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As the U.S. counted its millionth organ transplant on Friday (of an undisclosed organ), this milestone comes at a critical time for Americans still desperately waiting for that chance at survival. Advocates have launched a new campaign encouraging more people to register as organ donors.

After a brief silence, Russia effectively acknowledged that their frontline in southeast Ukraine, near Kharkiv (the second largest city of Ukraine), has been overtaken by Ukraine forces. Ukraine took this region in a “very sharp and rapid” advance.

A Texas man allegedly murdered a beloved school teacher and left her bullet-riddled body behind for her 5-year-old daughter to find, local police said. Shereena Ann Webster, 36, was murdered on August 18th in her home while her daughter was in another room. Police say her ex-boyfriend Erik Rivas, 32, shot her and fled, according to records. The little girl awoke the next morning and found her mother’s lifeless body.

The South African actress passed from a sudden illness. At this time, the illness is not known. Dean landed her biggest role in “Triangle of Sadness,” which is scheduled to be released in October.

A 10-foot, 2-inch-long alligator was captured and killed by gator hunters in Mississippi earlier this week. The female alligator was estimated to be 75 to 100 years old. Not only did she break a state record, the alligator tied with a previous world record for the longest free-ranging wild female alligator, which was caught in Florida in 1984.

Xavier Hayes was allegedly playing with a handgun and it misfired and shot his brother Dimitri in the face. Dimitri Hayes was pronounced dead at a local hospital shortly after the incident. Xavier is currently being held in DeKalb County Jail outside of Atlanta, Georgia.

On Friday Jetal Agnihotri, 29 was hiking with friends at Zion National Park, and disappeared from the trail. Her body was discovered Monday in the Virgin River, about 6 miles south of the area where she was swept away by floodwaters.

Ralph Lauren created Jennifer Lopez’s three wedding gowns with love and care. Each dress was form fitting, timeless and tastefully done. Affleck matched his radiant bride by sporting a white tuxedo coat with a black bow-tie. All wedding guests wore white to the intimate wedding ceremony.

Early Monday morning the water levels of the Gila River reached a point where water began to spill into portions of Duncan. The Duncan Valley Rural Fire District said. “At that time, the Fire District was requested to assist in an evacuation of the areas in the flood plane, east of the Ranch House.” Monsoon storms hit all weekend across Arizona, Colorado, Utah and New Mexico dumped as much as 8 inches of rain.

Paul Pelosi, the multimillionaire husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi pleaded guilty to driving under the influence and causing injury on Tuesday in connection to drunk driving charges back in May. The plea agreement includes a jail term of five days, however Judge Joseph Solga noted that he already had credit for four days, two from actual time served and two for conduct credits. The remaining day will be covered by an 8-hour work program.