Americans are disconnected from each other at historic levels, buffeted by what a former surgeon general calls an “epidemic of loneliness.”.

A detective in North Carolina has been fired after allegedly sending suggestive messages to women whose rapes he had been tasked with investigating, authorities said. Its disgusting.Erin Scanlon, who agreed to be identified by WRAL News, said Matrafailo began sending her inappropriate messages in April over social media. Jw [just wondering] why u [sic] have a wish list up? Matrafailo allegedly wrote, including at the end an emoji of a face with a tongue out. The messages stopped, but then Matrafailo allegedly texted her again when she graduated from nursing school. The women who have come forward about their alleged experiences with the former detective are undergoing counseling, Gerdes said.