On Tuesday a relative of Iowa college studentMollie Tibbettsappeared to publicly rebuke pundits and politicians — includingPresident Donald Trump— who have usedTibbetts’ slayingas a talking point in ongoing debates about immigration in America. “Please remember, Evil comes in EVERY color,” Billie Jo Calderwood wrote on Facebook Tuesday night, only a few hours after authorities announced that the 20-year-old Tibbetts’ remainshad been foundabout a monthafter she disappeared from Brooklyn, Iowa....

Photo: Charlie Neibergall/AP/Shutterstock The manaccused of murdering20-year-old Iowa college sophomoreMollie Tibbettson Wednesday made his first court appearance in her slaying. At the hearing, in Poweshiek County, Cristhian Bahena Rivera’s attorney, Allan Richards, argued against allowing expanded news media coverage of the case and shed some light on Rivera’s life before Tibbetts’ death. “The coverage that’s out there is leaning all one way and, in fact, [the] government has weighed in at the highest levels,” Richards said in court....

Photo: gofundme Two months after the partialcollapse of the Champlain Towers South condoin Surfside, Florida, a mother and daughter who were among the few to survive the tragedy are sharing their story. Part of the 12-story high-rise fell in the early morning hours of June 24, killing 98 residents. Taylor Gonzalez — who lived in the building with her mother Angela, sister Deven and father Edgar — wasn’t home at the time of the collapse and feared her family had been killed, she recalled toTODAY....

She was sentenced in Fulton County on Monday to 20 years in prison and 10 years’ probation, according to WXIA. She had reportedly faced up to 140 years behind bars. The woman was charged after being detained in Florida in an unrelated case,The Atlanta Journal-Constitutionreports. While in jail there, her then-5- and 6-year-old daughters said that she brought them to the homes of multiple men to be sexually assaulted. A judge described what she did as “inexcusable,”according to CBS News....

Elijah Vue.Photo:Two Rivers Police Dept. Two Rivers Police Dept. The mother of missing 3-year-oldElijah Vueallegedly sent the boy to her boyfriend for “disciplinary reasons,” Wisconsin authorities say. Elijah, 3, was last seen around 8 a.m. on Feb. 20, the Two Rivers Police Department said in a statement last week. Vang lives at the same address in Two Rivers where Vue was last seen, according to the complaint. Katrina Baur.Manitowoc County Jail...

Photo: Sue Ogrocki/AP/ShutterstockThe University of Alabama’s softball pitcher Montana Fouts celebrated her 21st birthday in a big way Friday night.The athlete threw a perfect game during her team’s Women’s College World Series semifinals matchup against UCLA. Fouts' impressive performance marked the fifth-ever perfect game in WCWS history and the first since 2000, when Southern Mississippi pitcher Courtney Blades threw one.“I honestly wasn’t really thinking about it,” Fouts said after the game, according toESPN....

Two more victims who died in thehelicopter crashover the weekend that killed nine total, includingKobe Bryant, have been identified. Sarah Chester and her daughter Payton Chester of Orange County were on board the aircraft on Sunday morning when it crashed in Calabasas, California, according toThe New York Times. “This is an unimaginable loss for the Chester family and the entire St. Margaret’s community,” read the memo. “We are a community in mourning....

Kylie Rae Harris‘ mother Betsy Cowan is speaking out about her late daughter who died in acar crashin New Mexico on Wednesday. The 30-year-old rising country singer was killed in a three-vehicle crash — which also claimed the life of 16-year oldMaria Elena Cruz— along a highway in the northern town of Taos. The Taos County Sheriff’s Office told PEOPLE in a statement that Harris, who was traveling south on State Road 522 in a black Chevrolet Equinox, struck a black Chevrolet Avalanche from behind, initially sending her vehicle into the northbound traffic lane....

Carrie Ritch just wants to hold her son again. On Tuesday, the mother of Maddox Ritch — the 6-year-old boy whodisappeared from a North Carolina parkover the weekend — appeared at a press conference where she pleaded for help locating her child. Maddox, who has autism and limited verbal skills, was walking with his father and another adult at Gastonia’s Rankin Lake Park around 1:30 p.m. local time on Saturday when he took off running....

Holy smokes,Batman! Moviegoers attending a showing of the latest Caped Crusader film,The Batman, were left shocked when an actual bat was spotted flying around a theater in Austin, Texas. Despite numerous attempts to remove the bat from the theater, workers were unsuccessful, and the theater offered to issue refunds for attendees, though KXAN reported many guests decided to stay. getty; Jonathan Olley/Warner Bros. Going forward, General Manager Heidi Deno told KXAN that security measures will be enhanced to make sure something similar doesn’t happen again....

The D’Amelio family.Photo: Jeff Kravitz/Getty On Sunday night, the annual awards show named its ultimate UNSCRIPTED headline-makers in categories spanning from reality romance to breakthrough social media stars and everything in between. Jennifer Lopezwas honored with The Generation Award, andJack Blackwas named this year’sComedic Genius. Bethenny Frankel and Bryn Hoppy.Michael Tran/getty BEST DOCU-REALITY SERIES Jersey Shore: Family VacationLove & Hip Hop: AtlantaWINNER: Selling SunsetSummer HouseThe Real Housewives of Beverly Hills...

Chris and Shanann Watts.Photo: Shanann Watts /Facebook Under police questioning last week,Colorado triple murder suspect Chris Wattsallegedly admitted he killed his pregnant wife, Shanann Watts, but only after, he claimed, he “went into a rage” when she strangled one of their daughters, court documents show. Chris’ startling explanation for how his wife and their two children —4-year-old Bella and 3-year-old Celeste— all ended up dead was revealed in a newly unsealed affidavit supporting his arrest....

A North Carolina zoning commissioner who repeatedly ignored requests to address a Black woman who holds a doctorate as “Dr.” was removed from his position amid criticism, according to local reports. Dr. Carrie Rosario took part in a virtual Greensboro zoning meeting on April 20 with the goal of weighing in on a new development she feared might threaten her neighborhood’s drinking water,The Lilyreported. Rosario, 38, is a professor at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, and has a doctorate in public health, which she feels “adds legitimacy to what I’m saying,” she told The Lily....