportedly killed in Donald Trump’s first approved clandestine operation against Al-Qaeda in Yemen,  acc...

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Dana Boente: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know

<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/pD49m1KM98A" width="560"></iframe></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">President <a href="http://heavy.com/news/2017/01/sally-yates-fired-fire-doj-can-donald-trump-acting-attorney-general-ag-muslim-ban-immigration-defend-obama-democrat/" style="background: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1177aa; text-decoration: none;">Donald Trump has fired </a>acting U.S. Attorney General <a href="http://heavy.com/news/2017/01/sally-yates-attorney-general-justice-department-donald-trump-executive-order-travel-ban-statement-jeff-sessions-fire-republican-democrat-obama/" style="background: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1177aa; text-decoration: none;">Sally Yates</a> after she said the Justice Department would not defend Trump’s executive order on immigration.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Yates was fired just hours after she announced she would not be defending the order. Trump has appointed <a href="https://www.justice.gov/usao-edva/meet-us-attorney" style="background: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1177aa; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Dana Boente</a>, the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, to the position, the White House said in a press release.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">“It is time to get serious about protecting our country. Calling for tougher vetting for individuals travelling from seven dangerous places is not extreme,” the White House statement said. “It is reasonable and necessary to protect our country.”</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Boente, 62, is expected to remain in the position until <a href="http://heavy.com/news/2016/11/jeff-sessions-donald-trump-cabinet-who-is-bio-secretary-of-defense-state-senate-alabama-senator-immigration-tpp/" style="background: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1177aa; text-decoration: none;">Senator Jeff Sessions</a> is confirmed as the new attorney general. His nomination hearing is scheduled for Tuesday. Democrats are expected to challenge Sessions’ nomination, but are unlikely to succeed, as he should have enough votes from Republicans to gain approval.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Boente, like Yates, is an Obama appointee. He is a career Justice Department employee who has worked under both Republican and Democratic presidents during his three decades as a prosecutor.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Here’s what you need to know:</span></div>

Dana Boente: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know

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Fred Korematsu: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know

<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/0N0Jg4RjYfY" width="560"></iframe> <br /> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Civil rights icon <a href="https://www.google.com/doodles/fred-korematsus-98th-birthday" style="background: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1177aa; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Fred Korematsu </a>, who was among Japanese-Americans held in internment camps during World War II, is being celebrated with a<a href="http://heavy.com/tag/google-doodle" style="background: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1177aa; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"> Google Doodle</a> on what would have been his 98th birthday.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Korematsu battled against the internment order, standing up for thousands of fellow Japanese-Americans.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">“Fred Korematsu can be remembered fighting for civil rights and against prejudice throughout his life,” Google says. “The doodle by artist Sophie Diao–herself a child of Asian immigrants–features a patriotic portrait of Korematsu wearing his Presidential Medal of Freedom, a scene of the internment camps to his back, surrounded by cherry blossoms, flowers that have come to be symbols of peace and friendship between the US and Japan.”</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Not long before his death in 2005, Korematsu, <a href="http://reclaimdemocracy.org/fred_korematsu_racial_profiling/" style="background: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1177aa; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">spoke out</a> about how some have used Japanese internment as a justification for profiling against Muslims in the fight against terrorism:</span></div> <blockquote style="background: url("/wp-content/themes/vip/heavy/css/../images/sprite6.png") -1007px -304px no-repeat rgb(241, 246, 249); box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; margin: 2rem 1rem; padding: 1rem 1.7rem 0.2rem 3rem;"> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Fears and prejudices directed against minority communities are too easy to evoke and exaggerate, often to serve the political agendas of those who promote those fears. I know what it is like to be at the other end of such scapegoating and how difficult it is to clear one’s name after unjustified suspicions are endorsed as fact by the government.</span></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">If someone is a spy or terrorist they should be prosecuted for their actions. But no one should ever be locked away simply because they share the same race, ethnicity, or religion as a spy or terrorist. If that principle was not learned from the internment of Japanese Americans, then these are very dangerous times for our democracy.</span></div> </blockquote> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">“If you have the feeling that something is wrong, don’t be afraid to speak up,” <a href="http://www.korematsuinstitute.org/news/2016/1/20/the-korematsu-case-and-what-it-means-to-us-today" style="background: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1177aa; text-decoration: none;">he famously said.</a></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Here’s what you need to know about Korematsu:</span></div>

Fred Korematsu: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know

Civil rights icon  Fred Korematsu  , who was among Japanese-Americans held in internment camps during World War II, is being celebrated ...

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Alexandre Bissonnette: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know

<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/dznDWMRIIi0" width="560"></iframe> <br /> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><a href="http://heavy.com/news/2017/01/alexandre-bissonnette-quebec-city-mosque-gunman-photos-pictures-facebook/" style="background: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1177aa; text-decoration: none;">Alexandre Bissonnette</a> has been accused of killing six people and wounding eight others in a “barbaric” <a href="http://heavy.com/news/2017/01/quebec-city-canada-mosque-shooting-victims-shooter-gunman-photos-video-injuries-deaths/" style="background: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1177aa; text-decoration: none;">massacre Sunday night at a Quebec City mosque</a>, <a href="http://www.tvanouvelles.ca/2017/01/30/les-deux-suspects-sont-alexandre-bissonnette-et-mohamed-khadir" style="background: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1177aa; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">TVA News reports.</a></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">The 27-year-old entered the Centre Culturel Islamique de Quebec and opened fire with rifles, shooting members of the mosque as they prayed, police and witnesses say.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">He is in police custody and was being questioned Monday morning. He is expected to face murder charges.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">A second man, <a href="http://heavy.com/news/2017/01/mohamed-khadir-quebec-mosque-shooter-shooting-morroco-dead-death-bissonnette-canada-terrorism-who-is-family-wife-girlfriend/" style="background: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1177aa; text-decoration: none;">Mohamed el Khadir</a>, was previously identified by authorities as a suspect. He was taken into custody near the mosque and questioned, but Quebec Provincial Police <a href="https://twitter.com/sureteduquebec/status/826114424448679936" style="background: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1177aa; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">said in a tweet Monday afternoon </a>that he is no longer considered to be a suspect. He is now being called a witness.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Police and politicians are calling it a terrorist attack, <a href="http://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/201701/29/01-5064348-attentat-terroriste-dans-une-mosquee-a-quebec-plusieurs-morts.php" style="background: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1177aa; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">La Presse reports.</a></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">The victims range in age from 39 to 70, police said. Only one, Azzedine Soufiane, has been identified publicly so far. A friend <a href="http://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/quebec-mosque-shooting-five-remain-in-critical-condition-following-attack" style="background: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1177aa; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">told the Montreal Gazette </a>that Soufiane was a father of three young children and was well known in the community.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">“We’ve just lost someone who was very, very nice, a good person … such a loss, someone who was so welcoming, who helped everybody,” Ali Miladi told the newspaper.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">“Why is this happening here? This is barbaric,” the mosque’s president, Mohamed Yangui, told reporters. He was not at the mosque at the time of the shooting, but rushed to the scene after calls from members of the community.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">The terror case is being led by the Quebec Provincial Police, along with Royal Canadian Mounted Police and the Quebec City Police.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Here’s what you need to know about the suspect and the attack:</span></div>

Alexandre Bissonnette: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know

Alexandre Bissonnette  has been accused of killing six people and wounding eight others in a “barbaric”  massacre Sunday night at a Queb...

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Judge Ann Donnelly: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know

<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/UqMF9pNjhz8" width="560"></iframe> <br /> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">The federal judge who granted an emergency stay of part of President Donald Trump’s immigration ban is a former prosecutor nominated to the bench by Barack Obama <a href="http://www.brooklyneagle.com/articles/2016/1/25/ann-donnelly-sworn-federal-judge-eastern-district" style="background: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1177aa; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">on the recommendation </a>of Chuck Schumer.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Schumer, the high-profile Democratic Senator, is a family friend of the judge, Ann Donnelly, <a href="http://www.brooklyneagle.com/articles/2016/1/25/ann-donnelly-sworn-federal-judge-eastern-district" style="background: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1177aa; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">according to the Brooklyn Daily Eagle.</a> Schumer <a href="https://twitter.com/SenSchumer/status/825505139138113536" style="background: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1177aa; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">had called</a> for the executive order’s reversal.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">The order for a stay came down on January 28 from Donnelly, a judge based in Brooklyn, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/28/us/refugees-detained-at-us-airports-prompting-legal-challenges-to-trumps-immigration-order.html?_r=0" style="background: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1177aa; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">according to The New York Times.</a></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Trump’s executive order had created a 90-day ban on all immigration from a series of Muslim majority countries: Iraq, Iran, Libya, Sudan, Somalia, and Yemen. Syrian immigration was banned indefinitely and the order created a 120-day moratorium on all refugees to the United States. Trump denied the immigration ban was a “Muslim ban,” and said he thought it was working well, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/28/us/refugees-detained-at-us-airports-prompting-legal-challenges-to-trumps-immigration-order.html" style="background: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1177aa; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">The New York Times reported</a>. He has said he feels the ban is necessary to review the vetting process and protect the United States from radical Islamic terrorists.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">However, the ban was affecting everyone from an Iraqi man who served the U.S. military as an interpreter to people with green cards as protests erupted at airports around the country, where people from the impacted countries were detained.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Here’s what you need to know:</span></div>

Judge Ann Donnelly: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know

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Asghar Farhadi: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know

<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/JRTYZjCm72c" width="560"></iframe> <br /> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Asghar Farhadi, the acclaimed Iranian filmmaker whose latest movie was nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar at the 2017 <a href="http://heavy.com/tag/oscars/" style="background: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1177aa; text-decoration: none;">Academy Awards</a>, will reportedly not be able to attend the ceremony thanks to <a href="http://heavy.com/tag/donald-trump" style="background: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1177aa; text-decoration: none;">President Donald Trump</a>‘s executive order that puts limits on immigration from Iran. Farhadi already won an Oscar for 2011’s <i style="box-sizing: border-box;">A Separation</i>, and when he accepted that award, he famously acknowledged how politics had kept Iranian culture hidden from the world.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">The 45-year-old Farhadi is married to fellow Iranian filmmaker Parisa Bakhtavar and the two are parents to two children. Their daughter, Sarina Farhadi, starred in her father’s <i style="box-sizing: border-box;">A Separation</i>. Farhadi was born in Homayoon Shahr, which was renamed Khomeyni Shahr after the Iranian Revolution.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Here is a look at Farhadi’s career and why he won’t be able to attend the Oscars.</span></div>

Asghar Farhadi: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know

Asghar Farhadi, the acclaimed Iranian filmmaker whose latest movie was nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar at the 2017  A...

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Anwen Rees-Myers, John Hurt’s Wife: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know

<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/fGN0eQkSBk0" width="560"></iframe> <br /> <br /> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Sir John Hurt, who died on January 27 at age 77, was married to producer Anwen Rees-Myers, his fourth wife. The two married in 2005.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Hurt was also married to Annett Robertson from 1962 to 1964 and Donna Peacock from 1984 to 1990. He was married to Dalton from 1990 to 1996. Dalton and Hurt had two children, Alexander and Nicholas.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Hurt’s death was <a href="http://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/john-hurt-dead-elephant-man-9707290" style="background: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1177aa; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">first reported by The Mirror</a>. In June 2015, he said he was <a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/john-hurt-dead-elephant-man-809521" style="background: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1177aa; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">diagnosed with pancreatic cancer</a>. However, in <a href="http://www.digitalspy.com/showbiz/news/a673648/john-hurt-overjoyed-and-thrilled-at-cancer-remission-news/" style="background: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1177aa; text-decoration: none;" target="_Blank">October 2015</a>, Hurt said his cancer went into remission.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Hurt’s agent <a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-38778145?ocid=socialflow_twitter&ns_mchannel=social&ns_campaign=bbcnews&ns_source=twitter" style="background: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1177aa; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">confirmed the actor’s death to the BBC</a>. Hurt was best known for his Oscar-nominated performances in <i style="box-sizing: border-box;">The Elephant Man</i> and <i style="box-sizing: border-box;">Midnight Express</i>. He also starred in <i style="box-sizing: border-box;">Alien</i>and the <i style="box-sizing: border-box;">Harry Potter</i> films.</span></div> <br /> <div class="heavysidebar" id="in-article-1" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040;"> </div> <br /> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Here’s a look at Rees-Myers’ career and her relationship with Hurt.</span></div>

Anwen Rees-Myers, John Hurt’s Wife: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know

Sir John Hurt, who died on January 27 at age 77, was married to producer Anwen Rees-Myers, his fourth wife. The two married in 2005. ...

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Samsung Bixby: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know

<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/XOD3o9cdJTo" width="560"></iframe> <br /> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif;">Samsung is planning to launch a digital personal assistant that is powered by artificial intelligence. The new AI personal assistant will likely make its debut on the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S8.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">As for when we’ll get an official look at Samsung’s next flagship smartphone and its AI assistant, we’ll just have to wait and see. Samsung this week said it will not unveil the Galaxy S8 at next month’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, according to <a href="http://fortune.com/2017/01/23/samsung-galaxy-s8-2/" style="background: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1177aa; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Fortune</a>. This is a departure from the norm for Samsung, which has in the past unveiled its Galaxy S smartphones at the annual trade show. Now, some have shifted their projections to a <a href="http://www.v3.co.uk/v3-uk/news/3003422/galaxy-s8-leaks-appear-to-show-full-specs-and-29-march-unveiling" style="background: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1177aa; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">March 29</a> unveiling, but that date has not been confirmed.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">At any rate, here’s what we know so far about Samsung’s Apple Siri, Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant rival.</span></div>

Samsung Bixby: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know

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March for Life 2017: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know

<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/zuFgdQuko50" width="560"></iframe> <br /> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Thousands of people are expected to participate in this year’s March for Life on January 27th in Washington, D.C.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">The March for Life is an annual anti-abortion rally that takes place on or around the anniversary of <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Roe v. Wade, </em>the landmark 1974 Supreme Court decision that said a woman has a right to receive an abortion. This year’s rally has earned more attention than usual because the vice president of the United States, Mike Pence, will attend.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Here’s what you need to know about the 2017 March for Life.</span></div>

March for Life 2017: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know

Thousands of people are expected to participate in this year’s March for Life on January 27th in Washington, D.C. The March for Life i...

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Robert Levine: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know

<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/hxNmmnX8AgY" width="560"></iframe></span><br /> <span style="background-color: white; color: #404040;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></span> <span style="background-color: white; color: #404040;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Robert Levine, the doctor husband of beloved television icon Mary Tyler Moore, was at her side when Moore passed away.</span></span><br /> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Moore, 80, <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/25/entertainment/mary-tyler-moore-death/index.html" style="background: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1177aa; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">died on January 25</a> at a Connecticut hospital surrounded by family and friends.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Levine was Moore’s third and current husband, but theirs was a long-lasting union, despite a large age gap (Moore was older) and some reports of troubles.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/mary-tyler-moore-star-mary-tyler-moore-show/story?id=44534207" style="background: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1177aa; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">According to ABC News</a>, her publicist released a statement after Moore died that said:</span></div> <blockquote style="background: url("/wp-content/themes/vip/heavy/css/../images/sprite6.png") -1007px -304px no-repeat rgb(241, 246, 249); box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; margin: 2rem 1rem; padding: 1rem 1.7rem 0.2rem 3rem;"> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Today, beloved icon, Mary Tyler Moore, passed away at the age of 80 in the company of friends and her loving husband of over 33 years, Dr. S. Robert Levine. A groundbreaking actress, producer, and passionate advocate for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, Mary will be remembered as a fearless visionary who turned the world on with her smile.</span></div> </blockquote> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">“Moore’s death was caused by cardiopulmonary arrest after she had contracted pneumonia,” <a href="http://www.etonline.com/news/208487_mary_tyler_moore_dies_at_80/" style="background: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1177aa; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">ET reported.</a></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Here’s what you need to know:</span></div>

Robert Levine: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know

Robert Levine, the doctor husband of beloved television icon Mary Tyler Moore, was at her side when Moore passed away. Moore, 80,  died ...

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Officer William Martin: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5zhFroEWGgA" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Body camera video from the controversial arrest of a mother and her daughters in Forth Worth, Texas,<a href="http://heavy.com/news/2017/01/jacqueline-craig-officer-william-martin-fort-worth-police-arrest-mother-daughters-body-camera-video-full-youtube/" style="background: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1177aa; text-decoration: none;"> has leaked online</a> after police refused to make it public.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">The video shows Officer William Martin arresting 46-year-old <a href="http://heavy.com/news/2016/12/jacqueline-jackie-craig-brea-hymond-fort-worth-texas-police-arrest-video-facebook/" style="background: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1177aa; text-decoration: none;">Jacqueline Craig</a>, her 19-year-old daughter,<a href="http://heavy.com/news/2016/12/jacqueline-jackie-craig-brea-hymond-fort-worth-texas-police-arrest-video-facebook/" style="background: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1177aa; text-decoration: none;"> Brea Hymond </a>and Craig’s 15-year-old daughter after the family called police for help. Craig had reported to police that a man had assaulted her son for littering. But after a combative Martin showed up on scene, it was Craig and her daughters who ended up in handcuffs again.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Video <a href="http://heavy.com/news/2016/12/fort-worth-texas-police-mother-daughter-son-arrest-video-facebook-porsha-craver-full-officerbre/" style="background: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1177aa; text-decoration: none;">posted to Facebook</a> by Craig’s family after the December 2016 incident showed Martin violently throwing the three women to the ground during their arrests, which were all made by him before any backup arrived.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">In early January, Martin was found to have committed excessive force, along with several other violations, and was suspended for 10 days without pay.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Fort Worth Police Chief Joel Fitzgerald has said Martin’s actions were “rude,” but said the arrest was not caused by racism. Martin is white, while Craig and her daughters are black.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Fitzgerald said Martin is “sorry” and contrite” about the incident. He has returned to active duty while his 10-day suspension is appealed.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Here’s what you need to know about Officer Martin and the incident:</span></div>

Officer William Martin: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know

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Naika Venant: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know

<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/3d0z8zpFCpY" width="560"></iframe></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">A Florida teenager known for her big smile and desire to write a book some day <a href="http://www.teenvogue.com/story/a-miami-teenager-documented-her-death-on-facebook-live?mbid=social_facebook&mbid=social_facebook" style="background: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1177aa; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">hanged herself</a>on Facebook Live inside a Miami foster home.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Naika Venant, 14, is one of three people to commit suicide on Facebook Live in the past month. (Some major news sites give Venant’s first name as Nakia and others as Naika. However, <a href="http://www.fox4now.com/news/teen-girl-commits-suicide-on-facebook-live" style="background: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1177aa; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">many Florida-based news outlets</a> say the girl’s name was spelled Naika.)</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">A few weeks ago, a 12-year-old in Georgia,<a href="http://heavy.com/news/2017/01/katelyn-nicole-davis-suicide-facebook-live-video/" style="background: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1177aa; text-decoration: none;"> Katelyn Nicole Davis,</a> killed herself on Facebook Live, and an aspiring Hollywood actor, <a href="http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-actor-death-20170124-htmlstory.html" style="background: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1177aa; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Jay Bowdy</a>, did the same this week.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Here’s what you need to know:</span></div> <br />

Naika Venant: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know

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Laura Lynne Stacy: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know

<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/G-VPQXs4k-g" width="560"></iframe> <br /> <br /> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Laura Lynne Stacy is a 28-year-old woman who has not been seen since Sunday, January 22. The Colorado native recently moved to Los Angeles and Los Angeles police are investigating her disappearance.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">“We‘re praying that she’s OK and that this is a nightmare,” her mother, Marcy Stacy, <a href="http://www.dailynews.com/general-news/20170124/family-of-woman-who-went-missing-near-hollywood-hills-hopes-for-nightmare-to-end" style="background: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1177aa; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">told the Los Angeles Daily News</a>.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Stacy’s phone was found in Santa Clarita and her car was found near Lancaster, in the Antelope Valley.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Stacy is described as 5 feet, 8 inches tall and weighs 130 pounds. She has blond hair and blue eyes. Anyone with information is urged to call the Los Angeles Police Department Missing Person’s Unit at 213-996-1800.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Here’s what we know so far about Stacy’s disappearance.</span></div>

Laura Lynne Stacy: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know

Laura Lynne Stacy is a 28-year-old woman who has not been seen since Sunday, January 22. The Colorado native recently moved to Los Ange...

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Lee O’Denat aka Q Dead: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know

<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/v8weEmq0Gg4" width="560"></iframe></span><br /> <span style="background-color: white; color: #404040;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></span> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #404040;">The 43-year-old founder of one of the most controversial websites on the Internet was found dead in his home on January 23. A</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #404040;"> </span><a href="http://www.tmz.com/2017/01/24/worldstarhiphop-founder-q-dead/" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1177aa; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">TMZ report</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #404040;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #404040;">says that Lee O’Denat aka Q, passed away in his sleep. The report gives the cause of death as a heart attack. The website he founded in 2005 was WorldStarHipHop. Since it’s inception, their posting of fighting videos and raunchy photos saw its founder refer to it as the “CNN of the ghetto.”</span></span><br /> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">O’Denat had been attempting to lose weight prior to his death having risen to 300 pounds, according to the <a href="http://www.tmz.com/2017/01/24/worldstarhiphop-founder-death/" style="background: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1177aa; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">TMZ report.</a></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Here’s what you need to know:</span></div>

Lee O’Denat aka Q Dead: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know

The 43-year-old founder of one of the most controversial websites on the Internet was found dead in his home on January 23. A   TMZ report...

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2017 Oscar Nominations, Best Original Song: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know

<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5LpoMM1ZMAU" width="560"></iframe></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">The nominations for the <a href="http://www.oscars.org/oscars/89th-academy-awards-key-dates" style="background: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1177aa; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">89th Annual Academy Awards</a> were recently <a href="http://www.slashfilm.com/2017-oscar-nominations/" style="background: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1177aa; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">announced</a>. We’re focusing on the Best Original Song for a Motion Picture category.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">There are five nominees, all of which hold special meaning to the films they were written for. Here are five fast facts about the 2017 Oscar nominees in the Best Original Song category.</span></div>

2017 Oscar Nominations, Best Original Song: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know

The nominations for the  89th Annual Academy Awards  were recently  announced . We’re focusing on the Best Original Song for a Motion Pic...

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Craigslist Killer Richard Beasley’s Daughter, Tonya: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know

<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/y1bNNujVbvI" width="560"></iframe> <br /> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Tonight, the daughter of Craigslist killer Richard Beasley will speak out about her father on a new episode of <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Monster In My Family</em>. During the episode, Tonya will talk face-to-face with the son of one of her father’s victims.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Read on to learn more about Tonya, Richard Beasley’s daughter.</span></div>

Craigslist Killer Richard Beasley’s Daughter, Tonya: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know

Tonight, the daughter of Craigslist killer Richard Beasley will speak out about her father on a new episode of  Monster In My Family . D...

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Erin Andrews’ Cancer: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know

<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/hdwpF9B9M54" width="560"></iframe> <br /> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Fox Sports broadcaster <a href="http://heavy.com/tag/erin-andrews/" style="background: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1177aa; text-decoration: none;">Erin Andrews</a>, who will be covering Super Bowl LI for the network, revealed in a Sports Illustrated interview that she recently fought cervical cancer.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">The news that she was diagnosed with cancer could not have come at a worse time for the 38-year-old Andrews. In March 2016, the civil lawsuit trial over her <a href="http://heavy.com/sports/2016/02/erin-andrews-crying-video-michael-david-barrett-steve-andres-dad-father/" style="background: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1177aa; text-decoration: none;">stalking incident</a> ended with her being awarded $55 million. Three months later, she had a routine checkup. Then in September, her doctor told her she was diagnosed with cervical cancer.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Here’s a look at Andrews’ fight with cancer.</span></div>

Erin Andrews’ Cancer: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know

Fox Sports broadcaster  Erin Andrews , who will be covering Super Bowl LI for the network, revealed in a Sports Illustrated interview th...

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Michael Snoddy, Paris Jackson’s Boyfriend: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know

<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/2ZhpM1oamsM" width="560"></iframe></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-size: 18px;">Paris Jackson has met with</span><a href="http://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/paris-jackson-michael-jacksons-daughter-speaks-out-w462501" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: border-box; color: #1177aa; font-size: 18px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"> Rolling Stone</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-size: 18px;"> to give her first major, exclusive interview since her father Michael Jackson’s death. In the interview, Jackson reveals a rough time growing up and also talks about her boyfriend Michael Snoddy. Get to know Snoddy, who was present for the interview, and his relationship with the late King of Pop’s daughter.</span></span>

Michael Snoddy, Paris Jackson’s Boyfriend: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know

Paris Jackson has met with  Rolling Stone  to give her first major, exclusive interview since her father Michael Jackson’s death. In the i...

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Rasheeda Buckner-Frost, Kirk Frost’s Wife: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know

<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/6mZbdIcVMoo" width="560"></iframe></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Rasheeda Buckner-Frost, the wife of <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta</em> star Kirk Frost, has allegedly been cheated on by her reality star husband. <a href="http://www.bet.com/celebrities/news/2017/01/23/love-and-hip-hop-star-sued.html" style="background: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1177aa; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">According to a BET article</a> that <a href="https://bossip.com/1441778/exclusive-kirk-frosts-secret-baby-mama-sues-after-he-abandons-her-the-baby/2/" style="background: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1177aa; outline: 0px;" target="_blank">sites Bossip.com</a>, Kirk Frost’s alleged mistress, Jasmine Washington, 27, has a 6-month old son by Kirk, and is <a href="http://www.bet.com/celebrities/news/2017/01/23/love-and-hip-hop-star-sued.html" style="background: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1177aa; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">suing him for child support.</a></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Kirk and Rasheeda have been married for over 17 years. Read on to learn more about Rasheeda.</span></div>

Rasheeda Buckner-Frost, Kirk Frost’s Wife: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know

Rasheeda Buckner-Frost, the wife of  Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta  star Kirk Frost, has allegedly been cheated on by her reality star husb...

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Jason Matthew Prieto: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know

<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/t_8moO9Ho0c" width="560"></iframe></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">A suspect has been charged with capital murder in a jewelry store robbery “gone really, really bad” <a href="http://heavy.com/news/2017/01/rolling-oaks-mall-san-antonio-shooting-active-shooter-gunman-victims-twitter-photos-video/" style="background: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1177aa; text-decoration: none;">at a mall in San Antonio</a> that left a Good Samaritan dead and another suspect wounded, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/SanAntonioPD/videos/1350954344924895/" style="background: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1177aa; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">police say.</a></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">The shooting Sunday afternoon<a href="http://heavy.com/news/2017/01/rolling-oaks-mall-san-antonio-shooting-active-shooter-gunman-victims-twitter-photos-video/" style="background: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1177aa; text-decoration: none;"> at the Rolling Oaks Mall</a> created panic as several shots were fired in the crowded shopping area.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Police say Jason Matthew Prieto, 34, and another man tried to rob the Kay Jewelers store at the mall, but shots were fired when people in the store tried to stop them. Prieto’s partner, who has not yet been identified, was shot and critically wounded by an armed citizen.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Prieto was able to escape, but was later caught by police.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Along with the Good Samaritan and the second suspect, two other people were shot, but suffered non-life-threatening wounds. A pregnant woman and a woman suffering from chest pains were also hospitalized for evaluation, police say.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">The incident occurred about 3 p.m. Sunday.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Here’s what you need to know:</span></div>

Jason Matthew Prieto: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know

A suspect has been charged with capital murder in a jewelry store robbery “gone really, really bad”  at a mall in San Antonio  that left ...

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Steve Perry: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know

<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vcUHYwSGf9A" width="560"></iframe></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Perry" style="background: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1177aa; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Steve Perry</a> was the golden voiced lead singer of <a href="http://www.journeymusic.com/" style="background: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1177aa; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Journey</a>. He was the main focal point of the band during their 80’s heyday and lead front man for band classics <a href="http://www.lyricsfreak.com/j/journey/dont+stop+believin_20075670.html" style="background: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1177aa; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">“Don’t Stop Believin'”</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Any_Way_You_Want_It" style="background: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1177aa; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">“Any Way You Want It”</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Arms_(Journey_song)" style="background: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1177aa; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">“Open Arms.”</a> During this time, Journey was one of the biggest bands in the world, and sold out arena-sized venues everywhere they went.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">He has been out of the spotlight for some time, but with the oncoming induction of Journey into the <a href="https://www.rockhall.com/class-2017-inductions?gclid=CMjKkaeF2dECFdY2gQodqpsKBQ" style="background: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1177aa; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Rock N Roll Hall of Fame</a>, and the celebration of Perry’s 68th birthday it’s time for 5 fast facts you need to know about Steve Perry.</span></div>

Steve Perry: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know

Steve Perry  was the golden voiced lead singer of  Journey . He was the main focal point of the band during their 80’s heyday and lead fr...

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Danielle Lombard, ‘The Bachelor’ 2017: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know

<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/lmr4qZ2e2J8" width="560"></iframe></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #404040;">Danielle Lombard is a contestant on </span><em style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040;"><a href="http://heavy.com/tag/the-bachelor" style="background: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1177aa; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">The Bachelor</a></em><span style="background-color: white; color: #404040;"> 2017 and tonight, she gets her very first solo date with star Nick Viall. On the date, Lombard and Viall get to see a concert by country artist Chris Lane and they run into some surprises as well. Get to know about Lombard’s one-on-one time with Viall, her fate on the show, details about this season’s reported winner, and accusations against Lombard this season by reading on below.</span></span>

Danielle Lombard, ‘The Bachelor’ 2017: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know

Danielle Lombard is a contestant on  The Bachelor  2017 and tonight, she gets her very first solo date with star Nick Viall. On the date, ...

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Rebecca Miller Spicer: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/gbxKKo3xBdo" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">President Trump’s press secretary is married to a former television producer who used to work for George W. Bush.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Press Secretary <a href="http://heavy.com/news/2016/12/sean-spicer-bio-age-wife-kids-rebecca-miller-donald-trump-rnc-republican-national-committee-trade-white-house-george-bush/" style="background: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1177aa; text-decoration: none;">Sean Spicer</a>, the former spokesman for the Republican National Committee, has become a contentious and high-profile figure due to his angry interactions with the news media and incredible claims that the Trump inauguration drew more audience than any past president.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Those claims are contradicted by television ratings and aerial videos.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">However, Spicer’s wife, Rebecca Miller Spice, is a former member of the news media herself.</span></div> <br /> <div class="heavysidebar" id="in-article-1" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040;"> </div> <br /> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Here’s what you need to know:</span></div>

Rebecca Miller Spicer: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know

President Trump’s press secretary is married to a former television producer who used to work for George W. Bush. Press Secretary  Sean...

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WWE ‘Monday Night Raw’ Live Stream - How to Watch Online January 23rd

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Who Gets Eliminated Tonight on ‘The Bachelor’ 2017? – 1/23/2017

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‘Star War - Ep VIII’ Titled ‘The Last Jedi’

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Lena Nersesian aka Lena the Plug: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know

<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/PKhNockiirI" width="560"></iframe></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">A YouTuber has promised her fans that she will release a sex tape if she hits one million subscribers. <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" style="background: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1177aa;">Lena Nersesian aka Lena the Plug</a> made the announcement in the above video that was published on January 18. At the time of writing, the clip has been viewed nearly 250,000 times. In terms of subscribers, Lena is at 127,856. She told her fans, “You may or may not have heard that I am planning on making a sex tape when I hit a million subscribers. I have been approached to do porn multiple times in the last year, putting provocative pictures on the Internet will get you such offers but it’s never been something I’ve been interested in or tempted by.”</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Lena adds, “A sex tape with someone that I’m seeing and totally comfortable having sex with – that sounds cool to me. If you want to see me get f***** then you should subscribe to my channel.”</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Here’s what you need to know:</span></div>

Lena Nersesian aka Lena the Plug: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know

A YouTuber has promised her fans that she will release a sex tape if she hits one million subscribers.  Lena Nersesian aka Lena the Plug ...

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New Movie - 2017 Movie - These are TIME's Most Anticipated Movies of 2017 (P1)

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Yordano Ventura’s Family: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know

<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/h1IT8OT6RKc" width="560"></iframe> <br /> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Kansas City Royals pitcher Yordano Ventura </span><a href="http://heavy.com/sports/2017/01/yordano-ventura-royals-pitcher-cause-of-death-dies-killed-car-crash-dominican-republic/" style="background: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1177aa; font-family: times, "times new roman", serif; text-decoration: none;">died Sunday in a car crash</a><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> in his native Dominican Republic, the team and local police announced.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Ventura, 25, is survived by his wife, <a href="http://ahoramismo.com/noticias/2017/01/yordano-ventura-cuantos-hijos-tuvo-tiene-el-pelotero-ace-kansas-city-esposa-mari-pili-sangiovanni/" style="background: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1177aa; text-decoration: none;">Mari Pili Sangiovanni</a>, and t<a href="http://ahoramismo.com/noticias/2017/01/yordano-ventura-cuantos-hijos-tuvo-tiene-el-pelotero-ace-kansas-city-esposa-mari-pili-sangiovanni/" style="background: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1177aa; text-decoration: none;">hree children</a>, along with his mother.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">He is also being mourned by his Royals family and the baseball world.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">“Our prayers right now are with Yordano’s family as we mourn this young man’s passing,” Royals General Manager Dayton Moore said in a statement. “He was so young and talented, full of youthful exuberance and always brought a smile to everyone he interacted with. We will get through this as an organization, but right now is a time to mourn and celebrate the life of Yordano.”</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Here’s what you need to know about those who Ventura leaves behind:</span></div>

Yordano Ventura’s Family: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know

Kansas City Royals pitcher Yordano Ventura  died Sunday in a car crash  in his native Dominican Republic, the team and local police an...

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Alejandro Villanueva & Wife, Maddy: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know

<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/J9BePKVQC30" width="560"></iframe> <br /> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><a href="http://heavy.com/tag/pittsburgh-steelers/" style="background: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1177aa; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Steelers</a> tackle Alejandro Villanueva might be the most famous offensive lineman in football.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Villanueva is having a great season at tackle for the Steelers, but he gets the most shine when the action is stopped. That’s when Villanueva’s commercial with USAA airs, and fans can learn about his unique story. Unlike most commercials, Villanueva’s story is worth telling. The son of a Spanish Naval officer, Villanueva played football at West Point and served three tours in Afghanistan. On his way to becoming a literal American hero, he married his wife Maddy.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Here’s what you need to know about Villanueva and his family:</span></div>

Alejandro Villanueva & Wife, Maddy: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know

Steelers  tackle Alejandro Villanueva might be the most famous offensive lineman in football. Villanueva is having a great season at t...

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Yordano Ventura: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/LzU97mRW85o" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> <br /> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Royals pitcher Yordano Ventura has died in a car crash in his native Dominican Republic at age 25, <a href="http://www.kansascity.com/sports/mlb/kansas-city-royals/article128080059.html" style="background: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1177aa; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">reports the Kansas City Star.</a></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">In a statement, <a href="http://m.royals.mlb.com/news/article/214108926/royals-pitcher-yordano-ventura-dies-in-crash/" style="background: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1177aa; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">ISE Baseball said</a>, “We suffered an indescribable loss today. Our hearts and souls are broken with the passing of Yordano Ventura. Yordano’s heart and passion for the game of baseball and for life had no equal. Today, we lost a teammate, who never backed down; a friend, who never let you down; and a brother, who always made you smile.”</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Read on to learn more about Yordano Ventura.</span></div>

Yordano Ventura: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know

Royals pitcher Yordano Ventura has died in a car crash in his native Dominican Republic at age 25,  reports the Kansas City Star. In a...

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Toni Anderson: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know

<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/i2sldaKItoY" width="560"></iframe></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Family and friends are desperately searching for a missing college student in Kansas City, Missouri, who disappeared early Sunday morning after texting a friend to say she was being “pulled over again.”</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Toni Anderson, a 20-year-old native of Wichita, Kansas, was in fact stopped Sunday by the North Kansas City Police Department, but investigators do not know where she went after that, <a href="http://www.kshb.com/news/local-news/family-desperate-to-find-missing-20-year-old-umkc-student" style="background: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1177aa; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">KSHB-TV reports.</a></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">She was last seen Sunday, January 15, but she is not considered to be an endangered missing person, police say.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Police <a href="http://www.kwch.com/content/news/KC-police-search-for-missing-Wichita-woman-411018955.html" style="background: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1177aa; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">told KWCH-TV</a> that there are no signs of foul play at this point, “meaning there is no active search.” But investigators have been following leads, tracking down evidence and interviewing family members, friends and her boyfriend, according to reports.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">“We’ve spoken with family members, friends and co-workers but unfortunately still no sign of Toni’s whereabouts,” Kansas City Police spokesman Darrin Snapp <a href="http://www.kansas.com/news/local/crime/article127428339.html#storylink=cpy" style="background: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1177aa; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">told the Wichita Eagle on Thursday.</a> “There is no evidence of foul play but her disappearance is very concerning.”</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Police said like in other missing persons cases, Anderson may have left on her own, KWCH reports. But her mother told KHSB it’s unlike her daughter to be out of contact with her loved ones or to leave on her own.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">“It’s not like her. She’s social. You pretty much always know where she’s at,” Liz Anderson told the news station. “It’s just been a horrible nightmare. And I know any parent going through this is just horrified.”</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Pete Sanchez, Anderson’s boyfriend, <a href="http://fox4kc.com/2017/01/17/friends-fear-kansas-city-womans-text-shows-she-encountered-someone-evil/" style="background: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1177aa; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">told WDAF-TV</a>, “She’s a great person, really nice. We’re all worried sick for her. Every time I leave the house, I hope the next face I see in public is going to be her.”</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">The Kansas City Police Department is investigating and ask anyone with information to call 816-474-TIPS.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Anderson’s name is also spelled Tonie Anderson on some missing persons posters and other information being distributed.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Here’s what you need to know:</span></div>

Toni Anderson: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know

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Detective Jerry Walker: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know

<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/v_NT_21BE90" width="560"></iframe></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">A police detective in Texas has died after he was shot in the neck during a call at a home in Little Elm, the city’s chief says.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Detective Jerry Walker, 48, was rushed to a local hospital, where he later died, Chief Rodney Harrison <a href="http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/Students-Held-at--Little-Elm-Schools-Neighborhood-Blocked-Over-Police-Activity-410996555.html" style="background: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1177aa; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">said at a press conference.</a></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">After a standoff that lasted several hours, the suspect was found dead of a gunshot wound inside a home where he had barricaded himself. He has not yet been identified.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">The gunman opened fire on officers who were responding to a call of a man armed with a long gun outside a house in a residential neighborhood, <a href="http://www.fox4news.com/news/229668656-story" style="background: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1177aa; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">KDFW-TV reports.</a></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">In a Facebook post, the city asked residents to stay away from the scene.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">“There is an active shooter situation in the area of Lobo and Eldorado. Please avoid the area,” <a href="https://www.facebook.com/TownofLittleElm/posts/10155713271239115" style="background: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1177aa; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">the city said.</a></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">The house is located in the 1400 block of Turtle Cove Drive.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">The chief asked for prayers for Walker’s family, saying he was a “model officer.”</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">This is a developing story and will be updated as more information is made available. Here’s what we know so far:</span></div>

Detective Jerry Walker: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know

A police detective in Texas has died after he was shot in the neck during a call at a home in Little Elm, the city’s chief says. Detect...

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Jackie Evancho: 5 facts to know

<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZJkE99tctrE" width="560"></iframe><br /> <br /> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Jackie Evancho sing the national anthem during the opening of Donald </span></span><a href="http://heavy.com/tag/donald-trump/" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: border-box; color: #ff0202; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Trump on January 20.</span></span></a><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">This 16-year-old from Pittsburgh, is no stranger to events in Washington DC, since she participated on July 4 in the special A Capitol Fourth. </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">In 2010, he also participated in the Christmas tree lighting ceremony in 2010. He also sang at the US National Prayer Breakfast in 2012.</span></span></span><br /> <span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; font-family: "Droid Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br /></span></span>

Jackie Evancho: 5 facts to know

Jackie Evancho sing the national anthem during the opening of Donald  Trump on January 20. This 16-year-old from Pittsburgh, is no strange...

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SERIES - 'Blue Demon': 5 curious facts you need to know

<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ImJaMraZZfs" width="560"></iframe> <br /> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">The series </span><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Blue Demon</em><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"> premiered this January 15 the UNIMAS chain. </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">The story, carried out by the actor Tenoch Huerta, transmits from Monday to Friday by that chain at 10PM Eastern time.</span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">The series was recorded in Mexico and has a total of 65 chapters.</span></span></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Here's what the story is about:</span></div> <blockquote style="background: url("/wp-content/themes/vip/heavy/css/../images/sprite6.png") -1007px -304px no-repeat rgb(241, 246, 249); box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; margin: 2rem 1rem; padding: 1rem 1.7rem 0.2rem 3rem;"> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Blue Demon is the true story of the life of legendary wrestler Alejandro Muñoz and is appropriate for the whole family. </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Explore a complex and turbulent world that very few know. </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Wrestling is one of the most popular and long traditions in Mexico, and Muñoz is among the most admired idols. </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">The fans will be able to take a look behind the scenes at the man in the blue mask: his youth, his motivation to dedicate himself to his beloved sport, his career, personal ups and downs, and in particular his love life. </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Alejandro Muñoz Moreno, under the name Blue Demon, overcame enormous difficulties until he became a world wrestling champion.</span></span></div> </blockquote> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">The series has a cast of luxury: Ana Brenda Contreras, Joaquín Cosio, Ianis Guerrero and Ana Layeska.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">What you have to know:</span></div>

SERIES - 'Blue Demon': 5 curious facts you need to know

The series  Blue Demon  premiered this January 15 the UNIMAS chain.  The story, carried out by the actor Tenoch Huerta, transmits from M...

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Dolly Parton: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know

<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/4OAagoqzicg" width="560"></iframe><br /> <br /> <br /> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="http://dollyparton.com/" style="background: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1177aa; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Dolly Parton </a>is one of the most recognizable musicians in the world, both as a singer and as an actress. She is as decorated as they come and one of the only artists in the world to have been nominated for a Grammy, Tony, Emmy, and Academy Award. She is prolific, with the credit of having an award-winning <a href="http://www.dollywood.com/" style="background: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1177aa; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">amusement park</a> named after her.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">She has played with everyone from</span><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porter_Wagoner" style="background: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1177aa; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Porter Wagoner</a><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">, to</span><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span><a href="http://www.kennyrogers.com/" style="background: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1177aa; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Kenny Rogers</a><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">, to</span><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trio_(Dolly_Parton,_Linda_Ronstadt_and_Emmylou_Harris_album)" style="background: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1177aa; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Linda Ronstadt, and Emmylou Harris</a><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">.</span><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span><a href="http://www.ladygaga.com/" style="background: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1177aa; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Lady Gaga </a><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">showed Parton’s influence on her new record</span><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span><em style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Joanne</em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">, showing the world that you can be in showbiz for 50+ years and still be relevant.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Parton recently turned 71 years old, and we thought it befitting to celebrate her birthday with 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know about the one and only Dolly Parton.</span></div>

Dolly Parton: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know

Dolly Parton  is one of the most recognizable musicians in the world, both as a singer and as an actress. She is as decorated as they co...

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Shayla Rudolph: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/uDDf9SA6MXM" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">An Ohio mother is facing felony charges after police say she taped her 2-year-old son to a wall while streaming video on Facebook Live.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Shayla Rudolph, 18, was arrested Thursday, Reynoldsburg Division of Police <a href="https://www.facebook.com/REYNOLDSBURGPOLICE/posts/1682942291731605" style="background: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1177aa; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">said in a press release.</a></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Police said Rudolph also taped her son’s mouth shut. He can be heard screaming in the video as Rudolph talks to the camera for about 15 minutes, according to police.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">The video was recorded earlier this month.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Here’s what you need to know:</span></div>

Shayla Rudolph: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know

An Ohio mother is facing felony charges after police say she taped her 2-year-old son to a wall while streaming video on Facebook Live. ...

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Rabbi Marvin Hier: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know

<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/mZvGCT_Cnxk" width="560"></iframe> <br /> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">A well-known California rabbi who runs a tolerance museum is one of the religious leaders who will say a prayer at Donald Trump’s Inauguration.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Rabbi Marvin Hier <a href="http://www.haaretz.com/us-news/.premium-1.765691" style="background: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1177aa; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">is the head </a>of Los Angeles’ Simon Wiesenthal Center.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Hier runs a museum of tolerance, but <a href="http://read%20more:%20http//dailycaller.com/2016/12/29/trumps-inauguration-rabbi-slams-obama-with-anti-semitism-charge/#ixzz4WHgZGOG2" style="background: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1177aa; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">he’s also accused</a> President Barack Obama of being an anti-Semite.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Hier will join a group of religious leaders from other faiths as the 45th president takes the oath of office. However, not everyone is happy that he agreed to participate.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Here’s what you need to know:</span></div>

Rabbi Marvin Hier: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know

A well-known California rabbi who runs a tolerance museum is one of the religious leaders who will say a prayer at Donald Trump’s Inaugu...

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Barbara Bush, George W.’s Daughter: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know

<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nPPZh78wuXE" width="560"></iframe> <br />  Barbara Pierce Bush is the daughter of President George Bush, the granddaughter of President George H.W. Bush and the sister of Today Show contributor Jenna Bush Hager.<br /> <br />  Bush and Hager are fraternal twins, with Bush being born a few minutes before her sister. The two are both 35 years old. While Hager is married with two children, Bush is not. Instead, she has focused on her work as a health care advocate as the co-founder and CEO of the Global Health Corps.<br /> <br /> Here is a look at Bush’s life and career.

Barbara Bush, George W.’s Daughter: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know

 Barbara Pierce Bush is the daughter of President George Bush, the granddaughter of President George H.W. Bush and the sister of Today Sh...

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Ana-Alecia Ayala: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know

<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/uhVufXY3T-0" width="560"></iframe> <br /> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Ana-Alecia Fernandez Ayala of Dallas won the hearts of many last year when she appeared in a viral video, dancing to Zay Hilfigerrr & Zayion McCall’s “Juju on That Beat” with a friend. What made her video different is that she danced in a hospital gown as she was receiving chemotherapy for uterine sarcoma, a rare cancer. Sadly, on January 18, Ayala died, but not without inspiring many and even appearing on <i style="box-sizing: border-box;">The Ellen DeGeneres Show</i>.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">The 32-year-old Ayala leaves behind her husband and three-year-old daughter.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Here’s a look at her story.</span></div>

Ana-Alecia Ayala: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know

Ana-Alecia Fernandez Ayala of Dallas won the hearts of many last year when she appeared in a viral video, dancing to Zay Hilfigerrr ...

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George H.W. Bush Net Worth: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/3qcN2OUW20g" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">George H.W. Bush, the former president, is a wealthy man, but his holdings are tied up in property to some degree.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">The Bush family spokesman announced on January 18 that both Bush and his wife of 72 years, Barbara, were in a Houston hospital.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Bush was in the Intensive Care Unit, <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/01/18/george-hw-bush-barbara-bush-jim-mcgrath-houston-methodist-hospital/96723788/" style="background: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1177aa; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">suffering from</a> “an acute respiratory problem stemming from pneumonia,” the spokesman said. His spokesman said the former president was admitted to the hospital on Saturday. Barbara <a href="http://heavy.com/news/2017/01/barbara-bush-hospitalized-health-condition-update-george-h-w-intensive-care-pneumonia-dead-or-alive-anniversary-wedding/" style="background: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1177aa; text-decoration: none;">was admitted</a> the morning of January 18 after “experiencing fatigue and coughing,” according to the family spokesman’s statement, which was released on Twitter.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">How wealthy are the Bushes?</span></div>

George H.W. Bush Net Worth: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know

George H.W. Bush, the former president, is a wealthy man, but his holdings are tied up in property to some degree. The Bush family sp...

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Toni Anderson: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know

<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/16_-4TAWiCM" width="560"></iframe><br /> <br /> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Police, family and friends are searching for a missing college student in Kansas City, Missouri, who disappeared early Sunday morning after texting a friend to say she was being “pulled over again.”</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Toni Anderson, a 20-year-old native of Wichita, Kansas, was in fact stopped Sunday by the North Kansas City Police Department, but investigators do not know where she went after that,</span><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span><a href="http://www.kshb.com/news/local-news/family-desperate-to-find-missing-20-year-old-umkc-student" style="background: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1177aa; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">KSHB-TV reports.</a></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">She was last seen Sunday, January 15.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Her mother told KHSB it’s unlike her daughter to be out of contact with her loved ones.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">“It’s not like her. She’s social. You pretty much always know where she’s at,” Liz Anderson told the news station. “It’s just been a horrible nightmare. And I know any parent going through this is just horrified.”</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Pete Sanchez, Anderson’s boyfriend, <a href="http://fox4kc.com/2017/01/17/friends-fear-kansas-city-womans-text-shows-she-encountered-someone-evil/" style="background: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1177aa; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">told WDAF-TV</a>, “She’s a great person, really nice. We’re all worried sick for her. Every time I leave the house, I hope the next face I see in public is going to be her.”</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">The Kansas City Police Department is investigating and ask anyone with information to call 816-474-TIPS.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Anderson’s name is also spelled Tonie Anderson on some missing persons posters and other information being distributed.</span></div>

Toni Anderson: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know

Police, family and friends are searching for a missing college student in Kansas City, Missouri, who disappeared early Sunday morning aft...

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Alejandra Villanueva Ibarra: 5 Fast Facts You Need To Know

<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/AuM78drOX7s" width="560"></iframe><br /> <br /> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">A Denver teenager has been identified as one of the victims in the Blue Parrot nightclub mass shooting.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Alejandra Villanueva Ibarra, 18, died after she was trampled to death in the panic after the shooting, <a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/news/denver-teen-trampled-to-death-during-mexican-music-fest-shooting-in-resort-town-of-playa-del-carmen-family-says/" style="background: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1177aa; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">reported CBS News.</a></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Four other people also died when the gunman opened fire during a closing party for the popular BPM Festival, which showcases electronic music. Dramatic videos captured the chaos immediately after the shooting.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; margin-bottom: 2.4rem; word-wrap: break-word;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">The gunman is still at large, and the motive is not yet clear.</span></div>

Alejandra Villanueva Ibarra: 5 Fast Facts You Need To Know

A Denver teenager has been identified as one of the victims in the Blue Parrot nightclub mass shooting. Alejandra Villanueva Ibarra, 18...

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