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Ernest P. lives in Asheville with his family… One day, he was working in his driveway with his daughter when a neighbor called to say a bear was heading his way. Ernest went inside his home and grabbed a .30-30 hunting rifle. He stepped outside and shot the bear, killing it. But the shooting outraged …
You’re probably familiar with the case of Harvey Weinstein. He’s the Hollywood movie mogul convicted of sexual assault who received a sentence of 23 years in a New York prison. But what you might not be familiar with are the private spies Weinstein employed to try to win his court case. He hired the private …
Tex G. loaded up his truck with his shotgun and three dogs and headed out to the desert to go rabbit hunting. When he was just west of Las Cruces, New Mexico, Tex was blasted in the chest by his own shotgun… And the shooter was his 120-pound Rottweiler. The shotgun was laying on the …
A Greenville, Tennessee woman was shopping at a church sale when she saw what she believed to be an air-soft gun. The woman purchased the gun, but when she got home she took a closer look at it. She told police she realized that the gun was a Glock 23 with a full magazine and …
Mark D. is a police officer in Illinois… He worked at a local high school about 100 miles west of Chicago where he became acquainted with current and former students. One morning, around 8 am, students were preparing for a graduation ceremony. This was when a 19-year old former student entered the school and began …
A true hero doesn’t need recognition for their actions. Gwendolyn A. is a perfect example of this. When local news outlets tried to talk to her about the heroic actions she refused. The 79-year old woman was at her Georgia home around noon one day when a burglar tried to get inside. She said she …
Nick M. lives in Fairbanks, Alaska. One evening, he was standing in line at a Holiday Gas Station when he noticed something suspicious. A young man walked into the store with a knife in his hand. Nick said, “I kind of backed up a little bit to see what he was going to do, but …
Lachlan M. was a college student who borrowed his parents Jeep to explore the Western Australian coast. But when Lachlan veered off the main road to explore the mudflats, the trip took a dangerous turn. He thought the ground would be solid enough for the Jeep, but he was wrong. After his vehicle became stuck, …
In 2003, when U.S. forces moved into Iraq, military leaders worried that retreating Iraqi soldiers would destroy infrastructure. Specifically, there was concern that Iraqi forces would blow up the Mukatayin Dam (a hydroelectric dam located northeast of Baghdad). Destroying the dam would cut off power to the surrounding area, cause massive flooding that could lead …
A cardiac device from St. Jude’s Medical was found to have vulnerabilities that could allow a hacker to access the device. According to the FDA, once a hacker accessed the device, they could deplete the battery or even change pacing of the device. The compromised devices were meant to monitor and control heart functions. The …