On A Positive Note: Young People Who Saved Lives, Plain White T’s & More
Two young girls saved their families from the flames of a neighborhood fire, middle school student prevented his friend from choking on his lunch in the cafeteria, and a young cancer patient, Delilah, gets the surprise of a lifetime when Plain White T’s frontman Tom Higgenson serenaded her in her hospital room.
The National Retail Federation reports Americans are expected to spend $20.1 billion on Father’s Day gifts this year. Yes, funny cards are still accepted.
Simpson’s gridiron legacy was forever overshadowed by the 1994 knife slayings of Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman. A criminal court jury found him not guilty of murder, but a separate civil trial jury found him liable.
Hollywood closed out an up and down 2023 with “Wonka” regaining No. 1 at the box office, strong sales for “The Color Purple” and an overall $9 billion in ticket sales that improved on 2022’s grosses but fell about $2 billion shy of pre-pandemic norms.