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Kris Hallenga, the founder of breast cancer charity CoppaFeel!, has died aged 38.

She was diagnosed with breast cancer when she was 23 and lived with the illness for 15 years, tirelessly campaigning for breast cancer awareness in that time.

A statement on the charity’s website said: “She hasn’t lost a battle, she wasn’t in a fight and she certainly wouldn’t want you to see her death as tragic.

“She was simply living. She was 38 and died with fulfilment and a heart full of love.”

Ms Hallenga’s breast cancer was terminal by the time it was diagnosed in 2009.

“Kris’ ambition was for no one else to find themselves in her position and so CoppaFeel! was born, to ensure breast cancers are diagnosed early and accurately,” the charity said.

Describing her as “founder, boob chief, colleague, friend and queen of glittering turds”, CoppaFeel! said she was “the biggest promoter of being ‘alive to do those things'”.

“She approached life in a wildly creative, fun and fearless way, and showed us that it is possible to live life to the full with cancer.”

Last year Ms Hallenga threw a living funeral, where guests were invited to sign a cardboard replica of her coffin and childhood footage was projected around Truro Cathedral in Cornwall.

Dawn French did the eulogy in character as the Vicar of Dibley, while Ms Hallenga gave a speech and sparkled in a glittery jumpsuit.

Afterwards, she posted on Instagram: “I’ve never felt love like it. I’ve never felt joy like it. I’ve never felt such kinship with mortality. I’ve never felt so alive.”

Ms Hallenga campaigned for cancer education to be included in the school curriculum, won the Women of the Year Outstanding Young Campaigner award, received an honorary doctorate from Nottingham Trent University and wrote a memoir titled Glittering a Turd.

A post on her Instagram page announcing the news to her 146,000 followers was signed off by her cat Lady Marmalade.

It said: “Her final message from her to you would be one that probably involved checking your chest, getting in some cold water, talking more about death and dying, that even the turdiest of turds are glitterable, that you should always see the silly side of life, that she LOVED her life and that giving Neighbours 2.0 is worth another chance.”

SANTAQUIN, Utah  — A Santaquin police officer was struck and killed by a semi-truck Sunday morning.

The incident occurred sometime before 8 a.m. on May 5 on Interstate 15 near milepost 244 in Santaquin.

At 8:30 a.m., Utah Highway Patrol Cpl. Wright said both directions on Interstate 15 will be closed for some time in the area of the crash.

The driver of the semi reportedly fled after striking the officer.

Please call 911 if you see this suspect driving a white Ford truck:

A shelter-in-place was issued for Mona, Payson, and Santaquin while authorities searched for the suspect in this incident.

MONA, Utah — A shelter-in-place was issued for residents of Monda Sunday morning.

Mona City representatives shared the shelter-in-place issued by the Juab County Sheriff’s Office around 8:20 a.m. on May 5.

“All Mona residents shelter in place for a dangerous suspect in the area,” the statement read.

Officials described the suspect as a white man with an unkempt beard and brown hair. He was listed at 6′ and 200 pounds.

The suspect was last seen wearing a grey sweater, black shoes, and white socks.

If you have any information on the suspects’s whereabouts you’re advised to contact 911 immediately.

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A student was grazed by a bullet inside Dunbar High School in Northwest D.C. on Friday morning, police say. The gunfire flew through a window from outside, police said.

The student, a 17-year-old girl, received minor injuries and was taken to a hospital, police said at a news conference.

“She is totally fine and expected to make a full recovery,” Asst. Chief Leslie Parsons said.

There is no active threat inside the school, police said. However, the school is on lockdown, DC Public Schools said.

“I want everyone to know that are students are secure and they are safe,” Chief of Police Pamela Smith said.

Metropolitan Police Department officers were called to the school at First and N streets NW, north of New York Avenue, at about 9:55 a.m.

The area around the school is shut down. A large number of officers can be seen.

An investigation is underway. No information on a suspect or any arrests was immediately released. Police are set to provide additional details soon. Chief of Police Pamela Smith and Mayor Muriel Bowser are expected to speak.

Bowser was at an upbeat event with children, marking the opening of the annual Flower Mart at Washington National Cathedral, when she received a call apparently notifying her of the shooting.

It’s cold comfort for families and all D.C. residents, but crime in the District is down. The number of homicides is down 22% so far this year, compared to the same period last year. Assault with a dangerous weapon is down 31%. Total violent crime is down 25%.

Police said at about 11 a.m. that these streets were closed:

• 100-200 blocks of N Street NW between First Street and New Jersey Avenue
• 200 block of Morgan Street NW between New Jersey Avenue and Kirby Street
• 1200 block of Kirby Street NW between N Street and New York Avenue

Anyone with potentially relevant information is asked to contact police.

COLFAX — Deputies were urging people to avoid a neighborhood in Colfax as they dealt with a “critical incident” on Thursday.

The scene was along the 500 block of South Auburn Street.

The Placer County Sheriff’s Office later announced that the incident had safely concluded and the area would be clearing.

Deputies said they responded to a report of a disturbance in the area but when they attempted to contact the suspect, they took off in a vehicle.

The suspect then got out of the vehicle and ran from deputies, who set a perimeter in the area. The suspect was eventually taken into custody and no injuries were reported.

The suspect’s identification has not been released at this time.

A building went up in flames Thursday morning on E. Main Street in Durham.

WRAL News learned that the Durham Rescue Mission recently acquired the property, which used to be a church. No one was in the abandoned building when the fire broke out.

. The entire building appears to be engulfed in heavy smoke and flames.

Firefighters are actively working to extinguish the flames.

The fire can be seen from quite a distance.

MOUNT HOREB, Wis. – There was a report of an active shooter at Mount Horeb Middle School – west of Madison – on Wednesday morning, May 1. Officials say the “threat has been neutralized.”

A post on the Mount Horeb Area School District Facebook page said, “The individual did not breach entryway. Police department is helping to scope out our building to ensure the safety of our students and staff.”

The school district is on full lockdown. Officials say the “students will remain in hard lockdown throughout all of our buildings. Law-enforcement is circulating throughout the middle school to confirm the safety of all students.”

Parents and guardians of students are urged not to go to the school campus – and await further instructions. District officials and law enforcement say emergency protocols are being followed at this time.

Authorities issued an Amber Alert late Monday night for a 1-year-old boy from West Richland, Washington who may be with a murder suspect, a former Yakima police officer.

Roman Huizar has been missing since Sunday at around 5 p.m., according to police.

The child is suspected of being with 39-year-old Elias Huizar, who police say is suspected of murdering his ex-wife and girlfriend.

Police say they are possibly headed to Mexico in a 2009 Silver Toyota Corolla with Washington license plate CBZ4745.

Roman is two feet tall and weighs 25 pounds. He has brown hair and brown eyes.

Elias is 5 feet 6 inches tall and weighs 170 pounds. He has brown hair and brown eyes.

He was wearing a black hat, black, long-sleeve shirt, light blue jeans and black shoes.

Anyone who sees them is asked to call 911.

Two Homicide Victims

According to reporting from KATU’s sister station in Pasco, Washington, Elias Huizar is the suspect in a deadly shooting of a woman on the grounds of Wiley Elementary School in West Richland on Monday afternoon.

While serving a search warrant at Huizar’s home Monday evening, they found another person who was killed.