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Photo: Chris Scott/InstagramTop Chef‘s season 15 contestants are leaning on each other to get through a difficult time.The group of cheftestants, who appeared on the Bravo show last winter, came together this week in Los Angeles to show support for their fellow cast memberFatima Ali.Fatima, 29, has been battling an aggressive and rare form of bone cancer called Ewing’s Sarcoma for more than a year. She recentlyrevealed that her health was decliningon Instagram, which prompted the group to meet up for the “bittersweet reunion....

Photo: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesTeslahas announced a voluntaryrecallof 362,758 vehicles equipped with Full Self-Driving Beta (FSD) software.On Wednesday, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) announced in the recall that the FSD “increases the risk of a crash” due to several bugs in the software, which Tesla will remedy with a free over-the-air update.“The FSD Beta system may allow the vehicle to act unsafe around intersections,” the recall states....

Photo: Sundance Institute; A24 This year’s list of Gotham Awards nominees has been revealed, honoring some of the most memorable performances, films and series of 2021. The group of nominees for Best Feature includesThe Green Knight, The Lost Daughter, Pig, PassingandTest Pattern. The Gotham Awards typically focus on indie projects and only honor films with a budget of $35 million or less. Because of the requirements, many films deemed to be awards season favorites were not eligible for the Gotham Awards, includingThe Power of the Dog,tick, tick…Boom!...

Texas Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee is “demanding” that Russia release Phoenix Mercury centerBrittney Grinerfrom custody. Griner has been charged with smuggling “narcotic drugs” into the country, according to the Russia Federal Customs Service statement. The two-time Olympic basketball champion faces five to 10 years in prison if convicted. Lee, who represents Griner’s hometown of Houston, is now joining the Mercury, the WNBA, Griner’s personal representation, and others in attempting to bring the athlete back to the United States....

Photo:Courtesy Semander family Courtesy Semander family Elena Semander, 20, was free-spirited and fiercely independent, and also very protective of her younger siblings, Maria, 18, JoAnna, 15 and John, 12. She was a natural athlete and an artist, who helped with homework, or gave advice to JoAnna about boys, and wrote letters to John from college telling him that all the girls would love him one day. In January of 1982, the three girls and their friends had even gone to see a Diana Ross concert — but JoAnna and Maria didn’t know at the time it would be one of their last memories of Elena....

Photo: Courtesy Morgan Porterfield In 1981, Jim Porterfield was on his way to work when a drunk driver hit his vehicle head-on. He was in a coma for six weeks and underwent more than a dozen surgeries, his daughter, Morgan Porterfield, tells PEOPLE. Now, more than 30 years later, Jim is left with severe brain damage, resulting in short-term memory loss and seizures. He has limited use of his arms and legs and is unable to work....

Photo: Jordan Vonderhaar/Getty When gunfire rang outat Robb Elementary Schoolin Uvalde, Texas, on Tuesday, third grader Adalynn Garza took shelter in a classroom and practiced what she was taught. “I just sat down and stayed at a level zero,” Adalynn tells PEOPLE. “That means no talking and stay quiet.” “People kept saying that it was fireworks,” Adalynn recalls, but as she heard loud pops coming from the fourth grade building, she feared something worse was happening....

Photo: Bob Owen/The San Antonio Express-News via AP After Kim Azar and John Shepperd’s son and daughter were born with the same rare kidney disorder, the parents said that all they’d need is one donor to provide kidneys for both children. But they never thought it could actually happen. Until now. Ava Shepperd, 14, and her brother John Ben Shepperd, 18, of Texas, both have cystinosis, a genetic disorder that can damage organs — particularly the eyes and kidneys — resulting in the need for transplants early in life,according toGood Morning America....

Photo: gofundme A Texas family is suing the city of Arlington after their 3-year-old sondied from a brain-eating amoebathat he likely contracted after playing at a public splash pad. County health officialstested the water at two locationsafter learning that Bakari was sick — his family’s home and the splash pad at Don Misenhimer Park. They determined that N. fowleri amoeba, the formal name for brain-eating amoeba, was present in the water at the splash pad and was the likely cause of his exposure....

Kynadee, one of Campbell’s threechildren, has had medical issues throughout her life, including respiratory and pulmonary problems,cerebral palsyand epilepsy, ABC affiliateWFAAreported. And over Labor Day weekend, she experienced 25 seizures and had to be hospitalized for 30 days. “The seizures started happening more frequently and they changed from the normal seizures she’d been having previously,” Campbell told theWise County Messengernewspaper in September. “She’d been having multiple seizures pretty much back to back, and none of the medicines were working....

Harris County Civil Courthouse in Houston, Texas.Photo:JHVEPhoto/Getty JHVEPhoto/Getty The Harris County District Court agreed that Marques Jamal Jackson committed image-based sexual abuse, also known as “revenge porn,” to inflict a combination of psychological abuse, domestic violence and sexual abuse, according to an Aug. 11statement from the Gilde Law Firm,one of two Houston-area firms that represented the victim. During their relationship, Jackson had access to the victim’s mother’s security cameras as well as the victim’s cell phone, email, and social media login information, according to the suit....

(From left to right) Naomi Campbell, Linda Evangelista, Christy Turlington, Cindy Crawford, Tatjana Patitz.Photo:Getty Getty Any mention ofGeorge Michael’s “Freedom! ‘90” music video would immediately conjure up a powerful image ofLinda Evangelista,Christy Turlington,Cindy Crawford,Naomi Campbelland the lateTatjana Patitz, who died in January of metastatic breast cancer at 65. Alone, the models were a commanding presence, but as a collective, their force was strong enough to shake up the industry for decades to come....

Photo: Rick Diamond/GettyDickey Betts is in critical but stable condition after an accident at his Sarasota, Florida, home on Monday.Betts’ manager and longtime friend David Spero confirmed the news to PEOPLE, adding, “I know his fans will see [Dickey] soon.”The 74-year-old singer and founding The Allman Brothers Band guitarist fell and hit his head, according to a statement posted onFacebook, Twitter and hiswebsiteWednesday.“He went out to his backyard on Little Sarasota Bay and while playing with the family dog, slipped and cracked his head, causing bleeding from the brain,” the statement read....