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Photo credit: Instagram From Cosmopolitan A woman was killed and five others were injured when a large eucalyptus tree fell on a wedding party taking photographs at a Southern California park Saturday, authorities said. Several people were trapped under the tree at Whittier's Penn Park, the Los Angeles County Fire Department said. Video from the scene showed fire crews using chain saws to cut through the downed branches. Four of the injured suffered scrapes and bruises, officials said. A 4-year-old girl was listed in critical condition due to head trauma, the Los Angeles Times reported. Witnesses described hearing a loud crack and seeing people run from the area. The tree could have been weakened by California's ongoing drought and recent heavy rain could have contributed to its fall, officials said. An arborist will assess the area Sunday, officials said. Update 12/19, 11:00 p.m.: A relative has confirmed Monday that the woman killed by a fallin...

In her last solo interview as first lady, Michelle Obama spoke candidly with Oprah Winfrey about life in the White House, the legacy she’ll leave and her immediate plans. Here are five takeaways from the wide-ranging conversation, which aired Monday night on CBS. Responsibilities of Her Role In discussing her biggest sacrifices as first lady, Obama said losing her ability to be anonymous topped her list. "There's nowhere I can go in the world and just sit at a table and have a cup of coffee and watch the world," she said. She also spoke of the immense pressures that she and President Barack Obama felt during his time in office, saying its responsibilities brought "a weight that is indescribable." "There's no way to describe what it feels like to open up the paper every day and know that almost every headline is your husband's responsibility at some level," she said. "Anywhere in the world, any major problem, any maj...

Photo credit: GoFundMe From Cosmopolitan A 36-year-old mother and her 3-month-old son were found dead with their throats slit at the family's home in Forth Worth, Texas, on Thursday night. According to People , the bodies of Shanna Riddle Vandewege and her infant child, Diederick, were both discovered by the 36-year-old victim's husband, Craig Vandewege, after he came home from work Thursday. He immediately called the police, who have since ruled the deaths as homicides. A GoFundMe page created to help the family pay for funeral expenses claims that the couple recently moved to Texas from Colorado before their child was born. The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports that Vandewage worked as a registered nurse and was on maternity leave at the time of her death. "They tried so long to have a baby. She had three miscarriages prior to having one," Mark Riddle, Vandewege's father, told WFAA . "A new mother, a three-month-old baby ... why? W...