Philadelphia Barber Says Police Ordered Him to Stop Giving Free Haircuts to the Homeless

Photo: Courtesy Brennon Jones A Philadelphia barber is looking for answers after he says police demanded he stop giving free haircuts to homeless people at his outdoor shop. Brennon Jones, 30, says he was cutting hair between 8th and Market streets in Center City on April 10 when a Philadelphia police officer approached his chair and told him to “shut down immediately” without giving a reason why. “I told him I wouldn’t shut down until I got more information,” Jones tells PEOPLE, adding that he was “upset” and “confused....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 366 words · Brittany Moore

Philadelphia Teenager Fatally Shot in Head While Grabbing Water from Car Outside His Home

Sean Toomey.Photo: GoFundMeA Philadelphia teen was shot in the head while grabbing water from his father’s car outside his home.Sean Toomey, 15, was shot around 9:10 p.m. Thursday in Northeast Philadelphia, police said. He died at a local hospital the following day.Toomey, a former Mercy Career & Technical High School student, was getting a case of water from the car when gunfire erupted.He was shot once in the head and once in the side,CBS3reported....

March 16, 2025 · 5 min · 995 words · Erik Graves

Philanthropist Neil Balnaves Dies in Boating Accident Aboard Luxury Yacht The World

Photo: Christopher Pearce/Getty Australia’sABC affiliatereports Balnaves died in an accident off the coast of Tahiti while aboard the luxury residential yacht The World. According to theAustralian Financial Review, the accident happened on Monday. Balnaves' death comes 20 years after he endured another serious boating accident, an event that changed the course of his life. “I ended up having a pretty shocking accident in my late 50s,” he told ABC Australia’s Michael Cathcart in 2013....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 350 words · Elizabeth Phillips

Pierce Brosnan and Son Paris Discuss Plastic Waste Problem in PSA: 'We Are Facing a Planetary Crisis'

Pierce Brosnanand his sonParis Brosnanare encouraging steps to curb the global plastic waste crisis. TheBlack Adamactor, 69, and his 21-year-old a filmmaker/environmental activist son star in a new video PSA in partnership with the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions. In it, the father-son duo draw attention to need for plastic waste management as part ofa BRS Conventions campaigntitled “Plastic is Forever… so it’s time to get clever about managing it.”...

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 306 words · Scott Beck

Pink Extends Summer Carnival Tour into 2024 with Support from Sheryl Crow, The Script and More

Pink on the Summer Carnival Tour.Photo:Gilbert Flores/Billboard via Getty Gilbert Flores/Billboard via Getty Summer may be months away, butPinkwants to keep the dream of the Summer Carnival alive in 2024. The latest North American leg of the Summer Carnival Tour begins on Aug. 10 in St. Louis, Missouri and will see stops at iconic stadiums in major cities like the “So What” singer’s hometown of Philadelphia, Chicago, San Diego, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, and more....

March 16, 2025 · 4 min · 666 words · Robert Morales

Pink's Kids Made Her a Homemade Grammy After She Lost Category: 'My Favorite Kind of Award'

Pinkmay not have won big at the Grammys on Sunday night, but her kids made sure she got the best prize of all. After her October 2017 releaseBeautiful Traumalost the best pop vocal album prize toArianaGrande‘sSweetener, Pink’s children stepped up to give their mom her very own homemade Grammy award — made out of aluminum foil! “Thanks Kids:) my favorite kind of award,” Pink, 39, captioned two sweet snaps of her children holding up the “trophy” on Instagram....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 331 words · Kevin Mason

Pinky Cole Welcomes First Baby, Daughter D Ella: 'Life as a New Mom Is Amazing'

Photo: Derek Blanks Pinky Cole is loving her first taste of motherhood. Cole, who is known for her vegan comfort food, tells PEOPLE that she and Hayes are “excited” about their daughter’s moniker as “she is the only person we’ve ever heard of that has only one letter in her first name.” 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....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 219 words · Breanna Welch

Poet Maya Angelou and Astronaut Sally Ride Will Be the First Women Honored on Series of Quarters

Maya Angelou (L); Dr. Sally Ride.Photo: Ken Charnock/Getty; NASA/Interim Archives/Getty The U.S. Mint is honoring 20 trailblazing women on a new series of quarters, starting withMaya AngelouandDr. Sally Ride. The poet and the NASA astronaut will be the first two women featured on the back of the coins, which are debuting in January and will continue in circulation through 2025 as part of theAmerican Women Quarters Program. U.S. Rep. Barbara Lee said in astatementthat “for too long, many of the women who have contributed to our country’s history have gone unrecognized, especially women of color....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 374 words · Nathaniel Chen

Police Confirm Remains Found Deep in Amazon Are Those of Missing Journalist Dom Phillips

Photo: Joao LAET/AFP/Getty Less than two weeks after British journalist Dom Phillips and Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira went missing in the Amazon, Brazilian police have confirmed the remains found in the remote rainforest earlier this week are those of Phillips. He was 57 years old. Phillips' remains were identified using dental records, according toBBC. Though another set of human remains have been found, authorities did not say whether they belong to Pereira; however, tests are being performed to identify the remains, perThe Washington Post....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 357 words · Michael Cook

Police Dog with Michigan Sheriff's Office Rescues Man Lost in Frigid Woods: 'Another Great Job'

Photo: Roscommon County Sheriff A canine working with a Michigan sheriff’s office is being hailed a hero after he helped track down a man missing in the woods amid freezing temperatures. The 58-year-old man reportedly went missing on Thursday in Gerrish Township, Michigan, according to aFacebookpost from the Roscommon County Sheriff’s Office. Residents in the area alerted the Gerrish Township Police Department about the missing individual after they “observed a male subject walking, who wandered into the woods and never returned,” the sheriff’s office shared in its post....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 275 words · Carolyn Farmer

Police Find 3 'Severely Decomposing Bodies' in California Home During Welfare Check

Police have discovered “three severely decomposing bodies” inside a California home, leading to questions of a possible murder-suicide. Canadian authorities contacted the IPD to conduct the welfare check after relatives of the home’s residents — a father, mother and adult son — had not heard from the trio in over a year,FOX 11 Los Angeles reported. Officials believe the three bodies had been there for 12 to 16 months,according toThe Orange County Register....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 254 words · Crystal Russell

Police Killing of Teen Holding Pellet Gun Was Ruled 'Justified,' but Family Wants Independent Inquiry

Photo: Courtesy Hall Family Isolation during the pandemic had been difficult for 19-year-old Christian Hall, who was also navigating his first heartbreak. “He couldn’t hang out with his friends. We couldn’t visit our families,” says his mother Fe Hall. “So he felt, I think, disconnected. So that contributed to his depression.” Despite his emotional struggles, Christian continued to work at the local grocery store in Stroudsburg, Pa. At 6 a....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 357 words · Emily Murphy

Police Searching for Suspect After 10 People Shot, 4 Killed at Football Watch Party in California

Photo: Getty UPDATE: The Fresno Chief of Police stated on Monday that Sunday night’s shooting at a backyard Fresno party was a “targeted act of violence against this residence.” The chief also said the crime may have resulted from an earlier dispute. He also announced the creation of an Asian Gang Task Force as a result of this shooting. — A gunman opened fire at a backyard party in Fresno, California, on Sunday night, shooting 10 men and killing four of them, police confirmed to PEOPLE....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 359 words · Kevin Hansen