True Crime Sundays: Documents reveal family’s texts sent after Florida teen’s death on cruise ship

Documents reveal family’s texts sent after Florida teen’s death on cruise ship

True Crime Sundays: “Rust” armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed released from prison after serving sentence for involuntary manslaughter“”

by Raechal Shewfelt The weapons supervisor had been sentenced to 18 months behind bars in connection with the on-set death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, the armorer who was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in connection with the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of the Western film Rust, is no longer behind bars. New Mexico authoritiesContinue reading “True Crime Sundays: “Rust” armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed released from prison after serving sentence for involuntary manslaughter“””

True Crime Sundays: Colorado funeral home owners who let 190 bodies decay plead guilty to fraud

Jon and Carie Hallford were exposed when neighbors reported “an abhorrent smell” coming from their Colorado funeral home, authorities said. by Daniel Wu The owners of a Colorado funeral home who sparked a statewide scandal after authorities discovered nearly 200 decomposing bodies at their business havepleaded guilty to wire fraud, the Justice Department announced Thursday. Jon andContinue reading “True Crime Sundays: Colorado funeral home owners who let 190 bodies decay plead guilty to fraud”

True Crime Sundays: His daughter was murdered. Then she reappeared as an AI chatbot.

Drew Crecente’s daughter was murdered nearly two decades ago. Earlier this month, he discovered that her name and image had been used to create an AI chatbot. by Daniel Wu One morning in early October, about 18 years after his daughter Jennifer was murdered, Drew Crecente received a Google alert flagging what appeared to beContinue reading “True Crime Sundays: His daughter was murdered. Then she reappeared as an AI chatbot.”

Opioid Crisis Fridays: True Stories from Missouri – Carson Moppin, 16

Opioid Crisis Fridays: True Stories from Missouri – Carson Moppin, 16

Travel Thursdays: How a Trump Re-Election Could Impact the Travel Industry

by Mia Taylor With two Republican primaries already in the books, the 2024 presidential election is truly shifting into high gear. And while Donald Trump has not yet been named the official Republican nominee for president, should he end up heading to a showdown with President Joe Biden and ultimately winning re-election, there will inevitablyContinue reading “Travel Thursdays: How a Trump Re-Election Could Impact the Travel Industry”

How FDR Became the First -and Only- President to Serve Four Terms

by Lesley Kennedy On November 5, 1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt broke a long-held precedent—one that started with George Washington—when he became the first president elected to a third term. Roosevelt would go on to vie for, and win, yet a fourth term, taking office again on January 20, 1945. FDR was the first, and last, president to winContinue reading “How FDR Became the First -and Only- President to Serve Four Terms”

Book Review Tuesdays: Finding Tess: A Mother’s Search for Answers in a Dopesick America by Beth Macy.

Finding Tess: A Mother’s Search for Answers in a Dopesick America by Beth Macy My rating: 4 of 5 stars I recently have gone through a situation that has touched my life regarding this subject. I have read the authors Dopesick book and watched the series on Hulu. However, I didn’t know much about thisContinue reading “Book Review Tuesdays: Finding Tess: A Mother’s Search for Answers in a Dopesick America by Beth Macy.”

What is naloxone and how does it work? Experts discuss the life-saving ‘miracle drug’

A naloxone nasal spray is a drug that can reverse the effects of opioids, such as heroin, methadone, opium, codeine, morphine and buprenorphine.Jane Barlow / PA Images via Getty Images file

Amazon’s Ring has provided doorbell footage to police without owners’ consent 11 times so far this year

by Brian Fung, CNN Amazon’s smart-doorbell company, Ring, has provided surveillance footage to law enforcement without a warrant or the consent of doorbell-owners 11 times this year alone, according to a letter Amazon (AMZN) sent to Congress earlier this month. The disclosure highlights the degree of Amazon’s control over data generated by the doorbells’ camerasContinue reading “Amazon’s Ring has provided doorbell footage to police without owners’ consent 11 times so far this year”