November 16, 20240 Comments

A week before Texas mom Alyssa Burkett’s murder, the killer received a text: “I hope you handle it”

After Alyssa Burkett was murdered, detectives quickly learned that the prime suspect was the father of her child, Andrew Beard. But as the investigation unfolded, they would find out that Beard wasn’t the only one involved in the murder plot.  Take a look inside the investigation. Oct. 2, 2020 | 9 a.m. On the morning of Oct. 2, 2020, Alyssa Burkett parked outside the Greentree Apartments leasing office when a

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November 14, 20240 Comments

Disney earnings offer hope that streaming can supplant linear TV

The Disney+ website on a laptop computer in the Brooklyn borough of New York, US, on Monday, July 18, 2022. Gabby Jones | Bloomberg | Getty Images Disney might be proving the world’s most famous investor wrong. Last year, Warren Buffett, “The Oracle of Omaha,” told CNBC’s Becky Quick he had no faith in the business of streaming video. “Streaming…it’s not really a very good business,” Buffett said on April

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November 13, 20240 Comments

US overdose deaths continue downward trend, giving experts hope | Drugs News

Experts aren’t sure what is causing fewer overdose deaths, but they are hopeful the decline is sustainable. Drug overdose deaths in the United States appear to continue to decline, giving experts hope that the nation is seeing sustained improvement in what remains an epidemic. Some 97,000 people died of a drug overdose in the 12-month period that ended June 30, according to provisional data released by the US Centers for

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