Woman Diagnosed With Rare Form of Skin Cancer After Being Told She Had an STD: 'I Knew I Had Cancer'

A Louisiana woman sought a second medical opinion after receiving a questionable diagnosis from her doctor — and it may have saved her life. Ann Heslin, 44, hasvulvar cancer, a rare gynecological form of skin cancer. In an interview withTODAY, Heslin said she was initially told that she might have a sexually transmitted disease after experiencing “incredible burning pain” on her vulva. But Heslin, who serves as director of special philanthropic events at Ochsner Health, had a nagging feeling that it was something else....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 405 words · Brandon Malone

Woman Discovers 'Real Name' at the DMV — And Her Mom's Birth Certificate Typo: 'My Name's Babrielle?'

Gabrielle Mayor with her parents, mom Ellyn Mayor and dad Jess Mayor.Photo: Courtesy Gabrielle Mayor Gabrielle Mayorwas so excited to get her learner’s permit when she was 15 years old. Much to her surprise, she ran into one unexpected problem: her name was technically Babrielle. Mayor, now 24, tells PEOPLE that at the time, she had it all planned out. She wanted to get her learner’s permit on her actual birthday so she could get her license as soon as she turned 16....

March 16, 2025 · 3 min · 609 words · Timothy Silva MD

Woman Killed, 3 Others Injured in N.Y. Boat Crash as Driver Is Accused of DWI

Photo: Kelley Blanchard/Facebook A New York woman is dead after the driver of a 39-foot speedboat she was riding crashed. On Sunday evening, 27-year-old Kelley Blanchard was out boating with two friends and her sister off of Long Island. Shortly before 9 p.m., Blanchard’s boat slammed into the wooden bulkhead in Great Peconic Bay,NBC Newsand theRutherford Daily Voicereport. When police responded to the scene, the boat was found approximately 150 feet from the shoreline....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 320 words · Kevin Holden

Woman Learns Thrift Store Painting She Bought for $4 Is Actually Lost Artwork That Could Sell for $250K

Bonhams Skinner Talk about a good bargain! A painting that was initially purchased for $4 at a thrift store in New Hampshire could fetch up to $250,000 at auction. “She was antiquing in search of old frames to repurpose when they found a large stack of frames leaning against the wall, mostly damaged posters and prints,” Bonhams Skinner said in a statement to PEOPLE. “The Wyeth painting, which was quite heavy and dusty, was in the middle of the stack and the consignor lifted it out and put it in a shopping cart....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 342 words · Scott Williamson

Woman Matches with Her Brother on Dating App, Jokes It Has Caused 'Emotional Distress'

Brooke Averick with her brother Noah.Photo: Ladyefron/TikTok Oh, brother! Brooke Averick said she recently discovered that a dating app she was using had suggested her most compatible match was none other than her own sibling. She said the cringe-worthy mishap occurred ahead of Thanksgiving when Averick, 24 — who is also known as TikTok starLadyEfron— posted a video revealing how Hinge had updated her list of most compatible users....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 338 words · Lisa Fuller MD

Woman Strangled Sister's Boyfriend After Injecting Him with Meth — Then Her Sister Married Their Dad

The deadly night that eventually led to a father and daughter marrying — after they killed the daughter’s boyfriend — kicked off with a Valentine’s Day dinner. But it wasn’t until after the meal – steaks, potatoes and a bottle of wine – that “things started to get strange,” said Anna Marie Choudhary, a third member of the family who, according to theBluefield Daily Telegraph, joined in the murder of her sister’s boyfriend....

March 16, 2025 · 6 min · 1184 words · Robert Hunter

Woman Underwent Over 200 Plastic Surgeries to Look Like a 'Living Cartoon': 'I Never Really Felt Human'

Pixee Fox already has the name, and now she’s making it her life goal to look like a “living cartoon.”Foxreturns toBotchedin the season five premiere to show — E! has greenlit a sixth season as well — Drs. Paul Nassif and Terry Dubrow how she’s been able to transform her body with plastic surgery, after they declined toperform the questionable proceduresshe requested.“Since last time I was here, I had more than 20 plastic surgery procedures for my quest to look like a living cartoon....

March 16, 2025 · 4 min · 818 words · Trevor Stephens

Woman Walks Into Courthouse with Alleged Kidnapper Before Leading Police to Murder Victim

Photo: Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Dept. A woman led her alleged kidnapper straight to the police in a strange case in Las Vegas, leading to the man’s arrest. Gary Walker, 55, reportedly walked into the Regional Justice Center in downtown Las Vegas on Wednesday morning with a woman who “told Marshals that she had been kidnapped and sexually assaulted,” a police statement said,according to NBC News. Homicide detectives arrived at the residence to find the remains of the murdered woman in a suitcase inside a kitchen closet, NBC reported....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 281 words · Kevin Costa

Woman Who Grabbed Busta Rhymes' Butt Says She 'Didn't Mean to' After Rapper Threw Drink at Her in Response

Busta Rhymes.Photo: Paras Griffin/GettyBusta Rhymesdoes not like having his personal space invaded.In avideo posted on social mediaon Tuesday, the “I Know What You Want” rapper, 50, was seen angrily throwing a drink on a woman in public after she reached over and touched his butt.After the incident went viral on social media, the woman, named Nikita Mathis,released a statement to The Shade Roomand said she was wrong for touching him.“I didn’t mean to touch his behind honestly I was just happy to meet him and wanted a pic, [I’ve] been a long-time fan....

March 16, 2025 · 5 min · 1006 words · Brian Savage

Woman Who Vanished After Christmas Is Found Dead Near Wrecked Car, and Cops Don't Know How She Died

Madisson Lambert.Photo: FacebookThe search for a 24-year-old woman who vanished the day after Christmas has ended tragically with the discovery of her remains.Madisson Lambert’s body was found over the weekend near a highway not far from East Prairie, Missouri.Police recovered Lambert’s car from a drainage ditch on Dec. 28, 2020 — two days after she was last seen.The car was empty and it appeared to have been wrecked, according to a statement from the Mississippi County Sheriff’s Office....

March 16, 2025 · 4 min · 684 words · Dr. Shawna Jones

Woman Who Vanished in Shark Attack While Snorkeling with Husband Was 'Following Dreams' on Hawaii Trip

Kristine Allen, a massage therapist and life coach from Bellingham, Wash., vanished on Dec. 8 in Maui as a large shark was seen in the waters, her husband, Blake Allen, toldThe Spokesman-Review. “I have wanted to learn to surf for years,” she wrote, noting that the experience allowed her to understand the surfing metaphors she’d often used in a “deeper” way. “Our dreams give us the motivation to keep getting back up to catch the next one even if we got tumbled....

March 16, 2025 · 3 min · 443 words · Nina Meadows

Woman Who Was Allegedly Raped as Teen Loses Custody of Child to Accused Rapist, Has to Pay Child Support

Crysta Abelseth.Photo: Courtesy Crysta Abelseth “I just want my daughter home safe and my perpetrator out of our lives for good,” Abelseth tells PEOPLE. “My quality of life has suffered tremendously and it has bankrupted me financially. It is my faith in God that has kept me strong for my daughter because this is truly more than anyone should ever have to endure.” According to WBRZ, the Metropolitan Crime Commission, a corruption watchdog group, has asked that an outside agency investigate the ruling....

March 16, 2025 · 5 min · 992 words · Karl Contreras

Woman Who Went on OceanGate Expedition Shared Experience Seeing 'Titanic' First-Hand: ‘Overwhelmed by All the Emotions’

The OceanGate submersible ‘Titan’.Photo:Alamy Stock Photo Alamy Stock Photo As rescue crews race to locate the missingOceanGateTitansubmersible— containing a five-person crew visiting theTitanicshipwreck — more experiences of those who previously took part in expeditions on an OceanGate vessel are coming to light. One such account is that of chef Chelsea Kellogg, who in 2022 dubbed her journey to visit the famous vessel a “once in a lifetime experience.” In an Instagram post from July that year, Kellogg shared a photo that showed herself inside an OceanGate submersible, with the bow of theTitanic—which sank after it struck an iceberg in April 1912 — in view outside the window....

March 16, 2025 · 4 min · 699 words · Samuel Reeves