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Kobe Bryant dead in California helicopter crash

Legendary NBA player Kobe Bryant has died in a California helicopter crash, reports said Sunday. He was 41. Bryant was among at least four people traveling in his private helicopter over Calabasas when a fire broke out, sending the chopper spiraling from the sky,  according to TMZ Sports . The crash occurred around 10 a.m. local time amid foggy conditions in the hills overlooking Calabasas, with the chopper sparking a brush fire on impact that hampered initial rescue efforts,  according to The Los Angeles Times . There were no survivors, and the cause of the crash is under investigation, according to TMZ. Authorities investigating the crash  confirmed to KTLA – Channel 5  that at least five people were killed in the crash, but did not identify the victims by name. Bryant’s wife, Vanessa, was not among those aboard the chopper, according to reports. He is also survived by the couple’s four daughters, with the youngest born just last June. Bryant starred for two decad

‘Captain America’ actress Mollie Fitzgerald charged with fatally stabbing her mother in Kansas

An actress who appeared in “Captain America: The First Avenger” stabbed her mother to death inside a Kansas home, police said. Mollie Maxine Fitzgerald, who played “Stark Girl” in the 2011 Marvel Studios movie, was arrested Tuesday on a second-degree murder charge by police in Olathe, where her mother, 68-year-old Patricia “Tee” Fitzgerald, was found dead inside a home on Dec. 20,  the Kansas City Star reports . Patricia Fitzgerald, of Montgomery, Texas, was pronounced dead at the residence from an apparent stab wound, police  announced Tuesday . “A 38-year-old white female, known to the victim, was contacted on scene and transported to a local hospital with minor injuries,” police said. “This case remains under investigation by the Olathe Police Department.” Additional details about the alleged killing were not provided and a police spokesman did not immediately return a message seeking comment Wednesday. The elder Fitzgerald was in the process of moving back to the Kan