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Mar. 16, 2025

After Deadly Warehouse Collapse in Tornado, Amazon Employees Don't Want Phone Ban to Come Back

Photo: Michael B. Thomas/Getty Amazon’s blue-collar workers are speaking out about the company’s phone policies after atornadocaused an Amazon warehouse building in Illinois to collapse on Friday, killing six people. According toBloomberg, Amazon previously prohibited its employees from using or carrying their phones on warehouse floors, but “backed off” during the pandemic. The company had since begun reintroducing the rule — and five unnamed staffers told the outlet they are worried about how a ban could impact them during emergencies like the tornado, Bloomberg reported.

Mar. 16, 2025

After Deaths of Former NFL Player and Wife, Their 22-Year-Old Son Is Arrested in Mexico

Photo: Todd County Minnesota Sheriff’s Office On Saturday, 22-year-old Dylan Bennett was arrested in Cancun, Mexico, and has been charged with fatally shooting his parents — Barry Bennett and Carol Bennett, both 63 — inside their Long Prairie residence, according to a statement from the Todd County Sheriff’s Office. It is unclear what motivated the killings. Barry Bennett was a defensive lineman who played in the NFL from 1978 through 1988 with the New Orleans Saints, New York Jets and Minnesota Vikings.

Mar. 16, 2025

After Disney Workers, Judge Arrested in Fla. Sex Crimes Sting, Anti-Trafficking Advocate Shares Warning Signs

Photo: Polk County Sheriff’s Office After 108 people were arrested — including Disney employees and a court judge — during a six-day undercover human trafficking operation in Florida, one woman told officials she was ready for help. Most people being trafficked don’t often realize they’re being trafficked, says Marianne Thomas, senior director of anti-trafficking mobile teams forOne More Child, a non-profit group that provides faith-based services to children and struggling families.

Mar. 16, 2025

After Eating 365 Burgers in One Year, This Man Lost 35 Lbs. Thanks to His Celebrity-Trainer Wife

WhenLawrence Longowoke up on January 1, 2018, he had a challenge in mind: He would spend the next 364 days in Los Angeles eating a burger a day. But his wife, celebrity trainerAstrid Swan, wasn’t totally on board. “I was like, you know, most people wake up on January 1 and say, ‘I’m going to lose 5 lbs.,’ and I’m looking at my husband wondering if he was serious. And he was serious!

Mar. 16, 2025

After Escaping Captivity from Abusive Parents, the Turpin Siblings Faced a New Set of Horrors

When 13 California siblings were rescued from imprisonment in 2018, they entered a previously unknown world filled with promise. Jordan Turpin — who was 17 when she escaped her abusive parents' “house of horrors” and got help for herself and her siblings — recalls the first place she visited after being freed: a park with two of her sisters. “I was so excited because I could smell the air, smell the grass,” she said in an interview with Diane Sawyer on this week’s episode of20/20.