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Principal Messaged Girl About Spanking&mdash;and Kept His Job
Principal Messaged Girl About
Spanking—and Kept His Job
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May 17, 2020 6:47 AM CDT

Principal Messaged Girl About Spanking—and Kept His Job

Propublica and Alaska media outlets look at the case

(Newser) - Even after his arrest by the FBI on charges of possession of child pornography, attempted coercion of a child, and sexual abuse of a minor, Gladys Jung Elementary Principal Christopher Carmichael was depicted in a positive light—by the head of the Alaska school district that had employed him. "...

Case of Shipwrecked Boys Was Nothing Like Lord of the Flies

Historian Rutger Bregman tells the amazing story of 6 boys stranded more than a year

(Newser) - Chances are you're familiar with Lord of the Flies, either in novel or movie form. It's the story by William Golding about a group of British schoolboys shipwrecked on an island, a tale that descends into brutality and imparts a bleak message about human nature. But in an...

When the Volcano Blew, Rescuers Rushed In
They Knew Risks, but No One
Thought Volcano Would Blow
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May 10, 2020 6:43 AM CDT

They Knew Risks, but No One Thought Volcano Would Blow

'GQ' has the story of White Island's eruption in New Zealand in 2019

(Newser) - When the volcanic White Island of New Zealand erupted in December , it was a "shock but not a surprise," writes Joshua Hammer at GQ . Volcanologists had been taking note of increased activity for a while, and the four-stage threat level had been raised from 1 to 2. But...

It&#39;s the Largest Outbreak Tied to One Facility on Our Continent
Here, a 'Staggering'
Number of Virus Cases
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May 6, 2020 2:22 PM CDT

Here, a 'Staggering' Number of Virus Cases

The CBC goes inside a Cargill meat-packing plant

(Newser) - "We need a public inquiry and we need a criminal investigation and we need them now." The words were uttered by the head of the Calgary and District Labour Council after the death of Hiep Bui. The 67-year-old Canadian woman lost her life to COVID-19—after contracting the...

For Years, This Was One of Modern Sports&#39; Biggest Secrets
For Years, This Was One of
Modern Sports' Biggest Secrets
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May 3, 2020 1:25 PM CDT

For Years, This Was One of Modern Sports' Biggest Secrets

Drag racing legend Bob Muravez raced under a fake name for years, with help from reporters

(Newser) - In certain circles, 82-year-old Bob Muravez is a legend. The Californian won more than 600 sanctioned drag-racing events in the 1960s and 1970s and became one of his sport's biggest names. But as a story at SB Nation explains, when Muravez is asked for an autograph these days, he...

He Said a Pit Bull Mauled Him. The Truth Was Much Stranger
He Said a Pit Bull Mauled Him.
The Truth Was Much Stranger
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Apr 26, 2020 3:05 PM CDT

He Said a Pit Bull Mauled Him. The Truth Was Much Stranger

A look back at the 'Tiger King of Harlem'

(Newser) - Years from now, millions of Americans' recollection of the pandemic will also include a memory of binge-watching Netflix's Tiger King. With that show high on everyone's current watchlist, in a piece for Mel Magazine Zaron Burnett III introduces us to another tiger king: one that, nearly 17 years...

What It's Like to Close Your Restaurant Amid Pandemic

Gabrielle Hamilton of Prune in Manhattan wonders whether she'll reopen again

(Newser) - Gabrielle Hamilton has shuttered her Manhattan restaurant, Prune, amid the pandemic, but the doors will reopen when things are back to normal, right? We'll see. In a first-person account in the New York Times Magazine (where she is an Eat columnist), Hamilton takes readers through every wrenching step of...

He Was a Coding Wonder. Then Something Went Wrong
He Was a Coding Wonder.
Then His Brain Changed
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Apr 19, 2020 10:30 AM CDT

He Was a Coding Wonder. Then His Brain Changed

Inside Cloudflare co-founder Lee Holloway's diagnosis of frontotemporal dementia

(Newser) - As Sandra Upson describes him, Lee Holloway was a wonder. The engineer took "a literal sketch on a napkin" and programmed it into Cloudflare, an internet security company that launched in 2009 and "now handles more than 10% of all internet requests and blocks billions of cyberthreats per...

He Had 5 Towels in His Throat. Could It Have Been an Accident?

Many, including 5 judges, think Rosa Jimenez was wrongfully convicted of murder

(Newser) - On Jan. 30, 2003, 20-year-old Rosa Jimenez was watching 21-month-old Bryan Gutierrez, as she did a few times a week, at her Texas apartment when things went horribly wrong. Jimenez stepped away from Bryan and her own daughter so that she could make lunch as the little ones played and...

He Broke the 2-Hour Marathon 'Barrier.' How? There's No Secret

Eliud Kipchoge did what many believed couldn't be done

(Newser) - For decades, it was believed to be impossible to run a marathon in less than two hours. Then, in October, Eliud Kipchoge became the first person to do it. How? Knox Robinson spent time with Kipchoge at his rural training camp in Kenya, and in an extensive piece for GQ...

He Said He Faked Insanity, Got Released. Then, Murder
He Said He Faked Insanity,
Got Released. Then, Murder
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Apr 5, 2020 10:50 AM CDT

He Said He Faked Insanity, Got Released. Then, Murder

Inside the strange case of Anthony Montwheeler

(Newser) - In December 2016, Anthony Montwheeler, a patient at Oregon State Hospital, went before a state review board and claimed he had faked insanity in 1996, after kidnapping his wife and son at gunpoint, in order to avoid prison. It worked: Rather than being incarcerated, he was sentenced to remain under...

The Note Said They Were Dead, Had Hidden Their Own Bodies
The Note Said They Were Dead,
Had Hidden Their Own Bodies
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Apr 5, 2020 7:07 AM CDT

The Note Said They Were Dead, Had Hidden Their Own Bodies

Eva Holland delves into the story of Eric and Pam Bealer for 'Outside Online'

(Newser) - Eric and Pam Bealer met in the early 1980s and never looked back. They loved the wilderness and ended up settling on four acres outside the small Alaskan fishing village of Pelican. They collected their own water, raised animals, canned the vegetables they grew, made their own clothes, foraged for...

He Went Missing, but Friends Didn&#39;t Buy Family&#39;s Story
He Went Missing, but Friends
Didn't Buy Family's Story
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Apr 4, 2020 1:45 PM CDT

He Went Missing, but Friends Didn't Buy Family's Story

'The Atlantic' looks at a murder in small-town Colorado

(Newser) - Jake Millison disappeared in May 2015, and it made no sense to the 29-year-old's friends in the small town of Gunnison, Colo. His mother, Deb, told them he'd dropped his phone in an irrigation ditch, which is why he wasn't answering. When police came around, she told...

Tracking the Strange 18-Month Journey of a Ghost Ship
It Was Bound for Haiti,
Turned Into a Ghost Ship
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Apr 1, 2020 12:06 PM CDT

It Was Bound for Haiti, Turned Into a Ghost Ship

'Wired' takes a look at the MV Alta

(Newser) - The MV Alta washed up on an Irish shore in February after some 18 months adrift at sea. In a piece for Wired , Matt Burgess explains that the category of people to have seen the ghost ship over that time is a remarkably narrow one: "It was only spotted...

One of Her 4 Daughters Was Murdered. Another Killed Her
One of Her 4 Daughters Was
Murdered. Another Killed Her
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Mar 29, 2020 1:20 PM CDT

One of Her 4 Daughters Was Murdered. Another Killed Her

The tragic story of Mari Gilbert, who inspired Netflix movie 'Lost Girls'

(Newser) - Mari Gilbert's four daughters didn't have easy childhoods. Shannan, the oldest, was in foster care when middle sisters Sherre and Sarra were molested by Gilbert's boyfriend. Sarra went on to get an abortion at 14, drop out of school at 16, and have a baby with her...

He Shot Their Teacher in 1978. Their Lives Were Never the Same
Inside an 8th Grader's
Murder of an Austin Teacher
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Mar 29, 2020 10:50 AM CDT

Inside an 8th Grader's Murder of an Austin Teacher

'Texas Monthly' delves into the 1978 killing of Rod Grayson

(Newser) - A wrong number led, 20 years later, to Robert Draper's extensive Texas Monthly piece on "the school shooting that Austin forgot." It was 1999 when John Ray was trying to find an old classmate named Rob Draper and instead got in touch with Robert Draper, an Austin...

He Died in a Vat at a Uranium Plant. Was It Murder?
His Grisly Death Couldn't Have
Been Accidental. What Was It?
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Mar 28, 2020 1:30 PM CDT

His Grisly Death Couldn't Have Been Accidental. What Was It?

The 'Cincinnati Enquirer' reviews the 1984 death of David Bocks

(Newser) - "There was no plausible way for a worker to accidentally fall into the vat." So writes Amber Hunt for the Cincinnati Enquirer in a lengthy piece about the 1984 death of David Bocks. He worked—and died—at Ohio's Fernald Feed Materials Productions Center, whose bland name...

A Deeper Look at Tessa Majors&#39; Murder
The Tragedy of
Tessa Majors' Murder
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Mar 24, 2020 10:00 AM CDT

The Tragedy of Tessa Majors' Murder

'New York' examines 2019 slaying of Barnard freshman

(Newser) - The details of the crime itself aren't in much dispute: Police say three boys, ages 13 and 14, robbed 18-year-old Tessa Majors in New York City's Morningside Park on the evening of December 11, 2019, and one of them fatally stabbed her when she put up a struggle....

He Got Addicted at West Point, Now Owes the US $330K
He Got Addicted at West Point,
Now Owes the US $330K
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Mar 22, 2020 2:00 PM CDT

He Got Addicted at West Point, Now Owes the US $330K

Football player Jared Rogers' opioid story raises larger questions about Army views on addiction

(Newser) - The temperature was around zero when the West Point football team took to the practice field early on the morning of March 4, 2014. So cold that defensive back Jared Rogers ended up with frostbite in his fingers. After a few days in the hospital, medical records show he left...

Homeless Man Lived Secret Life Underground
Homeless Man Lived
Secret Life Underground
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Mar 8, 2020 6:43 AM CDT

Homeless Man Lived Secret Life Underground

Dominic Van Allen built himself a bunker beneath a London park, but rangers finally found it

(Newser) - In pricey London, Dominic Van Allen had found a sweet spot to live. "You had the train station, you had a cafe, you had a Starbucks, you had the hospital, you had the 168 bus, the 24, the 46," he recounts. "It was bloody brilliant." Even...

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