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Iva Kroeger Conned Her Way Through Life
Iva Kroeger Conned
Her Way Through Life
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Nov 21, 2021 2:00 PM CST

Iva Kroeger Conned Her Way Through Life

San Francisco Chronicle looks at the life of a killer

(Newser) - She was, as the San Francisco Chronicle declares in its headline, "the most dangerous woman in San Francisco." The story by Katie Dowd tracks the story of lifelong con artist Iva Kroeger, born Lucy Cooper, whose first arrest came in Chicago in 1945 after she went around pretending...

St. Jude's Has Billions, and ProPublica Isn't Sure It Should

Site argues the charity has overly huge reserves as some of its families struggle financially

(Newser) - ProPublica's stated mission is to investigate "abuses of power," which might make its deep dive into St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital seem confusing at first. Why would it be digging into what it describes as the "most highly regarded health care charity in the...

He Didn't Invent Toys, but He's the Genius We Can Thank for Them

Inc. profiles Al Kahn

(Newser) - Al Kahn. "You surely do not know his name, but you likely owe part of your childhood happiness to him," writes Scott Eden, without hyperbole, in a profile of the 74-year-old for Inc. Kahn is not a toy inventor, but he's the man responsible for seeking the...

Rolling Stone Probe Delves Deep Into Marilyn Manson's Alleged Abuse

Paints a disturbing picture of rocker's alleged behavior

(Newser) - Rolling Stone spent nine months speaking to more than 55 sources (some of them accusers who had not previously spoken publicly) for the magazine's extensive investigation into Marilyn Manson, published Sunday night. Many of them painted a picture of someone whose carefully cultivated "shock rock," "living...

He Got Poisoned, Twice, and Police Fear a Third Strike
Somebody Gave Him the
'Poisoner's Poison'—Twice
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Nov 14, 2021 6:45 PM CST

Somebody Gave Him the 'Poisoner's Poison'—Twice

Oregon's Joe Gilliam, a prominent political player, is in a vegetative state

(Newser) - Joe Gilliam has been a force in Oregon state politics for more than two decades as head of the influential Northwest Grocery Association. Or at least he had been until recently. For the better part of the last year, the 59-year-old has been in a vegetative state at an undisclosed...

Things Haven't Been Going Well for Rachel and Dave Hollis

Their marriage is over; their fans may be fading, too

(Newser) - Rachel Hollis of Girl, Wash Your Face fame has had plenty written about her rise, and plenty more about the snags and scandals she has hit since. Ditto Dave Hollis, her now ex-husband. Writing for BuzzFeed , Stephanie McNeal writes that "Rachel and Dave’s fall from grace is a...

Fellow Musicians Perplexed by Clapton&#39;s Hard Turn
Fellow Musicians Perplexed
by Clapton's Hard Turn
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Nov 13, 2021 12:54 PM CST

Fellow Musicians Perplexed by Clapton's Hard Turn

Robert Cray, for example, has cut ties over Clapton's stance against COVID lockdowns

(Newser) - Eric Clapton has emerged as a loud voice opposed to COVID lockdowns and vaccine mandates , along with fellow music legend Van Morrison. As a result, he's attracted a ton of criticism , prompting a lengthy Washington Post story by Geoff Edgers on the subject headlined, "What happened to Eric...

A Common Housing Scam Is Plaguing Detroit Residents

Some 10% of people facing eviction there may have fallen victim to it

(Newser) - The eviction notice made no sense. June Walker flat out owned her Detroit home—or so she thought. As NBC News and Outlier Media report as part of a four-month investigation, the 65-year-old is part of an increasingly common "fake landlord" scam plaguing the city that's thought to...

NPR Obtains Tapes of NRA Discussions After Columbine

Top officials wrestle with whether to respond with defiance or sympathy

(Newser) - School shootings were relatively rare when the Columbine massacre unfolded in 1999, and NPR has obtained two-plus hours of recordings of NRA officials struggling to decide how to respond. The issue was especially dicey because the group's convention was due to take place days later just a few miles...

Dog-Sniff Evidence Helped Convict Him. Is That Right?

'Science' magazine takes a look

(Newser) - In July 2021, Mark Redwine was found guilty of murdering his 13-year-old son. In a 2017 Newser story on Redwine's arrest, we recounted that "cadaver dogs were able to determine that a dead body had been in the older man's home and the bed of his truck....

Dad to Son: I Don't Know 'Who Whacked Jack Kennedy'

Author tries to understand his hitman father

(Newser) - It's a story about a man reconnecting with the father he barely knew as a child. But in this case, the father is someone who ends phone conversations with statements like, "I don't know anything about who whacked Jack Kennedy." James Dolan writes the account, headlined,...

Syphilis Is Killing Babies. It Absolutely Shouldn't

ProPublica looks at the public health care challenges of the problem

(Newser) - Nobody wants the Treponema pallidum bacteria in their body. Which is to say, nobody wants syphilis. A story at ProPublica focuses on one particular aspect of the STD—infections of pregnant women. The bacteria can easily penetrate the placenta, with disastrous consequences. There's a 40% chance the baby will...

Among College QBs, He Was Truly Great. So Was His Downfall

'Sports Illustrated' has the story of Colt Brennan

(Newser) - Colt Brennan's story is a wrenching one, and Brandon Sneed tells it in detail for Sports Illustrated . Sneed calls Brennan "one of college football’s all-time great quarterbacks"—indeed, in 2007 the Hawaii player narrowly missed receiving the Heisman award . He had 31 NCAA passing records to...

He Modeled the Challenge Off Hercules, and It's Wild

'Outside' looks at Mike McCastle's 'Labors'

(Newser) - One badly executed jump ended Mike McCastle's hope of becoming a Navy SEAL—he blew out both his knees while in training—but it launched something else just as physical, and much more jaw-dropping. In a lengthy story for Outside , Julian Smith writes that the injury robbed McCastle of...

Inside the Reaction to Scholastic's Wild Revelation

Portfolio manager for T. Rowe Price has yet to hear from new board chair Iole Lucchese

(Newser) - It was a stunning revelation : Upon the unexpected death of Scholastic CEO and Chairman M. Richard Robinson Jr., the world—not to mention the company and its board—learned the $1.2 billion company wasn't staying in the family. Robinson left his controlling stake to Iole Lucchese, Scholastic's...

He Witnessed a Murder, Then Knowingly Lied on Stand

'New Yorker' follows up on case of trio who wrongfully spent 36 years behind bars

(Newser) - The story made headlines a few years ago : Three men were freed from prison after serving 36 years for a Baltimore murder they didn't commit. At the New Yorker , Jennifer Gonnerman provides an in-depth look at what happened from a unique perspective—that of one of the young witnesses...

A Tech CEO Transitioned, Was Shocked by What She Found

Natalie Egan quickly discovered how differently she was treated as a woman

(Newser) - When it comes to knowing how male and female entrepreneurs are treated differently, it's hard to argue that Natalie J. Egan knows it best. Egan was assigned male at birth and raised as a boy, and a decade ago she was a full-on "tech bro," writes Stephanie...

FEMA Told Them to Get Out. It Was Pretty Much Impossible

The 'Washington Post' looks at Camp Fire survivors' inability to find housing

(Newser) - The hits just kept coming for Mike Erickson. The California man lost his home in 2016 in the face of medical debt incurred by wife Crystal's stroke, which partly paralyzed her. In November 2018 came the Camp Fire, which decimated the town of Paradise and left Mike and Crystal...

Everyone Thought She Was the 'Cool Mom.' Not Anymore

'Mercury News' sheds more light on arrest of Shannon O'Connor

(Newser) - It all started with Snapchat. Shannon O’Connor, the California woman who allegedly threw alcohol-soaked parties for teenagers , including her own two sons, courted the kids on Snapchat, and used social media and group chats to plan the parties, the kids’ parents tell the Mercury News . The lengthy story sheds...

A Freak Accident Shook a Family, and Changed a Career

James Sulzer's daughter was the very kind of patient he had been engineering for

(Newser) - A freak accident in May 2020 changed the Sulzer family's life irrevocably. Just a week before Liviana "Livie" Sulzer's 4th birthday, a branch broke from a tree in her Austin, Texas, yard and crashed down onto her head. She lost consciousness, but as her father tells Daniel...

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