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Photo: Getty Two men have been arrested in the U.K. for an alleged connection to therecent Synagogue hostage situation in Texas, according to police. Thursday morning, Greater Manchester Policeannouncedthat the two suspects were arrested in Birmingham and Manchester and “remain in custody for questioning.” Their identities have not been made public. On Saturday, four hostages were held for hours inside a synagogue in Colleyville, Texas. The victims were later rescued and released....

Katie Hill and Alex Thomas.Photo: Courtesy of Katie Hill Former California Rep.Katie Hillis 22 weeks pregnant with her first child, a son, she tells PEOPLE. Alex Thomas, a reporter and her partner of two years, is the father. (The pair first discussed the pregnancyin aVanity Fairarticle.) “I didn’t think it was possible to get pregnant, and then found out in June that I was,” says Hill, who has just one ovary following surgery for endometriosis....

Photo: Getty Images A 2-year-old boy died and three others were sickened upon contracting the E. coli virus after coming into contact with farm animals at the San Diego County Fair, according to authorities. The child was hospitalized after visiting the county fair two weeks ago, and died Monday after complications stemming from the virus, the San Diego County Health and Human Services Agency confirmed on Friday. The other three children did not need medical attention....

Photo: Getty More than two dozen active-duty members of the U.S. Air Force have been discharged for refusing to get COVID-19 vaccinations. Air Force spokesperson Ann Stefanek announced Monday that 27 airmen were administratively discharged,according to multiple reports. All of those who’ve been discharged were in their first enlistments, Stefanek said, indicating they were younger personnel who’ve served for less than six years.She addedthat the refusal to get vaccinated was at least one factor in the dismissals....

Carnival Vista.Photo: RHONA WISE/AFP via GettyTwenty-six crew members and one passenger have tested positive forCOVID-19aboard a Carnival cruise ship that departed from Galveston, Texas.The Carnival Vista ship was carrying 2,895 passengers and 1,441 crew members, the Belize Tourism Board announced in astatementon Wednesday ahead of the cruise’s arrival.All of the 27 people who contracted COVID-19 were vaccinated breakthrough cases that were either “​​asymptomatic or have very mild symptoms,” Belize officials stated....

Photo: Getty/All Canada Photos A U.S. Army soldier stationed in Alaska is recovering from life-threatening injuries he received this weekend when a bear landed on top of him after it was shot along a hilltop, PEOPLE confirms. William McCormick, 28, was with fellow soldier Zachary Tennyson, 19, when the men opened fire on a bear standing along a ridge near Carter Lake in the Chugach National Forest, state officials detailed in theirdaily dispatchon September 29....

Photo:Getty Images Getty Images Three people died, including a couple from Hawaii, and two others remain missing after their fishing boat sank in rough waters off Alaska on Sunday. Two sisters, Danielle Agcaoili and Brandi Tyau, as well as their partners, Maury Agcaoili and Robert Solis, were on the charter vessel, which was last seen earlier that day near Sitka, according to theAssociated Press. Also onboard was the boat’s captain, Morgan Robidou....

Photo: Facebook Three Louisiana women were recently taken into custody after they allegedly neglected and abused a paralyzed dog named Buddy. According to a vet who examined the dog, his hind legs appear to have been cut off in an act officials are calling “horrificanimal cruelty.” Dante’s Hope East, a local animal rescue, was called to the scene on Sept. 25 to retrieve the abandoned canine who was left to die, but contacted the sheriff’s office when they noticed Buddy’s back legs were both missing....

Boat on fire in New Hampshire.Photo: New Hampshire State Police Three people and two dogs are safe after the 70-foot yacht they were aboard caught fire while out on a New Hampshire river. State police said Saturday night that the group “jumped overboard as the boat became engulfed in flames” just after 4 p.m. that day, naming the passengers as Arthur Watson, 67, Diane Watson, 57, and Jarrod Tubbs, 33....

Photo: Facebook An Arkansas man was arrested after he was found with an infant that had allegedly been abducted from a home where three people were discovered dead. Hunter Chenoweth, 22, of DeQueen, was arrested Tuesday night, just hours after Madison County deputies found the bodies of Tami Lynn Chenoweth, 51; James Stanley McGhee, 59; and their 26-year-old daughter Cheyene Chenoweth, 26, inside a home south of Huntsville, according toArkansas State Police....

Le’Shonte Jones.Photo: Facebook Three people were arrested in the murder of a 24-year-old Florida mother who was fatally shot in front of her 3-year-old daughter. Javon Carter, 29, Romiel Robinson, 35, and Jasmine Martinez, 33, are facing murder charges in connection with the death of Le’Shonte Jones, a Transportation Security Administration officer at Miami International Airport. Robinson and Carter are scheduled to be arraigned on Feb. 24. Martinez is awaiting extradition from Port St....

Photo: Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office In what police are calling a “pretty unusual case,” a 31-year-old man in Gilbert, Arizona, has been arrested after allegedly pretending he had Down syndrome in order to hire caregivers to bathe him and change his diapers, PEOPLE confirms. Paul Anthony Menchaca was charged on Tuesday with three counts of sex abuse and one count of fraudulent schemes — all felonies. “I worked in sex crimes for many years and I didn’t have any case like this,” Gilbert police Sgt....

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