Archaeologists have confirmed that a man’s mysterious find while moving earth outside his home is part of an ancient 28-foot statue. The man was digging outside his home in the village of Behebat al-Hijara in the Gharbia Governorate of Egypt when he unwittingly stumbled across a Piece of King Ramses II’s likeness. Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities said the discovery led to the unearthing of two statues and a pink granite stone covered in inscriptions. Inspectors attended the scene and said the piece the man found was archaeologically significant, sparking an excavation by the Supreme Council of Antiquities. One of the two statues is of Ramses II, who ruled Egypt more than 3,000 years ago, the ministry said. Archaeologists believe the second may also depict him. The first statue includes a head of Ramses that is 5 feet 3 inches tall and wears a double crown, according to the secretary-general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, Hisham El-Lithi. Based on the head’s size, experts think the full statue would have been 28 feet tall.

RuPaul’s Drag Race star Lucian Piane had been arrested for assault hours before he was fatally struck by a car. The songwriter and producer was arrested Sunday by Glendale Police for reportedly throwing a water bottle at a hotel manager at an Embassy Suites. The 46-year-old allegedly accused the manager of running a prostitution ring, and then flung a water bottle at him. Officers arrested Piane for assault around 6:45 p.m. Lucian told police he was a writer who lived in Hollywood and insisted he didn’t take drugs, a source told TMZ. One source said that while Piane cooperated in the arrest, he was rambling and appeared manic. The guest judge on RuPaul’s Drag Race was taken into police custody at 7:42 p.m., issued a citation, and released at 11:49 p.m. He died just five hours later, after being hit by a vehicle while walking in Glendale. The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner said he died from blunt trauma. Piane had another run-in with the law on Saturday, when he was cited for allegedly being under the influence of a controlled substance. He was supposed to appear in court on Monday. Piane had been open about substance abuse in the past and in August said he had been sober for more than a year. His former collaborator, Marc Shaiman, said Piane had died “after a decade of a tragic descent into schizophrenia.”

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A passenger plane came scarily close to a van while landing. The Airbus A320, operated by Jetstar, was en route to regional Townsville Airport in Queensland, Australia, after taking off from Brisbane about an hour and a half earlier. Flight JQ908 is reported to have passed over the white van by less than 50 feet after the ground vehicle entered a restricted area during the plane’s landing. Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) labeled the close call last week a “serious incident.” “Safety is our number one priority, and we are working with the ATSB to understand the circumstances surrounding this incident,” a Jetstar spokesperson told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in a statement. “Defence is working closely with the ATSB regarding its investigation into a runway incursion and near-collision at RAAF Base Townsville/Townsville Airport on 7 October 2026, after a vehicle entered a restricted airside area,” a spokesperson for the Australian Defence Force told the same network.

An extensive search for a passenger who went overboard from a massive cruise ship off the coast of Greece ended with her unlikely survival. The frantic multi-agency rescue effort was launched early Friday morning after the 44-year-old Salvadoran traveler vanished from the Odyssey of the Seas while navigating the Ionian Sea, southwest of the popular resort island of Zakynthos. Two coastguard patrol vessels, a Navy helicopter, a military airplane, and the 1,138-foot cruise liner itself systematically combed the area alongside rerouted commercial ships. Against all odds, a passing freighter spotted the woman early Saturday morning—fully conscious, floating in an orange life preserver—20 hours after she entered the water. A Greek coastguard patrol boat immediately pulled her from the sea. Upon her rescue, the passenger stunned authorities by revealing the exact motivation behind her harrowing leap. The woman subsequently told her rescuers she had jumped because “she wanted to disembark,” a coastguard spokesperson told AFP. Following her retrieval, the traveler was transported to the port of Katakolo and rushed to a hospital in Pyrgos for medical treatment and a prosecutor-ordered psychiatric evaluation.

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Five adults and one child were killed when a six-passenger plane crashed in southern Wisconsin on Tuesday night near the Wisconsin Dells, a popular Midwestern tourist destination. The Sauk County Sheriff’s Office said authorities received reports of a downed aircraft in Dellona around 9:30 p.m., and deputies and emergency personnel found the plane in a densely wooded area. “As a result of the search, all six occupants of the aircraft were located deceased on scene,” the office said. The plane was returning from Menomonie to Kenosha, Wisconsin. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) identified the aircraft as a fixed-wing Piper Mirage Aircraft. The sheriff’s office said the aircraft had contacted a nearby air traffic control tower before crashing. Investigators are looking into the transmissions to determine whether a local weather event contributed to the crash. No structures were damaged and no one on the ground was injured, authorities said. The FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board are investigating the accident.

Archaeologists have discovered the world’s oldest shipwreck off Turkey’s coast, the BBC reports. The wreck dates back to the Early Bronze Age, around 4,400 to 4,700 years ago. Although the vessel’s wooden structure did not survive, archaeologists recovered large stone anchors and ceramic storage pots, called amphorae, which they used to date the ruin. They believe the ship was carrying goods to either Crete or the ancient city of Troy when it capsized near Turkey’s Kekova Island. “The shipwreck is a time capsule at the bottom of the sea,” expedition leader Hakan Öniz told the BBC. “We are the first humans who [have] touched these objects after 5,000 years.” A 4,200-year-old wreck off the coast of Dokos, an island in southern Greece, previously held the record for the world’s oldest shipwreck.

A Texas man discovered live World War II-era grenades at an estate sale in Austin on Tuesday. The Austin Police Department was contacted after the man noticed the handheld explosives in one of the boxes he bought. A bomb squad confirmed the grenades contained live explosive material and were capable of detonating. Officers safely removed the devices and “quickly secured the scene, set up a perimeter, and kept neighbors safe,” the police association said. “Handling 80-year-old explosives with unknown stability is dangerous, precise work, and they do it with the professionalism this city counts on.” Police say no crime was committed, but they urged the public to call authorities if they ever find themselves in a similar situation. “If you ever come across old military ordnance (grenades, shells, mortar rounds, etc.), even if you think it’s inert, don’t touch it, don’t move it, and call 911. Let the experts handle it,” the department said.

John Boyega, who played Finn in Star Wars: The Force Awakens and the other two movies in the trilogy, revealed he’s been secretly married for almost two years. The Guardian interviewed Boyega, 34, for the upcoming BBC 2 documentary, Damilola: The Untold Story, about the death of a 10-year-old in 2000, whom Boyega was the last to see alive before he was attacked. But part of the interview took a lighter turn when Boyega talked about tying the knot in a small ceremony. Not only does this make him a stepfather to his new wife’s son, but the couple also just welcomed a baby boy. Boyega flashed a two-toned band he described as a “very sentimental ring” during the interview. He said they couldn’t wait to get the rings, so they bought them on the spot at Walmart. “Shout out, Walmart Canoga Park!” Boyega joked. He does, however, want a traditional Nigerian ceremony one day. “We both like the idea of celebrating something established, rather than celebrating the entry,” he said. Although the Woman King and The Cloned Tyrone actor didn’t name his wife, he follows only one person on Instagram, Tae Boyega, and she is only following him.

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A team of Purdue University researchers looking for the remains of Amelia Earhart, her flight navigator, and their plane landed on the remote Pacific island of Nikumaroro on Monday. Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan disappeared 89 years ago while trying to fly across the world. The International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery has investigated the island since 1988, with a dozen expeditions ultimately giving up on finding the plane. But satellite images from 2020 revealed what the Purdue team believes is the missing aircraft, dubbed the “Taraia Object,” in a shallow lagoon. Researchers determined the object became visible in 2015, likely after Tropical Cyclone Pam hit the island. “It’s in a very difficult spot to find. We think that location was deeper at that moment. It was subsequently covered up by sediment, kind of like a shipwreck on the beach,” executive director of the Archaeological Legacy Institute Rick Pettigrew told ABC News. After a six-day voyage to the island, half of Pettigrew’s team will trek through the jungle on foot, while the others will search by boat—230 miles from the nearest inhabited land. On the island, the researchers will encounter coconut crabs, which are giant, meat-eating crustaceans that can grow up to three feet long.

Actor and disability advocate RJ Mitte died by suicide Monday, his representative confirmed to People. He was 34. Mitte was best known for playing Walter White’s son on the Emmy Award-winning series Breaking Bad. Like his character, Walter White Jr., Mitte had cerebral palsy. Alongside acting, he was an ambassador for United Cerebral Palsy and Shiners Children’s, and president of The Mitte Foundation, a philanthropic organization his family started to provide community grants. Mitte’s Breaking Bad co-star and on-screen father, Bryan Cranston, wrote that he was in “deep despair” after his death in a heartfelt tribute on social media. “I do know that I loved him, and thoroughly enjoyed being with him throughout the years on the series, and after the spotlight on Breaking Bad dimmed... I’ll miss you, son,” Cranston said. Mitte became engaged to his longtime partner, Kennedy Suarez, in October 2025

If you or a loved one are struggling with suicidal thoughts, please reach out to the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline by dialing or texting 988.