Posts

Gene Siller and family.Photo: gofundme A Georgia man has been arrested in connection with thefatal shooting of three men including a professional golfer. Bryan Anthony Rhoden is accused of the slaying of professional golferGene Siller, who was an employee of the Pinetree Country Club in Kennesaw, as well as Paul Pierson and Henry Valdez. Rhoden, who Cox said has “ties to the metro Atlanta area,” has been charged with three counts of murder, three counts of aggravated assault and two counts of kidnapping....

Curtis Edward Smith.Photo: Colleton County Sheriff’s Office/AP/Shutterstock The attorney for the man who was charged in connection with an alleged botched suicide-for-hire plot that Alex Murdaugh is accused of hatching to claim a $10 million life insurance payout for his son claims he was “set up.” On Sept. 16, agents of the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) arrested Murdaugh, alleging in a news release that he had “conspired with Curtis Edward Smith to assist him in committing suicide for the explicit purpose of allowing a beneficiary to collect life insurance....

Photo: EGA HANDOUT/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock A man described as having “an urge to rape and kill women” pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in the 2018 slaying of a Iowa State University golf star on the golf course. Collin Daniel Richards, 22, entered the plea Friday in the stabbing death ofCelia Barquin Arozamena, a civil engineering student from Spain who was the university’s Female Athlete of the Year. “This was a good result for the victim’s family and community at large,” Story County Attorney Jessica A....

Photo: @madstoryteller A Texas man took his girlfriend on a windy and wild 15-mile bike ride so that he could clearly spell out two life-changing words: “marry me.” Jon Blaze and Thao Nguyen met on Valentine’s Day in 2016, according toABC affiliate KTRK, and both share a passion for cycling. “We ride together at least twice a week. We also lead multiple social rides in Houston,” Blaze told the news outlet, adding that they also have an Instagram account,@Cycling....

Photo: Courtesy Kayla DillardOne man in South Carolina is really getting into the spirit of the season …Girl Scout cookie season, that is.According to aFacebook postfrom Girl Scout leader Kayla Dillard, a man approached their cookie-selling stand on a cold night in Greenville, S.C., and ended up racking up quite a tab.“This man purchased 7 packs of cookies. Gave the girls $40, told them to keep the change,” she wrote on the post....

Photo: Getty Images The hunt forAmelia Earhart‘s plane is reaching new heights. Robert Ballard — the explorer whodiscovered theTitanicin 1985 — isleading a new searchfor Earhart’s Lockheed Electra 10E aircraft. “There are various theories about where Amelia’s plane landed, and some of them are a little wild,” Ballard said in aNational Geographicfeaturepublished on Monday. “We’re going with the one that she actually landed.” The theory, whichThe International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery(TIGHAR) has been investigating for decades, is largely based off of Earhart’s last recognizable radio transmissions, which indicated “that the plane was flying on a northwest to southeast navigational line that bisected Howland Island,” according toNatGeo....

Photo: JustGiving In two years,Nick Butterhas managed to do what no one else has before. This weekend, the 30-year-old former banker from England completed a tour that saw him run marathons in every country in the world, according to theBBC. Butter started the journey in January 2018 and concluded it at the Athens Marathon in Greece on Sunday. “In one sense it was just another finishing line, but in a bigger sense I’ve been visualizing it, and finishing in that stadium in Athens was so special,” he said....

Maren Morrisis opening up about her mental health and her marriage. In the new issue of PEOPLE, the “Circles Around This Town” singer reveals that her husband, fellow singer-songwriterRyan Hurd, helped diagnose herpostpartum depressionafter welcomingtheir son Hayes Andrewin March 2020. “I do check-ins all the time [with] therapy, which I’ve done for years, and my husband was a huge help diagnosing that too,” Morris, 31, says of her postpartum depression, which began to ease as Hayes turned 6 months....

Margot Robbie.Photo: BACKGRIDMargot Robbieis switching up her appearance for her latest film role.The 30-year-old Australian actress, who is known for heron-screen transformations, was seen sporting a dark hair color on Friday while on set in Los Angeles for an upcomingDavid O. Russellfilm.Robbie was also photographed wearing an all-black outfit, which matched her locks.Varietypreviously reported last February that Robbie had signed on to the movie.Although details about the film remain under wraps, including its title, the project marks the filmmaker’s return to directing, following 2015’sJoy, according toThe Hollywood Reporter....

Serena WilliamsandMaria Sharapovawill be marking many firsts at this year’sU.S. Open.The female tennis professionals have gone head to head during numerous final matches throughout their careers and in the 2012 Olympics,ESPNreported, however this will be their first time facing off at the annual Flushing Meadows event.The last time the two played one another was in the 2016 Australian Open, though they were scheduled to compete during the fourth round of the 2018 French Open before Williams pulled out due to a pectoral muscle injury, according to theWTA....

Photo: VALERIE MACON/AFP/Getty Maria Shriveris all for the wholesomeness that comes with the holiday season. “I always write aboutThanksgivingbeing my favorite holiday because it doesn’t involve gifts,” says the NBC News special anchor and Kennedy niece. “It involves kind of this shared sense of family, this larger sense of family. … It’s just kind of deeper and quieter and people are talking and connecting.” For gatherings of the large clan —which blends movie stars, political scions and more — Shriver, 63, says she opens an invitation to “whoever is alone” and that she takes comfort in being with her siblings on holidays....

Ariana Grandehas teamed up with one of her idols for the “Yes, And?” remix. On Friday, the pop superstar, 30, released the official remix of the lead single from herforthcoming albumEternal Sunshine, featuring none other thanMariah Carey. Mariah Carey and Ariana Grande.Katia Temkin Katia Temkin The singer-songwriter, who wears a polka-dot dress in the clip, released an edited video that makes it look like she passes the screen along to a glamorous-looking Carey, as they both hum the intro of the song....

Mariah Carey.Photo: ANGELA WEISS/AFP/Getty Mariah Careyis being recognized for her songwriting talents! The five-time Grammy winner was inducted into theSongwriters Hall of Fameduring the organization’s 2022 ceremony on Thursday, and following an introduction fromQuestlove, she gave a speech about building her skills as a writer and overcoming hardships on the way to becoming a legend. “Hold on, I’m serious,” Carey said while putting on sunglasses. “My lighting guy, it’s a long story, but he couldn’t get on the plane, so I was like, ‘What am I going to do?...