Shawn Warner and Jerrad Swearenjin. Never underestimate the power of TikTok. On July 2, Texas authorShawn Warnerwent to sign books at Kroger. With the store’s slow traffic, Warner seemed down on his luck. Then, Jerrad Swearenjin — who posts under the TikTok accountRed— filmed aquick video of Warnerand posted it online. Just like that, Warner found instant virality and became an overnight bestselling author. Less than two weeks after Swearenjin posted his TikTok, which has now received 18....

Scott Bennett had run out of ideas to get his youngest son Sam to keep his voice down. Sam, 21, is on the autism spectrum, and though he’s the epitome of a social butterfly — “People just fall in love with him,” Scott tells PEOPLE — he’s long struggled with an exceptionally loud speaking voice. “He just never had the ability to modulate it,” says Scott, 59. “For years we’ve been struggling with this, since he started talking… and the voice level is really, really, really loud....

James “Jimmy” Bernard Hendricks.Photo:James Bernard Hendricks Facebook James Bernard Hendricks Facebook A Texas man was found dead at a national park in Utah while on a trip to spread his father’s ashes, according to his family. The victim’s sisters told theAssociated Pressthat their brother, James “Jimmy” Bernard Hendricks, 66, was found dead at Arches National Park on Aug. 1 while traveling to pay tribute to their late father, who died in 2018....

Photo: GoFundMeA 12-year-old girl was killed and three other students were injured on Wednesday when the school bus they were riding in crashed and burst into flames in North Texas, according to reports.Mesquite Independent School District officials announced in a string of Facebook posts this week that at least 40 Terry Middle School students were on the bus at the time of the incident. Family and friends identified the deceased student toKDFWas Jazmine Villarreal....

Photo: Arlington Police DepartmentA church pastor who volunteered at a North Texas school has been arrested on child pornography charges.On Wednesday, Brett Monroe, 38, was arrested at his Arlington home for one count of possession of child pornography, according toNBC5,CBS DFWandWFAA.Monroe is a staff member at the Heritage Baptist Church in Arlington and has been there for 11 years, according to his LinkedIn profile, the stations report.He was also a volunteer with the Arlington Independent School District at the Corey Academy of Fine Arts & Dual Language....

Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty ImagesIt’s pizza party time!14-year-old Karthik Nemmani, of McKinney, Texas, won the2018 Scripps National Spelling Beeon Thursday night after correctly spelling the word, koinonia. The bee was Nemmani’s first time participating in the national finals.Nemmani was one of 515 spellers to participate in this year’s bee, winning over Naysa Modi, 12, in the eighteenth round when she misspelled bewusstseinslage.According to a press release, the winning word means an “intimate spiritual communion and participative sharing in a common religious commitment and spiritual community....

Photo:People / Daisy Rodriguez People / Daisy Rodriguez Amazon’s Prime Big Deal Daysare here! To kick off the festivities, we’ve plucked out a vacuum cleaner discount you really cannot miss. TheTvwio Stick Vacuum Cleaneris a whopping 81 percent off today thanks to a steep markdown. The vacuum cleaner is equipped with a 250-watt motor that can hit suction speeds up to 23,000 pascals, capable of picking up dirt and debris on both carpets and hardwood floors....

The2021 Academy Awardsare finally almost here! For more on the 2021 Oscar nominations, listen below to the episode of PEOPLE Every Day. The 93rd Oscars will air Sunday April 25 at 8 p.m. ET. Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. The upcoming Oscars will see Tyler Perry and the Motion Picture & Television Fund (MPTF)honored with the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award— the first time the Academy has awarded two recipients....

01of 11LISA VANDERPUMP & KEN TODDPandora Vanderpump Sabo/InstagramTheVanderpump Rulesstars celebrated their 36th wedding anniversary in August 2018, and their daughter Pandora dedicated a sweet Instagram post in their honor. “Happy Anniversary to my wonderful parents!!!” she captioned a photo of theReal Housewives of Beverly Hillscouple on their wedding day. “Thank you for teaching us what true love looks like #36years.” 01of 11 LISA VANDERPUMP & KEN TODD Pandora Vanderpump Sabo/Instagram...

01of 16 Pride and Prejudice (1995) Jane Austen purists love to compare the 1995 miniseries to the 2005 remake. By nature of being a series versus a film, the 1995 version is able to really dive into the source material, and it also gives us a very broody Colin Firth as Mr. Darcy — you haven’t lived until you’ve seen himemerge from a lake in a white shirt. 02of 16...

01of 08 YASUYOSHI CHIBA/AFP/Getty 02of 08 Alex Davidson/Getty 03of 08Adam Pretty/GettyZheng Tao of Team China competes in the men’s 100m freestyle at the Tokyo Aquatics Center on Aug. 26. 03of 08 Adam Pretty/Getty Zheng Tao of Team China competes in the men’s 100m freestyle at the Tokyo Aquatics Center on Aug. 26. 04of 08 Carmen Mandato/Getty 05of 08Carmen Mandato/GettyNick Mayhugh of Team USA celebrates after winning gold in the men’s 100m - T37 final on Aug....

01of 11Matt Baron/REX/Shutterstock"Every summer — I’ve been going since I was 8 years old — I go to a sleepaway camp. So I went for a little bit this summer and I was also filming."— Noah Schnapp, on how hespent his summerwhile on break from filmingStranger Things 01of 11 Matt Baron/REX/Shutterstock “Every summer — I’ve been going since I was 8 years old — I go to a sleepaway camp....

From left, Michelle Obama, Mark Segal, his husband, Jason Villemez, and President Obama in 2010.Lawrence Jackson/Official White House Oliver Contreras/For The Washington Post/ Getty ] The White House/Eric Draper/AP Mark Duncan/AP RELATED VIDEO: Celebrities Share How They are Spending Their Holidays this Season Everett Drummond will lead the crew on the production of a Christmas feast, helping the on-screen siblings whip up fondue-style potatoes, a gelatin fruit salad and “santapes” (Christmas canapes!...