My elderly parents no longer want their kids or grandkids around — what do I do?
Dear Abby: My parents are in their 70s. They live in a retirement community. As they get older, they have become more private in their lives. They no longer want their children or grandchildren nearby. Recently I received a call that they are no longer answering their phones. I stopped by their house and they […]
California man decapitated and mutilated his elderly parents and their dog inside mobile home, police say
California State Police To tell They responded to a domestic violence call at a mobile home park in San Juan Capistrano on Tuesday and came across a horrific scene. The Orange County Sheriff’s Office said in a press release that police found 79-year-old Antoinette Gardville and her husband, 77-year-old Ronald Walter Gardville, deceased in their […]
Two elderly journalists help lead authors in suing ChatGPT to protect the ‘written word’
GRAFTON, Massachusetts — After two octogenarian friends named Nick discovered that ChatGPT may have stolen and misappropriated their life’s research, they enlisted their son-in-law to sue the company behind the artificial intelligence chatbot. Veteran journalists Nicholas Gage, 84, and Nicholas Basbanez, 81, who live near each other in the same Massachusetts town, have each been […]
Scammers get away with billions from elderly Americans every year
The cheaters are winning. Sophisticated foreign criminals steal tens of billions of dollars from Americans every year, and this crime wave is predicted to get worse as the U.S. population ages and technology like AI makes it easier than ever to commit and get away with fraud. An “exponential” increase in Internet and telephone scams […]
Two congirls charged in ‘callous’ romance scam that duped over a dozen elderly men of $7M: feds
Federal prosecutors in Manhattan say two “ruthless” prostitutes scammed at least 16 lonely elderly people out of more than $7 million in a long-running romance scam. Prosecutors allege that Rosanna Lisa Stanley and Gina Guy lured “elderly” victims with phony kidney and liver transplant schemes, then paid the con artists large sums in bogus business […]
Residents of affluent California city claim elderly man is killing cats with a crossbow as part of a demonic ritual
Residents of an upscale California neighborhood say a man is terrorizing them by shooting cats with a crossbow as part of a bizarre Satanic ritual. KTTV-TV told San Pedro residents say they are afraid of a 70-year-old man who they say has been killing stray cats. “In the name of the Lord he shoots cats […]
House Judiciary sues Garland for Biden audio that Hur says shows him as ‘elderly man with a poor memory’
Gamifying Biden’s Alternative Democratic strategist Leslie Marshall and Reason senior editor Robbie Soave join Howard Kurtz to discuss CNN’s presidential debate questions and who the Democratic Party would consider replacing President Biden if he leaves or is removed from office. The House Judiciary Committee is suing Attorney General Merrick Garland to obtain recordings of meetings […]
NYC man charged in international ‘grandparent scam’ that preyed on elderly from NY, NJ
” player=”SPdDOYds” platform=”jw-player” playlist=”Toq2ZZoq” playlisttype=”recommendations” /] A Bronx man could face up to 20 years in prison for his role in an international “grandparent scam” that targeted elderly parents of grandchildren. Victor Anthony Valdez, 39, is accused of collecting tens of thousands of dollars from grandparents in New York and New Jersey between August 2020 […]
Cartel Gunmen in Mexico Torture Men Who Sexually Assaulted Elderly Woman
Cartel gunmen kidnapped and tortured two men who had been filming themselves sexually assaulting an elderly woman in a local market. The incident occurred this week in Sahuayo, Michoacan, when two men were recorded fondling and assaulting an elderly woman who was cleaning aisles at a local market. The men took turns assaulting the woman […]
Women confined to wheelchair and elderly husband killed in massive NYC blaze: officials
An elderly couple was killed in a fire at their Upper Manhattan apartment early Tuesday morning, authorities said. When firefighters responded to a three-alarm blaze on West 178th Street near Broadway in Washington Heights around 1:45 a.m., they found a 77-year-old wheelchair-bound woman and her 73-year-old husband inside an apartment on the top floor of […]