Mar. 16, 2025
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A Colorado town is mourning the death of a father, educator and beloved community member who died in an avalanche while on a ski trip with family and friends on Monday.
Arin Trook, 48, was visiting Markley Hut in Aspen with six friends and family members when the snow tumbled down the mountain around 10 a.m., according tothe Pitkin Country Sheriff’s Office. He was quickly caught in the avalanche and buried under the snow.
Mar. 16, 2025
Photo: Courtesy Aaron GouveiaFive-year-old Sam Gouveia, of Boston, was nervous about returning to kindergarten on Tuesday after his classmates made fun of him for wearing nail polish.“Sam is usually so happy-go-lucky. And he came out of school when I went to pick him up [on Monday] and he was stoic with a long, drawn face and he took a few steps toward me and just burst into tears,” Sam’s mother, 40-year-old Martha Gouveia, tells PEOPLE.
Mar. 16, 2025
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An Oklahoma father whose two children died in a hot pickup truck last summer admitted to falling asleep while he was supposed to be watching them.
On Tuesday, Dustin Dennis pleaded guilty to two counts of child neglect in connection with the June 2020 deaths of his 4-year-old daughter Teagan and 3-year-old son Ryan, according toa releasefrom the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Northern District of Oklahoma.
Mar. 16, 2025
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North Carolina authorities have yet to discuss a motive but confirm that a prominent local businessman faces two counts of first-degree murder after allegedly crashing his Jeep into a restaurant where his family was eating together, killing his sheriff’s deputy daughter and his daughter-in-law, an accomplished nurse.
PEOPLE learns that Roger Self, 62, was a regular at the Surf and Turf Lodge in Bessemer City and had asked several relatives to meet him there for lunch on Sunday afternoon.
Mar. 16, 2025
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Matt Sooter, of Rogers, Arkansas, is looking forward towelcoming his third child in February. But the devoted dad says he’s heartbroken that the newest addition to their family will never get to meet their big sister, Adalynn Joy Sooter.
Adalynn died on June 3, nearly 19 months after she was diagnosed with diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DPIG) in November 2016. Her tragic death came after herparents’ desperate search for cancer treatment, in an ordeal that captured the nation’s attention.