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close Video Fox News Flash top headlines for June 1 Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. A San Francisco man has been found guilty of killing his 79-year-old roommate with a baseball bat and burning her alive in an attack that was "partially captured on Zoom," prosecutors say. Min Jian Guan, 63, was convicted by a jury on charges of first-degree murder and elder abuse stemming from the 2020 attack, the San Francisco District Attorney’s Office announced this week. "Mr. Guan beat a 79-year-old woman with a baseball bat and lit her on fire while she was still alive at her home in the 400 block of 16th Avenue in the Richmond District," the attorney’s office said in a statement. "The beating was partially captured on Zoom and seen by a witness participating in a virtual class with the victim who reported seeing the victim get knocked down and hit." District Attorney Brooke Jenkins called the June … [Read more...] about San Francisco man accused of beating roommate during Zoom call, burning her alive is convicted of murder

close Video COVID lab repurposed to test rape kits, helping to clear nation's backlog An estimated hundreds of thousands of rape kits sit untested in police departments nationwide, according to the Joyful Heart Foundation, a group that helps sexual assault victims. FIRST ON FOX - A cyber claims attorney working in New York and living in New Jersey has been accused in a string of Boston rapes that occurred between August 2007 and December 2008. The Boston Police Department and FBI linked Matthew Nilo, a 35-year-old Boston native, to the crimes through forensic genealogy and DNA analysis. "Today’s arrest is the direct result of the FBI’s use of investigative genetic genealogy. It’s a unique method used to generate new leads in unsolved sex assaults, homicides and other violent crimes," FBI Boston Special Agent In Charge Joe Bonavolonta said during a Tuesday press conference announcing Nilo's arrest. Nilo appeared in a Hudson County, … [Read more...] about New Jersey attorney linked to string of Boston rapes apparently proposed to fiancée weeks before arrest

California should be heaven on earth, but is en route to becoming the proverbial hell on a road paved with good intentions. The latest example is the state’s insurance debacle. State Farm, the largest insurer in California, said this week that it will stop issuing new home and business policies, partly due to the risk of wildfires and the cost of construction. While the left might blame climate change, the real reason is state policy keeping prices down. California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara — who authored the state’s own “Medicare for All” proposal — won’t let insurance companies charge higher premiums for the growing risks that climate change activists say are on the way (and that skeptics blame on poor forestry). The Wall Street Journal notes that California is the only state that requires insurance companies to set premium prices based on past risks, not on future ones. The intention — to give Lara the benefit of the doubt — is a noble one. Homes are already … [Read more...] about Blue State Blues: California’s Insurance Debacle and Gavin Newsom’s Future

Over the past few weeks, Mallory Pearson, a 26-year-old writer and graphic designer living in Brooklyn, and her roommate, a tattoo artist, have been reading through Alison Bechdel’s beloved comic “Dykes to Watch Out For .” The series, which ran from 1983 to 2008, rings true as ever to the pair. “We read something together, literally the other day, and were laughing about how accurate it is,” Ms. Pearson said. They read jokes about feeling unprepared for a date, and story lines about the insularity of lesbian friend groups. “Seeing how that hasn’t changed at all is hilarious to me,” she added. On Thursday, “Dykes to Watch Out For” was reborn in a surprising medium: an audio series from Audible , adapted by the playwright Madeleine George. Carrie Brownstein plays the verbose polemicist Mo, and Roberta Colindrez voices Lois, a full-time flirt. They’re joined by others, including Roxane Gay, as Jezanna, and Jane Lynch, who narrates the series. This month marks 40 years since Ms. … [Read more...] about ‘Dykes to Watch Out For,’ Now Holding Forth in Your Headphones

close Video Fox News Flash top headlines for May 30 Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. Boston authorities say an alleged serial rapist and kidnapper has been identified after more than a decade through advanced forensic genealogy and DNA analysis. The suspect, who now reportedly works as an attorney in New York City, was arrested in New Jersey on Tuesday. Matthew J. Nilo, 35, was arrested at around 4:30 p.m. at his home in Weehawken. He formerly lived in the North End of Boston and has now been accused of sexually assaulting four women in the Terminal Street area on Aug. 18, 2007, Nov. 22, 2007, Aug. 5, 2008, and Dec. 23, 2008. Nilo, who police say could have been a college student at the time, around age 19 or 20, is charged with three counts of aggravated rape, two counts of kidnapping, one count of assault with intent to rape, and one count of indecent assault and battery. "Today’s … [Read more...] about Mystery Boston serial rapist identified as New Jersey attorney 15 years later through DNA analysis: FBI

0 Health & Fitness A report that promotes parks as a matter of health, equity and justice ranked Baltimore among the top 30 in the country for park systems. Deb Belt , Patch Staff Posted Reply BALTIMORE, MD — A recent report from a nonprofit group that promotes parks as a matter of health, equity and justice ranked Baltimore among the top 30 in the country for park systems. With 58.7 points out of a possible 100, Baltimore ranks 29th in the ParkScore rankings from the San Francisco-based Trust For Public Land, which compared park systems in the 100 largest U.S. cities. No other Maryland cities made the list. Here’s a look at how Charm City scored in the five areas considered in the report: Access: 81 points Acreage: 25 points Investment: 61 points Amenities: 45 points Equity: 83 points The acreage score takes into account the median size of parks in the city and what percent of land in the city is … [Read more...] about 1 MD City’s Park System Ranks In Top 100 In U.S.: Report