Photo: Franklin Police Department Love hurts. It can also cost a bundle. Just ask the Georgia woman who met an online Romeo who allegedly swindled her out of more than $80,000 after asking her to marry him just a week after they met. John Martin Hill, 35.Franklin Police Department “By sharing this story, it is our hope that he is not able to victimize any other women using this scam,” police say in the release....

Pamela Dianne Duffy.Photo: San Bernardino Sheriff’s Office A Virginia woman searching for her biological mom helped investigators crack a 40-year-old cold case, allowing them to confirm that her mother was the previously unidentified victim of a 1980 murder. Christine Marie Salley, 41, had always known she’d been adopted,according to the San Bernardino County, Calif., Sheriff’s Office. But she wanted to find her biological parents, and in 2018 she hired a private investigator to help her....

Photo: Adam QuinlanA Massachusetts woman miraculously avoided serious injury after a tractor-trailer sent a metal ramp flying through straight through her windshield.Mary Quinlan was driving on I-95 near Boston on Tuesday when the incident occurred, ABC affiliate WCVBreported.Quinlan, 56, said she was in the slow lane with a tractor-trailer driving in the middle lane about 40 yards ahead when she spotted the ramp sitting on the highway.“The tractor went around, but the trailer clipped it, and it started to spin way up in the air,” she said....

Photo: CBS New York/YouTube Students and families in New Brunswick, N.J., are demanding answers after an adult woman managed to enroll at the local high school and attend classes for nearly a week. Hyejeong Shin, 29, was arrested Tuesday and charged withproviding a false government documentwith the intent to verify one’s identity or age, according to a press release from the New Brunswick Police Department. The department says Shin “provided a false birth certificate” to the local Board of Education “with the intent to enroll as a juvenile” at the high school....

Xolo Maridueña.Photo:Shane McCauley Shane McCauley Xolo Maridueñais having a whirlwind career moment. And as the 22-year-oldCobra Kaistar soars onto the big screen in the titular superhero role ofBlue Beetle(in theaters Aug. 18), he’s reminding himself of his core philosophy: “Stay grounded with family and friends.” “That has been a thing that has helped keep my mental state the best, having people around me that have been there,” Maridueña tells PEOPLE in a phone interview conducted in July pre-SAG-AFTRAactors’ strike....

Photo: Go Fund Me AYorkienamed Macy is currently on the mend after sustaining injuries while protecting her 10-year-old owner from a coyote. In avideoof the incident, Lily Kwan is seen walking her small dog around her Toronto neighborhood when a coyote begins chasing them both. Lily begins screaming for help and eventually drops the leash to get help from a neighbor, at which point Macy begins to fight the coyote to protect her owner....

Photo: Courtesy of ZURU Toys Let playtime begin! YouTubersVlad and Nicki, who reach more than 66 million viewers on their English channel, debuted their very own official toys this month, featuring collaborations with ZURU Toys and Playmates Toys. The Russian-American brothers (who launched their presence in 2018, posting videos across 16 channels that are translated into 18 languages) tell PEOPLE about their excitement to share the toys with fans around the globe....

Zoo Pals Are Coming Back After Nearly 10 Years.Photo:Michael Boone/Blackbox Studios Inc. Michael Boone/Blackbox Studios Inc. Zoo Palsare back to make eating fun! Widely remembered for theircatchy jingle(“Woof! Woof! Zoo Pals!”), the adorable plates were a childhood lunchtime staple in the 2000s and early 2010s until they were discontinued in 2014. Starting Aug. 17, the Hefty brand is reintroducing the nostalgic animal-shaped products to their lineup, PEOPLE can exclusively reveal....

Jennifer Hudson on set of ‘The Jennifer Hudson Show’.Photo: Chris Millard/Warner Bros. TheJennifer HudsonShowhas pushed back its scheduled premiere date. The second season of Hudson’s talk show was originally set to air on Monday but will hold off, PEOPLE has learned. A new date has not yet been announced. The decision comes amid growing backlash against talk shows given the ongoing WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. Varietywas the first to report the news....

Emma Chamberlain knows what she likes. “The most challenging part of this was making final decisions,” Chamberlain says of her collection of six limited-edition frames. “I definitely experienced major decision fatigue, where I had so many choices, it became hard tomakea decision. One thing was easy, though, and that was the nostalgia factor.” “We were drawn in naturally, and that just so rarely happens, at least to me anymore as an avid online shopper,” she says....

A Florida official told a state trooper “I run the county” after he was pulled over on the highway last month. “Usually I give warnings, I give breaks. But it looks like you’ve been written a warning already,” he said before informing Mullins that he was receiving a citation. As the trooper discussed Mullins' ticket, the commissioner interrupted and said, “I run the county.” “You run the county?” the officer asked, to which Mullins, 51, replied, “Yeah, I’m chairman of the county commission,” per the clip....

Joanna Gaines.Photo: Courtesy Joanna Gainesis opening up about finding new perspective in her 40s. Earlier this year, theFixer Upperstar, 44 began to feel burned out after years of running at high capacity, and the pressure of her own expectations. “I was about to turn 44 and I realized, the last 10 years, a lot of it felt like a blur,” she says in this week’s issue of PEOPLE. “It was fast, it was exciting, and there was so much to be grateful for, but there was something in me that just felt so tired....

Morgan Geyser, who at the age of 12 stabbed her classmate to impress the mythical internet figure “Slender Man,” will be released from a psychiatric hospital after her latest bid for release. A Wisconsin judge ordered the release of the 22-year-old on Thursday, Jan. 9, following expert testimony claiming that she had made noticeable progress during her time at the Oshkosh, Wis., psychiatric facility, theAssociated Pressreported. Geyserpleaded guilty in October 2017to the attempted homicide of her classmatePayton Leutnerin 2014....