Photo: Oregon LotteryAn Oregon man who has twice overcome cancer now has a new reason to boast of hitting the jackpot — 4.6 million reasons, to be exact.Stu MacDonald buys a ticket each week for Oregon’s Game Megabucks, and each time, his wife Claudia offers a word of advice: “Get the winning ticket.”Though she forgot to offer her sage wisdom on Sept. 7, MacDonald listened anyway, and came home with a ticket worth $4....

Photo: GoFundMe A Texas woman was fatally shot while setting up for a garage sale to raise money for a trip she and her husband planned to take for their fifth anniversary. “I had to trade our fifth anniversary for her funeral,” Elizabeth Barraza’s husband Sergio Barraza told reporters at a Wednesday news conference. “We need justice for Liz. I need justice for Liz. I love you, Liz.” Police have not determined whether the suspect was male or female....

This is a time of a somewhat personal upheaval forTy Herndon. “We’re just getting ready to move into our new house during the second week of January,” Herndon, 61, tells PEOPLE in a recent interview. “We are up to our elbows in boxes right now.” It’s a happy upheaval though, as the Grammy-nominated and Dove Award-winning country artist finds himself currentlybasking in newlywed blisswith husband Alex Schwartz. “I wake up in the morning and go, ‘Oh, good, you’re still here,’” Herndon says with laugh....

Tyre Nichols.Photo: Adrian Sainz/AP/Shutterstock Preliminary findings from an independent autopsy onTyre Nichols— who died following an alleged violent encounter with the Memphis Police earlier this month — show he suffered extreme injuries, according to Benjamin Crump and Antonio Romanucci, two attorneys representing his family. In astatement posted on Twitter, the lawyers say the recently completed autopsy showed that Nichols was beaten so severely he experienced “extensive bleeding.” The statement also alleges police “brutalized him to the point he was unrecognizable....

Photo:Steve Granitz/FilmMagicTyrese Gibsonis taking The Home Depot to court.On Wednesday, Gibson, 44, and two men described as associates of theFast and Furiousstar who “regularly provide construction services to Gibson,” filed a lawsuit against the home improvement company alleging that the three “experienced outrageous discriminatory mistreatment and consumer racial profiling” during a visit to the company’s West Hills, Calif. store in February.Gibson and the two other plaintiffs, Eric Mora and Manuel Hernandez, are seeking over $1 million in damages — to reflect the amount Gibson says he’s spent at Home Depot locations over his lifetime — in addition to punitive damages and “a declaratory judgment declaring that” Home Depot’s actions violated California’s Unruh Civil Rights Act....

U.S. Wins 3-0 against Vietnam in the first World Cup match.Photo:Andrew Cornaga/AP Photo Andrew Cornaga/AP Photo The U.S. Women’s National Team achieved an early victory in the2023 Women’s World Cupafter winning their first match of the tournament against Vietnam on Saturday. USWNTbeat Vietnam 3-0 in what was their opposing team’s debut at the Women’s World Cup, following the tournament’s kick-off in Auckland, New Zealand, this week. Forward Sophia Smith scored the first goal for the U....

Ukraine flag.Photo: Aleksandr Gusev/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images Artyom Datsishin, a Ukrainian ballet dancer, has reportedly died after being injured during the Russian invasion. Datsishin, a principal dancer with the National Opera of Ukraine, was wounded in Kyiv two days after Russia launched a large-scale invasion on Feb. 24, according to theEvening Standard, which reported he was 43. He “was seriously wounded,” Borovik continued, adding that he “died in the hospital....

Ed note: On Sunday, authorities in Illinois announced they had identified the remains of United Airlines Executive Jake Cefolia, who was reported missing in August 2020. In February 2021, PEOPLE covered Cefolia’s mysterious disappearance and the shock of those who knew him. Police in Elmhurst, Ill., told PEOPLE Cefolia was under criminal investigation when he disappeared, but they have not specified for what. The person who initially reported him missing was his ex-wife, Kristine Cefolia, after Jake missed picking up his teen twins for his scheduled night with them and didn’t respond to any of her calls....

The search for radioactive capsule.Photo: Uncredited/AP/Shutterstock An urgent search fora small radioactive capsule remains underwayin Western Australia, three days after officials alerted the public to the incident. According to an updated alert from The Department of Fire and Emergency Services (DFES) on Monday,the capsule was packagedon Jan. 10 to be transported to Perth for repair. The package holding the capsule arrived in Perth on Jan. 16 and was stored in the licensed service provider’s secure radiation store....

Usher and Jennifer Goicoechea attend the 2023 Vanity Fair Oscar Party.Photo: Kevin Mazur/VF23/WireImage Usheris celebrating a special birthday! On Saturday, the “My Boo” singer, 45, shouted out his partner,Jennifer “Jenn” Goicoechea, on Instagram as she turned one year older. “I couldn’t ask for a better partna. Happy birthday, my love,” he wrote inhis birthday tribute, sharing a black-and-white photo of the pair holding hands and cuddling, as well as a color snapshot of the two kissing....

Sam Kerr and Kristie Mewis.Photo: Zhizhao Wu/Getty Team USA’sKristie Mewisand Australian Sam Kerr have made their relationship Instagram official. The athletes previously sparked romance rumors on Thursday as their teams faced off against each other in thebronze medal matchat theTokyo Olympics. After the American squad picked up their first-ever Olympic bronze, beating the Australians 4-3, Mewis shared a touching moment with Kerr, ​​sitting down on the field with the Australian captain to give her a comforting hug....

Love is in the air at theDetroit Zoo.The Michigan zoo is in the midst of Heart Fest, their celebration of animal couples who “heart” each other.Since animals aren’t ones to go to the store and buy flowers, the zoo is providing their lovebirds and lovebears with gifts to enjoy together.On Feb. 7 penguins, red pandas, wolverines, polar bears and wolves were all given early Valentine’s Day gifts. Instead of chocolates and greeting cards, the zoo residents were treated to snack-filled piñatas, heart-shaped ice pops and painted rocks....

Photo: John Lamparski/Getty Valerie Bertinelliis welcoming in better days. On Sunday, the Food Network star shared a post commemorating her 63rd birthday, which is a major milestone for Bertinelli — it’s her first since her divorce from ex husbandTom Vitalewas finalized in November. In an Instagram post, she revealed she was at the Amsterdam airport and that she’d be spending her birthday in Europe watching her son,Wolfgang Van Halen, perform....