Photo: Fox 2 Detroit In an interview with ABC News' Paula Faris that aired Wednesday onGood Morning America, Starr’s family said they believe her struggles with complications from corrective eye surgery in October left her depressed, ultimately leading to take her own life eight weeks later. She was 35. Starr’s mother Carol Starr and husband Dan Rose both said they believe her death is directly related to the surgery....

Google Maps Earlier on Tuesday, the patient, who has been receiving treatment at Hacienda HealthCare in Phoenix, wasidentified as a memberof the San Carlos Apache Tribe of Arizona. The tribe confirmed in the press release the woman is 29 years old, meaning she has been in a vegetative since her late teens. “On behalf of the Tribe, I am deeply shocked and horrified at the treatment of one of our member,” Chairman of the Tribe Terry Rambler explained in the release....

Isabella “Izzy” Tichenor.Photo: Tichenor Family “What happened to her, she did not deserve that,” Jasmine Rhodes, Izzy’s aunt, told reporters at a press conference on Monday. “She deserved opportunities as any other kid deserves opportunities. She deserved to watch her siblings grow up … She just deserved so much more than what she got.” “She was a happy little girl,” Tichenor-Cox said during the news conference, perKSL News Radio. “But as we all know, even as adults, you know there are some voices that rang higher....

A father and his teenage daughter, who were involved ina plane crashon Sunday, are lucky to be alive — and it’s all thanks to their iPhone and iPad. Had it not been for thepings to the pair’s personal electronic devices, and a set of miraculous circumstances, authorities say the 58-year-old man and his 13-year-old daughter might not have survived. “From what I hear and see, you don’t really hear of survivors, especially in the area that they crashed, it’s very heavily wooded,” Chief James Serafin with the Bear Creek Volunteer Hose Company toldCNN....

Emergency responders set up a staging area near Teutopolis High School on Saturday, Sept. 30, 2023, in Teutopolis, Ill. Federal regulators confirmed Saturday that they are reviewing the crash of a semitruck carrying a toxic substance in central Illinois.Photo:Jeff Long/Effingham Daily News via AP Jeff Long/Effingham Daily News via AP Five people — including a father and his two children — have died and seven others were injured after a tragic accident on Friday involving a tanker truck carrying toxic ammonia, PEOPLE has confirmed....

Dr. Sophia Roberts, at left, with her father Dr. Harold Roberts.Photo: BJC HealthCare The gift of a board game called Operation when she was about 4 years old helped pave the way for Sophia Roberts to follow in her father’s career path. By then Sophia already knew her father was someone special. During dinners out with the family, “Someone would come up and say, ‘Dr. Roberts, you don’t remember me, but you operated on my mother and gave her 10 extra years,'” Sophia toldSt....

Photo: Brianna Soukup/Portland Press Herald/Getty On Wednesday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced that it is investigating 127 cases of seizures and other “neurological symptoms” for a potential link to e-cigarettes. The agency first began its investigation in April with 35 reported seizures that apparently occurred after victims vaped e-cigarettes. Since then it has received 92 additional reports. In addition to seizures, other neurological symptoms that have been reported include fainting and tremors....

Photo: FDNY A new crop of New York’s bravest graduated from the fire academy on Tuesday, and more than a dozen are following in the footsteps of their Sept. 11 hero fathers. Thirteen of the 301 newly minted graduates are children of firefighters who died during the terror attacks on the World Trade Center 18 years ago, while an additional six had firefighter dads who later died of 9/11-related illnesses, according toABC 7 New York....

They say dogs are man’s best friend — but one New Jersey pup went above and beyond this week.Hewitt, New Jersey resident Mark Stinziano posted a cheer-worthyvideo to Facebookearlier this week, which revealed his neighbor’s dog, Riley, fending off a giant black bear that was prowling around the side of his house.“This was tonight in my backyard….” Stinziano wrote, adding, “Riley-1 Bear-0.”In the clip, which seems to have been taken from a security camera facing Stinziano’s backyard, the bear looks curious, stepping onto a bench and pawing at a bird feeder....

The boyfriend of missing Long Island, N.Y., womanGabrielle Petitohas been identified as a person of interest in her disappearance, authorities in Florida announced during a press conference Wednesday. North Port Police want to talk toBrian Laundrie, 23, but have not been able to meet with him about what happened to Petito. Josh Taylor, a police spokesman, told reporters that officers knocked on the front door at Laundrie’s parents home on Saturday....

FIFA suspends Luis Rubiales, President of the Royal Spanish Football Federation.Photo:Maja Hitij - FIFA/FIFA via Getty Maja Hitij - FIFA/FIFA via Getty FIFA has suspended Spanish soccer presidentLuis Rubialesfor 90 days after he gave soccer player Jennifer Hermoso an unsolicited kiss on the lips, the association announced on Saturday. Rubiales, 46, has been the subject of backlash afterhe kissed the midfielderfollowing Spain’sWorld Cup finalwin, and for grabbing at his crotch as the match ended....

In the recently unsealed search warrant filed on Sept. 17 for an external hard drive in the van Petito was traveling in, police wrote that her mother, Nicole Schmidt, received an “odd text” from her daughter’s phone on August 27. According to police, the message read: “Can you help Stan, I just keep getting his voicemails and missed calls.” “The mother was concerned that something was wrong with her daughter,” police wrote....

No more having to fight over the remote!The popular dating app OKCupid is celebrating the return of the final season ofGame of Thronesin the best way it knows how — with love.For the first time, the app will match daters based on their favorite television shows, starting withGame of Thrones. Users who answered “yes” to the question “Do you watchGame of Thrones?” will now have a badge prominently featured on their profile, letting potential matches know of their devotion to the HBO mega-hit....