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CBS News - Top stories
Buying or renting a home? Be alert to these common scams.
Here are five tips on how to avoid falling for housing scams, and being duped out of thousands of dollars.3 hours ago -
CBS News - Top stories
How to spot scams when buying, renting a home
The CBS News Confirmed team investigated housing scams that are impacting Americans nationwide. CBS News national consumer correspondent Ash-har Quraishi has more on avoiding scams when buying or ...5 hours ago -
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CBS News - Top stories
Man arrested on murder charge 14 years after victim vanished
For more than a decade, police have searched for answers in the disappearance of Shane Ryan Donahue. Officers just arrested a suspect on murder charges.Yesterday -
The New York Times - Top stories
Abused in Public Housing, Victims Often Face a Long Wait to Move
A 2013 provision to federal law was intended to ensure that domestic violence victims living in subsidized housing could move quickly to safer homes. But they often wait in fear.Yesterday -
Wired - Tech
Did a Chinese University Hacking Competition Target a Real Victim?
Participants in a hacking competition with ties to China’s military were, unusually, required to keep their activities secret, but security researchers say the mystery only gets stranger from there.Yesterday -
BBC News - Top stories
Sexual assault victim says attacker showed 'no remorse'
Paul Bryan, 63, was given a four year sentence after admitting to the 2017 assault last week.Yesterday -
ABC News - Top stories
For families of Key Bridge collapse victims, a search for justice begins
The families of the six construction workers killed in the collapse of Maryland's Francis Scott Key Bridge plan to file legal claims against the owner and manager of the container ship that lost ...2 days ago -
CBS News - Top stories
Francis Scott Key Bridge victim's wife wants legal action against Dali ship company
Maria del Carmen Castellon says she is seeking justice for her husband's death during the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse, which was caused by the Dali cargo ship. Grace Ocean Private Limited, a ...2 days ago -
The Wall Street Journal - World
'Pig-Butchering' Scams Cost Americans Billions. This Lawyer Is Taking Them On.
Prosecutor Erin West has been one of the few to have any success against the overseas criminal networks perpetrating a new type of fraud.2 days ago -
CBS News - Top stories
Key Bridge victims' families to take legal action against shipowner
"Justice for me would be to have my husband at my side," said the widow of one of the workers killed in the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse in Baltimore last spring.2 days ago -
BBC News - Top stories
Errors meant Covid jab given to clot victim - report
Inquiry finds mistakes meant AstraZeneca vaccine was given to the 27-year-old, who died days later.2 days ago - Covid -
NBC News - Top stories
New images of 'Asian Doe,' a possible Gilgo Beach murder victim, are released
New York officials released new sketches Monday about a possible victim in the Gilgo Beach serial killings referred tom "Asian Doe."3 days ago