In Other News: Video shows a man rescuing a neighbor’s dog after its leash got stuck in elevator doors; man rescued after shouting ‘Siri, call 911’ after his car plunged into an icy river

Published 12:19 pm Thursday, December 12, 2019

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Ring security camera hacks see homeowners subjected to racial abuse, ransom demands

Multiple U.S. families have reported incidents of Ring camera systems being hacked in recent days, raising questions as to whether the systems are allowing hackers access to people’s homes, without ever having to set foot inside. Owners of Ring security cameras in Mississippi, Georgia, Florida and Texas have reported incidents where hackers tormented families with racial slurs, encouraged children into destructive behavior and demanded a ransom in Bitcoin. — ABC News

What really happened to Richard Jewell? Clint Eastwood’s movie on 1996 Olympics bombing under fire

Legendary Hollywood actor and director Clint Eastwood’s new movie “Richard Jewell” has been getting Oscar-buzz since its premiere in November, but now it’s attracting attention of a different kind. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has threatened Warner Bros. with a defamation lawsuit over the film, which tells the story of a 1996 Atlanta Olympics security guard who saved hundreds of lives during a domestic terrorist attack, only to have his name smeared and life derailed by careless news coverage and a controversial FBI investigation. Fox Nation’s new documentary, “Hero for a Moment: The Richard Jewell Story,” reexamined the bombing and its aftermath using rare footage of police interrogations and interviews with the authors of “The Suspect: An Olympic Bombing, the FBI, the Media and Richard Jewell, the Man Caught in the Middle.” — Fox News

Video shows a man rescuing a neighbor’s dog after its leash got stuck in elevator doors

A man saved his neighbor’s dog after its leash got caught in an elevator door, and their apartment security cameras captured the rescue. Johnny Mathis, 27, was coming home from work in Houston, Texas, and had just parked his car in his apartment complex’s underground garage. Mathis lives on the ground floor of his community so he took the elevator up to his floor. As soon as he got off, a woman and her dog were trying to get on. “When she got on, I was looking at the dog, because it was a cute dog,” Mathis told CNN. “I noticed the leash was kinda long but I didn’t think it wasn’t going to make it on the elevator or anything.” — CNN

Man rescued after shouting ‘Siri, call 911’ after his car plunged into an icy river

“Siri, call 911.” That’s what a man in Charles City, Iowa, yelled after his car plunged into an icy river. Gael Salcedo, 18, was on his way to North Iowa Area Community College when his Jeep hit a patch of ice on the road, according to CNN affiliate KIMT. Salcedo lost control of his car — he turned to the right and from there, everything went blurry, he said. His car plummeted into the Winnebago River. “I didn’t know where I was going and then I just didn’t know what to do. I was just thinking in my head ‘I think I’m going to die,'” he told KIMT. — CNN