Courtesy Shannen Ludwig(GREENVILLE, S.C.) — Two Girl Scouts from Troop 1574 made the cookie sale of the season when one man bought their entire supply on their first night! Kayla Dillard, the troop’s cookie manager, first shared the story of a man’s incredible act of kindness on Facebook last Friday night after she volunteered with …
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Feb 26
Big pharma defends rising cost of drugs, lawmakers say they are gaming the system
busracavus/iStock(WASHINGTON) — In a rare show of bipartisan consensus, Republican and Democratic senators on Tuesday grilled seven top executives from the world’s biggest drugmakers on why prices remain historically high. The most heated exchanges came from Democratic Sens. Ron Wyden and Sen. Maggie Hassan, with several Republicans signaling they, too, were prepared to regulate the …
Feb 26
Inside the realities of the human trafficking that allegedly happens in massage parlor brothels
Barry Chin/The Boston Globe via Getty Images(NEW YORK) — The recent reports of several high-profile men being among the lists of hundreds of massage parlor patrons set to face prostitution charges in Florida may draw attention to and lead to more insights about the dark underbelly of human trafficking that police said may have happened …
Feb 26
‘Game of Thrones’ Oreos are coming ahead of HBO series’ final season
TheCrimsonMonkey/iStock(NEW YORK) — “Hold the door!” Game of Thrones Oreo cookies will apparently be available before the show’s eighth and final season. Oreo made the announcement in an Instagram video this week, where the word Oreo transforms into the series’ hashtag, #ForTheThrone. “Cookies are coming,” Oreo captioned on Instagram. HBO’s fantasy drama will air its …
Feb 26
LinkedIn software engineer killed by falling rocks and ice on closed trail at Yosemite National Park: Officials
Courtesy Dylan Qian(YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif.) — A California outdoors enthusiast killed by falling rocks and ice at Yosemite National Park this week became the second hiker in two months to die on Mist Trail, a steep, 3-mile path that has been closed to the public since a Los Angeles man died there on Christmas …
Feb 26
Suspected drunk driver hits, kills baby in shopping cart
Chalabala/iStock(SAN ANTONIO, Texas) — An alleged drunk driver was arrested on Monday in San Antonio, Texas, for speeding into a dollar store parking lot, where he killed a baby seated in a shopping cart, police said. A Ford Ranger pulled into the parking lot at a high speed as a woman was unloading groceries into …
Feb 26
2 unsolved murders of young women in 1970s now linked to 1 suspect through DNA: Prosecutors
El Dorado County District Attorney(SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif.) — Two unsolved murders of young women from the 1970s have now been linked to one suspect through DNA and genetic genealogy, according to Northern California prosecutors. Brynn Rainey, 27, vanished in July 1977. Her body was found a month later in a shallow grave in South …
Feb 26
Search for missing Colorado mom Kelsey Berreth’s remains begins in landfill
Woodland Park Police Department(FOUNTAIN, Colo.) — Colorado authorities will begin sifting through a landfill Tuesday for Kelsey Berreth’s remains and other possible evidence in the missing mom’s case, according to police. The search of the Midway Landfill in Fountain, Colo., is expected to last 16 to 80 days, according to the Woodland Park Police Department. …
Feb 26
Pharmaceutical executives on Capitol Hill to answer questions on rising drug costs
busracavus/iStock(WASHINGTON) — Top executives from seven major drug companies will be in the hot seat Tuesday morning to answer questions from members of the Senate Finance Committee on the cost of prescription drugs. The newly minted chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, has vowed to tackle the problem of high drug …
Feb 26
Tesla CEO violated SEC agreement with misleading tweet, agency says
jazz42/iStock(WASHINGTON) — Tesla’s CEO may have violated an agreement with the Securities and Exchange commission with a misleading tweet last week, the agency said in a court filing on Monday. The SEC accused Elon Musk of violating the terms of an August settlement with an “inaccurate” tweet last week about the company’s manufacturing projections and …