Yura Nechyporenko.Photo: Emilio Morenatti/AP Though the two held their hands up in surrender, the soldier fired at them both, hitting Yura near his hand and elbow. His father, meanwhile, was also shot. Yura “listened to his father die” as he lay on the asphalt beside him, theAPreports. Once the soldier left, Yura ran for his life, seeking shelter in the basement of a school where his mother worked....

Photo: Dennis Oda/Honolulu Star-Advertiser via AP Scheyenne Sanitoa, alinebacker for the University of Hawaii, died on July 4. He was 21. “It’s with deep sorrow that we share the tragic news that Scheyenne Sanitoa, a student-athlete with our Rainbow Warrior football team, passed away,” the school’s athletic director, David Matlin, said in a statement on Friday. On Friday, the school’s football team was “brought together to discuss the tragedy,” Matlin shared in the statement, adding that counselors “will continue to be available for all student-athletes and staff to help with the healing process....

Photo: AP/Shutterstock The University of Michigan has removed President Mark S. Schlissel from his post after he allegedly carried on an inappropriate relationship with one of his subordinates. The Ann Arbor-based college announced the news of Schlissel’s firing on Saturday, releasing a statement from the Board of Regents as well as a copy of histermination letterand about120 pagesof redacted email correspondence that allegedly took place between Schlissel and an employee....

Photo: Usher/Instagram Usherwas under fire for being late when picking up his kids, so he had to take the heat in the kitchen as punishment. The musician, 43, posted a “chicken challenge” also known as the “reaper challenge” onInstagraminvolving a spicy chicken sandwich fromDave’s Hot Chicken, which countsDrake as a major investor. “For all the dads out there who showed up late or didn’t meet whatever promise they made to their kids, this is the punishment,” the father to Usher V, 14, Naviyd Ely, 13,Sovereign Bo, 19 months, and 7-month-oldSire, said at the beginning of the Instagram videos....

Irvo Otieno.Photo: FaceBook Newly obtained surveillance video from a psychiatric hospital in Virginia shows the tragic events that led to the in-custody death of a28-year-old manand the subsequent murder charges against several deputies and medical workers. “Can you imagine the agony … while all those seconds added up to minutes, added up to the breath being smothered out of his body?” attorney Ben Crump, who is representing the family, said at a press conference last Thursday, per theWall Street Journal....

Photo: Pascal Le Segretain/Getty; Jon Kopaloff/Getty Met Monday is almost here! Vanessa HudgensandLa La Anthonyhave been tapped to hostVogue’s red carpet live stream at the 2022 Met Gala on May 2,the publication announced Wednesday. This year’s Met Gala theme isIn America: An Anthology of Fashion, with the dress code being “gilded glamour and white tie.” Channeling the time period between 1870 to 1890, the event “will ask its attendees to embody the grandeur — and perhaps the dichotomy — of Gilded Age New York,“Voguepreviously revealed....

Sunday marksDonald Trump Jr.‘s first Father’s Day as a single dad, and his estranged wife Vanessa has nothing but good wishes for him as he celebrates the day with their five children. “Happy Father’s Daytimes 5 @DonaldJTrumpJR,” she wrote on Twitter, alongside a photograph of the 40-year-old smiling with their five children together — Kai Madison, 11, Donald III, 9, Tristan, 6, Spencer, 5, and Chloe, 4. “Hope you had an incredible day with our kiddies,” she added just three days after shedefended his new relationshipwith Fox News host Kimberly Guilfoyle....

Vanilla Ice referenced Miranda Lambert at his concert on Friday night.Photo:Ryan Emberley/Getty, Theo Wargo/WireImage Ryan Emberley/Getty, Theo Wargo/WireImage Vanilla Iceis all for selfies. As Ice invited fans to join him onstage after performing his signature hit during the “I Love the ‘90s” concert — which also included sets from Rob Base, Tone Loc, Young MC and C&C Music Factory — he name-dropped Lambert, 39. “You can take all the selfies you want — this ain’t no Miranda Lambert concert," Ice said to fans who snapped a few photos at the Ocean Casino Resort, which celebrated its fifth anniversary this summer....

Photo: Alexis Olympia Ohanian, Jr./Instagram; Bertrand Rindoff Petroff/Getty Venus Williamssees a future in fashion for her nieceOlympia! During Monday night’s Met Gala, the athlete, 41, chatted withAccess Hollywoodon the red carpet about her stylish niece, 4, and her love for fashion. “She wears dresses all day every day, and insists on heels, so she’ll be here next year,” Venus said of the daughter ofSerena Williamsand Alexis Ohanian. “Next year she’ll probably be chair,” Venus teased....

Photo: George Pimentel/Getty The previously unnamed victim at the center of the casting controversy surroundingThe Predatorcame forward on Thursday and thankedOlivia Munnfor her support. Paige Carnes, who is now 24,released a statement to theLos Angeles Timesrevealing her identity and speaking out for the first time about the headline-making casting. The issue came to light after Munn found out that director Shane Black cast his friend Steven Wilder Striegel in the movie, despite the fact that the actor is aregistered sex offender....

UNC Charlotte.Photo: LOGAN CYRUS/AFP/Getty Images The school’s chancellor, Philip Dubois, revealed the names of the victims on Wednesday morning. Dubois said that the students killed were Ellis Parlier, 19, who lived in Midland, North Carolina, and Riley Howell, 21, of Waynesville, North Carolina. The shooting began shortly before 6 p.m., and the university was quickly put on lockdown. Not long after the shooting, police arrested the alleged gunman, Trystan Andrew Terrell....

David and Victoria Beckham gave their fans a lighthearted update on their new chickens and cockerel.Photo:Getty;David Beckham/InstagramVictoriaandDavid Beckham’s new feathered family members appear to be settling in nicely!On Sunday, the couple gave their fans a little update on their new chickens and cockerel, which werea Christmas giftfrom Victoria to her husband. The former Spice Girl, 49, posted a photo of the young rooster standing in a beam of sunlight at the door of their coop....

Victoria Beckham celebrated her birthday with family and some famous friends.The fashion designerrang in her 47th birthdaythis weekend in Miami, celebrating Friday with an intimate beach bonfire. “Thank you @davidbeckham for making my birthday so special,” she wrote on Instagram. “I love you so much!!! Kisses.“The former Spice Girl member and her retired footballer husband, 45,posted the same photoof themselves snuggled up on the beach. “Happy Birthday mama we love you so much and you deserve the best day ever....