For Batoul Hamdan and her two children, seven-month-old Fatima and Jihad, three, Monday's iftar, the evening meal that breaks the daily fast during Ramadan, was special. For a week, they had eaten to the sounds of bombs in their home in Arab Salim. Hamdan eventually decided to leave for Al-Nimiriya, the sleepy town where she had grown up. Surrounded by her parents and siblings in the family home, she hoped they could finally enjoy the festive mood of Ramadan.
When they saw their house engulfed in flames, as if a fire-breathing dragon were slowly swallowing it, the Gutierrez-Pulido family felt they had lost too much: the birth photos of their three children, now reduced to ashes; the collection of Princess House pots, disfigured by the fire; the children's musical instruments, reduced to rubble; even the jacket their eldest son, 17, had bought for his high school graduation.
The medical staff warned Rob and Michele not to let Nick live at home until he got his medication straightened out, a source told Us Weekly in this week's cover story. In addition to battling substance abuse since his teenage years, Nick, who was staying in his parents' guest house at the time of the killings, was in a mental health conservatorship from 2020 to 2021.
When Panuco's 5-year-old son tried to pet the several-week-old puppies, three adult dogs attacked him, authorities said. Panuco was bitten multiple times as she tried to protect the child and ultimately died of her injuries, according to investigators.
That setup makes Sirāt sound like an arty Euro version of some Liam Neeson paternal vengeance thriller, complete with one-word title. No, sirāt isn't Arabic for taken—it literally translates as 'path,' but it's also a reference to the Islamic end-times prophecy of a bridge that souls must cross to reach the afterlife, the unworthy being cast over its side into eternal damnation. And that eschatological connotation is key to director Óliver Laxe's immersive but unpleasant parable.
The accident occurred at 6 p.m. Saturday by the intersection of Pershing Drive and Manchester Avenue where a white Toyota Camry struck the woman and her 3-year-old child, who was a passenger on her bike, according to Los Angeles Police Department spokesperson Charles Miller. The mother and 3-year-old were taken to a hospital. Miller said the child was reported to be in stable condition but the mother had died. He said the driver, an elderly man, remained at the scene.
"We only have one car," the victim's tearful wife, a public school teacher, said. "He didn't want a second car. He loved that scooter. He went to work on it. The only thing he didn't use it for was to transport the kids." "He had it for a while," she added. "He loved it. I was like, 'We need a second car. We have two kids now.' And he's like, 'We don't need it.'"
Details are scarce, but the couple's 32-year-old son, Nick-who has long struggled with addiction and recently moved back in with his parents- has been arrested in connection with the killings, with bail set at $4 million. "It is with profound sorrow that we announce the tragic passing of Michele and Rob Reiner," the family said in a statement confirming the deaths. "We are heartbroken by this sudden loss, and we ask for privacy during this unbelievably difficult time."
A government TD has revealed how his family has been plunged into the "most immense shock and grief" following the deaths of his uncle and first cousin within days of one another.
Chely was the light of our family the one who loved without limits, gave without asking, and carried everyone's burdens with grace and kindness, a GoFundMe post said. She had the purest heart, always finding ways to make people smile, always putting others before herself. To know her was to feel warmth, love, and safety. Now, our nephews and niece are facing a pain no child should ever have to endure, the post said.
Updated reporting from KRON4 says that the man killed was a father of nine children, 49-year-old Jason Elola. And KTVU even spoke with his family in the video seen above, and they give their version of events as to what happened. Elola and his family were driving in their Subaru, celebrating a son's birthday in San Francisco, and decided to stop for ice cream.
In a death notice, the family have requested that donations be made to The Hub Praxis Care in Drogheda and Drogheda ABACUS School in lieu of sending flowers. It is to "reflect Mark and Louise's care and generosity to others and the inspiration to many that Evan had become in his short but full life". The family has also asked the mourners to wear odd socks in the run-up to and during the funeral in honour of "one of Evan's individualistic traits".
The balloons -- we don't know where they are going. We are just letting them go, releasing them. I believe Raymond will get one of those balloons," said Daniela Ruiz, Orozco's mother. "...he never carried any bad with him. He carried the good. Because my little brother was so good," Raymond's sister Sabrina told the crowd. "His next career that he was trying to aim for was to become an EMT or firefighter. Those are all things that he did because he believed in service and helping others..." said Roy Orozco, Raymond's father.
Buster Murdaugh and his new wife, Brooklynn, are moving forward from their family's tragic past by establishing roots in Bluffton, SC, with a new home.
