DeAndre Booker, the Michigan man accused of killing and dismembering ex-girlfriend Ashley Elkins, allegedly made chilling Google searches around the time of her disappearance. According to authorities, Booker looked up gun silencers, phone tracking and trash pickup.
https://people.com/michigan-man-deandre-booker-accused-of-killing-ex-ma…

Six people have been killed, including four children, after a massive fire burned down a home in Maryland. On Aug. 10, a home in Waldorf, located about 23 miles outside of Washington, D.C., caught fire with several people still trapped inside.
https://people.com/6-people-dead-including-4-children-after-fire-engulf…

A mom, 29, in Australia has revealed the heartbreaking symptoms she's noticed already after being diagnosed with a rare form of Alzheimer's disease.
https://people.com/mom-reveals-heartbreaking-symptoms-diagnosed-rare-fo…

A large cricket crawled up Jennifer Lopez's dress while she was performing in Kazakhstan on Aug. 10. The incident took place shortly after the singer suffered a mid-performance wardrobe malfunction — losing her skirt onstage — during her show in Poland on July 25.
https://people.com/jennifer-lopez-throws-cricket-after-it-crawled-up-he…

The Melbourne Zoo in Australia welcomed its first baby giraffe in almost 20 years on Aug. 1. The mother, a female giraffe named Nakuru, was pregnant for 460 days before going into labor.
https://people.com/melbourne-zoo-welcomes-first-baby-giraffe-in-almost-…

Four members of the same family were killed in a car crash on Aug. 9 while vacationing in Portugal. Domingos Serrano, 55, his wife, Maria Serrano, 51, and their twin sons Domingos and Afonso, 20, as well as a young woman who was traveling with them, died in the crash, along with the driver of the other vehicle involved.
https://people.com/4-members-of-same-family-killed-in-car-crash-while-v…

A woman in Italy has confessed to murdering her 35-year-old son, dismembering him and attempting to hide his body with the help of his wife. Lorena Venier, 61, allegedly told authorities that she and her daughter-in-law planned the murder for months, citing physical abuse from her son as their motive.
https://people.com/mom-confesses-to-murdering-and-dismembering-son-with…

Katie Couric is setting an important boundary as a grandmother. The veteran journalist exclusively told PEOPLE her one rule as a grandparent during the red carpet for Stand Up to Cancer’s annual televised fundraising special, which will air on Aug. 15.
https://people.com/katie-couric-reveals-grandmother-rule-for-daughter-e…

Zach Bryan declared he’ll never play in Kansas City after clashing with Chiefs fans online amid his support for the Philadelphia Eagles
https://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/news/why-eagles-fan-zach-bryan…

A woman expects her friends to spend $7,000 on a week-long Caribbean vacation in honor of her 40th birthday. In an anonymous Reddit post, one of the birthday girl's friends noted that she has become "more entitled" over the years.
https://people.com/entitled-friend-expects-expensive-trip-for-her-birth…