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Photo: Courtesy Beneath The Waves You might have already been feeling some generalized existential dread about climate change even before the report inSciencewas published in late April saying thatour oceans face “a mass extinction event"unless humans work rapidly to counteract the damage that pollution and carbon emissions are doing. Feeling like things are hopelessly bleak?Dr. Austin Gallagher, who you may recognize fromhis appearances on Discovery’s Shark Week, has some ideas on how you can be an individual contributor to helping stem this massive climate catastrophe....

Photo: Bartow County Fire Department A Georgia boy has been made an honorary firefighter after helping save his family from a house fire. Noah Woods, 5, recently rescued his little sister and the family dog from a blaze that tore through their home, theBartow County Fire Departmentshared on a Facebook post on Tuesday. The young boy was asleep in the bedroom he shared with his 2-year-old sister when he awoke to smoke and flames, according to fire officials....

Footage from a pileup on Louisiana freeway is pictured here.Photo:WVUE FOX 8 New Orleans/ Youtube WVUE FOX 8 New Orleans/ Youtube Seven people died and over 25 people were injured in a pileup involving over 100 vehicles on a Louisiana highway Monday morning amid a “super fog.” The Louisiana State Police (LSP) said in a statement to PEOPLE that the accident took place on Interstate-55 in St. John the Baptist Parish, which is located 30 miles up the Mississippi River from New Orleans....

Photo: google maps The medical community is mourning the loss of one of their own. Sandra Shells, a 70-year-old nurse who “unselfishly dedicated her life to caring for others in their time of need,” died after being attacked while waiting at a bus stop in downtown L.A. on Jan. 13, Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón said in a news release. A man named Kerry Bell, 48, was charged with one count of murder in connection to the crime....

Photo: GoFundMe A homeless 8-year-old Nigerian refugee whorecently won the New York State chess championshipnow has a place to live thanks to thousands of people who raised money to help him and his family. According to theNew York Times,Tanitoluwa Adewumi and his family left Nigeria in 2017 when they feared they would become the target of Boko Haram terrorists. Tani, his older brother and his parents obtained asylum in New York City, where they have since lived in a Manhattan homeless shelter — and it is during their time there that Tani learned to play chess, which turned into a passion that would eventually lead to him making headlines across the country....

Photo: Roshelle Pearson/Facebook Roshelle Pearson was taking her 8-year-old daughter’s Chihuahua puppy, Princess, for a walk on Saturday night in Davie, Florida, when — from nowhere — came a sharp sound and then a yelp from their dog. “There was blood in her mouth,” Pearson told theSouth Florida Sun Sentinel. “I held her and talked to her.” Within minutes, Princess was dead. Police went to the apartment and spoke to 19-year-old Johansen Concepcion De La Ros....

Sarper, Daniele, and Mary appear on 90 Day Fiancé: The Other Way.Photo:TLC TLC 90 Day Fiancé: The Other Wayleft nearly every couple with questions on Monday night. One of the more notable surprises came when TJ broke up with Kimberly just days before their wedding — and just hours after meeting her parents. But that was nothing compared to the latest90 Day Fiancépregnancy, which is certain to cause a range of reactions from viewers....

90 Day Fiancé: The Other Way’sDaniele GatesandYohan Geronimohave babies on the brain — but her friends are skeptical. As the couple met up with Daniele’s friends Sandra and Lizzette during Monday’s episode, Sandra asked whether the pair had thought about “having children in the future.” Lizzette then asked if they were even “ready for kids.” “Was I ready for a kid at 21 when I was in community college? No, and I have a fabulous child,” Daniele, 42, said in response....

90 Day Statler and Dempsey. Statlerwas left feeling unsure of her relationship withDempseyon Sunday night’s90 Day Fiancé: Before the 90 Days. The episode started with the couple enjoying a romantic bonfire to celebrate their first Valentine’s Day. Statler was eager to talk about their future together, though she was nervous Dempsey might not feel the same way. “My feelings for you have increased,” Statler told her. “I wasn’t expecting things to go this well....

Photo: Eric McCandless/ABC/GettyBad news, Dunphy fans: One of your favoriteModern Familycharacters won’t be making it out of season 10 alive.Just weeks ahead of the season premiere this month, co-creator Christopher Lloyd toldEntertainment Weeklythat a “significant character on the series” will die.“We’re handling some bigger life events in this season,” he explained. “We do deal with a death, which is certainly a topic that families have to deal with, and on television, it’s not easy to do because that’s a heavy subject....

Peter Billingsley.Photo: Everett Peter Billingsley, who starred inA Christmas Storyat age 12, is sharing some behind-the-scenes memories from the set of the beloved holiday movie. Billingsley, 49, joined theThat Scene With Dan Patrickpodcast to discuss the movie, and shared that in one of the movie’s recognizable scenes, he was given real chewing tobacco. For the scene in question, Billingsley, who played Ralphie, daydreams about saving his family with a BB gun and is dressed up as a sheriff....

Kristen Taekman‘s 20-minute fitness routine no doubt plays a big role in maintaining her svelte physique — and so does theReal Housewives of New Yorkstar’s diet. Taekman says she makes sure to eat healthy, but as fans of the show already know, she does not know her way around the kitchen very well. “Everything I cook is frozen. I have a deep freezer,” she tells PEOPLE. “We’re probably one of the only families in New York City who have a deep freezer....

Photo: Four Paws On Oct. 11, South African big cat sanctuaryLIONSROCKand animal advocacy groupFour Paws Internationalplayed matchmaker for two second-chance lions. One of the cats, Saeed, madeheadlines across the globelast February when he survived a harrowing rescue from a zoo in Aleppo, Syria. Just more than one year later, the confident 2-year-old male cat is the perfect age for socialization. Four Paws Dr. Amir Khalil, the leader of Saeed’srescue missionand Head of Project Development for Four Paws, tells PEOPLE, “All animals rescued from war zones are traumatized....