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She Fought Back to Save Her Unborn Child. Then She Was Slapped with a Murder Charge.
Keshia Golden was eight months pregnant when her baby shower, thrown to celebrate the daughter she was carrying, ended in violence.
14 hrs ago
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Hollie McKay
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Nearly One Every Four Hours: Inside Iran's Escalating Use of the Death Penalty
Abolfazl Sepahi Badjani was hanged at age 24, yet not before one last visit with his family.
Oct 9
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Who Gets to Decide When a Life Is Over? A Death Row Woman, a Dying Patient and a Dutch Toddler Legally Euthanized
Fall has arrived.
Oct 5
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Why Science Has Ignored Boys' Puberty — And What It's Costing Them
The question sounds deceptively simple: When did your son’s voice break?
Oct 2
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Hollie McKay
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September 2026
The Quiet Fallout From the Clancy Mistrial
A Plymouth County jury spent seven days locked in a room, trying to decide whether Lindsay Clancy was guilty of murdering her three children or whether…
Sep 30
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Hollie McKay
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The Hospital That Won't Be There When You Need It
Somewhere in rural Kansas tonight, a woman is going into labor. The nearest hospital equipped to deliver her baby may be an hour away, if it hasn't…
Sep 28
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Hollie McKay
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The Quiet Disappearance of Down Syndrome
If prenatal testing can screen out a condition entirely, should it?
Sep 24
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More on the Buyers: The Demand Side of Afghanistan’s Child Marriage Market
The going price of a child bride in Afghanistan right now is roughly $3,200.
Sep 22
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30 Dead, Eight of Them Children, and the Army Post Was Just Miles Away
Gunmen burned Naridon to the ground for the second time in a year while a nearby Army post sent no help — one family lost five children in a single…
Sep 20
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Hollie McKay
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Tennessee Is About To Execute Its First Woman In More Than 200 Years
In 12 days, Tennessee could execute a woman for the first time in over 200 years — and only Governor Bill Lee can stop it.
Sep 17
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Hollie McKay
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Scientists Say a Routine Pregnancy Blood Draw Could Hold Hidden Clues About Autism
A routine blood draw taken in the final weeks of pregnancy may one day carry hints about whether a child will go on to be diagnosed with autism…
Sep 14
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Hollie McKay
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When There’s No Blood Left for the Delivery Room
There is a moment in nearly every birth story, the one mothers don’t often tell at dinner parties, when a nurse’s face changes for half a second, or a…
Sep 10
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