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Man guns down his scumbag brother-in-law

Jason M. lived in Soso, Mississippi and was going through an ugly divorce. After twelve years of marriage, the couple was divorcing after a number of scary incidents. Before the divorce, Jason had loaded a gun and threatened to kill his brother-in-law. In another incident, he grabbed a firearm and threatened to shoot himself. The …

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How criminals are using “toy” guns to fool cops

The Catawba County Sheriff’s office in North Carolina was executing a search warrant when they discovered what appeared to be Nerf weapons. Sheriff’s investigators entered the residence and found cocaine and psilocybin mushrooms. In addition, they found thousands of dollars in cash and twenty firearms. One particular weapon caught their attention. It was a Glock …

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Beware of these “senior focused” scams

Majorie B. retired after a 42-year career working as a federal attorney. One morning, she was sitting at her computer when it froze, and a pop-up appeared on the screen listing a phone number for Microsoft customer support. So, Marjorie called the number. During the call, Microsoft customer support told her that hackers had taken …

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How to bulletproof your car

From 1992-1995, the countries of Serbia, Bosnia, and Croatia were engulfed in a brutal civil war. Civilians were caught in the middle of the urban battles. Hundreds of thousands of civilians were killed and millions were forced from their homes. There were mass concentration camps and killing fields. Even worse, many suffered from ethnic cleansing …

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How To Properly Use A Fake Identity Online

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 …

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How To Know If Your Phone Is Hacked

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. …

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Hitman accidentally gets a two-fer

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 …

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Are shotgun shells worth reloading?

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 …

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The man with the “bullet proof” neck

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 …

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How fake medication almost killed Lexi

Lexi O. has diabetes and was prescribed the well-known medication Ozempic. But since Ozempic and similar medications have skyrocketed in popularity there have been shortages of the drugs. This has forced some people to go to different pharmacies and in some cases buy the medication online. When Lexi was unable to find her medication through …