Author: Grace Thompson

Josh Mankiewicz covered the June 1998 disappearance of 23-year-old Marcus Rutledge from Nashville, Tennessee, as part of the third season of Dateline's Missing in America podcast in the summer of 2024. "Do you think this case will be solved someday?" Mankiewicz asked Detective Matthew Filter, a cold case detective with the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department. The cold case investigator's response was straightforward: He hopes so. In the podcast, Det. Filter stated, "I would definitely like to get the family some answers, even if I can't bring anybody to justice, just to give them some answers about what happened." After more than 25 years, they finally have some answers in February 2025. Although it has taken some time, the Metro Nashville Police Department provided forensic evidence ...

The future of the U.S. Agency for International Development, which is at the center of America's humanitarian assistance efforts abroad, is still up in the air just one week after the Trump administration started to almost completely freeze U.S. foreign aid. More than a dozen current and former officials and people familiar with the discussions have revealed that Trump administration officials are actively considering transferring USAID's power to the State Department, further hurting an already crippled organization. Nearly 60 senior career officials at USAID have been sidelined, hundreds of employees and contractors have been laid off or placed on furlough, and U.S. foreign operations have come to a halt in the last week. In the next days, thousands more similar occupations could also fa...

The city of Philadelphia An air ambulance transporting a pediatric patient, her mother, and others crashed Friday night close to a mall in northeast Philadelphia, killing one person in the automobile and numerous others. The victims' details were not made public right away. No one on board is believed to have survived, according to Jet Rescue Air Ambulance. The patient, the patient's mother, a paramedic, a doctor, the pilot, and a copilot were among the passengers. According to Mayor Cherelle Parker, there are now 19 injured people on the ground. Three individuals had been treated and released, while three others were in fair condition, according to a spokesman for Temple University Hospital Jeanes Campus, where some of the injured were transported, on Friday night. During a press confer...

Sue Quackenbush hasn't seen or spoken to her daughter Danielle Lopez in nine long months. On April 13, 2024, the 37-year-old was last observed strolling down a road in a densely forested section of Woodland Township, New Jersey. In September, Dateline highlighted her story in our Missing in America series. In an effort to raise awareness of Danielle's absence, Sue has recently started collaborating with Monica Caison, the creator of the Community United Effort (CUE) Center for Missing Persons. In an effort to find Danielle, they have highlighted her case on their website and just issued a fresh, time-limited reward of $5,000. Beginning at noon on February 1, 2025, and ending at midnight on Friday, May 2, 2025, the award will be accessible for ninety days. A news release from the CUE Center...

According to the firm that runs the aircraft, an air ambulance carrying six passengers crashed on Friday night close to a mall in northeast Philadelphia. Four crew members, a pediatric patient, and the patient's escort were on board the aircraft, but Jet Rescue Air Ambulance claimed in a statement that it was unable to confirm any survival. "Our immediate concern is for the patient's family, our personnel, their families and other victims that may have been hurt on the ground," the business stated. It's improbable that everyone on board survived, according to a spokeswoman. At a press conference in the evening, Mayor Cherelle Parker stated that the exact number of deaths was still unknown. She claimed that a number of homes and cars were affected. According to a representative for the orga...

Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania Although Philm might be the most famous groundhog that can predict the weather, a recent list questions his accuracy. Phil's prediction of an early spring was so bad that even inanimate objects outperformed him. Phil placed 17th out of 19 criteria in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Centers for Environmental Information's accuracy ranking list, thanks to handlers and his forecasts based on shadows. Which groundhogs are the best at forecasting longer winters, then? With an astounding 85% accuracy rate, Staten Island Chuck of New York topped NOAA's list. General Beauregard Lee of Georgia came in second with 80%, and Wyoming's Lander Li, a bronze statue of a prairie dog, came in third with 75%. With an accuracy percentage of only 35%, P...

Ashburn, Virginia. The only home in the cul de sac with a backyard skating rink was this one. According to a neighbor, Peter Livingston would set up a rink to practice jumps and lutzes for his figure skating daughters, Alydia and Everly, by anchoring two-by-fours in the ground behind the house and filling it with water when the cold weather arrived. However, the Ashburn Ice House was the girls' true home ice. At the early morning practices, where her children skated with elite figure skaters like Inna Volyanskaya, their mother, Donna Livingston, was a regular sight. They were known online as "The Ice Skating Sisters," and according to friends and neighbors, their parents accompanied them when they traveled across the nation for camps and contests in cities like Boston, Seattle, and Austi...

With numerous noteworthy eateries serving everything from traditional steakhouses to cutting-edge international cuisine, Charlotte's culinary industry is still thriving. Recently, Southern Living featured some of the city's top restaurants, highlighting the variety of cuisines that make Charlotte a top culinary destination. Highlighted Dining Establishments Bottle of Beef Beef and Bottle, a popular steakhouse in Charlotte, was founded in 1958. The elegant interior with white tables and candlelight contrasts with the modest façade. The restaurant, which is well-known for its surf and turf, serves filet mignon alongside seafood dishes such marinated salmon, shrimp, scallops, and oysters. The Restaurant at the Fig Tree The Fig Tree Restaurant, located in the historic Lucas House, serves Frenc...