A tractor-trailer driver died after his vehicle was “pierced” with timber in a collision with a log truck. (Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd/X)

News of his alleged passing spread rapidly on social media on April Fools’ Day. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Hegseth asked the Army’s top uniformed officer to step down. (ASSOCIATED PRESS, US NETWORK POOL, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE)

A 12-year-old being hailed a hero after running into her burning home to save her brothers. (WJCL, LISA JOHNSON, RICHMOND HILL FIRE DEPARTMENT, CNN)

The husband of a South Florida vice mayor has been charged with fatally shooting his wife at their home. (WSVN)