Grace Sotolongo-Alvarez with their son Gabriel, a photo of her late husband Gabe, and her sister.Photo: Courtesy The Florida mom whosehusband died in a construction accident just days before they welcomed their second childis now hoping to carry on his legacy with the newest addition to their family. Grace Sotolongo-Alvarezwas just days away from her scheduled cesarean section when her construction worker husband, Gabriel “Gabe” Alvarez,died on the job on Oct....

A school principal in Florida visited Michelangelo’s famed sculpture of the Biblical figure David after she wasasked to resign because parents allegedly complainedabout their sixth-grade students seeing it in a lesson. “There is nothing wrong with the human body in and of itself,” formerTallahassee Classical Schoolprincipal Hope Carrasquilla said in a statement from the museum, according to theWashington Post. According to the publication, Carrasquilla said visiting the sculpture was like going to church and noted its “purity” and “humanness....

Sgt. Pepper the dog and his owner.Photo: Eaton County Animal Control It’s a reunion seven years in the making! A dog named Sgt. Pepper wasreunited with his owneron Wednesday in Michigan — more than 1,000 miles from where he went missing in 2014. TheYorkshire terriermix was just 6 years old when he disappeared from his Florida home, according to the Eaton County Animal Control. Sgt. Pepper the dog.Eaton County Animal Control...

Shane O’Neal.Photo: Knauf Funeral Homes A Florida man set to become a grandfatherdied from COVID-19just 20 minutes before his first grandchild was born. Shane O’Neal, 40, had been “super excited” about the arrival of his grandson, his daughter, Kylie Dean,told USA Today. But in early August, the same week he had planned to get vaccinated, O’Neal tested positive for COVID-19. He had no preexisting conditions, but after a week with the virus he was hospitalized and intubated....

United Airlines.Photo: Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto via Getty A Florida man was removed from a United Airlines flight after wearing a thong around his face as a substitute for a mask. Adam Jenne of Cape Coral chose to wear the thong Wednesday on the flight between Florida and Washington, DC in protest of the airline’s mask mandate,The Hillreported. Jenne toldNBC2he has worn a thong about two dozen times on flights during the COVID-19 pandemic and received a variety of reactions to the health and safety violation....

“Just say no” or just say “good boy”? “They try to associate us with law enforcement and we’re not. My dog just happens to know some very expensive tricks,” says founder Ray McCarty. According to the company’s Facebook page, the K9s are “carefully trained to safely and reliably work in a wide array of locations, including, homes, schools and workplace environments. When a sniffer dog detects an odor (residual or otherwise), it is trained to let the handler know with a passive signal....

In the span of approximately an hour on Sunday afternoon,Rob Tibbettsexperienced a tangle of emotions after learning that a body had been found that matched the description of his missing daughter,Mollie Tibbetts. Rob learned of the discovery of the dead young woman while he was at an Iowa Cubs game, passing out fliers about Mollie’s disappearance. For much of that hour, he says, he wrestled with the possibility that his family’s weeks-long search had at last come to an end — evenwith a resolution none of them wanted....

Couple holds each other and walks toward home.Photo:Getty Images Getty Images The days of gifting a toaster or silverware set to newlyweds may soon be gone! Instead, more brides and grooms are asking wedding guests to help them buy a home with down payment contributions as a part of their wedding registry, according toanalysisfrom Zillow Home Loans andThe Knot. Since 2018, the number of couples who have listed “home funds” on their registry has jumped 55%, with 20% of couples registered on The Knot asking for assistance with their down payments, according to a release from Zillow, one ofPEOPLE’s 2023 Companies that Care....

A former Walt Disney Studios executive thinksJohnny Deppcould someday return to thePirates of the Caribbeanfranchise following his victory in his defamation trial against ex-wifeAmber Heard. Depp, 58, won his defamation claims against Heard, 36, on Wednesday, concluding a contentious six-week legal battle in Virginia that put their private lives in the public eye. (Heard also won one of her three claims of defamation, and her lawyer said Thursday that she plans to appeal....

Travis Rudolph.Photo: Joe Robbins/Getty Images Former NFL player Travis Rudolph has been arrested in connection to a double shooting on early Wednesday morning that left one man dead and another injured. Deputies from the Palm Beach Sheriff’s Office were called to the 500 block of N. Redwood Drive in Lake Park, Florida, shortly after midnight about a double shooting that stemmed from an altercation, according to authorities. Upon arriving at the scene, deputies learned that one man had been transported to a local hospital for injuries....

Photo: David John Griffin/Icon Sportswire via Getty While former Tampa Bay Buccaneers player Warrick Dunn has long since retired from professional football, he has still found a way to bring smiles to families in Florida. Through his nonprofit,Warrick Dunn Charities, and a partnership withHabitat for Humanity, Dunn gifted single mom LaToya Reedy and her 18-year-old son a fully furnished two-bedroom home located in St. Petersburg on Tuesday, according to theTampa Bay Times....

Klete Keller.Photo: getty images Former Olympic swimmerKlete Kellerhas agreed to a plea deal related to his involvement in the Jan. 6U.S. Capitol riot. Appearing in court Wednesday, Keller pleaded guilty to one felony count of obstructing an official proceeding in exchange for prosecutors dropping six other charges against him, according to reports fromNBC,The Washington Post, andUSA Today. Obstructing an official proceeding is a felony charge that carries an estimated sentence of 21 to 27 months....

Photo: Getty Images; Brian To/Variety/REX/Shutterstock; Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images “TWO decades of friendship and respect. The best. I love you @M_Weatherly Always and forever,” she added. Weatherly, who currently stars inBull, played field agent Anthony DiNozzo onNCISfrom 2003 to 2016. Alexander, who played Special Agent Caitlin Todd on the show, also voiced her support for Weatherly. “I have been in trenches w/ my friend @M_Weatherly. Always laughs, true friend & [a heart] as big as they come,” she wrote on Saturday, hours after Perrette’s message, alongside a photo of the pair....