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  • Woman Missing for 60 Years Found Alive

    05/04/2025 2:56:03 AM PDT · by lowbridge · 58 replies
    Newsweek ^ | May 3, 2025 | Hollie Silverman
    A Wisconsin woman who disappeared more than 60 years ago has been found alive by authorities. Audrey Backeberg left her Reedsburg home in July 1962 when she was 20 years old, a press release from the Sauk County Sheriff's Office said. During a review of cold cases earlier this year, a detective reassessed the initial evidence and re-interviewed several witnesses, Sheriff Chip Meister said in the release. Law enforcement departments across the country have been reviewing cold cases with the aid of new DNA technology, including the self-submit websites such as Ancestry.com. As such sites have expanded, so have the...
  • Court grants temporary stay, allowing Texas governor's directive for limited drop box locations to continue

    10/11/2020 9:53:55 AM PDT · by prairiebreeze · 23 replies
    CNN ^ | October 10,2020 | Hollie Silverman
    A federal appeals court on Saturday granted a temporary administrative stay, allowing Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's directive for one location per county for ballot drop boxes to remain in place for now. The grant from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit means the directive from Abbott, a Republican, will stand until the court has considered the state's motion for a stay on its merits. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton had filed an emergency motion Saturday for a stay pending appeal to block a district court order that would have allowed county officials to accept hand delivery...