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Connecticut woman with terminal cancer travels to Vermont to fulfill dying wish

On Thursday, a terminally ill Connecticut woman in Vermont died the way she had hoped, in an event her husband described as “comfortable and peaceful.” Linda Bluestein, a lifelong activist from Bridgeport, had terminal cancer, but she didn't want to wait for the lingering illness to take her life. Instead, she spent years pushing for […]

Woman accused of smothering dying boyfriend with pillow

A Florida woman admitted to suffocating her terminally ill boyfriend with a pillow because she was “tired” of having to care for him as he was dying of cancer, according to court records. He was later charged with murder. Margaret Carney, 69, was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of premeditatedly killing her boyfriend of 15 years […]