She Was Raped, Strangled and Burned. Is This Man Her Killer?

By Pilar Melendez

A notorious serial killer once insisted he was responsible for Laura Marie Purchase’s death. But cops now believe they’ve got the right guy.

By Tom Sykes

Prince Harry talks a good game on compassion. But repeatedly criticizing the royal family looks increasingly vindictive—and antithetical to the “reconciliation” he says he wants.

By Tim Teeman

Tennessee has enacted the most number of anti-LGBTQ bills in a vicious legislative session. Tim Teeman talks to the trans kids, parents, and campaigners determined to fight back.

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By Pilar Melendez

Attorneys for Mollie Tibbetts’ alleged killer attempted to poke holes in the prosecution’s case on Friday, suggesting Cristhian Bahena Rivera may have given a false confession.

By David Axe

By keeping the world’s best vaccines to itself, the U.S. is forcing countries around the world to take a chance on some risky alternatives.

By Kevin Fallon

Season 2 of Netflix’s “Special,” about a gay writer living with cerebral palsy, has some of the most realistic gay sex scenes there’s even been on TV.

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By The Daily Beast

Bloomberg columnist Tim O’Brien says there is one person who could actually get Trump behind bars. Plus, The Daily Beast’s Matt Fuller shares GOP Jan. 6 insight.

By Max Watman

Adrian Miller’s new book, “Black Smoke: African Americans and the United States of Barbecue,” sets the record straight on who actually created barbecue.

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BAD ROMANCE

The former Capitol Hill staffer’s relationship with the embattled GOP lawmaker goes back to 2017.

 EXTRAORDINARILY CRUEL

Abubakar Shekau was best known for kidnapping 300 Nigerian schoolgirls and turning Boko Haram into one of the world’s most infamous jihadist groups.

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 ‘LIKE ROMEO AND JULIET’

Anthony Bouchard said he was trying to get on the front foot of damaging stories about the pregnancy, his ex-wife’s suicide, and his strained relationship with his son.

 ‘HUMAN ERROR’

“A disastrous combination of circumstances led to the patient’s right leg being amputated instead of his left,” the hospital said.

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