Photo: Go Fund Me A California mom set herself ablaze on Sunday in her home in Vallejo, starting a fire that killed her and her 14-year-old twin daughters, according to police. Vallejo authorities on Thursday announced that their investigation drew on “physical and electronic evidence as well as victim and witness statements” in determining what killed mom Mau Dao, 47, and her girls, Tram and Trinh Tran, both in ninth grade andreportedlyabout to enter the 10th....

AskMonica Lewinskywhat she’d tell her 20-something self — a young woman who was in the middle of one of America’smost famous political scandals— and she says: “Hang in there. You won’t believe it now, but the pain you are going through one day will help others feel less in alone in their experience.” On Tuesday morning, with the launch ofThe Epidemic, a powerful PSA for National Bullying Prevention Month, Lewinsky is doing just that....

The Russian invasion of Ukraine.Photo: ARIS MESSINIS/AFP via Getty A spokesperson for the United Nations on Monday estimated the number of civilian casualties in Ukrainesince the start of the Russian invasionto be 1,200 — but noted that it has been difficult to determine the “actual number of deaths and injuries.” Indeed, while accurate figures on the dead and wounded are fluid and hard to verify, officials connected to both countries as well as international observers have been compiling periodic reports of casualties....

Photo: Robert Alexander/Getty New York City’s Trump Tower could soon see a new address — that is, if the internet has anything to say about it. A petition to rename the stretch of Fifth Avenue that houses the towering skyscraper after former PresidentBarack Obamahas recently picked up steam, garnering more than 133,000 supportive signatures. The campaign lists various Obama accomplishments to support the renaming, including “saving our nation from the Great Recession, serving two completely scandal-free terms in office, and taking out Osama bin Laden, the mastermind behind September 11th, which killed over 3,000 New Yorkers....

Photo: Nature Butterfly Center The effects of Trump’s border wall are mostly geared toward illegal immigration, but it also has the potential to hurt ecosystems and tourism in the already impoverished Rio Grande Valley in Texas. One such victim will likely be the National Butterfly Center located in Mission, the president of the North American Butterfly Association, Dr. Jeffrey Glassberg, tells PEOPLE. National Butterfly Center.Nature Butterfly Center “On a good day you can see a cloud of 200,000 butterflies, and that’s what the border wall is threatening to destroy,” Glassberg says....

Robin Williams in 1993’s Mrs. Doubtfire.Photo: 20th Century Fox/Blue Wolf/Kobal/REX/Shutterstock She’s a hip ol' granny who can hip-hop, be-bop, dance till you drop and yo-yo — make a wicked cup of cocoa. Mrs. Doubtfirewas a box office success and garnered critical acclaim, earning aGolden Globefor best motion picture — musical or comedy and anAcademy Awardfor Best Makeup in 1994. Williams also took home a Golden Globe for best actor in a musical or comedy....

If thedepths of winterhave you pining to sail away into the Caribbean, consider this some inspiration.MSC Cruiseshas revealed more details about their plans for Ocean Cay, a new private island in the Bahamas that has been much-anticipated among cruisers. Located 65 miles south of Miami, the island will become a regular stop for Caribbean itineraries in the MSC fleet, which include sailings onMSC Seaside,MSC Armonia,MSC DivinaandMSC Meraviglia.For those who go on vacation as an excuse toeat and drinkthe day away, Ocean Cay promises to have you covered....

Photo: Ernesto Guadalupe As we approach the 100th anniversary of theTulsa Race Massacre, MSNBC correspondentTrymaine Leewants to remind Americans that the country’s legacy of trauma and racial violence is not such a distant memory. Lee’s new digital documentary,Blood on Black Wall Street: The Legacy of the Tulsa Massacre, investigates how the deadly onslaught of racist violence devastated a once-thriving business hub and impacted generations of Black Tulsans, who have faced segregation, gentrification and financial hardship as a result of the massacre....

Photo: Amy Sussman/Getty Mitchell, 32, was one of five nominees for best performance in a show. The remaining nominees areEmilia Clarke,Elisabeth Moss,Kiernan ShipkaandGina Rodriguez. Mitchell wasfired on May 21from both the Lena Waithe series and upcoming Netflix comedyDesperadosfollowing actress Tiffany Boone’s claims of sexual harassment. THRreportedthat Boone told Fox 21 (the company that producesThe Chi) producers she could no longer work with Mitchell, and she was released from the show “at her request” while he remained on board....

Photo: IAFF Local S15/Twitter Multiple people are dead and 14 are injured after a vintage World War II-era plane crashed at a small Connecticut airport and erupted in flames, reports say. State troopers and firefighters were on the scene around 10 a.m. after the aircraft slid off the runway while landing at Bradley International Airport in Windsor Locks,WVIT reported. “There were fatalities,” State Police Commissioner James Rovella told reporters, accordingto NBC News....

Kris and Dhruva Chellani.Photo:GoFundMe GoFundMe A North Carolina family is mourning the loss of a beloved father and son, who died in a car crash last week. According to the North Carolina State Highway Patrol, a 45-year-old driver hit Kris' Tesla with his Chevrolet Suburban SUV, per WRAL. The father and son were killed, while Nina Chellani, Kris' mom, was seriously injured, per the report. Among her injuries is a broken back....

Photo: Brunswick County Sheriff’s Office More than four years after winning a $10 million lottery, a North Carolina man has been convicted and sentenced for the murder of his girlfriend. Michael Todd Hill, 54, was convicted of first-degree murder for fatally shooting Keonna Graham, whom he had been dating for more than a year, in the summer of 2020,News & ObserverandWECTreport. Graham, 23, was first reported missing on July 20 of that year and was found with a “gunshot wound to the back of the head” at a SureStay Hotel near Wilmington, the 15th Prosecutorial District of North Carolina said in a release, perNews & Observer....

Photo: Elizabeth Robertson/The Philadelphia Inquirer/AP What began as a feel-good story has turned into a criminal investigation after Johnny Bobbitt, a 35-year-old homeless veteran living in Philadelphia, accused Kate McClure, 28, and her 39-year-old boyfriend Mark D’Amico of spending the more than $400,000 they raised for him on GoFundMe on lavish vacations and a new BMW. Now, the couple’s lawyer has told a Burlington County judge that he and his law firm could possibly step down from representing the pair, holding that either McClure, D’Amico, or both will likely be indicted in the headline-making case....