'I Didn't Hurt Anyone Who Didn't Deserve It'
She claims to have killed 23 people but police are skeptical. "Who knows what's real, since I'm crazy."
In Focus
Heard on the Street
Minya, Egypt—A woman wails beside her fallen fellow protesters, who fainted after an Egyptian court sentenced 683 members of the Muslim Brotherhood to death for their involvement in the murder and attempted murder of local police. In an update to an earlier decision, the same court said that of 529 people previously sentenced to death, 37 would be executed—the remainder were given life in prison. Amnesty International said that the “court has displayed a complete contempt for the most basic principles of a fair trial and has utterly destroyed its credibility.”
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Periscope
The U.S. Navy is scrambling to come up with new rules as exploration and exploitation of the Arctic booms
Snatched From the Front Line
Kidnapped war reporters are being used as bargaining chips by their ruthless captors
Never Scared Straight
Doctors, therapists and legislators have come to bury gay conversion therapy
Conscious Uncoupling, Balkan-Style
The Bosnian Serb president says he will defy the West and declare independence
Kale Has a Chip on Its Shoulder
If scientists can make Doritos addictive, can't they do the same for kale?
Horizons
Scientists believe they can create a fully functioning 3-D printed heart
Share Determination
Sustainability requires less growth, more optimization. And can I borrow your mower?
Gray Matter Anatomy
A scarcity of brains for autopsies could be holding back neuroscience
Downtime
A tiny town in Northern California settled by Chinese immigrants 100 years ago has changed little since then
The Messy Laments of the Perpetual Wedding Guest
Never the bride, but always watching and wondering about this ancient and often fraught ritual
The NCAA's Fishy Argument Against a Union for Players
The NCAA doesn't want football players forming a union, but what employer does?
In the Name of Love
Online dating sites are being used in ways never intended by their creators: advertising, networking, job hunting