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Photo: Ashley Cox Charlie Xavier remembers every single detail from the morning of September 10, 2021,when life as she knew it changed forever. Leaving her Charlottesville, Virginia, home before dawn, the mom of two boys, London, 4, and Julien, 9 months, made the short drive toPatch Brewing Co.,the brewery she and her husband André planned to open in a few days. Charlie was determined to finish making a chalkboard table to go in the kids' play area, but within minutes of sanding the wooden frame, she fell, sending the electric sander to the ground where it sparked fumes and created a massive explosion....

Monaco Royal Family.Photo: Eric Mathon/Palais princier Princess Charleneof Monaco’s upcoming birthday celebration on Monday can be best described as royally intimate. The South African-raised royal will turn 43 with only a handful of well-wishers on hand. “She doesn’t like big celebrations,” husbandPrince Alberttells PEOPLE exclusively, revealing that this year’s party “is going to be pretty much a family affair.” Having his family be an example of social distancing and other COVID-19 restrictions is important to Albert....

A series of bombs tore through Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday, killing more than 200 people in churches and popular tourist hotels in and around the island nation’s capital of Colombo. St. Sebastian’s Church.Chamila Karunarathne/AP/REX/Shutterstock “It was a river of blood,” shopkeeper N.A. Sumanapala told theNew York Timesof the scene inside St. Anthony’s. “Ash was falling like snow. I saw limbs and heads. There were children, too.” The Shangri-La, a hotel in Colombo, said in astatementon Facebook that an explosion went off in its Table One Restaurant around 9 a....

Photo: GoFundMe Katie Wenszell is now fighting for her life after saving her mother, who was allegedly pushed into a path of an oncoming train at a MARTA station in Atlanta. Katie, 28, her mother Susan, 57, and her four sisters, originally from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, were on vacation in Georgia as a part of their girls’ trip when the tragic incident took place,Fox 6 Milwaukee Newsreported. On Aug. 19, Susan was allegedly pushed onto the train tracks and was knocked unconscious, MARTA policesaid in a statementfollowing the incident....

Photo: Davidson County Sheriff/The Tennessean/AP (2) Who reallykilled NFL star Steve McNair? Nashville police say the retired quarterback, a Most Valuable Player with theTennessee Titans, died in 2009 in a murder-suicide at the hands of girlfriend Sahel “Jenni” Kazemi, who shot McNair and then herself in despair over financial struggles and her suspicion that he was seeing another woman who was not his wife. But that conclusion made little sense to friends and family members of the victims....

01of 14Megan Thee StallionJeff Kravitz/FilmMagic; Lester Cohen/Getty; Johnny Nunez/GettyThe common denominator between the rapper’s three looks? Majorly sexy style. From herone-shoulder, leopard Roberto Cavalli gownon the red carpet toher two black dresses inside the show, MTS was all about a body-con moment. 01of 14 Megan Thee Stallion Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic; Lester Cohen/Getty; Johnny Nunez/Getty The common denominator between the rapper’s three looks? Majorly sexy style. From herone-shoulder, leopard Roberto Cavalli gownon the red carpet toher two black dresses inside the show, MTS was all about a body-con moment....

Tough Mudder races are collaborative obstacle courses in the mud.Photo:Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images Several people in California’s Sonoma County have fallen ill after competing in a Tough Mudder race — a collaborative obstacle course challenge in muddy terrain — on August 19 and 20 at the Sonoma Raceway. Their symptoms were so severe, ranging from skin rashes to vomiting, that it prompted the county health department to issue an advisory....

Photo: Mexico State Police/AP/Shutterstock; Mexico State PoliceA New Mexico man who was on probation and wore an ankle monitor is accused of killing his wife with an ax after police used GPS data from the device to find her body.Armando Zamora, 35, was charged Monday with an open count of murder in the first-degree in the death of 39-year-old Erica Zamora, who disappeared on Sept. 26.New Mexico State Police got involved in the case on Oct....

Amy Schumer and family.Photo: Amy Schumer Amy Schumer’s son made a new friend. On Tuesday night, musician Carlton Jumel Smithposted a selfieon Instagram featuring the comedian, 40, taken in New York City, recounting in the caption how the moment came to be. He said Schumer’s 2-year-old sonGene David, whom she shares with husband Chris Fischer, approached him in a silly way on the sidewalk. “This just happened - I’d left my storage unit having picked up a load of records....

Nadya Suleman, a.k.a. “Octomom,” is celebrating a major milestone in her octuplets' lives.The 47-year-old mom of 14 posed with her octuplets in celebration of their 14th birthday, which they celebrated with a family go-kart outing.Standing in between Noah, Josiah, Nariyah, Maliyah, Jonah, Jeremiah, Isaiah and Makai, it appears many of the teens are approaching mom’s height as they smile together, holding balloons that spell out “birthday.“The teens show off their unique senses of style in another photo, where they are lined up and caught mid-jump....

Speaker of the HouseNancy Pelosipointedly applauded PresidentDonald Trumpduring his State of the Union address Tuesday night right after he called for an end to “the politics of revenge” — but was she genuine, sarcastic or somewhere in between? Speech watchers were divided on the gesture, which saw Pelosi purse her lipsas she clapped toward the president. (A spokesman was not immediately available to comment to PEOPLE, but a top Pelosi aideretweeted videoof the moment....

And late last September, when police say the boy, Joshua “J.J.” Vallow, disappeared, the nanny alleged that Lori had told her that J.J. had gone to spend a month with his grandparents. In reality, say police, the grandparents were the ones who alerted authorities that he was missing. Police say J.J. was last seen September 23 at his school in Rexburg, Idaho, before his mother withdrew him and indicated to the principal that she was considering home-schooling the boy, who has autism....

Naomi Campbell. Want to learn to model like a boss? Lucky for you,Naomi Campbellhas added another role to her résumé: teacher. Last week, the supermodel launchedher first-ever MasterClasson modeling fundamentals where aspiring models will learn how to navigate the industry, her personal experiences and how to approach life with confidence. Speaking to PEOPLE about her new role as an instructor, Campbell opened up about why she thinks it’s important to share her expertise....