Death
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Opinion
Why Is America Such a Deadly Place?
Death is excessive in America, and the more you look the more distressing the picture seems. You’ve probably heard about…
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Opinion
I Thought We Learned Mandatory Minimums Don’t Solve Drug Epidemics
Stories of narcotics-related death and debasement flooded the media. Politicians stoked panic about marijuana. Parents feared that teenagers would tip…
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Food
Flipping a Switch and Making Cancers Self-Destruct
Researchers at Stanford devised a strange new molecule that could lead to drugs that arm genes and make cancers work…
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World
Death of 2-Year-Old in Shelter Last Year Is Ruled a Homicide
Mariya Huebler’s death in Harlem was a methadone overdose, the medical examiner said. No one has been arrested in connection…
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US
Death Penalty Researchers Call 2022 ‘Year of the Botched Execution’
Even as the total number of executions remained among the lowest in a generation, several high-profile failures forced states including…
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Opinion
Will 2024 Be a Vaccine Election?
Will Republicans once again nominate Donald Trump for president? Or will they turn to Ron DeSantis instead? I have no…
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World
She Preached Death Without Fear. Could She Practice It?
Many people hope for a good death, even plan for it, but few prepare for it as thoroughly and cheerfully…
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Opinion
China Has an Extraordinary Covid-19 Dilemma
More than one in six people on the planet live in China. That’s 1.4 billion people who have spent the…
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US
Crowded and Deadly, U.S. Jails Are in Crisis
Matthew Shelton was contending with diabetes and periodic substance abuse when he moved in with his sister outside Houston in…
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World
Inmates Who Killed a Writer and a Publisher Escape in Bangladesh
DHAKA, Bangladesh — Two men on death row in Bangladesh for the high-profile killings of a secular author and his…