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  • The true story of how an active serial killer appeared on ‘The Dating Game’

    The true story of how an active serial killer appeared on ‘The Dating Game’

    Called “Woman of the Hour” and directed by and starring Anna Kendrick, the film should bring renewed attention to the deviant who slayed his many victims during the same decade as Ted Bundy and John Wayne Gacy’s more infamous rampages.


    Dennis Eckersley’s daughter avoids jail after abandoning baby in sub-zero temperatures

    Dennis Eckersley’s daughter avoids jail after abandoning baby in sub-zero temperatures

    The charges Eckersley was convicted of — falsifying physical evidence, endangering the welfare of a child, and reckless conduct — would normally call for a four-to-eight-year jail term.


    Are academics more likely to answer emails from ‘Melissa’ or ‘Rahul’? The answer may not surprise you

    Are academics more likely to answer emails from ‘Melissa’ or ‘Rahul’? The answer may not surprise you

    The authors do not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and have disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.


    A new ‘race science’ network is linked to a history of eugenics that never fully left academia

    A new ‘race science’ network is linked to a history of eugenics that never fully left academia

    It published work by notorious pseudoscientists, neo-fascists, and such controversial political figures as former British MP Enoch Powell, remembered for appealing to racial hatred in his speeches.


    No, the ‘brothers’ won’t vote for Harris: Letters to the Editor — Oct. 16, 2024

    No, the ‘brothers’ won’t vote for Harris: Letters to the Editor — Oct. 16, 2024

    The Democratic National Committee brought Obama to Pittsburgh to try to rally people in support of flip-flop Harris.


    Rivals: the highs and lows of adapting a 1980s ‘bonkbuster’ for a 21st-century TV audience

    Rivals: the highs and lows of adapting a 1980s ‘bonkbuster’ for a 21st-century TV audience

    This might sound like fairly dry fare, but amid all the clandestine meetings and boardroom bust-ups, the characters fall in and out of love, have gleeful, adulterous affairs, and host lavish dinner parties, balls and naked tennis matches.


    Why calls to review Lucy Letby’s case are so different from other miscarriage of justice campaigns

    Why calls to review Lucy Letby’s case are so different from other miscarriage of justice campaigns

    Sam Poyser does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.


    Australian schools need to address racism. Here are 4 ways they can do this

    Australian schools need to address racism. Here are 4 ways they can do this

    She is a member of the Challenging Racism Project (CRP) and the Centre for Resilient and Inclusive Communities (CRIS).


    Nassau County partners with ex-NBA star Jayson Williams to help recovering addicts get truck-driving jobs

    Nassau County partners with ex-NBA star Jayson Williams to help recovering addicts get truck-driving jobs

    He also had other, more minor scrapes with the law, including an alleged 2009 suicide attempt in New York City, a North Carolina bar fight, accusations that he fatally shot his Rottweiler after losing a bet and a drunken car accident that put him in Rikers Island for nearly a year.


    What does Springfield, Illinois, in 1908 tell us about Springfield, Ohio, in 2024?

    What does Springfield, Illinois, in 1908 tell us about Springfield, Ohio, in 2024?

    That sexual anxiety was part of what cultural historians call a “master narrative,” a symbolic story that dramatizes white nationalism and the belief that citizenship and its benefits were preserved for one racial group at the expense of all others.


    On crime and justice, Trump and Harris records differ widely

    On crime and justice, Trump and Harris records differ widely

    He charged it with identifying ways “to provide those who have engaged in criminal activity with greater opportunities to lead productive lives” and to develop “a comprehensive strategy that addresses a range of issues, including mental health, vocational training, job creation, after-school programming, substance abuse, and mentoring.”


    Religious hate crimes in England and Wales are at a record high – but many still go unreported

    Religious hate crimes in England and Wales are at a record high – but many still go unreported

    High profile acts of religious hatred, such as the atrocities committed by Anders Breivik in Oslo in 2011 or by Brenton Tarrant in Christchurch in 2019, tend to be put down to a “lone wolf” or to be regarded as “fringe incidents”, rather than part of a wider problem to be addressed.