01of 11ANGELA WEISS/AFP via GettyHundreds arrived at theRuff Ryders to the Rescue Foundation’sprayer vigilon April 5 outside of White Plains Hospital in New York, where DMX — whose real name is Earl Simmons — was admitted afterreportedly overdosing on Fridayand having a heart attack. Simmons had to be resuscitated and was put on life support.02of 11ANGELA WEISS/AFP via GettyCars drove through the area, including one from which a fan with a Ruff Ryders sweatshirt rose from the sun roof and threw up an “X” to show support for the beloved rapper....

The parents of Chloe Wiegand are speaking out in their first interview since the 18-month-oldfell to her death from a docked cruise shipearlier this month. Opening up on theTodayshow Monday inan emotional conversationwithSavannah Guthrie, Alan and Kimberly Wiegand recalled the traumatic scene following the accident, when Chloe’s grandfather Sam placed her on a railing near a window that he believed to be a closed part of a glass wall. “He was extremely hysterical....

Photo: gofundme WARNING: Graphic photos contained below Little Felicity was outside with mom Sierra Michele Peden, her dad Michael, and her three siblings, Samantha, 13, Daisy, 10, and Daryl, 1, doing yard work in preparation for a “housewarming party/double birthday bash” earlier in June, along with the family’s four 12-week-old puppies, according to an update written onGoFundMe. “We had the puppies for 3 weeks and they’d never given us any reason to not allow our children to play with them,” wrote Sierra Michele....

On Tuesday, theAmerican Idolalum, 36, shared that she was able to bring her newborn daughterKeziahhome from the hospital nearly one month after her birth. Barrino’s daughter, whom the singer shares with husband Kendall Taylor, wasborn on May 23and had since been in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). “𝑊𝑒𝑙𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝐻𝑜𝑚𝑒 🧸@keziahlondontaylor🎀,” Barrino writes. Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories....

Fantasia.Photo: Paul Morigi/FilmMagic It’s official:Fantasia Barrinowill front the cast for the upcoming big-screen adaptation ofThe Color Purple. Oprah Winfrey— who made her film debut as Sofia in the 1985Steven Spielberg-directed movie adaptation of Alice Walker’s 1982 novel, and will produce the new musical version — was part of the announcement Thursday night onSoul of a Nation. Barrino, 37, earned rave reviews for her performance, which was her Broadway debut....

Photo: Anna Moneymaker/Getty A group of House Republicans, angry at House SpeakerKevin McCarthy’s recent deal with PresidentJoe Bidento raise the debt ceiling, joined their political rivals to vote against conservative legislation that would defend the “freedoms” of those who own gas stoves. Across the country, some state and local governments have begun placing restrictions on gas-fueled stoves, as a means of limited fossil fuel emissions. But it’s an issue that’s become partisan, with Republicans arguing against the regulations....

Josilyn Ruiz and Brandy Escamilla, high school sweethearts, were shot dead Saturday night while waiting to go to a concert in Washington State.Photo:GoFundMe GoFundMe Escamilla and Ruiz were engaged to be married, both of their families told PEOPLE. They had been high school sweethearts. Josilyn Ruiz, one of the victims in Saturday’s shooting, shown celebrating her graduation from nursing school in 2018.Ruiz Family | Panish Shea Boyle Ravipudi LLP...

Beach in Sonoma County, California.Photo: Getty A father has died after attempting to rescue his kids from the water at a beach in Sonoma County, California. The tragic incident occurred on Sunday at Blind Beach in the town of Jenner, after the two children — a 4-year-old and a 6-year-old — “were swept out to sea” while playing, Lt. Michael Raasch with the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Department told Bay Area local outletKRON....

Jared Bridegan.Photo: Jacksonville Beach Police DepartmentA father of four was fatally shot on the side of a Florida road in what police believe may have been a targeted shooting.Jared Bridegan, 33, was shot multiple times around 8 p.m. on Feb. 16 as he was standing outside his black Volkswagen Atlas along a road in Jacksonville Beach. His two-year-old daughter inside the SUV when he was killed was unharmed.“When officers got on the scene, they found the vehicle with the flashers on, and there was a tire up in front of his vehicle in the roadway,” Jacksonville Beach Police Department Sgt....

Photo: Facebook The father of the man whoallegedly confessed to killing his familyin their upscale home near Disney World plotted to have the suspect’s mom killed 40 years ago, but the woman survived the shooting. The Hartford Courant, citing court documents, contemporaneous newspaper articles and an interview with prosecutor Alan Rubenstein, reports that Robert, a special education teacher, was having an affair with a 17-year-old girl and was engaged to a nurse....

An 18-year-old and his father were shot and killed while walking out of his high school graduation in Virginia’s state capital on Tuesday, and police say the shooter knew the father and son.The shooting outside the Huguenot High School graduation ceremony in Richmond, Va., also wounded five others. Police have not released a motive for the killing, but on Tuesday night they announced that they have a 19-year-old suspect in custody....

Photo: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette U.S. officials are reportedly investigating a woman who allegedly claimed to be a member of the famed Rothschild family during visits to Mar-a-Lago, where she met former PresidentDonald Trumpand mingled with members of his inner circle. In May 2021, Anna de Rothschild drove a new Mercedes Benz AMG G63 through the gates of Mar-a-Lago — Trump’s Palm Beach, Fla., home that is now theepicenter of a criminal investigationinto the former president’s allegedmishandling of classified White House documents— during one of multiple trips to the property....

A hairdresser photographed straightening hair.Photo:Getty Getty That was substantiated in 2022, when a link was found between formaldehyde in hair straightening products and uterine cancer, according to theJournal of the National Cancer Institute. Out of 34,000 women in the United States ages 35 to 74 who were included as a part of the uterine cancer study, there was a notably higher incident uterine cancer rate among women who used hair-straightening products in the past 12 months as opposed to those who did not....