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The homeless veteran who helped raise over $500,000 for a Red Baron employee bullied by a TikTok prankster is now on the receiving end of the internet's goodwill.

The back-to-back good deeds all started when Luke Oakenshield started a GoFundMe for Walter E. Zerod -- the Red Baron worker who was picked on by a TikTok prankster.

In the viral video, Walt reacts emotionally after the TikToker pretended to take $10 from his phone via Apple Pay.

This sexy star is a Dominican model and social media influencer ... and she became more widely known with her bombshell appearance on "Love Island USA" Season 7.

Before fame, she modeled ... and slayed in beauty pageants.

Christa Pike says she made peace with dying ... but after her execution failed, she's been left struggling to make peace with living.

In her first public statement since the botched Sept. 30 execution, shared by her legal team with TMZ, Pike opens up about the physical and emotional toll of surviving ... saying she's still in pain a month later.

In a first-person letter, she writes ... "Several days later I woke up alone in a hospital confused and in pain. There hasn't been a moment since that night when I haven't been in pain. My body hurts. My arms hurt. My hands hurt. My throat hurts. I still struggle to speak."

Kevin Gates says he doesn't care that he had to fork over a small fortune to his estranged wife ... saying he always gives everything to those he loves -- and the seven-figure payment was no different.

The rapper joined us on "The TMZ Podcast" ... and Towanda asked him about a judge ordering him to split the proceeds of his music catalogue sale with Dreka Gates ... to the tune of $1 million.

KG says a portion is nothing to him ... because he's used to giving his loved ones the world ... implying he did just that for Dreka.

Ilhan Omar's ex-husband -- who has long been rumored to be her brother -- says he's gay ... adding a new wrinkle to allegations that the Minnesota congresswoman married him to help him obtain legal immigration status.

Ahmed Nur Said Elmi, who married Omar in 2009, identified himself as a gay man in an academic paper published in August ... the latest twist in the controversy surrounding their marriage.

"As a gay man of the East African diaspora, my fieldwork was never neutral," Elmi wrote in the paper, titled "Out in the Field: Notes on Researching Queer Violence in Kenya."

A Georgia mother accused of killing her baby by accidentally leaving him in a hot car will be allowed to go trick-or-treating with her other kids.

According to WSB-TV Atlanta, a Gwinnett County judge ruled Thursday that Deja Coleman will be able to take her little ones door to door at Rainbow Village -- which serves families experiencing homelessness -- where she's living under house arrest.

She's under GPS monitoring, and Fox 5 reports that, while she's allowed to go trick-or-treating, she can't leave her complex.

Dwyane Wade's infamous statue outside the Miami Heat's arena got a brand-new head this week ... two years after the internet roasted the original for looking NOTHING like the hoops star!

Even D. Wade's on board with the glow-up.

We all remember when the bronze statue first went up outside Kaseya Center in October 2024, and fans immediately ripped the face!

Well, the Heat decided a head transplant was needed ... so they went back to the original artists, Omri Amrany and Oscar Leon. The new dome was made in Chicago, Wade's hometown, and installed over two days this week, which explains the mysterious gold box that's been sitting around the statue.

Ilhan Omar is facing a renewed federal investigation into her immigration history ... but Harvey thinks the Trump administration is bending over backward to target one of the president's biggest political enemies.

Our team dove into the conspiracy today on "The Low Down," the new YouTube collab between TMZ and the New York Post, where we give you the inside scoop on the biggest stories that are gripping, outrageous, and scandalous.

The DOJ is looking into allegations Omar married her brother to help him get a green card ... along with claims her father lied about her age when she became a U.S. citizen in 2000. Now, investigators are trying to connect the two as part of a larger immigration fraud conspiracy.

Teddi Mellencamp and her boyfriend PJ Conley have broken up ... and it sounds like she's all broken up about it.

In Friday's episode of "Two Ts in a Pod," Teddi broke the news to co-host Dolores Catania, admitting she hasn't "been able to talk with anyone about this yet."

Teddi said ... "I went out with the Valley Guy last night, and we had a really good time at dinner, and after dinner, he's like, 'Should we talk, you know, about the future?'"

New details have emerged about singer Lauren Bennett's death at 36 back in July ... with an inquest finding the singer died by suicide.

Her body was discovered by her husband, Kenny Wormald, and her father ... Metro reported.

We reported earlier ... Bennett's death was the subject of an investigation by police in the UK ... with authorities believing that she had taken her own life.

Rep. Ilhan Omar's ex-husband -- who has long been rumored to be her brother -- was apparently nowhere to be found when it came time to end their marriage ... leaving a judge to finalize the divorce without him ... TMZ has learned.

According to court documents, obtained by TMZ, Omar was granted a divorce from Ahmed Nur Said Elmi on December 4, 2017, in Minnesota's Hennepin County District Court ... after the judge found he failed to show up or respond to the proceedings.

The documents show Omar and Elmi married in February 2009 in Eden Prairie, Minnesota ... but had been separated for more than three years by the time their divorce was finalized.

Brielle Biermann is preparing to walk down the aisle, but her adoptive dad Kroy Biermann won't be giving her away ... 'cause TMZ has learned he wasn't invited to her nuptials.

Sources with knowledge tell TMZ ... Kroy did NOT receive an invitation to Brielle's November wedding to fiancé Billy Seidl.

We're told Brielle and Kroy are no longer close for various reasons, and their strained relationship has reached the point where he won't be included in her big day.

Bryce Hall dressed as an inmate for Halloween ... then took a beating worthy of a prison flick ... with video showing multiple dudes whaling on him outside a costume party.

The social media personality was seen outside N3on's Halloween party being thrown to the ground and beaten by a few different guys.

The fight was eventually broken up, but Bryce was seen bleeding profusely from his nose... later sharing his injuries on social media with a broad smile on his face.

He captioned the clip, "Got jumped by 6 dudes #lit."

The woman who was renting the home at the center of Anne Heche's fatal crash is firing back against the actress' son, claiming he mismanaged her estate and failed to account for assets like missing diamond rings ... TMZ has learned.

In docs obtained by TMZ ... Lynne Mishele objected to Homer Heche Laffoon's first account of the late star's estate ... 4 years after she filed a $2 million creditor claim against Anne's estate.

Mishele's legal team claims that despite reaching an agreement in principle, Homer has stalled the probate process.

Ryan Garcia had ONE rule for streamer Kanel Joseph at his private Halloween party -- put the camera away -- so when Kanel kept rolling, KingRy wasn't having it ... and hands started flying!

And yes, the whole thing was streamed live.

Garcia and N3ON co-hosted a costume party in L.A. on Thursday, and the story goes that outside streams weren't allowed because the guys had sponsorship deals that prohibited others from streaming.

Collin Gosselin proved how much rage he still has toward mom Kate Gosselin on last night's "Special Forces: World's Toughest Test" ... by tackling and absolutely pummeling his heavily padded sparring partner.

In a confessional, Collin admitted ... "I'm here because my mother has taken a lot of things away from me, but this course is something she can't take away. She took away my childhood, she took away my freedom ... and I have a lot of anger."

Before the challenge, his drill staff instructor ordered him to "use that anger, use that rage" on a sparring partner protected by red padding.