On the witness stand in March 2000, Dr. Janet Squires was unequivocal: The injuries suffered by the 13-month-old girl were “absolutely classic” signs of shaken baby syndrome. Commonly referred to by its acronym, SBS is a diagnosis based on the belief that a certain combination of injuries found in a baby or toddler could only […]
Some people look to the runways to inform how they’ll dress from season to season. Others devour magazines like this one for sharp, detailed trend reports on what’s hot and what’s decidedly not. (We thank and appreciate you for your continued patronage.) Me, on the other hand? I just wait for a new Katie Holmes […]
Teflon’s unique molecular structure made it useful in myriad applications, from nuclear weapons laboratories to your kitchen. Illustration by Emily Lankiewicz / Longhua Liao via Getty Images / U.S. Department of Defense and/or U.S. Department of Energy, Public Domain / Ben Mills via Wikipedia, Public Domain On April 6, 1938, a group of chemists at […]
BEIRUT — The United Nations was instrumental in the creation and recognition of the state of Israel some seventy-six years ago. But virtually ever since, animosity between the preeminent global body and the tiny Middle Eastern country has steadily grown, escalating now as U.N. forces have been drawn into Israel’s attacks in southern Lebanon. At least […]
At the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday morning, the only thing Chief Justice John Roberts seemed to want to know was whether Richard Glossip would have been convicted and sent to death row if the jury had known that the star witness against him lied on the stand. “Do you really think it would make […]
Israel keeps bombing schools. An Israeli attack on a school for orphans in Gaza City on Wednesday killed several people, mostly children and women, sheltering there after being displaced by previous Israeli strikes. Late last month, an Israeli attack on a school filled with thousands of displaced Palestinians in northern Gaza killed at least 15 […]
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Minutes after Missouri executed Marcellus “Khaliifah” Williams on Tuesday, his son, Marcellus Williams Jr., addressed a crowd of supporters that had gathered to grieve in front of the state prison in Bonne Terre. Among them was Maha Odah, a Palestinian American activist with Al-Hadaf Kansas City, a Palestinian liberation organization, who had driven more than […]
