Cirque du Soleil Aerialist ‘Conscious and Stable’ After 'Shocking' Fall During Portland Show: ‘I’m Okay’

Mariia Konfektova.Photo:Mariia Konfektova/Instagram Mariia Konfektova/Instagram A Cirque du Soleil aerial hoop artist is recovering after a fall at the KOOZA show in Portland. On Saturday, Aug. 24, aerialist Mariia Konfektova fell from the ring she was performing on not long into the show at the city’s Expo Center, according toFOX 12. Konfektova assured fans she was okay after noticing a worried comment on anInstagramvideo she’d previously posted on May 18.

Cissy Houston, Mother of Whitney Houston and Grammy-Winning Singer, Dies at 91

Cissy Houston, mother of the lateWhitney Houstonand an iconic gospel singer herself, has died. She was 91. Houston died at her home in New Jersey on Monday, Oct. 7 while under hospice care for Alzheimer’s disease, her daughter-in-law Pat Houston confirmed. “Our hearts are filled with pain and sadness. We loss the matriarch of our family,” Pat said in a statement. “Mother Cissy has been a strong and towering figure in our lives.

Citing Hair Length Policy, School Asks Teen to Cut Dreadlocks; His Parents Push Back

Photo: Toni Schafer A Sioux Falls, South Dakota 14-year-old will be transferring high schools at the end of the semester after his Catholic school gave him an ultimatum: Cut your dreadlocks or find a new school. “We’re sitting here talking about haircuts when I’m sending him there for an education,” Braxton Schafer’s mother, Toni Schafer, told local news stationKSFY. “And we’re getting booted because we have long hair.” Braxton is a freshman at O’Gorman High School.

City Council Candidate Loses by One Vote After Not Voting for Himself

Photo:Getty Getty Damion Green lost the Rainier City Council post 247 votes to 246, with his opponent, Ryan Roth, ultimately coming out on top, theWashington Postreports. And it appears that single vote may have been his own. ThePostreports that Roth mailed his own ballot — which he checked for himself — a few days prior to election day, after putting off early voting when daily life got in the way.

Civil Rights Activist Among 10 Victims Aboard Seaplane That Crashed in Waters Near Seattle: 'Devastated'

Nine people remain unaccounted and presumed dead after the body of a deceased female was recovered from the water in Mutiny Bay off Whidbey Island, according to theU.S. Coast Guardand theSeattle Times. “The deceased individual recovered from the water on Sunday night was transferred to the Island County coroner and has not yet been positively identified,” according to the agency, which did not officially confirm any other fatalities. “The Coast Guard offers its deepest sympathies to those who lost a loved one in this tragedy,” Cmdr.