Police released body camera footage of officers taking down the Nashville school shooting suspect, and more details have emerged about the six people killed by the gunman. Plus, a military wife shares how she explains her husband's traumatic brain injury to their young daughters. |
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Body camera footage released by Nashville police yesterday shows the moment Officers Rex Engelbert and Michael Collazo confronted and killed the shooter at The Covenant School who killed six people. The officers are seen running up a stairwell and moving down two long hallways before encountering and fatally shooting Audrey Hale, 28. More details have emerged about those who were killed, including three 9-year-old children. Separately, actor Melissa Joan Hart, who lives in Nashville, tearfully shared how she and her husband helped a group of kindergartners who were fleeing the school cross a busy highway. Here's the latest. |
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Sarah Verardo, a North Carolina mom of three, shared an emotional look into how she describes the effects of her military husband's traumatic brain injury, or TBI, to her young daughters. Recently, she explained to her 7-year-old why she doesn't go on dates with her husband, Sgt. Michael Verardo, who was catastrophically wounded when he stepped on an IED in Afghanistan in 2010. "I often tell the girls, 'Dad has a sleepy brain — it seems like his brain and body keep changing, but he still has the same heart,'" she told Today.com. As part of TBI Awareness Month, Verardo shared what their daily life is like and how her daughters have dealt with ignorant comments about their father from others. Read the full story here. |
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Al Roker explained yesterday that one of his knees "is shot," which has hindered his normal walking routine, yet he still finished with more than 13,000 steps a day earlier. How did the TODAY weatherman do it without being able to take a long walk? Al said he was able to still get his steps in by using a treadmill in his TODAY dressing room as well as the NBC fitness center. His strategy of small bursts of movement throughout the day, also known as "exercise snacking," can be a powerful antidote to the health impacts of sitting for hours a day at your work desk. Here's what a recent study says about the effectiveness of short spurts of exercise. |
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Achieve your life goals with easy tips. |
If you're struggling with yo-yo dieting and fixated on the number on the scale, Monica Poole knows exactly how you feel. The 54-year-old Florida attorney was overweight and pre-diabetic with high cholesterol when she decided to make a change in 2021. She shared the small habits that helped her lose 60 pounds and create a sustainable lifestyle that has kept her healthy. Switching to the Mediterranean diet and setting a goal to walk 7,000 steps a day were two crucial changes. When her weight loss plateaued last year, she found the Start TODAY Facebook group, which kept her motivated and pushing forward. Now she uses a mix of walking, weights and yoga to keep the weight off. "Focus on what you can do today," she said. "Have a goal — an eating goal and a moving goal." See the takeaways from her journey here. |
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Allow us to do the meal-planning for you. |
Easter is less than two weeks away, so if you're still mulling over what to make for the family gathering, this grilled leg of lamb with spicy mint dressing from celebrity chef Gail Simmons makes a great centerpiece. The meal combines a traditional mint dressing with some red pepper flakes in the sauce to spice things up. Gail also has some piping hot maple popovers to nosh on the side. Get the recipes here. |
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A little pick-me-up before you go. |
Last month, Janet Kelly and her fiancé, DaQuan Davis, were shopping for groceries when Davis' brother, Demetrius, frantically called to say their rental home in Detroit was engulfed in flames. Kelly's young daughters began to cry, thinking their little sisters, Isabella, 4, and Shantel, 1, didn't make it out of the house. Less than a half hour later, they learned the family's pit bull mix, Blue, came to the rescue to help save Shantel. "Demetrius was able to get Isabella out, but Shantel was pinned in her playpen," Kelly told Today.com. "Blue followed Demetrius outside, then he ran back into the house for Shantel. He was protecting her no matter what." The hero dog alerted firefighters to Shantel's location by circling around her and barking. The family is struggling after losing everything in the fire, but they are making sure to give Blue extra belly rubs. "He's the sweetest dog," Kelly said. |
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