Toronto serial killer is behind bars, but a community still seeks peace
The sentencing of Canada’s confessed serial killer Bruce McArthur, expected on Friday in a case that, unsolved for most of a decade, terrorized Toronto’s gay community, closes a tragic chapter. While relations with police are strained, the case has al…
A storied New England school lets in a watchdog to curb sexual assault
On Jan. 31, the eve of a short winter break at St. Paul’s boarding school, five people sat in the Gothic Chapel of St. Peter and St. Paul to hear the white-robed teen choristers sing Compline, a service of evening prayers. A growing list of reports ha…
Living Near Your Grandmother Has Evolutionary Benefits
Humans are evolutionary oddballs for living long past our reproductive prime. New research explains how grandmothers might be the reason why.
Measuring victory over Islamic State
Sometime next week, President Trump hopes to declare a victory over Islamic State. The militant group’s last stronghold is expected to fall in Syria, a tiny remnant of a caliphate that once spanned almost half of Syria and a third of Iraq. While the …
How international court may give Mali’s women a second chance at justice
At first, when thousands fled to Bamako in search of safety, women refused to speak about a crime they thought unspeakable: one that left many excluded, and blamed, by their own families. The former Islamic police chief is accused of overseeing forced…
Facebook Can’t Gather Users’ Data From Other Websites, German Antitrust Office Says
Facebook “was able to build a unique database for each individual user and thus to gain market power,” says Andreas Mundt, of Germany’s Federal Cartel Office.
Zimbabwe Remains In Turmoil After Unrest And Reports Of Heavy Crackdown
Anger against the state is palpable, and with the rising cost of goods and a drawn-out cash shortage, there could be more civil unrest ahead for the southern African nation.
In Nigeria, documentary films spark social change
Every morning, as dawn breaks through the gritty black smog encasing Nigeria’s Port Harcourt, Prince Peter hangs a Lumix GH4 camera around his neck and walks out of his house in search of his next story. Mr. Peter knows those stories intimately. Foun…
Meanwhile in … England and Wales, ramblers are searching for forgotten footpaths
In England and Wales, ramblers are searching for forgotten footpaths. About 140,000 miles of paths crisscross the two countries, and walking them is a national pastime. The Countryside and Rights of Way Act was passed in 2000, which gave the public t…
Nuns Speak Out After Pope Acknowledges Clergy Sexual Abuse
Sister Christine Schenk talks to David Greene about the significance of Pope Francis’ acknowledgement of widespread sexual abuse of nuns perpetrated by Catholic clergy.
Trump To Meet With North Korea’s Leader Later This Month
David Greene talks to Joel Wit, a former State Department official with experience dealing with North Korea, about this month’s scheduled summit in Vietnam between the U.S. and North Korea.
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