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Photo: Courtesy Max Hengst/The Daily Toreador According to police in Lubbock, Texas, the fan celebration resulted in damage that included a flipped car and several scooters catching on fire. According to the police, following the Red Raiders victory over the Michigan State Spartans, 61-51, several thousand people gathered near the campus after the win, and a small group began damaging property. After ordering the crowd to disperse, the officers on command deployed tear gas into the crowd....

Over the weekend, a Texas woman hopped over a barrier at the El Paso Zoo to enter the facility’s spider monkey enclosure. “Stupid and lucky,” zoo director Joe Montisano said of the incident, which left the woman and the animals unharmed. “They may be small monkeys, but they can take you to the ground if they wanted to,” added Kleist. kvia abc 7/ youtube “Anything that we have they could get as well, so COVID is no different,” Kleist told ABC 7....

Nityadevi Ramroop.Photo:Nitya Devi/Facebook Nitya Devi/Facebook Nityadevi Ramroop, 35, was fatally shot outside a Katy, Texas home that she was trying to keep a secret from her husband Beesham Ramroop, given allegations of repeated abuse he inflicted on her as well as threats she faced from him, her lawyer Uche Ohia tells PEOPLE. Ohia says that Nityadevi, mother of three, had notified authorities several times about Beesham abusing her, stalking her and, on one occasion, vandalizing her car, but no charges were filed in any of those cases....

While all 12 members of a youth soccer team and their coach were successfully evacuated after they becametrapped in a flooded Thailand cave, a former Thai Navy SEAL who volunteered in rescue effortstragically died. However, the diver’s widow is asking that the boys do not feel guilty over his passing. “I want to tell the boys, please don’t blame yourselves,” Valeepoan Kunan, the wife of Saman Kunam, told reporters, according toReuters....

When Jodi Harrison Bauer, 58, arrived to theSport’s IllustratedSwimsuitopen casting call at 5 a.m. on a rainy July morning in Miami, she knew exactly what to expect: hours of waiting on line, bouncing around from room to room and standing next to thousands of women 20 years her junior for a chance to join theSI Swimfamily.But the Branford, Connecticut native didn’t consider the age difference a disadvantage.Fitsin Photography“I believed I had a lot to share with people,” the mother-of-two told PEOPLE....

01of 05Kristen BellUniversal Pictures"She’s a dream come true,“Bell toldET Canadaat the premiere ofThe Boss.“Because when you’re not laughing from something she’s saying you’re just smiling because she’s an extremely nice, authentic person.“02of 05Sandra BullockKevin Mazur/WireImage"Having kids connected us on a deeper level. And the things we’re obsessed with outside of being a mom are the same, too, [like] construction and house renovation,” McCarthy’sThe HeatcostarBullock toldPARADE.“The minute they’d say, ‘And cut,’ we’d bolt to our little chairs, flip open our iPads, and look at magazines....

01of 52Busy Philipps and Birdie’s Tinker Bell CostumeGregg DeGuire/FilmMagicTink twins!Busy Philippsmatched with her eldest childBirdiewhen theyboth dressed up as Tinker Bellfor Halloween in 2010. 01of 52 Busy Philipps and Birdie’s Tinker Bell Costume Gregg DeGuire/FilmMagic Tink twins!Busy Philippsmatched with her eldest childBirdiewhen theyboth dressed up as Tinker Bellfor Halloween in 2010. 02of 52Melissa Rycroft and Tye Strickland’s Flintstones CostumeBarry King/FilmMagicMelissa Rycroft, Tye Strickland and their daughter Ava traded in the Halloween “boos” for “yabba dabba doos” when they dressed as the Flinstones family in 2011....

01of 27GreeceGettyWhile the men’s uniforms were pretty basic, the women in Greek’s delegation wore super-chic pleated skirts. 01of 27 Greece Getty While the men’s uniforms were pretty basic, the women in Greek’s delegation wore super-chic pleated skirts. 02of 27AfghanistanGettyAfghanistan’s flag bearers wore intricate, gorgeous outfits to represent their country. 02of 27 Afghanistan Afghanistan’s flag bearers wore intricate, gorgeous outfits to represent their country. 03of 27BrazilGettyNot only did they dance their way into the stadium, the delegates from Brazil also wore tropical button-downs!...

From an olive oil cocktail to Cheetos-topped broccoli (really, that’s a dish), check out the most delicious things our PEOPLE staff couldn’t stop eating — and talking about — this week. CHOCOLATE MINT BROWNIES“When I was growing up in Houston, my mom would always take my sister and me to this little bakery that had the best chocolate mint brownies in the world. I’d never had one as good since, so — being a baking enthusiast — I went on an online quest for the best chocolate mint brownie recipe....

Joe Biden at DC Central Kitchen.Photo: BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/gettyThe first and second couples joined together on Tuesday, assembling Thanksgiving meal kits at DC Central Kitchen ahead of celebrating the holiday with their own families.Dutifully masked and gloved, PresidentJoe Bidenand First Lady Dr.Jill Bidenalong with Vice PresidentKamala Harrisand Second GentlemanDoug Emhoffdonned aprons and lifted spatulas as they idshed up meals for those who benefit from the organization’s efforts.Upon entering, all four shook hands and offered elbow bumps with volunteers of the organization, which according to the White House makes roughly 5,000 meals per day for those in need and trains adults for careers in the culinary industry....

Prince Harryloves a hug — and he’s used to kids wanting tostroke or tugat his red beard.But when Harry, 34, and pregnant wifeMeghan Markle, 37, visited Dubbo, Australia,little Luke Vincent, 6,had an extra-special reason for wanting to touch the prince’s hairy chin.“Luke’s thing is Santa Claus,” Anne van Dartel, principal of Buninyong Public School, Dubbo, tells PEOPLE. “And so as soon as he saw it [Harry’s beard], we went into the panic mode because he’s touching a member of the royal family!...

Daylight Saving Time.Photo:Getty Getty As you prepare to spring ahead whenDaylight Saving Time starts this weekend, prepare for the various health effects that could come with it as well. On Sunday, March 10 at 2:00 a.m. local time, clocks across the United States and Canada will turn forward one hour to 3:00 a.m. local time. The biannual temporal event allows for more daylight at night between mid-March to early November....

Social media is responding — hilariously — after a Department of Defense whistleblower made a number of shocking claims about unexplained aerial phenomena — or UAPs, the updated government term for UFOs — in a congressional hearing Wednesday. On Wednesday, former U.S. intelligence official David Grusch claimed in testimony to the House Oversight Committee that “non-human” beings had been retrieved from spacecraft — and alleged that some U.S. officials had sustained injuries while trying to reverse-engineer technology that had been found aboard UAPs....