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Last Updated Dec 29, 2017 2:14 PM EST ‘Tis the season to start dreaming: Prizes for the Powerball and Mega Millions lotteries have climbed past $300 million, with drawings set for Friday and Saturday.  But don’t quit your day job just yet. The odds of winning one of the jackpots is […]

Produced by Ruth Chenetz, Jamie Stolz, Marcelena Spencer, Liza Finley and Susan Mallie [This story previously aired on Aug. 5. It was updated on Sept. 22.] On August 3, a Massachusetts woman was sentenced to 15 months in jail for using text messages to encourage her friend to commit suicide. […]

Florida authorities got an unusual call on New Year’s Eve from a man who said he wanted to report himself for drunk driving.  When he was asked by a dispatcher what he’d been doing all night, he said, “I don’t know, driving around, trying to get pulled over, actually.” Deputies […]

A woman found chained in a storage container. Her captor: a successful realtor who confessed to seven murders — a double life beyond belief. Now, “48 Hours” has the story behind the story. The court has just released hundreds of documents, photographs and even hours of videotape that reveal, in […]

Produced by Ruth Chenetz and Lindsey Schwartz [This story previously aired on June 24, 2017] Rocky Mountain National Park is a place known for its soaring beauty, majestic wildlife and inspiring serenity, but in September of 2012, it was a site of heartbreak. The story of how love might have […]

Wright was convicted of murder in 1962 but escaped prison in 1970. In 1972, he and accomplices hijacked a plane using a handgun stashed in a hollowed-out Bible and demanded that FBI agents deliver $1 million. The hostages safely disembarked n Los Angeles, but the crew was forced to accompany […]

With summer recreation luring kids to the water, experts caution parents that one of the season’s favorite pastimes is also one of the most dangerous for children. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, drowning is the second-leading cause of accidental deaths in kids under the age of 15. […]

Produced by Chuck Stevenson and Gail Abbott Zimmerman On the night of August 2, 1976, former college basketball star Stan Farr and his date, Priscilla Davis, a petite soon-to-be-divorcee, returned to her home after a night on the town with friends and were met by a man dressed in black […]

Micaela Bensko, who uses a wheelchair after a spinal injury, paid for access to a Virgin Atlantic lounge to lie down before her flight. But an airline employee denied her access to the lounge, saying Bensko couldn’t come in with her service dog. Bensko was forced to lie down on […]

Produced by Jaime Stolz and Marc Goldbaum [This story originally aired on May 6, 2017] “To have anybody murdered is a shock to the community, but to have an 11-year-old boy and a housekeeper killed in the manner they were – I think is a whole ‘nother level,” Omaha Police […]