High-school-educated Vivien Thomas spent decades as a research assistant to renowned cardiac surgeon Dr. Alfred Blalock. Yet Thomas made up for his lack of pedigree with talent.
Alyson Cranick, a former Connecticut school paraprofessional, admitted to creepily texting an 11-year-old boy nearly 5,000 times, coercing him with gifts including Apple AirPods and caffeine before se...