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Photo: Covington Police Department After days of searching, a missing Kentucky father of four has been found dead, according to police. Craig Tomasetti, 47, was found “deceased at 12:29 a.m. after search crews located his van submerged in the Licking River near the Locust Pike Park boat ramp,” the Covington Police Department shared in an update on Tuesday morning. “Our hearts are with the family during this tragically difficult time,” they added....

Citi Field.Photo: Robert Alexander/Getty ImagesMLB stadiums across the country will continue to play a role in helping prevent the spread of COVID-19.As Opening Day approaches, it has been announced that a number of ballparks that were converted intomass vaccination centersduring the offseason will continue to remain open to the public.New York’s Yankee Stadium and Citi Field are among the stadiums that will continue providing doses, according to theAssociated Press, as are Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, PNC Park in Pittsburgh and Miami’s Marlins Park....

Photo: Stephen Dunn/Getty Images Not only is MLB starMadison Bumgarnera three-time World Series champion, but he’s also a successful rodeo competitor — albeit under a different name. The baseball player’s rodeo identity is a nod to his wife Ali, according to Bumgarner, who used her maiden name as his alter ego’s surname and “Mason” — a shortened version of Madison — because it’s “something for my wife to call me when we were out in public to keep people from recognizing me....

Photo: Paul Morigi/WireImage For years the pair were at odds after Mo’Nique, 54, accused director Daniels, 62, and others ofblackballing herfor not promoting their 2009 filmPreciousduring awards season. On Friday evening, the duo publicly buried the hatchet in the middle of a comedy show in Staten Island, New York. As seen invideo footageshared on Twitter, the actress was on stage performing as part of her Mo’Nique and Friends: April Fools Day with The Queen of Comedy event, when she brought the director out on stage....

Photo: GoFundMeA Missouri police officer, who fatally struck a four-year-old girl with the police cruiser she was driving, has been charged in the child’s death.Andria Heese, 28, was charged Monday with first-degree involuntary manslaughter in the death of Gabriella Curry.The charges came almost one year after the Jan. 4, 2019 fatal incident.“When you are dealing with vehicle fatalities, especially ones that are of this magnitude, it is not a simple ‘he said, she said,’” Camden County prosecutor Heather Miller tells PEOPLE....

Vaccine.Photo: Getty Moderna says its COVID-19 vaccine remains 93% effective in protecting individuals against the virus six months after the second dose,The New York Timesreports. The company shared in an earnings call on Thursday that although their vaccine has proven efficacy months after it has been administered, they anticipate that people will need a booster shot this fall. Because of the rapid spread of the Delta variant, Moderna is planning booster shots and has already tested three options, each of which has demonstrated “robust antibody responses,” the company announced, perThe Washington Post....

Photo: Gallagher Funeral Home and Crematory (3) On July 23, Jasmine Andersonwas charged with second degree murder in connection with the death of her 5-year-old daughterAudrey Lynn Chelette. Her current condition was not immediately clear. Three years ago, Audrey’s father,Christopher Dawayne Chelette, 20,died after he hanged himself. Last April, Anderson’s 4-year-old son,Christopher Dawayne Chelette Jr., died after she said he choked on a bottle cap. Now, Alexandria investigators are revisiting the pair’s deaths....

Screenshot from ChaCha Watson’s Roblox chat with daughter Miracle.Photo: ChaCha Watson/Facebook Sometimes being a parent means getting creative. When her initial attempts to get in touch with her daughter on the phone weren’t successful, ChaCha Watson knew exactly how to make sure the lasagna got defrosted on time: find her on Roblox. The Chicago mom toldTodaythat sheloves “spending quality time” with 11-year-old daughter Miracle on the online gaming platform, which they’ve been doing together for over a year....

Paulina Velasquez.Photo: gofundme Agnes Velasquez has been sleeping on the couch in her 15-year-old daughter Paulina’s ICU room at Broward Health Medical Center, shetold CNNin a video chat. “I came with my daughter and I’m not going anywhere,” Velasquez said. When Paulina first got sick, the teen told her mother she couldn’t breath, Velasquez told CNN. She rushed to her daughter’s aid and didn’t think to put her mask on first, Velasquez explained, and tested positive for COVID-19 days after....

Lisa Martin leaves the hospital.Photo: courtesy Memorial Satilla Health A Georgia woman is heading into the new year having beaten incredible odds — and her family couldn’t be more thankful. “Miracle patient” Lisa Martin, 49, had been admitted to theMemorial Satilla Healthemergency room in Waycross, Georgia, in September for complications related toCOVID-19, according to a Thursday Facebook post from the hospital. “Her amazing journey includes 59 days on a ventilator, 40 days in an induced coma and surviving a frontal lobe stroke,” the post read, alongside a video of Lisa leaving the hospital, using a rolling walker as medical staff cheered and clapped for her....

Photo: Amanda Halse/Facebook When she heard news about the horrific limousine accident that left20 dead in upstate New York on Saturday afternoon, Martina Wieblitz Halse desperately tried to contact her daughter, Amanda Halse, who she knew was traveling with a large group in that same area. Martina and her daughter, Karina Halse, repeatedly texted and called Amanda, but with each message sent and number dialed, their attempts went unanswered....

Photo: DON EMMERT/AFP/Getty ImagesOne runner in Sunday’sTCS New York City Marathontrained for the race in a deeply sentimental way — along a route that spelled her late daughter’s name.“I call it Marit’s run,” Jennifer Swenson, whose 16-year-old daughter Marit died of a brain tumor in August 2017, toldToday. “The hardest part was the ‘R.'”The mother from Minnesota, 47, and Marit were planning to run theDisney Princess Half Marathontogether when Marit’s pediatric high-grade glioma was discovered in February 2017,CNNreported....

Photo: Courtesy Tiffany Elliott One nursing mom experienced an embarrassing and surprisingly common occurrence when she and her husband took their kids to a family dentist in Rochester, New York. Tiffany Elliott, mother to 5-year-old Vayda and 9-month-old Ember,told her story first on Facebook in a postthat’s since gone viral. “I went to breastfeed her, but I never got the chance,” Elliott recalls to PEOPLE. “I went to lift up the bottom of my shirt, and the dentist said, ‘I’m uncomfortable....