Alaska brown bear seen fishing in the Brooks River.Photo:Getty / iStockphoto Getty / iStockphoto It’s almost time to vote for your favorite big bear of Brooks River! The tournament is simple:Fat Bear Week’s official websiteallows fans of big bears to vote for their favorite among those found frolicking around Brooks River, which the NPS describes as “one of the last great salmon runs left on earth.” Inprevious years, voters have been encouraged to use “any criteria they see fit” to pick the champion of Fat Bear Week....

Jacquese Walker.Photo:Columbus Georgia Police Department Columbus Georgia Police Department A father allegedly shot his four-year-old son in the head and the child’s mother in the chest on Monday in Columbus, Georgia. Walker was then taken to Muscogee County Jail ahead of his court hearing. He faces charges of murder, aggravated assault and possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime in connection with the death of his son, Jacquese Walker....

Marli joins 4-year-old Kensli, whom the couple welcomed back in September 2015. The couplefirst announced they were expecting a childin March, less than a week after theirstar-studded wedding. “We pregnant again,” Chance, 26, shared in anexuberant messageon Instagram, adding “its a girl.” “JESUS CHRIST. WE LOVE YOU GOD,” the Grammy Award-winner wrote, sharing the happy news via a screenshot from his phone’s Notes app. Charley Gallay/Getty Chance captioned the Instagram clip with four hashtags: “#millenniumtour,” “#firstthrowbackconcert,” “#whatchallyoungfolksknowaboutdat” and “#meandmywife....

A child getting the COVID-19 vaccine.Photo: GettyChildren under 5 could beeligible for Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccinewithin the next month, Dr. Anthony Fauci said Wednesday.Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert, said that it’s his “hope” that the Food and Drug Administration approves the vaccine for use in this youngest age group in February.“My hope is that it’s going to be within the next month or so and not much later than that, but I can’t guarantee that,” he said inan interview with Blue Star Families....

The Laundrie family attorney, Steven Bertolino, confirmed the request to several news outlets. “The FBI requested some personal items belonging to Brian Laundrie to assist them with DNA matching and Brian’s parents provided the FBI with what they could,” Bertolino said,according to CNN. Bertolino has not returned PEOPLE’s message for comment. FBI agents returned to the Laundries' home in North Port, Fla., on Sunday. According to CNN, at least two agents entered the family home carrying a bag....

Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine.Photo: LUIS ACOSTA/AFP via Getty The decision on whether to approve aCOVID-19 vaccine for use in kids under 5 years oldwill be further delayed, Pfizer-BioNTech and the Food and Drug Administration announced Friday in a surprise reversal. Five days before an advisory panel to the FDA had planned to meet and discuss the possibility of approving two doses of Pfizer-BioNTech’s vaccine for children 6 months to 4 years old, they decided to wait until there is more data from clinical trials....

Photo: St. Louis County Jail An alleged sex worker is facing federal extortion charges for threatening to post steamy videos on Facebook showing her, a married Missouri man and another woman having sex unless he paid her $15,000, federal court documents show. Kailynn Havannah Alexandria Moore-Jones, 22,pleaded not guilty Monday to a charge of extortionin U.S. District Court in St. Louis, theSt. Louis Post-Dispatchreports. It is unclear whether she has retained an attorney who can speak on her behalf....

Felicity Huffmanwill learn her fate Friday afternoon — and is hoping a judge will allow her to avoid jail time after she pleaded guilty in thecollege admissions fraud scandal. TheDesperate Housewivesactress, 56, will face a judge at 2:30 pm on Friday. Prosecutors have recommended that she serve one month in prison, 12 years of supervised release, and pay a $20,000 fine. Huffman’s lawyers are asking that she receive one year of probation, 250 hours of community service, and a $20,000 fine....

Leniz Escobar.Photo: United States Attorney’s Office The trial began Monday for a young woman from Central Islip, N.Y., who is accused of luring five young men into a savage 2017 ambush that left four of them dead. Leniz Escobar, an admitted member of the MS-13 gang, is charged with convincing the victims — Michael Lopez, Justin Llivicura, Jorge Tigre and Jefferson Villalobos — into meeting up at a wooded area to smoke marijuana....

There are three new Fiji Water Girls in town!One week afterKelleth Cuthbertstarted a social media frenzy for photobombingIdris Elba,Judy Greer,Jim Carreyand more stars during the 76th annual Golden Globe Awards, a new group of models hit the red carpet at the2019 Critics Choice Awards.Sporting the same royal blue ruffled gown as Cuthbert, the three models posed together Sunday with their trays of water — making sure no one celebrity goes thirsty....

Tana Mongeau (middle) and Dylan Mulvaney (right) are set to present at the 2023 Streamy Awards, and Sound of the Year nominee Armani White is slated to perform.Photo:Frazer Harrison/Getty; Frazer Harrison/WireImage; Matt Winkelmeyer/Variety via Getty Frazer Harrison/Getty; Frazer Harrison/WireImage; Matt Winkelmeyer/Variety via Getty The presenters for the 2023 Streamy Awards have been announced! The annual award ceremony — which has honored digital creators in categories like music, comedy, food and gaming since 2009 — has a star-studded lineup for its 13th show, which will be streaming live on People....

Photo: Los Angeles Fire Department A diamond ring that made it through a fire nearly six decades ago is a survivor once again in the wake of the Getty Fire. The Los Angeles Fire Department shared the ring’s extraordinary history in a Facebook post on Monday, explaining that officers with Engine 89 were working the scene of the blaze on Wednesday. Getty destroyed several homes in the area last week, a handful of which were houses that had already once been destroyed and rebuilt in the Bel Air Fire of 1961....

Photo: Joe Sohm/Getty If you were considering buying fireworks for theFourth of July, get to suppliers now! Several retailers warn that there might be a shortage of fireworks this year following2020’s boom in sales due to stay-at-home ordersaround the country. Some shoppers told the outlet they’ve already struggled to find supplies and have resorted to traveling across state lines to buy them. An added struggle, fireworks enthusiasts have said, centers around the pyrotechnics' rising cost....