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A couple in their 70s was leaving a Giant grocery store in Washington, D.C. when a man stopped them to ask for money. The man gave the panhandler a dollar. But that wasn’t enough. The panhandler shouted at the couple. Then he attacked. The male victim said, “He exploded with insane rage. He grabbed my …
On May 30th, 2022, internet access in the Ukrainian city of Kherson stopped working. They experienced an internet blackout. Locals who used SkyNet internet provider couldn’t call their family or find out the latest news. A few hours later, the internet started working again. But most users of SkyNet were unaware that their internet had …
Al-Shabaab is a Somali-based Islamist terror group with past links to al-Qaeda. The group is known for its strict following of Islam. In 2006, the group joined with other forces to fight a coalition of warlords that the U.S. had been supporting. Eventually, the warlords lost. The victory strengthened al-Shabaab and they took control of …
The .303 Lee Enfield is a bolt-action, magazine-fed repeating rifle. It was the main firearm of British military forces from the late 1800s until about 1955. During World War I, around 70,000 British soldiers were protecting the Belgian city of Mons. They occupied the town as 160,000 German troops advanced on it. When the Germans …
Leslie L. is a gun owner living in Georgia, who also has a concealed weapons permit. One evening he was returning home from a friend’s house where he had been watching a college football game. As he exited his pickup truck, Leslie removed his .40 caliber pistol from the glove box. Next, he racked the …
Recently, a Sunset Hills, Missouri, Jimmy John’s restaurant unexpectedly closed. There was a sign on the door that said it had to temporarily close because of fraud. But it wasn’t a computer hacking or cyber-attack that forced the store to close, instead, it was a theft carried out by two managers. The store’s owner, Steve, …
Jay A. is a despicable person… For years, he was a vacation rental host in Texas but was recently charged with 15 counts of invasive visual recording. Police discovered he had more than 2,000 photos of his vacation rental guests. He was arrested after a guest at a rental called police after they found a …
In 2017, the City of Calgary was sued for $92 million and accused of breaching the privacy rights of more than 3,500 employees. A city employee sent an email to another city sharing personal information of over 3,500 employees that included info from as far back as 2012. The personal information included medical records, insurance …
The Dust Bowl was one of the worst droughts in U.S. history. It devastated many central states and areas known as the Great Plains. In the second half of the 19th century, the Great Plains experienced an unusually wet period, which led many people to believe that farming could be sustained in the region. With …
No company is safe from hackers. By 2025, it’s estimated that cybercrimes are going to cost the world over $10 trillion a year. Here’s a quick example to highlight how cyber-attacks are morphing, and what companies are doing to try to defend themselves… Mailchimp is a U.S. email marketing company that provides automated platforms for …