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Amanda Jo Vangrinsven.Photo: Facebook The body of a Minnesota woman who went missing in early August has been found — and the married man who said he would drive her home is suspected in connection with her death. Peterson offered to drive her home, but they ended up at another bar together in Bethel. Witnesses at both bars said Vangrinsven was “noticeably intoxicated” and that her co-workers had to cut her off, the warrant states, Fox 9 reports....

Photo: GREENE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE On Friday, a judge spared a 22-year-old Missouri man from a four-month prison stint, sentencing him instead to five years of supervised probation for molesting an 11-year-old girl he met through a dating app. PEOPLE confirms that Joseph Meili, 22, appeared in Greene County Court Friday, where he pleaded guilty to a single count of third-degree child molestation. Prosecutors’ deal with Meili was agreed upon March....

Mitch McConnell (left) and Nancy Pelosi.Photo: Sarah Silbiger-Pool/Getty; Stefani Reynolds/Getty Less than a week after the Republican-controlled Senate failed to take up a measure increasing AmericanCOVID-19 relief paymentsto $2,000, the homes of Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi were vandalized withgraffiti messages. Photos taken of McConnell’s Kentucky home on Saturday showed an expletive written on the Republican’s mailbox. “WERES MY MONEY” could be seen written below a wreath on the front door and “MITCH KILLS THE POOR” was scrawled over a window....

Photo: Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call; Andrew Harnik-Pool/Getty; Jamie Squire/Getty Utah Sen.Mitt Romneyis defending fellow Republican Sen. Mike Rounds of South Dakota afterDonald Trumpattacked him for saying the 2020 election was “as fair as we have seen” and that the GOP “simply did not win the election … for the presidency.” Roundsappeared on ABC News’This Weekon Sunday, telling host George Stephanopoulos that claims of widespread election fraud in 2020 were thoroughly investigated but unsubstantiated....

The 2022MLBseason will soon be in full swing after a three-month lockout. On Thursday, the league and the MLB Players Associationsettledon a new collective bargaining agreement with the regular season starting on April 7. MLB owners have officially accepted the terms of the five-year CBA in a unanimous 30-0 vote, per the announcement. Players will start mandatory spring training on Sunday. The MLB postponed opening day until April 14 on Wednesday after the parties failed to reach an agreement....

Photo: Facebook A Missouri man has been charged with the alleged murder of his missing wife as authorities who foundblood-stained carpeting soaked with bleachin the couple’s suburban home continue to search for her. “I believe the charges are appropriate and justice compels us to move forward,” he said. DNA samples from the missing woman’s parents matched with blood found at the home, where Beau Rothwell is alleged to have killed his wife on Monday, according to court records....

“Our hearts are broken,” relatives said in a statement via state authorities. “On behalf of Mollie’s entire family, we thank all of those from around the world who have sent their thoughts and prayers for our girl,” the statement continues. “We know that many of you will join us as we continue to carry Mollie in our hearts forever.” Tibbetts, a 20-year-old psychology student who was entering her second year at the University of Iowa, was reported missing on July 19 after not showing up for work....

Photo: Facebook Barker, 29, was sentenced on Monday,CBS affiliate WLOXand theBiloxi Sun Heraldreported. She pleaded guilty to culpable negligence manslaughter earlier this month. The former Long Beach officeraccepted the plea agreement to a lesser chargeafter initially being indicted for second-degree murder, theBiloxi Sun Heraldreported. At her sentencing hearing, Barker broke down while offering up an apology to her dead daughter, Cheyenne Hyer. “I want to say that the only person I owe an apology to was my daughter because no one else was in her life but me,” Barker said, theBiloxi Sun Heraldreported....

Photo: MEGA One woman claims her decision to drink a freeglass of wineon a plane ended up costing her three nights in jail. Ellie Holman, a 44-year-old dentist who is originally from Sweden but lives in Kent, England, indulged in one free glass of wine on her eight-hour flight from London to Dubai, but says upon landing, an immigration officer informed her that her visa had expired, which is when things escalated,The Sunreports....

Mama to the rescue!First responders in Pennsylvania saved a missing dog thanks to the pup’s canine mom — who found her puppy trapped underneath a boulder.Lake Winola firefighters and Tunkhannock Township police officer Timothy McCoy received an emergency call on Monday about the puppy in need, an 8-month-oldgolden retrievernamed Brandy, according toWBRE/WYOU.Brandy went missing on Sunday evening. Her owner Nadia Delicati searched for the puppy but was unable to find the dog on her own....

Photo:Clare Brown/Tiktok Clare Brown/Tiktok A TikTok mom is hilariously calling out men for not being able to complete basic parenting skills without asking their partners for help. Clare Brown recently went viral on TikTok for videos poking fun at partners who can’t do basic parenting tasks without assistance. In the series, which she calls “Flipping weaponízed incompetence,” Brown acts out several stereotypical instances that are known to cause moms frustration....

Tamia Taylor.Photo:Tamia Taylor/Facebook Tamia Taylor/Facebook The mother of Tamia Taylor, a 21-year-old womanwho went missing on the Mississippi Riverwhile on a riverboat birthday cruise, said she will care for her young grandchildren following the discovery of her daughter’s body. Tamia vanished after coming to Memphis to celebrate her birthday with friends on Sept. 9, the Memphis Police Departmentsaid in their initial news release. Then in astatement issued on Saturday, the Memphis Police Department said that officers were “assisting the Crittenden County Sheriff’s Department in the investigation of a body that was recovered on the Arkansas side of the Mississippi River....

Photo: The Stamford Advocate, Keelin Daly/AP Correction: The original version of this article falsely stated that Tanya McDowell was sentenced to five years in prison solely after larceny conviction for falsifying her son’s address to get him into a neighboring school district. The sentence, which came after a plea agreement, actually encompassed three crimes to which McDowell pleaded guilty: Larceny and two counts of sale of narcotics. Felicity Huffman’s 14-day sentence has brought back into the spotlight a case where a Connecticut mom received a five-year sentence for falsifying her son’s residence to get him into a neighboring school district as well as selling drugs on two occasions....