Antiques Roadshow Clip a Factor in Couple's Odd Arrest (Newser Deep Dive)

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August 17, 2024     Antiques Roadshow Clip a Factor in Couple's Odd Arrest In June 2022, Florida retirees Phil and Gay Courter were on a cruise ship at a port in England preparing for the trip home. Much to their surprise, ship officials summoned them, asked them to hand over their passports, and informed them they were being arrested on European warrants on charges of money laundering, organized crime, and trafficking cultural goods. Keep reading   Stores' Locked Cases Look Like a Failed Strategy It used to be that retail stores locked up only items that were pricey or regulated, such as phones or cigarettes. Today, however, everything from toothpaste to deodorant gets locked up behind plexiglass cases, writes Amanda Mull at Bloomberg. Keep reading     Infamous UK Mass Murder Case Draws New Scrutiny The New Yorker is establishing a reputation for raising doubts about notorious UK murder convictions. Three months after questioning the case against former nurse Lucy Letby in the deaths of newborns, a new story by Heidi Blake examines the conviction of Jeremy Bamber in the "most infamous family massacre" in the UK. Keep reading   From the Archives Story of Spectacular Heist Has Never Been Told Like This There's a good chance you heard about the Green Vault heist, a spectacular theft of jewels in Dresden, Germany, in 2019. But you definitely haven't heard about it like Joshua Hammer tells it. Keep reading   From Our Sponsors Manage your subscriptions  |  Unsubscribe from Newser emails  |  Privacy Policy We'd love to hear from you. Send us a note at feedback@newser.com. Read our stories on MSN. Newser, LLC  |  1395 Brickell Avenue  |  Suite 800  |  Miami, Florida  |  33131 © 2024 Newser, LLC. All rights reserved