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People Stopped Killing Each Other in New York City for a Week, Probably Because It's Cold
The welcome streak comes after weeks of tension between the NYPD and Mayor Bill de Blasio.
Environmentalists Couldn’t Stop the Slaughter at Idaho’s Annual Coyote and Wolf Derby
At the end of the four-day affair, 30 coyote corpses had been hung from hooks in a warehouse, despite the efforts of activists to stop what they call a "culture of death."
'Hell Cannons' Have Slaughtered More Than 300 Syrian Civilians
Syrian war monitors say cooking gas canister cannons are a deadly addition to the growing arsenal of improvised weapons responsible for civilian deaths.
Texas Plans to Execute a Paranoid Schizophrenic Man This Wednesday
Scott Panetti is clearly insane, but Texas officials seem determined to execute him even as his lawyers are making a last-ditch effort to stop the state.
Talking to the Brother of the Man Who Assassinated an Israeli Prime Minister
Nineteen years ago, on November 4, 1995, Nobel Peace Prize laureate and Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin was murdered by a young right-wing militant named Yigal Amir. I spoke to Yigal's brother and accomplice, Hagai.
How Albanian Lives Are Wrecked by Cycles of Vengeance
Gjakmarrja, the tradition of blood feuds, has been a part of Albanian culture since the 15th century, when a set of laws called the Kanun of Lekë Dukagjini held that a murder victim’s family could avenge his death by killing a male member of the...
Assassination of Afghan President's Cousin Leaves Power Vacuum and a Difficult Legacy
Hashmat Khalil Karzai was killed by a suicide bomber on Tuesday. The demise of a controversial figure poses many questions for Afghanistan.
Toronto Cops May Start Carrying Tasers and Wearing Cameras
It's nearly been a year since Sammy Yatim was killed by Toronto Police, and today, a report by a former Supreme Court judge has recommended the police carry tasers en masse and wear cameras.
The Ethics of Eating Fish That'll Die Pretty Soon Anyway
Forget about sustainability for a second: Is it a worse crime to eat a sea creature that lives for many years than one that's only around for a few months? If so, let's gorge ourselves on short-lived squid and shrimp, and leave immortal jellyfish in...
Download We Are Shining's Excellent Mixtape 'Devileyes'
Earlier this year we lost it over We Are Shining's collaboration with Eliza Doolittle on the song "Killing." In particular the video—watch it here—freaked us the fuck out because it features a young dancer, moving serpentine to
Is Hiring an Internet Hitman in Russia As Easy As Ordering Pizza?
If a few websites in Eastern Europe follow through on what they advertise, you don't even need to know what the deepweb is to hire yourself a contract killer. The sites are offering their services, completely openly over the internet, for anyone to...
London's Tamils Want to Share Their Horror Stories with David Cameron
The British prime minister was in Sri Lanka recently, cosying up to a regime Tamils claim is "genocidal".