Brigitte Cleroux’s latest fraud fell apart on Aug. 11, 2021, when a nurse at an Ottawa medical clinic decided she couldn’t take any more of her unprofessional behaviour. She has amassed at least 67 criminal convictions as an adult, while leaving a trail of troubled patients and victims behind her.
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An Effort to ID Tulsa Race Massacre Victims Raises Privacy Issues
The project will match the victims’ DNA to that of their descendants—but uses a genealogy website that can be accessed by law enforcement. https://media.wired.com/photos/6312ac2679f10149f7bb9ef7/master/pass/DNA-Tulsa-Massacre-Remains-Science-1264513501.jpg
AHS: 1984 Wastes No Time Claiming Victims in Bloody, Campy Premiere
There were mullets and midriffs aplenty in Wednesday’s American Horror Story premiere, which took us back to one of the horniest (and stabbiest) eras in pop culture history. AHS: 1984‘s opening hour introduced us to doe-eyed ingenue Brooke Thompson (Emma Roberts), whose plans to study veterinary medicine over the summer were suddenly derailed after a […]
Privacy Groups Claim Online Ads Can Target Abuse Victims
Complaints filed in Europe claim internet companies categorize users based on potentially sensitive browsing habits, and then use those labels to target ads. https://media.wired.com/photos/5c4bd1aaf254572cc21b81f8/master/pass/TrackerAdsAreBad%20(1).jpg
‘It’s never going to be easy’: Former kidnapping victims explain what the long healing process will be like for 13-year-old Jayme Closs
Barron County Sheriff’s Department via AP, Barron County Sheriff’s Department/Facebook Jayme Closs, 13, has been found alive in rural Wisconsin nearly three months after a man allegedly murdered her parents and kidnapped her. Former kidnapping victims Elizabeth Smart and Katie Beers said Jayme has a long, challenging healing process ahead of her. They said the […]
Trump pays tribute to synagogue victims amid mass protests (PHOTOS, VIDEOS)
President Trump and his family visited Pittsburgh with Israel’s US envoy to honor the victims of Saturday’s synagogue shooting. They were met with massive protests and even congressional leaders declined to join them on the trip. The president and his family flew to Pittsburgh to pay their respects to the dead, accompanied by Israeli ambassador […]
Muslims raise over $50k for victims of Pittsburgh synagogue shooting
The Muslim-American community has raised more than $ 50,000 for the victims of the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting that left at least 11 people dead and six injured. The ‘Muslims Unite for Pittsburgh Synagogue’ campaign, hosted by the Muslim crowdfunding site LaunchGood, aimed to raise funds to support the shooting victims with funeral expenses and medical […]
A GoFundMe for the victims of the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting has raised over $140,000 in just 9 hours. Here’s how you can help.
Jeff Swensen/Getty Images A man killed 11 people and injured six more in a horrific shooting at a synagogue in Pittsburgh on Saturday morning. When 29-year-old Shay Khatiri heard about the tragedy, he decided to set up a GoFundMe page for the victims and their families. By Saturday night, the page had raised over $ […]
On top of the grief, there’s the shame: families of victims frustrated with stigma of opioid use
In 2017, 569 people in Alberta died of accidental fentanyl poisoning. Daryl Sen was one of them.
Support centers for victims of sexual assault are being flooded with calls in the wake of the Brett Kavanaugh hearing
Victims of sexual assault are coming forward with their stories following Christine Blasey Ford’s accusation against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. Support centers around the country are being flooded with calls from first-time reporters of sexual assault. The list of victims to come forward include lawmakers and the daughter of President Ronald Reagan. NEW YORK […]