Mark Johnson, Jeff Ramirez, and Isaiah Dewayne Hurst.Photo: Portland Police; GoFundMe; Portland Police A 49-year-old Oregon man was indicted last week on 15 criminal counts, including three for the random, second-degree murders of three men. Portland Police believe all the victims of Banks' alleged crime spree were randomly targeted. The three murders, according to officials, happened at the start of each month over the last three months. Isaiah Hurst, 39, was gunned down on Jan....

Photo: Meg Oliphant/Getty “Discrimination and hate has a voice in baseball and you saw it in Tampa,” the 26-year-old recently toldInsider. “We have seen a lot of teams selling rainbow merchandise and doing Pride Nights, which is great, but they need to actually support their players,” he continued. On Saturday, several Rays players elected not to wear rainbow logos for the team’s 16th annual Pride Night at Tropicana Field, per theTampa Bay Times....

Photo: Jessica Kourkounis/Getty More than 70 vehicles crashed on a Pennsylvania interstate after snow and a flash freeze created dangerous road conditions on Saturday. At 3 p.m. local time,Trooper Megan Ammerman tweetedthat at least 73 vehicles were involved in a massive crash on Interstate 581 in Cumberland County. Ammerman said several injuries had been reported, but that none were life-threatening. The incident occurred on the Capital Beltway near mile marker 7 in Lower Allen Township, according toThe SentinalandWGAL....

Olivia Ortz.Photo: New Wilmington Police Department A Pennsylvania chorus teacher was arrested Monday on accusations she had sexual contact with a student. Olivia Ortz, a former teacher at Wilmington Area High School, is charged with institutional sexual assault, unlawful contact with a minor and criminal use of communication facility, all felonies. She has since been released on a $150,000 bond. Police learned that Ortz’s husband, a contract employee with the school district, reached out to the school after he returned home from a school trip to Florida and allegedly found “evidence that his wife Olivia was having an inappropriate relationship” with a 17-year-old student, a press release states....

Mercyhurst University.Photo: AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar A Pennsylvania college hockey player has been suspended from his team after surveillance footage surfaced of him pushing an empty wheelchair down the stairs of a crowded bar. Police are investigating the incident, which could result in criminal charges for the 23-year-old Briere, the outlet added, after the surveillance video was posted to Twitter on Tuesday. In the video, a man identified as Briere is shown talking with two other young males....

Photo:Courtesy of Brittany Hilliard Courtesy of Brittany Hilliard A Pennsylvania mother of two is one step closer to attaining a seat on her township’s board of supervisors following a heated primary race that involved someone maliciously leaking suggestive photos of her from OnlyFans. On Tuesday, voters took to the polls to whittle down the pool of candidates vying for seats on the Kiskiminetas Township Board of Supervisors, which oversees fewer than 5,000 residents in eastern Pennsylvania....

Photo: Michael Kovac/Getty Padma Lakshmiwon big this weekend! For starters, herHulu original travel series,Taste the Nation: Holiday Editionwon a James Beard Media Award for Visual Media — Long Form. In honor of the win, Lakshmi shared an Instagram post to her feed about her career thus far. “I’m absolutely elated! I can’t believe I’m here. I have always kind of felt like an outsider in my life. Either I wasn’t Indian enough or American enough, but I always had a deep love for food,” she wrote....

Losing weight is tough, which is whybest friends Vannessa Cross and Meghan Crumplerare trying to tackle it together.After kicking off their weight loss journeyon the Discovery+ showToo Large, the longtime pals will continue to document the trials and tribulations of making a total lifestyle change in a new TLC show,1000-Lb. Best Friends.“I’m Vannessa, this is my best friend Meghan,” Cross, 44, explains in this exclusive clip from the show. “Me and this girl have been struggling with our weight since junior high....

When it came time to finally share her story,Pamela Andersonsays it was her two sons,Brandon, 26, andDylan, 25, who convinced her to do so. “They were the ones who encouraged me to tell my story,” she says of her two boys from her marriage to rockerTommy Lee.In her new memoir,Love, Pamela, excerpted exclusively in this week’s PEOPLE, and a new Netflix documentary,Pamela: a Love Story, both out Jan. 31, she candidly shares all they went through together, both the good and the bad....

Photo: paneraPanera Bread’s newest promotion will have some customers saying “I Do!“Beginning Monday, customers will have a chance towin a baguette-cut ringset in a gold band in honor of the Super Bowl and Valentine’s Day, which fall within one day of each other.The lab-grown diamond will even come in a special Bread Bowl-inspired box, according to a Wednesday press release from the company.To enter, participants can simply visit Twitter or Instagram and share a post with the hashtags #PaneraDate and #Sweepstakes along with a photo of themselves — whether they’re alone or with company — dining at a Panera Bread cafe or consuming Panera Bread At-Home products....

Blake Leeper.Photo: Dave Kotinsky/DEGREE Blake Leeperis ready to disrupt the fitness industry. The Paralympic athlete recently partnered up with Degree for its #TrainersforHire campaign to promote representation and encourage companies to hire more trainers with disabilities, just in time for National Disability Employment Awareness Month in October. Leeper, who was born without lower legs, launched the partnership last week with a spin class held outdoors on the streets of downtown Manhattan....

Photo: Paramount Fans will have some time to wait for the conclusion ofYellowstoneseason 5. During the midseason finale on Sunday, Paramount Network revealed that the hit series is slated to return with new episodes in summer 2023. To hold fans over until then, the network shared a short teaser trailer, which includes shots ofKevin Costnerin character as the Dutton family patriarch, John Dutton. 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....

The Hilton family said yes tonearlythe same dress! The dress was a bit reminiscent of the long-sleeve lace gown Nicky wore to marry her then-fiancé James Rothschild at their 2015 wedding. While Paris turned to Oscar de la Renta, Nickychose a Valentino Haute Couture gownfeaturing “three different tones of ivory and silver guipure [lace] richly embellished with crystals,” according to the release from the design house. Jose Villa/Shutterstock; Kathy Hilton/Instagram; Neil Mockford/Alex Huckle/GC Images...