The last thing that you want to encounter on your flight is some creepy, crawly, potentially dangerous animal. No, we’re not talking about your seat neighbor who can’t stick to his side of the armrest. We’re talking something right out ofSnakes on a Plane: Pythons, scorpions and tarantulas. via GIPHY And though encountering one of these creatures seems as unlikely as winding up acting opposite Samuel L. Jackson in a campy movie about deadly snakes who infiltrate aircrafts, the problem is much more common than you think....

Photo: Target, Amazon, Revolve, Farm Rio, Reinarebelde Hispanic Heritage Month is a time to honor the rich histories of Latin Americans in the United States. It’s also the perfect moment to consider how you canuplift today’s Latinx community, whether you’re part of it or just want to make positive change. Sometimes, the most powerful way to express appreciation is putting your money where your mouth is. That’s why nine PEOPLE writers and editors came together to share their favorite products from Latinx-owned brands....

The Sims family children, who lost nearly everything in a house fire.Photo: gofundme An 11-year-old boy is beinghailed as a heroafter he made sure that his four siblings had safely escaped a fire that broke out inside their Tennessee home. Brody Sims said he knew exactly what to do in the event that a fire ever broke out inside his Clarksville home, NBC affiliateWSMVreported. “My mom and dad told us, if there was a fire, to grab everyone and run out of the house and call 911,” he recalled to the outlet....

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Claire Miller.Photo: Lancaster County DAA Pennsylvania teenager has been accused of stabbing her older sister to death.Claire Miller, 14, wascharged with criminal homicideon Monday, the Lancaster County District Attorney said. Miller is being charged as an adult.The Manheim Township Police Department received a 911 call shortly after 1 a.m. Monday from Claire saying that she had killed her sister, the DA said.When officers arrived at the home, they found Claire’s 19-year-old sister Helen in a bedroom “with a stab wound in her neck....

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allow for the gun , take these facts about Francis Ford Coppola ’s consummate adjustment of Mario Puzo’sgangster novel , which premiered in New York City 50 years ago ( on March 15 , 1972 ) . 1. Francis Ford Coppola was at risk of being fired during production. Francis Ford Coppola ( who got the line because of his late movie , The Rain People ) was n’t the first director Paramount Pictures had in mind forThe Godfather ....

Photo: GoFundMe A Los Angeles truck driver was charged with two counts of vehicular manslaughter in the deaths of two young sisters who were fatally struck in a crosswalk on their way to school. Police say Randle was allegedly using his cellphone to look for music on YouTube before the incident. “He stopped at a red light waiting to make a right turn so while he was stopped he was looking at YouTube music videos and when the light turns green he stops to look at the video and proceeds to make a right turn,” Detective Supervisor Moses Castillo of the Los Angeles Police Department’s Central Traffic Division tells PEOPLE....

Two people were killed and two others were injured in a shooting outside Benito Juarez High School in Chicago on Dec. 16.Photo: Google Maps Two people were killed and two others were injured in a shooting outside of a high school in Chicago on Dec. 16, authorities said. No arrests have been made in the deadly incident that happened around dismissal time just before 2 p.m. near Benito Juarez High School in the city’s Pilsen neighborhood, Chicago Police Superintendent David O....

Photo: Seminole County Sheriff`s Office Two Florida men are behind bars after they allegedly fatally stabbed their former roommate over a stolen PlayStation 4, PEOPLE confirms. Jake Bilotta, 22, and Ian McClurg, 21, are each facing first-degree premeditated murder for the fatal Nov. 27 stabbing of their former roommate 24-year-old Joshua Barnes. “It is the most bizarre and disgraceful act that one can imagine,” Seminole County Sheriff Dennis Lemma said at a press conference earlier this week....

Two Americans who survived adeadly kidnapping in Mexicohave been transported to a Texas hospital after they were found in a remote wooden shack, along with the bodies of their two friends who were killed during the harrowing ordeal. Latavia Washington McGee, who is a mother of six, and Eric Williams survived the attack and a heavily-armed vehicle convoy escorted the two back to the U.S. on Tuesday, Tamaulipas Attorney General Irving Barrios Mojicasaid in a tweet....

Photo: GoFundMeA 2-year-old boy is nowa quadruple amputeeafter a mystery illness took over his body and cut off circulation to his limbs.Indiana toddler Jeremiah Thompson used to love jumping and playing with his sister,his parents told Fox 59in Indianapolis. But just days after running around the local park in September, he got sick.At first he just had a fever, but when his temperature continued to rise, his mom Ashley Cox knew she had to take action....

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