Tayshia Adamsis singingBachelorettecontestantAndrew Spencer’s praises. “I was there for the season, but I wasn’t really privy to seeing every single conversation that went down. … I love Andrew S. already, but just how real, honest and courageous it was for him to have this conversation with Katie on his one-on-one — I think [it] is what everybody needs,” Adams told her co-hostsJoe AmabileandNatasha Parker. “I think that it’s interesting because Katie called herself naive....

Photo: Tayshia Adams Instagram Tayshia Adamsis reflecting on her experience participating in theTCS New York City Marathonearlier this month. The former Bachelorette, 31, posted a carousel of photos and videos onInstagramTuesday from the Nov. 7 race alongside a message about her journey. “Well guys, I did it! I’m officially a Marathoner! This past weekend was probably one of my most rewarding accomplishments yet. I can’t even begin to describe how incredible I felt with all the support screaming throughout the streets of New York,” she began....

Photo: Courtesy John Butler A high school senior in Louisiana was able to walk across the graduation stage to receive his diploma thanks to the generosity of a quick-thinking teacher. Daverius Peters was almost barred from his high school’s graduation ceremony on May 19 for wearing sneakers instead of the school’s mandated dress shoes, theWashington Postreported. A representative from Hahnville High School in Boutte, Louisiana blocked Peters from entering the ceremony’s venue because his black leather sneakers “violated the dress code,” Peters, 18, told thePost....

A fifth grader from New Hampshire sat in front of her school board to ask them to end bullying in a heartwrenching speech which has now gone viral. “I’m here to talk about a problem that means a lot to mean, bullying. Bullying is a problem in our school. I am a victim of it,” she said as her voice quivered. “My parents have contacted the school about it but it continues....

Photo: Lacy Atkins/The Tennessean/USA TODAY NETWORK A 30-year-old Tennessee woman who has controversially been imprisoned since she was a teenagerfor murdering a man who solicited her for sexmust remain behind bars for at least 51 years, the state’s supreme court said this week. The decision, issued Thursday, is a blow to Cyntoia Brown’syears-long efforts to overturn her sentencein the 2004 shooting of Johnny Mitchell Allen, a 43-year-old real estate agent....

Keyla Salazar was enjoying ice cream with her family Sunday evening at theGilroy Garlic Festival when the sound of gunfire caused panicand people started fleeing. But rather than run, the 13-year-old stayed behind to keep pace with a relative using a cane — and left herself in the path of a fatal bullet that may have saved another, according to the girl’s aunt, Katiuska Pimentel Vargas, who spoke with theAssociated Press....

Photo: Go Fund Me Like any other 19-year-old college freshman, Laura Nuttall expected to spend the fall of 2018 in a classroom, settling in at her new school. Instead, she underwent surgery and chemotherapy for terminal brain cancer. “Then I was told that I had brain tumors. That’s not something you’re really prepared to deal with at such a young age. Being told your life is going to get cut short, it’s been emotionally draining for me and my family as well....

Photo: Daniel Blevins A TikToker has rallied thousands of people to stand in as families at the weddings of members of theLGBTQcommunity thanks to a viral video. Last January, Dan Blevins uploadeda video to TikTokwhere he put out a public invitation for anyone from the LGBTQ community to ask him to serve as a stand-in parent at their wedding in the event their loved ones aren’t supportive of their relationship....

Czech tennis playerPetra Kvitováis fearlessly speaking out about the stabbing incident that left her with a serious hand injury. The two-time Wimbledon champ, 28, made an appearance in Czech Republic court on Tuesday, where she testified against her alleged attacker who entered her apartment wielding a knife and stabbed the 10-inch blade into her left playing hand. Her testimony against the 33-year-old man came a little over two years after theterrifying incident first occurred, but Kvitová had no problems clearly recalling the graphic details of the experience, which took herseveral months to recover fromand still affects her today....

With prison time of her own under her belt,Teresa Giudiceis weighing in onLori Loughlin‘s potential fate in thecollege admission scandal.TheReal Housewives of New Jerseystar wasreleased from federal prisonin 2015 after serving 11 months of a 15-month sentence for fraud. Loughlin and her husbandMossimo Giannulliare currently facing charges that could result in up to45 yearsin prison. They have pleaded not guilty.“I’m sure she’ll make it through,” Teresa, 47, toldEntertainment Tonight. “I feel women are strong....

A road trip home took an unexpected turn for one mom when she gave birth to her second child in a gas station during a bathroom break. Kaitlyn Fullerton and her husband Sergio Mancera were driving from Houston to their home in Victoria on Sunday when the unbelievable moment occurred, according to Fox affiliateKRIV. At one point in their trip, Fullerton, 22, told her husband that she needed to use the restroom, so he pulled over into a Pilot Gas Station in Beasley....

Photo: Viral PressAs the saying goes — one man’s trash is another man’s treasure!When Thailand garbage collector, Somsak Boonrith, discovered an odd-looking piece of trash, he quickly realized that it could be much more valuable than it appeared.On Sunday, Boonrith uncovered a large, yellow, wax-like mound on Tarutao Island in Satun, Thailand, which he believes could be ambergris — a foul stomach mixture that comes from sperm whales but later develops a sought-after smell used in many perfumes....

Photo: Erin Clark/The Boston Globe via Getty Images Thanksgiving has a starkly different meaning to many Native American people. The United American Indians of New England areset to hostthe 52nd annual National Day of Mourning in Plymouth, Massachusetts, on Thursday, a gathering aimed at shedding light on the plight of Indigenous people in contrast to the image many associate with the Thanksgiving holiday. UAINE co-leader Mahtowin Munro toldTodaythis week, “The myth that most of us grew up with in school is that Pilgrims were seeking religious freedom, landed on Plymouth Rock, and then the Pilgrims and Indians sat down for a harvest meal together, and then the Indians just faded into the background and somehow everyone lived happily ever after....