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On Aug. 9, 2007, Lansing police discovered the beaten body of 46-year-old Debra Renfors in her apartment in the 1000 block of North Washington Street . Renfors was the third woman to be bludgeoned to death in the city in two weeks, and a grim reality was beginning to set in. Det. Sgt. Joey Dionise confronted Captain Ray Hall , giving voice to a fear that had been bubbling for days. “Captain,” Dionise said, ”We have a serial killer. Years later, Hall still remembers the “sinking feeling” that accompanied that moment. Ten years ago this month, Lansing was in the grip of a killer who preyed on single women, using whatever was convenient to murder them, and, in some instances, sexually assaulting them. Before police caught him, he had killed five women in just over four weeks. A sixth woman would survive. Matthew Emmanuel Macon , then 27, was eventually convicted of two of the murders, and the assault of the surviving victim. When detectives got Macon in an interview room, it would take ...

Chelsea Manning 's essay about the power of makeup is required reading "); } required reading " alt="image" /> Heidi Gutman/ABC via Getty Images Chelsea Manning is out of prison and rebuilding her life. As she navigates the world as a free transwoman and political activist, she is utilizing the power of makeup, calling it “an expression of [her] humanity” in an exclusive essay for Yahoo Beauty. Chelsea Manning first became the subject of international news when, while serving in the Army in 2010, she leaked documents about the Iraq War to Wikileaks. In 2013, she was sentenced to 35 years in prison, convicted under the Espionage Act. Following her sentencing, Chelsea Manning immediately came out as a transgender woman. While in prison, she attempted suicide twice and endured solitary confinement . After seven years of imprisonment, then- President Barack Obama commuted Chelsea ’s sentence, and she was freed in May 2017. Since her release from prison, Chel...

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. James Daniel HOBGOOD , Defendant-Appellant. No. 16-3778     Decided: August 22, 2017 Before COLLOTON and BENTON, Circuit Judges, and GERRARD, 1 District Judge .Denis Dean, Dustin S. Roberts, Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, Western District of Arkansas, Fort Smith, AR, for Plaintiff-Appellee. James Daniel Hobgood , Pro Se. Christopher Aaron Holt , John B. Schisler, Assistant Federal Public Defender , FEDERAL PUBLIC DEFENDER 'S OFFICE, Fayetteville, AR, for Defendant-Appellant. James Daniel Hobgood conditionally pleaded guilty to interstate stalking , in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2261A(2). Hobgood appeals an order of the district court  2 denying his motion to dismiss the indictment. He argues that the statute cannot be applied to his conduct without violating the First Amendment. He also disputes the amount of restitution ordered at sentencing. We reject the conte...

August 13, 2017 Cat and dog owners alike adore their pets. And though it’s not always obvious from their behavior and body language, dogs and cats do love their owners back. Sometimes, our pets show extreme bravery to save us from danger or avert tragedy. Want to meet a cat who helped stop a man from committing suicide? How about a dog who fought off coyotes to save his owner? Or a cat who alerted his family to a deadly house fire ? Read on to meet some of the most heroic pets who have made the news for saving people’s lives. ")}; 20. The ‘Hero Cat’ who rescued a child from an attacking dog A brave cat stopped a dog from attacking a child. | iStock.com/Steevy84 Sometimes, an animal attacks a child. And every once in a while, another animal comes to the rescue. That’s exactly what happened when a heroic cat saved a child from a dog attack in Bakersfield, California. The dog, which belonged to a neighbor, dragged the boy off his bicycle with his teeth. But the attack was cut sh...