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A shocking crime out of Georgia where an elderly woman is accused of killing her 75-year-old ex-husband and his new, 40-year-old girlfriend. 76-year-old Grace Edge turned herself into police after officials say she shot and killed the two and shot and injured the girlfriend’s mother. The sheriff told reporters that Edge and her ex had an on again, off again relationship and that she was “not accepting” of the new situation. To add some perspective to this unusual headline: Less than half a percent of ALL murderers in this country are 75 years or older.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

An Idaho prosecutor is seeking the death penalty against a 23-year-old woman charged with murdering her twin toddlers in 2025. Andrea Shaw has pleaded not guilty, claiming her 18-month-old twins got sick and died after receiving flu shots and their scheduled vaccinations. Prosecutors maintain that an autopsy revealed symptoms consistent with smothering and said suffocation "is the only conceivable explanation" for their deaths. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The judge in the Lindsay Clancy case issued a surprise ruling Wednesday, dismissing an attempt by Clancy’s attorney to investigate the lone holdout juror in her murder trial. Kevin Reddington had filed a motion requesting access to the juror’s initial questionnaire, an examination of his cellphone and for him to be questioned in court, but the judge refused to move forward with any investigation into Michael Desronvil. Clancy’s team still has a motion to dismiss murder charges against Clancy in play, citing double jeopardy. That will be decided at the next hearing in early November, where both sides are expected to agree on a potential new trial date. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Robach and Holmes cover the latest news headlines and entertainment updates and give perspective on current events in their daily “Morning Run.” See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Would you give up your aisle seat - for a middle seat - on a 10 hour international flight so a couple could sit together? Tomiko Harvey just posted round two on her social media after receiving racist backlash for refusing to do just that. While the vast majority of the tens of thousands of people who have weighed in support Harvey’s decision to stay put, several have pointed out that posting a video of her seat mate crying and the mention of “white tears” lacked empathy and kindness.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Elisa Donovan and Jenn Fessler are still trying to process Nathan Fielder's You Can See Everything. From outrageous revelations to laugh-out-loud absurdity, the new Elizabeth Holmes documentary is unlike anything they've ever watched. Elisa and Jenn break down the wildest moments and debate the question at the heart of it all: Who's manipulating whom? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Alabama Governor Kay Ivey made the rare decision to commute the death sentence of a 53-year-old man convicted in the 1995 killing of a sheriff’s deputy. Ivey said there was “not enough direct evidence to carry out the most serious punishment.” The current district attorney has taken it a step further, publicly voicing concerns about prosecutorial misconduct, asking the courts to overturn Toforest Johnson’s conviction and grant him a new trial. Johnson has maintained his innocence from the beginning, with at least 10 witnesses who corroborate Johnson was nowhere near the scene of the murder and zero physical evidence tying him to the crime. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In the race for Ohio Governor, billionaire Republican and Trump ally Vivek Ramaswamy has acknowledged his campaign is behind one of the uglies campaign ads ever released. In it, his opponent, Democrat Dr. Amy Acton’s birth mother calls her own daughter a liar and says she has a serious problem. The real problem, Acton hasn’t seen her birth mother since 1978 when she was 12.  Acton was removed from her mother’s home after her stepfather was charged with raping her between the ages of 10 and 12. Her mother chose her husband over her children and now is smearing her publicly.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Robach and Holmes cover the latest news headlines and entertainment updates and give perspective on current events in their daily “Morning Run.” See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The President has been on another bizarre bragging tour over the results of three cognitive tests that are used for early detection of dementia. The point is, this is NOT a test that measures intelligence whatsoever. Instead, it measures for mild cognitive impairment, which only means he isn’t suffering from dementia. His perfect score may signal he has a great memory - there’s one tricky question that you’ll hear along with us for the first time - but it does not reveal his “extreme intelligence.” See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Why is our president so obsessed with changing names? His latest target is the state of New Mexico: Trump writing on his social media that a name change would increase home values and incomes, but made sure to insult the state by saying it’s known for its “crooked elections.” Of note, Trump lost New Mexico in the 2016, 2020 and 2024 presidential elections. There has been strong reaction from New Mexico officials, but not a lot of fear about what may happen next. While the president can change bodies of water and other geographic features, he cannot technically rename a state.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

77-year-old William Reaves will die by lethal injection tonight after being convicted of first-degree murder for the 1986 shooting of Deputy Richard Raczkowski. He will become Florida’s eighth prisoner over the age of 70 to be executed this year, but more than 100 military veterans sent a moving letter to Governor DeSantis on Monday, urging him to commute Reaves’ sentence to life given his PTSD from the battlefield. Meantime, Officer Raczkowski’s family and former coworkers say they’ve waited long enough for justice and plan to be at tonight’s execution. One deputy saying he wants the last thing Reaves to see is an Indian River County sheriff's uniform. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

After a four month investigation, Mississippi’s Attorney General announced that a white officer was justified when he shot at a moving vehicle, killing a 1-year-old black boy and critically injuring the driver. Little Kohen Wiley’s mom and her friend were accused of shoplifting a box of diapers from Walmart, when 5 officers surrounded their vehicle as they were leaving the parking lot. Both women deny stealing anything and have never been charged. The officer who fired the shots, 33-year-old Hunter Foster, has had two accusations of using racial expletives towards his black co-workers and the police chief who chose not to discipline him, was just fired last month for using racial expletives in texts with colleagues. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sandra Birchmore was failed by law enforcement as an adolescent, and it followed her through adulthood. She was groomed, taken advantage of by authority figures, and her life was taken. Allegedly, someone wanted to ensure that she kept their secrets… Emily and Shane are diving into the background of this case, what happened to Sandra, and the main players in this horrific crime. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Robach and Holmes cover the latest news headlines and entertainment updates and give perspective on current events in their daily “Morning Run.” See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.