A text conversation cost a teenager his life, and his parents had never heard the word sextortion until it was too late. The FBI now reports sextortion is growing nationwide, reaching minors through the everyday apps and messages they already use. Bryce Tate’s mother and father, Amanda and Adam, are sharing his story so other families can recognize the warning signs: sudden secrecy, panic, withdrawal, or a kid who suddenly deletes everything. If your child is being threatened online, they are not in trouble. That message needs to come from you first.
The same InvestigateTV+ episode digs into new research from the National Institutes of Health showing incidence rose for fourteen cancer types among people under 50 between 2010 and 2019, including uterine cancer, which typically forms in the endometrium. It’s a real trend worth watching, but keep perspective: the average age of a cancer diagnosis in this country remains 67. The takeaway is awareness, not alarm. Know your body, keep your appointments, and ask your doctor the questions you’ve been putting off.
There are brighter stories in this hour too. Navy veteran Nathan French organizes monthly hikes for Las Vegas veterans, a simple habit building real mental health support. And nurse Janice Berry just marked 40 years transporting critically ill newborns by air to a Level Four NICU at Children’s National Hospital. Four decades of being the calm in someone’s worst moment. When did you last check in with the people you love about what they’re seeing online?
