Inside Edition

It’s supposed to be the easiest and most convenient way to see a doctor - heading to your local Urgent Care. However, one couple who went to get help for the flu - ended up with a different kind of emergency. Les Trent explains. And she's the Connecticut mom who disappeared five years ago...her estranged husband was the prime suspect when he committed suicide. Now, his girlfriend has been found guilty of helping him cover up the crime. She was so devastated upon hearing the verdict she broke into tears, unable to even lift up her head. Plus, a 75-year-old man came out of retirement to take a job as a substitute teacher. Then he ended up being assaulted by a 6’ 2” – 280 pound student! As Ann Mercogliano reports, the teacher wants to press charges...but so far no arrest. And family and friends, as well as fellow nursing students of slain Laken Riley said their final goodbyes today as she was laid to rest. Her murder on the campus of the University of Georgia has become a political hot potato since the suspect is an illegal migrant. However, today that was put aside to remember a life so full of promise cut short. 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

2 Mar 202422min

For more than a decade, Oprah Winfrey has been part of Weight Watchers as a spokesperson, shareholder and board director. However, on the heels of admitting she used a weight loss drug, she's stepping away from the board - and the news absolutely tanked the company's stock. And there's a new player in the NHL who's making more headlines for cantankerousness than his puck handling. He's gotten into so many fights, he's spent more time in the penalty box than on the ice. Plus, is it possible that what we thought we knew about that catastrophic explosion of the submersible visiting the Titanic was all wrong, and the five people on board didn't die instantly as was first believed? New audio has just been released...and on it you can clearly hear what sounds like banging every 30 minutes. Steven Fabian on the horrifying possibility this raises. And if it's your birthday today it's not something you get to celebrate very often, since Leap Year only rolls around every four years. Inside Edition meets some of the folks they call “Leaplings.” 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

1 Mar 202421min

It's a family's worst nightmare. A five-year-old girl wandered away from home into an alligator infested swamp in Florida. Night was beginning to fall and sheriff’s deputies were called to launch a search. Incredibly, the little girl was found. Les Trent has details. And President Biden headed off for his annual physical - something all presidents do every year. However, given the emphasis on Mr. Biden's age in an election year, the routine physical is anything but routine. As Steven Fabian reports, when it was over Biden joked about what the doctor's told him. Plus, she's the teen who was traumatized twice. First, when she says she was raped when she was only 16…then again when the judge reversed her assailants conviction - setting him free. Now that judge has been removed from the bench - and she tells Ann Mercogliano she feels vindicated. And he's a college swimmer who got a little too excited too soon - celebrating his win before the other swimmer's finished. And he ended up disqualified. Now his teammate who was named the official winner says the disqualification is the dumbest thing ever. 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

29 Feb 202420min

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