Amina Arraf was a 35-year-old woman who lived in Syria. She was an outspoken critic of the Syrian government, and a blogger who wrote about her daily struggles in the country. One day, her cousin wrote on the blog that Amina had been abducted. Amina’s kidnapping sparked outcry around the world. The Guardian, The New …
Erin S. has a smartphone loaded with popular apps like Instagram. Since Instagram has over 2.4 billion active users it has become a popular way for hackers to steal your information. One day, Erin received an Instagram message from a local mom-and-pop store that she frequented. The message included a shortcode link to click on. …
In 2016, a professor named Louis Klarevas wrote a book arguing for a renewal of the 1994 assault weapons ban. The book claimed that the assault weapons ban resulted in a 37% decline in mass shootings. But there were many flaws in the book’s claim. First, the supposed drop in fatalities was from mostly handgun …
New Delhi is the capital of India and has a population of over 33 million people. Two residents of the city, Deepak and Mont were not model citizens. They were friends, and then cellmates, who had been in jail for several different criminal charges However, when the two men were released from jail they became …
Jeffrey H. lives in Arizona, and in 2022, Jeffrey purchased a Rock Island Armory pump action shotgun. He bought the shotgun from the Palmetto State Armory website. After getting the shotgun he loaded it with five shotgun shells from Blackwater, then he racked the slide to load a round into the chamber. When he did …
Sam A. is an avid hunter who lives in Maine. One weekend, he went deer hunting and stirred up a buck in the area. He took a shot at the animal but missed. He spent two hours searching for a blood trail but couldn’t find anything. Eventually, he left the area for the night. Sam …
According to the Commerce City Police Department, a man was shot with a .22 caliber weapon following an argument. The man amazingly survived thanks to the jewelry he was wearing. You see, the man’s ten-millimeter-wide silver necklace stopped the .22 bullet and is essentially the only reason the man survived. “We’d say he really dodged …
Heidi and Robert W. live in South Sound, Washington. One day Heidi and Robert were at home when they got a call from their daughter telling them she had been in a car accident at Walmart. “As soon as the call came in, I heard our daughter on the phone. It was unmistakably her,” Robert …
In early 2024, a man named Sterling A. walked into Bank of America in Fort Myers, Florida. According to the Lee County Sheriff’s Office, the man walked in armed with a knife. Then he threatened the bank staff, and told them he had a bomb, before taking two of the employees hostage behind the counter. …
As you know, Newport Beach is a city in Southern California. It’s considered one of the wealthiest cities in the state with an average home price of $4.5 million. Early one Tuesday morning, a Newport Beach resident was at home with his family in their $5 million home. As the family slept, the husband was …