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Video footage of a Mississippi basketball coach using American Sign Language to communicate with players has captured the Internet’s attention, leading many to praise the dedicated coach.The game was heated on Nov. 8 as the Bulldogs, of the Mississippi School for the Deaf, took on Jackson Preparatory School,according to WAPT. So, during a break in the game, Coach Sekoe White passionately signed to the team, in a display captured on video....

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Monday blocked a bipartisan resolution calling for the release of Robert Mueller’s full report, according toAxios,CNNandNBC News. McConnell, an ally of President Donald Trump’s who has nonetheless been critical of him at times, reportedly urged caution before trying to rush out the release of potentially sensitive material. “It’s not unreasonable to give the special counsel and the Justice Department just a little time to complete their review in a professional and responsible manner,” McConnell said on the Senate floor, according to CNN....

Mitch McConnell.Photo: Melina Mara/The Washington Post via GettySenate Minority LeaderMitch McConnellhas been discharged from the hospital after spending almost five days after taking a fall during a dinner event on Wednesday.“At the advice of his physician, the next step will be a period of physical therapy at an inpatient rehabilitation facility before he returns home,” McConnell’s communications director David Popp said in a statement on Monday.According to Popp, McConnell’s medical team discovered over the weekend that the 81-year-old had suffered a minor rib fracture during the fall, along with a concussion that caused him to remain in the hospital “for a few days of observation and treatment....

Photo: Julio Aguilar/Getty, Patrick McDermott/Getty During the fifth inning of the Yankees' 7-5 win over the Sox Saturday, tensions boiled and both benches were cleared when Sox catcher Yasmani Grandal confronted Donaldson at home plate. Players from both teams later revealed that Donaldson called Anderson “Jackie” a number of times during the game, referring to iconic MLB playerJackie Robinson, who was Black. Sox manager Tony La Russa claimed it was “a racist comment” directed at Anderson, who is Black....

Irene Torres and Dwayne Herelle.Photo: Facebook An MMA fighter has been accused of stabbing his ex-girlfriend to death, then stuffing her body inside a storage bin before concealing her remains in his apartment closet, authorities say. The Nashville Police Department announced the arrest of Dwayne Herelle, Jr., in connection with the death of Irene Torres. Herelle, 28, is being held without bond on a single charge of murder, jail records indicate....

Photo: Poweshiek County Sheriff’s Office The body of Iowa college studentMollie Tibbettswas found 500 yards into a cornfield about 10 to 12 miles south from where police think she was abducted, an investigator tells PEOPLE. Tibbetts, a 20-year-old psychology major at the University of Iowa, was found buried under parts of cornstalks, says Mortvedt. Her body was 500 yards from a gravel road and not visible from it, he says....

Photo: Dixon Police Department Police in Dixon, Illinois, received a bizarre call on Wednesday afternoon. A concerned citizen called 911 after seeing a White Audi Q5 driving down IL Route 2, a four-lane highway outside the downtown area. A large blue inflatable pool was balanced on the roof of the vehicle. And inside the pool: two young children. According to apress releasefrom the Dixon Police Department, officers searched the area and eventually located the vehicle, which was still driving down the road....

Photo: Texas Children’s HospitalWhile taking a shower one morning last November, 13-year-old Ethan Brautigam suddenly felt the worst headache of his life.He grabbed a towel and screamed for his mom. “He was panicking,” remembers his mother, Erin Brautigam. “He said, “My head hurts, my head hurts. Something’s wrong with my head.“Brautigam had suffered from migraines, so she thought perhaps her son was having one now. He vomited, but she wasn’t too alarmed....

Yamalier Arroyo-Santana, Yarnell Arroyo-Santana and Alex Angel Arroyo-Santana.Photo: Gofundme In his final moments, a father did everything he could to save his family from a fire at their Philadelphia home that erupted early Sunday morning, neighbors told local media. Tragically, both he and their children died, while his wife survived. Officials received a call about a fire at a single-family dwelling on Hartville Street shortly after 2 a.m. Sunday, Philadelphia Fire Commissioner Adam Thiel said during anews conferencehours later....

Photo: Jeena Wilder/Instagram Jeena Wilder is never leaving anyone behind. The South Carolina social media star recently shared a video onTikTokandInstagramwhere she revealed that if one of her children gets invited to a birthday party, she brings the entire family. Wilder shares five children with her husband, ranging in age from 4 months to 9 years old. “POV when you invite one of my children to a birthday party,” she wrote over the video as her family danced in a line....

Scottie Thomas.Photo: Eaton Indiana Police Department The mother of a missing Indiana teen is sharing a heartbreaking message for her 14-year-old son, pleading with him to come home. Scottie Morris was last seenon March 16. Security footage from his family’s home in the small town of Eaton, which is northeast of Indianapolis, showed the teen walking away from the house around 8:15 p.m. local time, according to WTHR. She continued, “If you’re in a house and they come to you and you don’t want to go out because it’s the cops, reach out, me and Dad will come get you, okay?...

Photo: Erin Kata Photography “It was shocking. I did feel throughout my pregnancy that there was something different though, just an intuition. We never suspected dwarfism,” Marcella, 32, tells PEOPLE. “We didn’t care [that] Brody would be a little person. But since there are over 300 forms of dwarfism with varying degrees of health issues, we were worried about his health.” Marcella, Brody, and Mike Stanley.Erin Kata Photography Throughout the rest of the pregnancy, Marcella and Mike did all they could to learn more about their son’s condition, and Marcella underwent several tests to confirm the diagnosis....

Photo:Harper Collins Harper Collins When Rennie Dyball’s daughter was 7, the two were shopping in the grocery store when a great song came on over the speakers. Naturally, Dyball started doing a little dance in the aisle, but her daughter looked at her with wide eyes and said, “Mommy, something is jiggling.” Although Dyball (a former PEOPLE staffer) was initially “horrified,” the incident with her daughter made Dyball start thinking....