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Photo: Sean M. Haffey/Getty Professional boxer Victor Ortiz, who appeared onDancing with the Starsas well as filmsThe Expendables 3andSouthpaw, has turned himself in to authorities for allegedly raping a woman in March, the Oxnard Police Department confirmed in anews release. The 31-year-old athlete surrendered himself at the Ventura County Sheriff Department’s East Valley Station on Tuesday after being charged with three counts of felony sexual assault, including rape. The investigation has been ongoing for the last several months before authorities issued an arrest warrant for Ortiz....

Vitali and Wladimir Klitcschko are ready to take a stand. The brothers, who are both former professional boxers, announced Thursday that they are ready to take up arms followingRussia’s invasion of their home country Ukraine. “It’s already a bloody war,” Vitali said during abroadcastThursday. “… I don’t have another choice. I have to do that. I would fight.” “I believe in Ukraine, I believe in my country and I believe in my people,” he added....

Boxing legendMike Tysonis revealing how he spends his earnings. During an episode of his podcastHotboxin’, Tyson invited rapper Jim Jones on to discuss the musician’s fledging cannabis business, Saucey. When Jones explained that it made sense for him to invest in the marijuana industry considering how often he buys the product for his own personal use, Tyson then admitted that he spends a whopping $40,000 a month on marijuana, himself....

Photo: Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Getty A number of fights at the 2016 Rio Olympics are now under question after an independent investigation found judges and referees worked together to fix matches. “Key personnel decided that the rules did not apply to them,” McLaren said at a news conference in Switzerland, adding that there was a “culture of fear, intimidation and obedience in the ranks of the referees and judges.” “That’s counting the ones that we know were manipulated, problem bouts or suspicious bouts,” McLaren said....

The boy was rescued from the Pennsylvania grain bin on Monday, authorities said.Photo:Dover Township Fire Dept. Dover Township Fire Dept. A boy wasrescued from a grain binin rural Pennsylvania on Monday after being buried up to his head in corn, authorities said. Grain bins and silos are not without hazards — for kids and adults, authorities said. One hour after their rescue, the Dover Township Fire Department shared on its Facebook page that employees attended a pre-scheduled grain rescue class courtesy of the National Education Center for Agricultural Safety....

John and Ann Molyneaux holding up the newspaper they were featured in after getting their Polio vaccine in 1955.Photo: Devin McCue It was April 29, 1955, and Ann and John Molyneaux, then just first and second graders, still remember being called down to the principal’s office to get theirpolio vaccines. “I still remember the photographer telling me to look worried and John to act macho,” Ann, now 72, says with a laugh in this week’s issue of PEOPLE....

Photo:Courtesy of Pledge Courtesy of Pledge An Atlanta boy’s decision to ask for donations rather than presents for his birthday ended up making a bigger impact than he realized. When Alex Baker celebrated his 10th birthday last month, his mom, Cat Baker, asked what he wanted as a present. Rather than coming up with something he wanted for himself, Alex said he had “everything he needed” and suggested that loved ones donate to charity instead....

Photo: Vivien Killilea/Getty A Disney channel actor and member of the boy band Forever In Your Mind has reportedly filed suit against his former manager and a host of others, claiming he was repeatedly raped and sexually assaulted when he was as young as 12 years old. The defendants have not yet had the opportunity to respond to the complaint in court, and PEOPLE has been unable to reach either Harte or Larson for comment....

Joe Jonas, Sophie Turner, Jessica Biel and Justin Timberlake.Photo:sophie turner/instagram; justin timberlake/instagram sophie turner/instagram; justin timberlake/instagram From rocking out on stage to rocking their babies to sleep, these boy band stars might be heartthrobs to the masses but to their little ones, they’re just “Dad.“And while some of these boy band offspring are still learning to walk and talk, some are all grown up and following in their fathers' musical footsteps....

Photo: Courtesy Paige Hurd A young Indiana boy recently celebrated Christmas at home with family after spending his first holiday season in the hospital. Paige Hurd, 28, of West Lafayette, tells PEOPLE she gave birth to twin boys Ezra and Wells on Nov. 5, 2021 — more than three months before their February due date. The mom says she gave birth to Ezra at home and welcomed Wells on the way to the hospital in an ambulance....

Photo: University of Tennesee Knoxville A Florida elementary school student’s heartbreak has been turned into victory all thanks to the University of Tennessee. Two weeks ago, the fourth-grader found himself in tears after his classmatesbullied himfor the homemade UT t-shirt he designed for college colors day at his school, his teacher Laura Snyder revealed on Facebook. The university has since offered the young boy a full scholarship. “I told my students about this day a week before, this particular child came to me and told me that he wanted to wear a University of Tennessee shirt, but he didn’t have one....

Photo: FacebookA Mississippi man is accused of fatally shooting his wife Sunday night while the couple’s three children were home.PEOPLE confirms from Lamar County Jail records that Percy Harris, 33, was arrested Sunday on charges of murder and petit larceny.TheHarrisburg Americanreportsthe son of Percy and Shauna Harris called 911 and said his parents were arguing in the family’s Oak Grove home.When police arrived at the home, the boy said he thought he heard a gunshot while waiting for officers....

Residents of a Newport, Kentucky, neighborhood who firstspotted the boy in the hooded sweatshirton Wednesday initially thought he looked suspicious. But when a closer look revealed the boy’s bruised face and terrified expression, they realized he needed help. Their subsequent encounter with him might have helped solve the missing persons case ofTimmothy Pitzen, who was 6 years old when hevanished in 2011and would be 14 today. “He looked like he had been beat up, yes....