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General Interest
Amie Huguenard and Timothy Treadwell, aka the "Grizzly Man" were killed by the bears they studied in the wild. Here are grim details about their relationship.
The idea of starting an entirely new life and leaving everything and everyone you know and love behind is probably something many people have thought about when life seems overwhelming. Certainly it was easier in ages past; tougher in today's ultra-connected times.
Terri Shaivo was in a vegetative state for 15 years before a court ruled that her feeding tube be removed. These are the details in her autopsy.
There are two ways to get into a maximum-security psychiatric hospital. The first is to work there. The second is to commit a violent crime for which it is determined - or is in the process of being determined - to have been caused by serious mental illness.
The word abortion today evokes strong feelings from many, whether they are vehemently opposed to women ending unwanted pregnancies or whether they are strongly in favor of a woman's right to choose whether she carries a pregnancy to term.
It's kind of an ironic way to die, and it's definitely horrible. Imagine being part of a massive crowd yet no one knows you are suffocating, nor can they help.
Offbeat
On some human level we can still see eye to eye on certain indisputable things. One of those things: the innate creepiness of the white van.
People love to confess their secrets anonymously, and have long done so with the time-honored tradition of vandalism.
The promises the pirate code required were pretty fair, but any crew member who broke the code faced stiff penalties. Things that were forbidden included stealing from "the company," for which you could expect to be abandoned at the nearest plot of land.
Science fiction and actual science may be aligning. That's because NASA scientists have discovered something they can't explain but that others take as a sign that they may have found evidence of a parallel universe. This discovery was made by the NASA-sponsored research group Antarctic Impulsive Transient Antenna, or ANITA.
If zombies existed, they would insist on consuming the flesh of the regular living folk, so it's a good idea to have a plan to survive a zombie apocalypse.
Our longtime bartenders give us so much more than cold beers and cocktails.
Whether people have a soul is virtually impossible to prove, though many believe it. The idea that humans have a soul is an integral part of most religions.
Human beings' gullibility or enthusiasm for believing wild stories with little to go on is nothing new, and this Nicholas Cage theory is a perfect example.
Florida is a lovely place to call home, but it's not without its discomforts. We are intimately familiar with swamp ass and sweaty underboob.
Music
It's not that the future frontwoman of the Pretenders, Chrissie Hynde, didn't know about the Hells Angels' reputation for violence, it's more that she wasn't afraid of them - and she wanted to have some fun.
Rock fans love their musicians. As with any art, if it evokes emotion or intrigue, we gravitate toward not only the art but also the person or people who create it. That's why by the time we've followed an artist for a while it might feel like we know a lot about them.
TAMPA, Fla. - With huge acts like Gus N' Roses, The Rolling Stones, Elton John, Janet Jackson and Justin Bieber coming to town, Tampa Bay is set to have a summer of epic concerts. But the high cost of tickets for these shows means plenty of die-hard fans may not be able to afford the price of admission.
Prince Rogers Nelson, better known to the world as the iconic superstar Prince, died four years ago at the age of 57 from an accidental fentanyl overdose. His death on April 21, 2016, shocked the world, with fans and celebrities sharing their grief and disbelief on social media, at his home Paisley Park and in cities around world.
Mark David Chapman shot and killed John Lennon on December 8, 1980 outside of the Dakota building where Lennon lived in Manhattan. Chapman had flown from Hawaii where he'd been living with his wife specifically to kill Lennon according to transcripts of Chapman's August 19, 2020 parole hearing published by WSB radio.
His suicide broke the heart of a generation, spurring public fear of copycats, makeshift shrines and masses of flannel-clad youth hugging through their tears and wondering, “Why?”
True Crime
Bryan Kohberger was working on his Ph.D. in criminology when he was accused of killing four college students in Idaho. Here's what his life in jail is like.
Dennis Rader, known as the BTK killer, was convicted of 10 murders in Wichita and Park City, Kansas in 2005. The murders spanned from 1974 to 1986, in which the majority of those years he was married and raising two children, leading a boy scout troop, and being deeply involved in his church.
Samuel Little confessed to 93 murders from 1970 to 2005, making him the most prolific serial killer in U.S. History, according to the FBI.
Chris Watts had not been having an affair for very long when he killed his 34-year-old pregnant wife, Shanann Watts, and their two daughters, Bella, 4, and Celeste, 3. He'd met Nichol Kessinger where they both worked at The Anadarko Petroleum Corporation in Colorado and by late June 2018, the two began an affair.
Cindy Paulson was 18 when she escaped Alaskan serial killer Robert Hansen in 1983. A seasoned prostitute, even at such a young age, Paulson reluctantly agreed to go with Hansen to his house instead of the initial deal he offered, which was $200 to give him oral sex in his car, according to Paulson's interview with Alaskan State Trooper Sgt.
NFL football player turned murderer, Aaron Hernandez, committed suicide in his jail cell in 2017, two years after he was convicted for killing Odin Lloyd.
The so-called "Hog Trail Murders" in South Central Florida are believed to be perpetuated by Daniel Conahan Jr. Conahan was ultimately sentenced to death after being convicted of just one murder, though it is suspected he killed up to 19 men in the mid 1990s, according to The Line-Up.
Shelly Boggio was a 14-year-old girl who made the fatal mistake of running with the wrong crowd on the night of May 5, 1985.
Newsy items — local and national
Much has been learned about the attempted assassination of Donald Trump, but newly released texts from law enforcement raise more questions.
You won't see it in the news when any of the 10 million women and men in the U.S. are physically abused by a romantic partner.
Brian Laundrie was suspected of killing his fiance in Wyoming, then he went missing. A month later, his corpse was found submerged in the swampy waters of South Florida.
A federal investigation at The Lowell Correctional Institution in Florida found that the sexual assault of inmates at the hands of guards and other prison staff has been ongoing and virtually unpunished for years.
Weather-beaten, crooked gravestones nestled in tall grass and weeds. Faded polyester flowers poke out of vases where the dead were laid to rest; at least the ones whose graves are still marked. These are the neglected and forgotten cemeteries found in virtually every town in America.
Summer is never better than when you're a kid. Those three months of sleeping late, swimming, playing, family vacations, and intermittent boredom due to lack of structure - those were the jam. Now we're bill-paying adults with time constraints. Yet we still want some of those good-time summer feels.
The Proud Boys, an alt-right group who say they are "Western Chauvinists who refuse to apologize for the modern world." Here's a look at their whole deal.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - A Florida legislator filed a bill this week to roll back certain abortion laws. Orlando Rep. Anna V. Eskamani told 10News that while there is no doubt that some regulation is needed in regards to abortion access, those regulations should be based on medicine and science and not political motivations.