Photo: Kotzebue Police Department Alaska State Troopers said in a statement that Ashley Johnson-Barr, 10, was last seen at about 5:30 p.m. on Sept. 6 at Rainbow Park playground in Kotzebue in northwest Alaska. Her family reported her missing when she failed to return home, the post says. She was last seen wearing a pink sweater and jeans. Ashley’s cell phone was found in the streetabout a half-mile from the parkbut in the opposite direction from her home, according to a statement from Kotzebue Police Chief Thomas Milliette, theAnchorage Daily Newsreports....

Over the weekend , generator Iain M. Banksdied of cancer — just two months after foretell that he had less than a twelvemonth to subsist . He left behind some of the peachy work of scientific discipline fabrication ever written . Here are eleven Banksian principle of good SF composition , that we would do well to remember long into the future . https://gizmodo.com/iain-m-banks-author-of-the-culture-novels-has-passed-512173168 representative byPaul Youllfrom the cover version of Excession...

Caylee Anthony.Photo: Orange County Sheriff’s Office HO It was the telephone call that started one of the most widely-watched criminal trials in American history. On July 15, 2008,Cindy Anthonyfrantically called 911 after learning that her 2-year-old granddaughter,Caylee, had been missing for a month. “I’ve found out that my granddaughter has been taken,” Cindy Anthony told the dispatcher, her voice rising in alarm. “She has been missing for a month. Her mother had finally admitted that she had been missing....

Aderrien Murry.Photo:Courtesy of Nakala Murry via the The Cochran Firm Courtesy of Nakala Murry via the The Cochran Firm Now the officer who shot and wounded the unarmed boy while responding to a domestic dispute at the boy’s home on May 20 has been suspended without pay, theAssociated Pressreports. On Monday night, the Indianola Board of Aldermen voted 4 to 1 to stop Sgt. Greg Capers from being paid, board member Marvin Elder said,the AP and WLBTreport....

Photo: New Jersey State Police Police in California have identified the remains of a murdered 14-year-old girl who vanished 43 years ago. Judy Gifford’s decomposed body was discovered in a shallow grave behind a pumping station near the Lake Merced neighborhood of San Francisco on Oct. 1, 1976. At the time, police dubbed her Jane Doe No. 40. The only clue to her identity was that she was found with a gold chain and owl pendant necklace in her pocket....

Ever question what makes the Brooklyn Half Marathon so special?This iconic race , held annually in New York City , draw thousands of runners from around the globe . From its scenic road through historical neighborhoods to the electrifying finish at Coney Island , the Brooklyn Half Marathon offers a singular portmanteau of urban appealingness and acrobatic challenge . But there ’s more to this race than meets the eye ....

01of 15Princess Charlotte and Kate Middleton on charity sailing day 2019.ADRIAN DENNIS/AFP/GettyKate Middletonquickly jumped into mom mode whenPrincess Charlotteplayfully stuck out her tongue (rather than wave like her mom suggested!) at an August 2019 charity sailing race. 01of 15 Princess Charlotte and Kate Middleton on charity sailing day 2019.ADRIAN DENNIS/AFP/Getty Kate Middletonquickly jumped into mom mode whenPrincess Charlotteplayfully stuck out her tongue (rather than wave like her mom suggested!) at an August 2019 charity sailing race....

Duvan Perez.Photo:Duvan Perez Facebook Duvan Perez Facebook A 16-year-old boy died last week while working at a Mississippi poultry plant. Duvan Perez died at the Mar-Jac Poultry plant in Hattiesburg, deputy coroner Lisa Klem of the Forrest County Coroner’s Office confirms to PEOPLE. The results of the autopsy will determine his cause of death. “On the evening of Friday, July 14 an employee conducting sanitation operations at Mar-Jac Poultry MS LLC’s Hattiesburg, Mississippi poultry processing plant died as a result of injuries sustained in an accident,” Mar-Jac Poultry said in a statement toCNN....

01of 17Kendall JennerKendall Jenner Instagram; Stefanie Keenan/Getty ImagesThe 26-year-old model demonstrated perfect equitation while jumping a horse in a JuneInstagrampost, the first picture she shared in ages of herself saddled up. In a 2019 interview withPoosh, Jenner told sisterKourtney Kardashianthat she fell in love with horses around 3 or 4-years-old. When she got older, she’d spend every day at the barn after school, and practically lived there in the summer.“There was a woman that worked in Hidden Hills, and I would go all day long from 8 a....

Photo: GoFundMe An 18-year-old high school basketball player died Monday after going into cardiac arrest during a basketball game. Cartier Woods, a senior at Northwestern High School in Detroit, was put on life support after collapsing during a game on Jan 31. According to Cartier’s high school basketball coaches, assistant coach Roland Eason and head coach Pierre Brooks, Cartier began to feel dizzy at the start the game. “Coach, I’m dizzy,” Cartier said, according to Eason’srecollection of the gametoThe Detroit-Free Press....

After coming home from a night out with friends in January 2020, 23-year-old Veronica Reyes-Diaz tucked her kids into bed before walking back outside. The Tampa, Fla., woman hasn’t been seen since, leaving behind her SUV with her keys, purse, wallet and cash in the vehicle. Cieha Taylor, at left, and Veronica Reyes-Diaz.Family Photo; Facebook Police have not declared either missing person case the result of foul play. Nor have they made a connection between the two disappearances....

Daniela and Sofia Mendoza.Photo: GoFundMe Two young sisters were killedand their mother left hospitalized in theTexas mall mass shootingon Saturday, leaving a family heartbroken and a town shaken as it rallies to support its kids. Daniela was in fourth grade. Her sister Sofia was in second. Vinson said the girls' mother, Ilda Mendoza, is in critical condition, according toTheWylieNews. The mass shooting took place at about 3:30 p.m. on Saturday when a 33-year-old gunman opened fire at an outdoor shopping mall in Allen, Texas, about 25 miles north of Dallas....

01of 20 JOEY FATONE & LISA RINNA Frazer Harrison/Getty 02of 20KATE WINSELT & LEONARDO DICAPRIOKevork Djansezian/GettyThe besties — both nominated that year forRevolutionary Road —continued to make all of our hearts happy with their IRL friendship. 02of 20 KATE WINSELT & LEONARDO DICAPRIO Kevork Djansezian/Getty The besties — both nominated that year forRevolutionary Road —continued to make all of our hearts happy with their IRL friendship. 03of 20BRAD PITT & ANGELINA JOLIESteve Granitz/WireImagePitt was a best actor nominee forThe Curious Case of Benjamin Button, and Jolie was up for her role inChangeling....