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Mar. 16, 2025

2 Workers Rescued After Falling into Chocolate Tank at Mars Wrigley Factory in Pennsylvania

Photo: Google First responders rescued twoMars Wrigleyemployees who fell into a chocolate tank Thursday at an Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania, factory. Lancaster County-Wide Communications received the call shortly before 2 p.m., telling PEOPLE that no injuries were reported but rescue workers had to cut a hole in the side of the tank to get them out. EMS was on the scene as a precaution. “They were up to their waist in chocolate,” says LCWC, noting that the chocolate was warm.

Mar. 16, 2025

2 Years After Boy's Decapitation on World's Tallest Waterslide, Trial Looms as Ride Is Still Standing

Tuesday marks the second anniversary ofthe death of 10-year-old Caleb Schwab, the son of a state lawmakerwho was decapitatedwhile riding what was then the world’s tallest waterslide, the 17-story Verrückt (German for “crazy” or “insane”) in Kansas City, Kansas. His parents,mom Michelle and dad Scott, a member of the Kansas House of Representatives,havelargely stayed quiet about the incidentsince speaking withGood Morning Americain 2017. Scottvoiced supportfor a proposed law in Kansas — whichhas since passed— that would strengthen government oversight of amusement rides.

Mar. 16, 2025

2 Years After Breonna Taylor's Death, Her Family Continues Campaigning Against No-Knock Warrants

Breonna Taylor memorial.Photo: Jason Armond/Getty Two years ago, on March 13, 2020, 26-year-oldBreonna Taylorwas in her apartment with fiancé Kenneth Walker when shortly after midnight, Louisville Metro Police officers executing a “no-knock” search warrant charged through her front door. Taylor was shot multiple times. She gasped for air for five minutes before dying on the floor of her home. Police were executing a search warrant for an investigation into a suspected drug dealer, who police alleged had once retrieved a package from Taylor’s home.

Mar. 16, 2025

2 Years After Calif. Boy's Suspicious Death, His Mother and Mom's Boyfriend Are Charged

Koltyn Sparks-Blackwood.Photo: Facebook PEOPLE confirms that Nicole Sparks, 23, the child’s mother, turned herself over to authorities in Sonora on Tuesday morning — less than 24 hours after the arrest of 26-year-old Joseph Maloney, Sparks' boyfriend at the time. Sparks is charged with suspicion of child abuse under circumstances likely to cause great bodily injury or death, stemming from the January 15, 2019, death of her son, Koltyn Sparks-Blackwood. Koltyn was a month shy of his first birthday at the time of his death.

Mar. 16, 2025

2 Years After Elijah McClain's Death, a Grand Jury Has Charged the Officers and Paramedics Involved

Elijah McClain.Photo: Family Photo Three Denver police officers and two paramedics have been indicted on multiple charges in the 2019 death of Elijah McClain, a 23-year-old Black man put into a chokehold and injected with ketamine in a fatal encounter. Officers Randy Roedema, Nathan Woodyard and Jason Rosenblatt and paramedics Jeremy Cooper and Peter Cichuniec were each charged with manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide. Roedema and Rosenblatt were additionally charged with second-degree assault with intent to cause bodily injury and one count of a crime of violence related to the assault charge.