Inside Edition aired FRIDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2019

The murder of a nursing student on the campus of the University of Georgia while she was jogging alone continues to be a wakeup call for women across the country to be extra vigilant. Now this woman has come forward to say she too was attacked while out on a trail alone...thankfully, she was able to scream for help and fight off her attacker. And as the biggest pop star in the world, Taylor Swift is used to being mobbed…but when one photographer got too close, it wasn't a bodyguard who stepped in. It was Taylor's dad...now he's being accused of assault. Plus, you've probably heard how the military was tracking a balloon as it floated across the western part of the country last week. Initially, the worry was it was another balloon from China...now only Inside Edition can reveal who sent up the balloon and where it’s in the sky today. And California's Death Valley is the hottest and driest place on Earth. But now it has a big lake! So what's going on? Jim Moret went there to find out. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

28 Feb 202423min

College campuses are on edge after news of yet another student murdered. This time it's a freshman at a University in Kentucky who was allegedly strangled by a star wrestler at the school. The news comes just days after a nursing student was found murdered in Georgia. As Steven Fabian reports rising crime has students and parents across the country feeling jittery.  And big reaction to the death of the most famous owl in America. After flying the coop at the Central Park Zoo…Flaco started popping up on apartment window sills all over town. Now there are questions over exactly how the famous bird met his end. Ann Mercogliano has more and we warn you some of the video may be upsetting for younger viewers. Plus, Taylor Swift just wrapped up seven sold out shows in Australia. Boyfriend Travis Kelce had jetted Down Under to be by her side...however, after just 48 hours he flew back to the U.S. where he wasn't exactly pining for Taylor. And who's the famous actress causing controversy in a corset? To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

27 Feb 202423min

Horror on the campus of the University of Georgia...as the body of a nursing student was found after she went out for a morning jog and never returned. A person of interest is in custody being questioned. As Ann Mercogliano reports, the murder has sent shockwaves across the nation. And they've never exactly been best buds - but the war of words between late night host Jimmy Kimmel and former President Trump is escalating. When Kimmel said he was contemplating retirement Trump pounced. Plus, there's major fallout from yesterday's cell phone outage that left many AT&T customers helpless for a good part of the day. It was a reminder about how dependent we are on our phones. Steven Fabian has what you need to know if your phone goes dead. And there's an outpouring of support for former daytime star Wendy Williams after it was revealed she's battling a form of dementia. Wendy’s health will be front and center in a new documentary Where is Wendy Williams? airing this weekend on Lifetime - but is a new lawsuit trying to stop the show from airing? To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

24 Feb 202422min

Wendy Williams always said she wanted to come back to daytime television…But she has a bigger challenge than anyone would have imagined. We're learning the former talk show host has been diagnosed with a form of dementia. And one moment she and her brother were digging on a Florida beach...the next, she was buried beneath suffocating sand. Today the parents of seven-year-old Sloan are sharing how their fun filled vacation turned into a nightmare. Plus, she's the former ballerina with dual American/Russian citizenship behind bars in Russia, the latest American taken as a pawn by Vladimir Putin. Now her very worried boyfriend is speaking with Jim Moret. And two top prosecutors with national profiles are locked in a legal tug of war. It's all over a man wanted for murder in New York City who is also under arrest suspected of other crimes in the state of Arizona...where the prosecutor is refusing to extradite him to New York, claiming the D.A. there is soft on crime. Now a woman is coming forward to say her warnings about how dangerous this guy is were ignored. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

23 Feb 202420min

A day at the beach in Florida turns deadly. A brother and sister on vacation with their parents were digging a hole in the sand when it collapsed, burying them. The boy was rescued, but his sister was beneath the sand and it took an excruciating 15 minutes to dig her out. She didn't make it. As Ann Mercogliano reports, it’s a reminder to all parents to be especially careful on the beach. And another mid-flight emergency…this time passengers on an American Airline flight worked together to restrain an unruly passenger threatening to open the emergency door while in the air. Plus, she went on an anti-cop rant on her podcast then just hours later she fatally mowed a cop down while she was driving drunk. Today it was her sentencing...and as Les Trent reports, the slain man's fellow officers filled the courtroom. And she's already one of the greatest singers of all time with 32 Grammys on her mantel...now Beyonce has landed on top of the country charts.  To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

22 Feb 202422min

If you are an American, it is very dangerous to travel in Russia. We learned today of the arrest of a ballerina with dual Russian/American citizenship. She was taken into custody in Russia the same day Vladimir Putin sat down for that softball interview with Tucker Carlson. The woman's alleged crime - giving $51 to a charity supporting Ukraine. And they say good fences make good neighbors. However, when you live in an apartment complex that's not an option. Inside Edition reports on a neighbor who started tossing stuff from his apartment window while yelling obscenities. It was so unsettling a family sent their three children away to stay with their grandparents. Plus, don't give your personal information to someone you don’t know. If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. We've all heard these admonitions forever -- but as P.T. Barnum said, "there's a sucker born every minute." People are still falling for phone scams - even a financial writer for a top magazine. And most of us wash the sheets about once a week. However, that might not be enough to keep creepy germs out of your bed. You might be surprised what Steven Fabian found we when tested people's sheets.    To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

21 Feb 202423min

Two juveniles remain arrested in connection with the shooting at last week's Kansas City Chiefs victory parade. However, in the chaos of the day, many more were briefly detained. Including this man...who cops now say had nothing to do with the shooting. Now, after images of him in cuffs circulated online, he tells our Les Trent he's trying to repair his reputation. And Joel Osteen back in the pulpit at Lakewood Baptist Church this weekend…the first Sunday service since a woman opened fire there a week ago. Top of mind was the seven-year-old shooter’s son, who was gravely wounded in the shooting. Plus, Coast Guard inspectors were going about their daily checks on a loading dock when they heard some scratching coming from inside a giant shipping container...and when they finally reached what was inside they were in for quite a surprise. Steven Fabian tells us what they found. And more than 50 years after A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving debuted - a beloved character is back.   To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

19 Feb 202423min

A major blow for Donald Trump today as a New York judge ordered him to pay more than $350 million in the former president’s civil business fraud trial. The judge has also banned Trump from doing business in the state of New York for three years. It’s being reported the ruling could cost Trump all of his available cash. And, two juvenile suspects have been officially charged in the deadly shooting at the Superbowl victory parade in Kansas City that left one woman dead and nearly two dozen injured. The news comes as Taylor Swift makes a $100,000 donation to a fund set up to benefit the dead woman's family. Plus, that abandoned high rise we've told you about in Los Angeles is back in the news. Not only has the skyscraper been covered with graffiti, but it’s also been used as a place for base jumping. City officials say it's just an accident waiting to happen. So now, finally, they say they are taking action. And, there is outrage around the world over news of the death of Alexei Navalny -- one of Vladimir Putin's most vocal opponents who cheated death more than once before he was imprisoned in Siberia. Russian officials say he died behind bars after a 'fall.'   To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

17 Feb 202422min