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On the night of April 19, 1989, a 28-year-old banker named Trisha Meili was jogging in New York City’s Central Park — something she often did after work to help her unwind. But shortly before midnight that night, two joggers discovered Meili unconscious in a wooded ravine. The media tipped into a frenzy of accusations many would say were racially-tinged, claiming the teens had been “wilding” before the attack. Then-mayor Ed Koch even reportedlycalled them “monsters....

Demi Lovato‘s journey to recovery continues. Almost a month after revealing she had relapsed, the pop star, 25, washospitalized following an overdoseon July 24. Lovato hasbattled addiction, mental illness and disordered eatingfor years. In 2010 she entered a Chicago-area rehab facility, where she was treated for bipolar disorder, bulimia, self-harm and addiction. She relapsed after she left the treatment center, then entered a sober living facility for a year. This March, the former Disney star revealed she hadcelebrated six years of sobriety....

All work and no play makesEwan McGregora dull boy! The actor stars in the upcoming filmDoctor Sleep, which dropped its first trailer on Thursday and is based on authorStephen King‘s sequel toThe Shining.McGregor, 48, plays a grown-up version of Danny Torrance in the movie. Fans ofThe Shiningwill remember Danny as the young son of Jack Torrance, the character thatJack Nicholsonmade famous in the 1980 horror classic. In the trailer, Danny is still grappling with the trauma he endured as a kid while living with his father at the Overlook Hotel....

Turns outChris Pratt‘s sheep aren’t just hispreferred snacks. On Instagram on Tuesday, thenewly engaged actorrevealed one of his ewes won a prize for her wool at the Washington State UniversityCountry Living Expo in Stanwood, Washington. “I hate when celebrities brag on here…” the 39-year-old started his post, “but I have to. Our ewe (female sheep) named “Cacao” just took home a blue ribbon at Fiberpalooza!!!! Boom chic-Cacao cao!” “That’s right, fresh farm to table lamb,”he said on Instagram....

Photo: Alex Tai/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Victoria’s Secret’s rise to international superstardom and its subsequent dark turn under former CEO Leslie Wexner has been thrusted into the spotlight once again after Hulu debuted its latest documentaryVictoria’s Secret: Angels and Demonsearlier this month. In the second episode of the much talked-about docuseries, Sharleen Ernster, a former Victoria’s Secret executive, says that frustrations grew internally among staffers over the brand’s marketing becoming too sexualized and how it related to the overall workplace culture at the lingerie giant....

Evelyn Mae Boswell.Photo: Tennessee Bureau of Investigation As authorities in Sullivan County, Tennessee, continue their desperate search for 15-month-oldEvelyn Mae Boswell, a man who dated the girl’s mother says he never met the toddler. Evelyn was last seen in December, according to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation — but she was officially reported missing only on Tuesday. But in a press conference on Friday afternoon, Sullivan County Sheriff Jeff Cassidy alleged that Boswell has given “conflicting and inaccurate information” to authorities....

Mindy Kalingand B.J. Novak‘s friendship seems to be stronger than ever!During the 91st Annual Academy Awards on Sunday evening, Kaling attended theVanity FairOscars viewing party with her longtime friend and ex-boyfriend Novak.It was the second consecutive year that the former flames have attended the bash together, despite calling off their relationship years ago.As they headed over to the party, Kaling, 39, sweetly bantered with her formerThe Officecostar Novak, 39, in the car andshared the videoon Instagram....

By the early aughts, Fabio was easy to make fun of — he knows this. And he’s been in on the joke, appearing inZoolanderandSharknado 5. (Things he’s said no to over the years: Viagra ads, Disney’sTarzan, andDancing With the Stars.) He remains pretty comfortable in his own never Botox-ed or filler-ed skin. “You can’t take life seriously,” Fabio, now 62, says on thePEOPLE in the ’90s podcast. “You’ll be a miserable bastard if you take your life seriously....

Hurricane Idalia damage.Photo:Courtesy of Mallie Crister Courtesy of Mallie Crister Less than a year afterHurricane Ianstruck Florida as a Category 4 storm, Mallie Critser is once again facing flood water in her family’s Fort Myers Beach home. Last fall, Critser shared with PEOPLE the harrowing nightmare of watching aswaves carried away her family’s cars and her grandparents’ homewhile water continued to rise. This year, asHurricane Idaliaapproached, her family took the hurricane warnings more seriously, she says....

Forged documents declaringDonald TrumpandMike Pencethe real winners of the 2020 elections inArizonaandMichiganwere sent to the National Archives,Politicoreports. During the aftermath of Election Day last year as Trump, his team and his supporters pushed afalse narrative of widespread voter fraud, the National Archives received fake certificates of ascertainment identifying those state’s appointed electors as designated votes for the former president and vice president, according to thePoliticoarticle published Monday. The Arizona document, dated Dec....

Meka Ducheneaux.Photo: GoFundMe A North Dakota woman has been sentenced to 30 years in prison forbrutally murdering a family friend’s toddlerleft in her care. On Monday, a Cass County District Court judge sentenced Brandi Adeleke, 38, to prison after she had earlier pleaded guilty to murder and child abuse, PEOPLE confirms. She will be eligible for parole after serving 25 years. “I don’t understand how you can take the life of an innocent child, and what she could have done so badly that made you hurt her,” Meka Ducheneaux’s aunt Amanda Carrillo said in court Monday, according toValley News Live....

Dominick Krankall.Photo: Courtesy of Krankall Family WARNING: Story below contains a photograph that depicts achild’s burn injuries. Dominick Krankall was released from the hospital Monday, more than a week aftersuffering third-degree burnswhen a tennis ball that had been set on fire was allegedly thrown in his face. But according to the 6-year-old boy’s mother, Maria Rua, “His spirits are very high.” In an interview with PEOPLE, Rua, 43, describes Dominick as a “trooper,” saying he never complains....

Atlanta Braves.Photo: Rich Schultz/Getty The impact from the ball allegedly did severe damage to the woman’s eye socket and left her with “serious and excruciating injuries,” she and her husband claim in the 10-page complaint filed in Cobb County Superior Court on Oct. 25. The filing claims that Norris, the mother to two young children, suffered multiple broken bones in her eye socket, and accuses the Braves and Soler of “dangerous and reckless” behavior....