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01of 10In London on Thursday night,May 19,Prince WilliamandKate Middletonhelped welcomeTom Cruiseand his castmates to the U.K. premiere ofTop Gun: Maverickin Leicester Square. 01of 10 In London on Thursday night,May 19,Prince WilliamandKate Middletonhelped welcomeTom Cruiseand his castmates to the U.K. premiere ofTop Gun: Maverickin Leicester Square. 02of 10 Prince William and Kate Middleton.Dan Kitwood/Getty Images 03of 10Prince William, Kate Middleton and Tom Cruise.Cruise graciously helped Kate up the steps and into the theater....

At 9:54 Saturday morning, Pittsburgh police received a call about anactive shooter at a synagoguein the Squirrel Hill section of the city. The carnage they encountered in the attack —which killed 11 people and injured six— left law enforcement officials visibly shaken when describing the shooting. Zachary Weiss, 26, a Tree of Life congregation member whose father was filling in as a rabbi during the services, tells PEOPLE the shooter entered through the synagogue’s front door: “It’s an open-door policy....

Photo: Emrah Gurel/AP/ShutterstockA plane carrying 177 people skidded off a runway in Istanbul, Turkey, on Wednesday, multiple outlets report.At about 6:30 p.m. local time, a Pegasus Airlines flight attempted to make a smooth landing in at Sabiha Gökçen International Airport in Istanbul amid bad weather conditions, according to theAssociated Press. The aircraft was arriving after making a trip from Turkey’s İzmir Adnan Menderes Airport.Upon landing, the plane skidded off the runway, broke into three large pieces and crashed into a ditch, according to theNew York Times....

Photo: Silas Stein/Getty Images Passengers heading to Mexico from Frankfurt, Germany earlier this year were in for an unexpected pitstop after a cup of coffee derailed their flight. A Condor Airlines flight was forced to land at the Shannon Airport in Ireland on February 6 after the pilot spilled coffee in the cockpit, causing “a minor amount of smoke,” according to the airline. According to an Air Accidents Investigation Branchreportpublished this month, the coffee was spilled on the cockpit’s center console, and while it was cleaned up and dried quickly, the damage to the audio control panels (ACPs) on both the pilot and co-pilot’s sides had been done....

Photo: Red Bluff Police DepartmentA California man and a woman are facing multiple charges after police say theystole Christmas giftsmeant for foster children.Joseph Betancourt, 24, and Marie Bennett, 40, were arrested on Friday in connection to a burglary at Children First Foster Family Agency office in Red Bluff, a city approximately 130 miles northwest of Sacramento,according to the Red Bluff Police Department.Police said they were notified of the theft around 10:51 a....

Caitlyn Kaufman.Photo: Facebook An arrest has led to homicide charges in thefatal freeway shooting of a nursewho was on her way to work at a Nashville hospital, where her family said she was treating COVID-19 patients. The victim, 26-year-old Caitlyn Marie Kaufman, did not know the suspect, Devaunte L. Hill, 21, police said at anews conferenceFriday. Kaufman was behind the wheel of her Mazda CX-5 SUV driving to her 7 p....

Gary Mariner and Danielle Goodwin.Photo:York County Jail; Danielle Goodwin/Facebook York County Jail; Danielle Goodwin/Facebook A Maine woman was found dead on the side of the road in early September, and a convicted rapist is now accused of murdering her. According to a statement fromMaine State Police, Gary Mariner, 65, was arrested on Nov. 4 in Saco, Maine, on a murder charge in connection with the death of Danielle Goodwin, 52....

Elizabeth Robertson/The Philadelphia Inquirer/AP Police have searched the home of a New Jersey couple accused of spending the thousands of dollars they raised for a homeless man on lavish vacations and a new BMW, PEOPLE confirms. The Florence Police Department executed a search warrant at Kate McClure and Mark D’Amico’s home early Thursday morning, just days after lawyers alleged in court that the $400,000 they raised torescue Johnny Bobbitt from homelessness is now gone, a department spokesman confirms to PEOPLE....

Oscar-nominated writer-director Lee Daniels has made his choice for president in the 2020 election: On Tuesday he announced that he’s supporting Pete Buttigieg. The former mayor of South Bend, Indiana, 38, is one of the leading candidates for the Democratic Party’s nomination after winning the Iowa caucus and narrowly losing the New Hampshire primary earlier this month. He faces a stiffer challenge ahead, however, against front-runner Sen. Bernie Sanders (who won New Hampshire and the Nevada caucus) and former Vice President Joe Biden, who aims to triumph in South Carolina’s primary....

Ashley Tisdale’s husband had momentary fears of becoming a girl dad. Tisdale, 35, is the first to admit she could barely contain her excitement in welcoming a daughter. “I was obviously excited because I definitely wanted a girl, for sure,” she tells PEOPLE. “But I am also someone who goes with the flow on a lot of stuff. I try to not have expectations in moments like that and just allow what is meant to be....

Photo: Quincy Police Department A Massachusetts woman allegedly jumped out of a second-story window to escape an abusive boyfriend who had held her captive for about a week, authorities allege. Matthew McAuliffe of Quincy, Mass., was arrested on Wednesday afternoon. According toa statementfrom the Quincy police department, he has been charged with assault to murder, aggravated assault & battery, strangulation, assault & battery on an intimate partner, and kidnapping. He is being held without bond pending a dangerousness hearing....

Photo: GoFundMe A woman from California gave birth to twin boys just two hours after she survived a bus crash in New Mexico thatleft eight people dead,according toFOX 40. Christy Westerdale was seven months pregnant when a semi-truck going in the opposite direction slammed into the Greyhound bus she and her family were traveling in on August 29. Westerdale was knocked unconscious during the devastating crash, and the father of her children, Joseph Chandler, rushed to get their 4-year-old daughter off the vehicle before returning to retrieve her....

Photo: Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times via Getty Rihannaserved up a string of pregnancy fashion styles atthe Oscars2023. 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. A$AP Rocky and Rihanna.Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times via Getty “When I found out I was pregnant, I thought to myself, ‘There’s no way I’m going to go shopping in no maternity aisle,'” she said, clearly not letting the Super Bowl orthe Oscarsstop her from performing and going full glam....