Produced by Chris Young Ritzen, Ruth Chenetz and Michelle Fanucci [This story originally aired on Nov. 26, 2016] BATTLE CREEK, MICH. –“You want to grow up experiencing things that dads do. You just can’t picture not being part of their life, you know you can’t picture not being there for […]
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Bombing survivor’s road to recovery
On March 22, 2016, Brussels was targeted by terrorists as bombs went off at its airport and train station. Thirty-two people lost their lives and more than 300 were injured, including Sebastien Bellin. From the moment of the blast in the airport, through his recovery, Sebastien did everything he could […]
A Taste of Summer: Cultivating the perfect park experience
Fruits and vegetables straight from the farm make for a welcome “Taste of Summer.” Turns out they can also make for a pretty successful restaurant, as our Conor Knighton learned firsthand: The farm-to-table movement is mostly about knowing where your food comes from. Chef Ben Bebenroth has it down to […]
“I kept saying to my mom, ‘I’m going to die'”
Produced by Josh Gelman, Jonathan Leach and Chuck Stevenson What if someone wanted you dead … but you lived to tell? Sophia Putney-Wilcox was a 14-year-old high-school freshman when she met Adam Shigwadja, a 16-year-old sophomore. Their relationship started as a typical teenage romance, but quickly evolved into something darker. […]
Trump’s team
Hicks was officially named White House communications director on Sept. 12, 2017, after filling that role in an interim basis since Anthony Scaramucci’s departure in July. She announced her resignation on Feb. 28, 2018, a day after testifying for nine hours before the House Intelligence Committee as part of its investigation into […]
Mother at center of international manhunt speaks out to “48 Hours”
Produced by Liza Finley and Ryan Smith [This story previously aired on July 16, 2016. It was updated on Dec. 8, 2018 ] “I feel the FBI and every other law enforcement agency underestimated me,” Dorothy Lee Barnett tells correspondent Maureen Maher. In 1994, Barnett was in the midst of […]
Report: Activist Investor Peltz Could Begin Publicly Prodding PepsiCo
Billionaire corporate raider Nelson Peltz could soon go public with his arguments for improving PepsiCo’s (NYSE:PEP) shareholder returns, including by considering a mega-deal to acquire Oreo maker Mondelez International (NASDAQ:MDLZ). That’s because a previously-agreed upon timeframe between PepsiCo and Peltz’s Trian Fund Management to privately evaluate the activist investor’s proposals may […]
America’s deadliest mass shootings
The FBI regularly chronicles active shooter incidents. Because there is no set definition of a mass shooting, the data can appear different depending on the source. In this gallery, we included shootings that took place primarily in public and in which the victims were overwhelmingly not related to the perpetrator. Some […]
Were the murders of California teens the work of a serial killer?
Produced by Lourdes Aguiar and Cindy Cesare [This story originally aired on April 20, 2016] Every morning for the last 37 years, Jim Alt wakes up terrified — thinking that it’s 1978, and that he’s just been brutally attacked on Torrey Pines State Beach. “When I become aware that I’m […]
As Wireless Providers Expand, American Tower Buys Global Tower for $3.3B
Eyeing the race by wireless providers to expand 4G LTE networks, American Tower (NYSE:AMT) announced a deal on Friday to acquire Global Tower Partners for $3.3 billion, capping off a week chuck full of M&A. Global Tower Partners is the largest privately-owned cell tower operator in the U.S., operating about […]