A promo for NPR's embedded podcast 'We Keep Us Safe' teases an investigation into the unsolved killing of 16-year-old Antonio Mays Jr. during the 2020 Seattle protest occupation known as CHOP.
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In a bulletin otherwise dominated by military strikes and political maneuvering, the death of Bonnie Tyler lands as a moment of genuine cultural loss. NPR's Isabella Gomez Sarmiento traces the arc of a fifty-plus-year career that peaked in the grandiose, emotionally overwhelming pop rock of the 1980s — a sound that Tyler and producer Jim Steinman essentially co-invented through their collaborations [1] — Isabella Gomez Sarmiento "Bonnie Tyler, the British singer behind 'Total Eclipse of the Heart' and 'Holding Out for a Hero,' died at 75. Her fifty-year career peaked…" 03:35 . Steinman's orchestral excess found its perfect vehicle in Tyler's gravelly, straining voice: heartrending, larger-than-life, capable of making a pop song sound like the end of the world. 'Total Eclipse of the Heart' and 'Holding Out for a Hero' became decade-defining anthems, their drama and anguish still instantly recognizable decades later. Tyler was 75.
South Korea's benchmark stock index rose 4% in Friday trading, led by chip firms and AI companies, following a US market rebound.
Asian stocks are rallying Friday, led by chip makers and AI companies. South Korea's benchmark is up 4% and Japan's Nikkei gained 1.7%, building on a rebound in major US markets.
A man used ChatGPT as a de facto lawyer, sharing self-incriminating details in his chats. When the transcripts were subpoenaed, the judge ruled no attorney-client privilege applied and admitted the chats as evidence against him. AI first passes are useful — treating AI as your counsel is dangerous.
CIA operative Edwin Wilson armed Muammar Gaddafi with 10,000 machine guns and 20 tons of C4 hidden in barrels of mud and flew them to Libya himself. He was sentenced to 52 years and served 12 in solitary. He was also a founder of the same arms network Oliver North contracted for the Contras.
Kim Dotcom's legal nightmare had nothing to do with copyright infringement. He donated to WikiLeaks and Julian Assange — and the US government charged him under RICO statutes, seeking 186 years in prison as payback.
More than a decade after his indictment, the US is still trying to extradite Kim Dotcom from New Zealand — even after he suffered a stroke. He cannot be convinced the authorities are on his side; only the legal process, run by his lawyers, keeps him free.
The illegal wildlife trade and the drug trade aren't just parallel industries — they actively overlap. Smugglers force-fed cocaine to boa constrictors to evade customs, packed drugs beneath layers of live animals in crates with spitting cobras on top, and exploited the chronic under-resourcing of US Fish and Wildlife inspection teams.
Mario Tabraue was sentenced to over 100 years in prison for murder and drug trafficking. He served 12. Nobody — not even the DEA agent who put him there — knows why he got out. That agent, Larry Lovelace, now lives in rural West Virginia with a gun within reach every night, still expecting retaliation.
Anson Wong from Malaysia was the Pablo Escobar of the global reptile trade, supplying rare animals — including Komodo dragons — to buyers across the world. He was caught in a sting, extradited to the US, and served the longest wildlife crime sentence at the time. The animals seized from him went on to stock some of America's biggest zoos.
Zelig Williams landed a role in Hamilton at just 19 while still in college — a rare achievement in a world where most Broadway dreams die young. By 28 he was a veteran ready to mentor the next generation, until he disappeared without a trace on October 3, 2024.
Season 5 of Dateline: Missing in America brings six new unsolved mysteries. The show is explicitly asking listeners to engage — because a detail someone remembers might be the break investigators need.
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