17 Stars Who Were Broke When They Got Their Big Breaks

01of 17Kat GrahamStefania D’Alessandro/GettyBefore hitting it big inThe Vampire Diaries,“I was sleeping on my mom’s floor and I had 86 cents to my name,“Graham told PEOPLE recently. Even after landing her role on the show, she says, “I was on an inflatable mattress for the first six months of filming because I just didn’t trust [it would last].” 01of 17 Kat Graham Stefania D’Alessandro/Getty Before hitting it big inThe Vampire Diaries,“I was sleeping on my mom’s floor and I had 86 cents to my name,“Graham told PEOPLE recently....

March 16, 2025 · 18 min · 3795 words · Tracey Williams

2 Dead, Dozens Injured After Flying Amusement Park Ride Splits Mid-Air in India

Photo: SAM PANTHAKY/AFP/Getty Two people are dead and nearly 30 people were hospitalized in India on Sunday after a swinging amusement park ride broke in the air and crashed to the ground, reports say. Tragedy struck around 540 p.m. (local time) at Kankaria Theme Park in Ahmedabad when the pendulum ride split in half while flying through the air,theTimes of Indiareported. The deceased victims have been identified as Manali Rajvadi, 24, and Mohammed Zaid Momin, 22, theTimesreported....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 393 words · Jennifer Foster

2 Socialites Traveling from Upscale Island Killed After Their Car Falls Off Ferry & Sinks Near Miami

Photo: BFA Two well-known socialites who were traveling toward Miami from an upscale island were tragically killed on Tuesday after a car they were in fell off the ferry and sunk. Investigators said that as the ferry was making its way to the mainland, its operator reported that the Mercedes had fallen overboard, police said. Divers from Miami-Dade Fire Rescue and the Miami-Dade Police Department started searching for the car in the waters below and found it submerged near Government Cut, a manmade shipping channel between Miami Beach and Fisher Island....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 354 words · Thomas Lopez

2 Teens Accused of Murdering Woman in Drive-By Shooting Re-Arrested After Allegedly Cutting Off Monitors

Novita Brazil.Photo: Go Fund Me Two teen murder suspects, ages 15 and 17, were re-arrested in Texas after allegedly cutting off their ankle monitors. In October 2022, the suspects were allegedly driving around in a stolen vehicle and fired over 100 rounds into a house they believed had individuals inside who had previously shot at them. The incident left a 41-year-old female shot in the leg and another female — who was later identified as 25-year-oldNovita Brazil— fatally shot....

March 16, 2025 · 3 min · 467 words · Jacob Hamilton

2-Year-Old Girl with Spina Bifida Learns to Walk by Moving to the Beat of 'Baby Shark'

Two-year-old Harper Comparin has spina bifida, a rare condition that caused her spinal cord to fail to develop properly, making walking and movement difficult. While there is no cure for spina bifida, there are treatments that can help, and Harper has undergone multiple surgeries and trips to the hospital, according toABC News. But the hospital stays have become a nerve-wracking experience for the young girl, and have caused her to lose trust in the doctors who treated her, the news station reported....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 327 words · Hannah Foster

20-Year-Old Aspiring West Point Cadet Falls to His Death from Rocky Cliff at Popular Diving Site

Photo: Facebook A 20-year-old West Point cadet candidate died on Saturday after falling from a cliff at a popular diving site in upstate New York. Benjamin Bochtler, a student at the United States Military Academy Preparatory School in West Point, was hanging from a rock ledge when it broke and sent him plummeting several feet,according to CNNand a statement from West Point. Life-saving measures at the scene were unsuccessful, West Point said....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 294 words · Edward White

2024 Paris Olympics Handing Out 300,000 Condoms After Lifting Intimacy Ban for Athletes

THOMAS SAMSON/AFP via Getty Images The Olympics are set to revive an old tradition — that is, providing thousands of condoms to the athletes for use during the event. “It is very important that the conviviality here is something big,” Michaud told the U.K. outlet. Thedistribution of condomsis a tradition for the Olympics. Since the 1988 Seoul Olympics, organizers have handed out contraceptives to spread awareness of HIV and AIDS,CBS Sportsreported....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 291 words · David Nelson

21-Year-Old Runner with 'Kind, Loving Spirit' Dies in 'Freak Accident' in Calif. Park

Max Lenail.Photo: San Diego Police Department The body of a 21-year-old college student studying to be a doctor was recovered in a California park on Saturday, following what his family believes was a freak accident. Max Lenail, who was from Palo Alto, was last seen going for a run on Friday at Mission Trails Regional Park in San Diego, the San Diego Police Department said. He’d moved to the city just two weeks ago in order to spend as much time as possible outdoors as he finished his pre-med studies at Brown University remotely, mom Laurie Yoler told CBS/CW affiliateKFMB....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 318 words · Kimberly Schmidt

26 Times Olympians Forgot That Their Medals Were Not Edible

01of 26 Simone Biles Simon Biles.Alex Livesey/Getty 02of 26Usain BoltPatrick Smith/Gettyis an eight-time gold medalist, so youcouldsay that medals are his favorite snack. 02of 26 Usain Bolt Patrick Smith/Getty is an eight-time gold medalist, so youcouldsay that medals are his favorite snack. 03of 26Kevin DurantChristian Petersen/Gettydidn’t look too sure watching his teammate LeBron James taking a bite out of his medal in 2012. 03of 26 Kevin Durant Christian Petersen/Getty...

March 16, 2025 · 5 min · 892 words · Gina Wheeler

26-Year-Old Jimmie, Believed to Be the World's Oldest Living Male Giraffe, Dies at Maryland Zoo

Photo: Plumpton Park Zoo Jimmie the giraffe, possiblythe world’s oldest living malegiraffe, died recently at the age of 26. Plumpton Park Zoo announced that Jimmie was “humanely euthanized” shortly after 10:00 a.m. on Thursday at their facility in Rising Sun, Maryland. The animalentered hospice carelast month, according to CBS13. “Unfortunately, his hoof and leg conditions had progressed to where he was experiencing constant discomfort,” the zoo said in a press release on Thursday....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 350 words · Richard Morse

3 Dead in Suspected Murder-Suicide After Grandmother Discovers Grandson in Florida Home

Photo: Fox 35 Orlando Three people — a woman, her son and the woman’s boyfriend — were all found dead in a home in St. Cloud, Fla., in an apparent murder-suicide, according to the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office. Osceola Sheriff Marcos Lopez said in apress conferenceTuesday night that the sheriff’s office received a call from the grandmother of one of the victims at 2:30 p.m. She told authorities that she had gone to her grandson’s home to check on him because she hadn’t heard from him in a while, but upon entering his home, she found him dead....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 376 words · Scott Herman

3-Year-Old Prince Oscar Steals the Show with Grumpy Expression on Mom Princess Victoria's Name Day

Sweden’sPrince Oscaris not having it!The 3-year-old royal joined his family – momCrown Princess Victoria, dad Crown Prince Daniel and big sisterPrincess Estelle, 7 – outside Stockholm’s Royal Palace on Wednesday to celebrate his mother’s name day (similar to a birthday). However, he seemed less than thrilled to be taking part in the festivities.While Estelle smiled delightedly at the occasion, including when her mother was presented with a beautiful bouquet of flowers, Prince Oscar wore an unimpressed expression throughout the ceremony....

March 16, 2025 · 4 min · 714 words · Miguel Williams

30 Facts About Nothingness

What is nothingness?It ’s a concept that seems unproblematic yet boggles the mind . Nothingnessrefers to the absence seizure of anything — no matter , no vigour , no distance . envisage a place where not even a single atom be . sound eerie , right ? This idea has enchant philosopher , scientists , and thinkers for century . From ancient Greek philosophers to modernistic physicists , the seeking to understandnothingnesshas led to some of the most unfathomed discovery inhumanhistory ....

March 16, 2025 · 7 min · 1405 words · Timothy Willis