A Nevada couple was arrested after police were called to their home and found their 11-year-old child “being contained within a large metal enclosure,” authorities said Wednesday. Misty Scanlan, 46, and Jeffery Scanlan,41, were taken into custody and each booked on one count of child abuse and neglect, the Henderson Police Department said in a statement. The arrest came after …
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In 1961, Ed Dwight hoped to become the first Black astronaut in space. But he never made it. Now, at 90 years old, Dwight will get the chance to finally experience space onboardBlue Origin’s upcoming mission into Earth’s atmosphere. Dwight was selected by President John F. Kennedy in 1961 to enter an Air Force training program known as the path …
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When the Federal Trade Commission began investigating problems related to romance scams five years ago, the consumer watchdog agency’s analysts gained access to internal data from one of the biggest players in the online dating space — Match.com. “It was incredibly troubling,” a former FTC analyst told CBS News, speaking on the condition of anonymity because portions of the case …
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In the first months of her online relationship with a man calling himself Frank Borg, Laura Kowal was showered with love notes and spent hours on giddy phone calls. By year two, those exchanges were methodical and transactional, with Frank instructing Kowal how to set up fake companies and bank accounts to move money. “I believe that she got so …
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When Laura Kowal decided to date again after losing her husband of 24 years, the 57-year-old retired hospital executive from Galena, Illinois, joined an online dating site because that felt safer. The relationship she forged with a self-described Swedish investment adviser named Frank Borg began with florid emails and giddy phone calls in October 2018. It was romantic and exciting …
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The scammer who drained Laura Kowal of her $1.5 million nest egg and sent the widowed healthcare executive on a path that ended with her death in the Mississippi River, hundreds of miles from her western Illinois home, called himself “Frank Borg.” Frank drew Laura into a relationship after she connected to his profile on the popular dating website Match.com. …
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More than70% of Americans saya rewarding career or job is extremely important to live a fulfilling life — more important than family, friends or wealth. CBS News interviewed a broad array of workers who chose unique jobs, for a series we call:Unique jobs, extraordinary lives. A decade ago, Marielle Henault was living in Montreal and had just been laid off …
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AT&T said it has begun notifying millions of customers about the theft of personal data recently discovered online. The telecommunications giant said Saturday that a dataset found on the “dark web” contains information such as Social Security numbers for about 7.6 million current AT&T account holders and 65.4 million former account holders. The company said it has already reset the …
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Chance Perdomo, an actor who starred in the television shows “Gen V” and “Chilling Adventures of Sabrina,” died Saturday in a motorcycle accident, his publicist confirmed to CBS News. Perdomo was 27. “On behalf of the family and his representatives, it is with heavy hearts that we share the news of Chance Perdomo’s untimely passing as a result of a …
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No one matched all six numbers in Saturday night’s Powerball drawing, leading the jackpot to grow to an estimated $975 million. The numbers drawn were: 12, 13, 33, 50, 52 and the red Powerball 23. No one has won Powerball’s top prize since New Year’s Day, amounting to 37 consecutive drawings without a jackpot winner. That streak without a winner …
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