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Adnan Syed, the convicted murderer from the “Serial” podcast, is getting a new trialAdnan Syed, the convicted murderer whose case was explored in the hit podcast Serial, is getting a new trial.
Updated July 21, 20221 min read
Adnan Syed, the convicted murderer whose case was explored in the hit podcast Serial, is getting a new trial.
Not all heroes wear capes. A Syrian refugee living in Germany was praised by the local police after committing a small act of selflessness.
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Ikea, the low-cost furniture giant, is recalling 29 million of its popular Malm dressers after they caused the deaths of three children.
Cities designed for humans are hard to come by. At least that’s what Mountain View, California-based Y Combinator thinks. According to an announcement on the incubator’s blog today (June 27), Y Combinator is launching a project to research urban planning.
The US Supreme Court today (June 27) overturned a Texas law that severely limited access to abortion.
It seems patients aren’t quite getting the message when their doctors recommend incorporating wearables and other fitness trackers into their lives.
US president Barack Obama on Friday (June 24) designated the Stonewall Inn, an underground gay bar in New York’s Greenwich Village , a national monument, making it the country’s first ever such monument honoring LGBT rights.
Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan are betting on Africa as the next hotbed of technological talent.
Target has a supply problem. The discount retailer has too much unsold merchandise on its shelves, and hasn’t figured out how to get all of it to customers quickly. To make matters worse, a new survey shows that two in five Target shoppers are also members of Amazon Prime and among those that aren’t, one in five are considering a membership in the next year.
Three-time heavyweight world champion Muhammad Ali wasn’t just an incredible athlete, but also the face of goodwill to nations around the world.
In 1997, boxing great Muhammad Ali and pop legend Prince met in Washington, DC on warm day in June to announce an upcoming benefit concert. It was one of those rare, heartwarming moments when two cultural icons shared their mutual admiration onstage.
Pope Francis has issued new guidelines that would remove bishops from office if they allow priests under their supervision to sexually abuse others—a move long sought by reformers who have criticized the Roman Catholic church for moving too cautiously to prevent further abuses.
Donald Trump tweeted today that he, like so many people around the world, was mourning the death of Muhammad Ali.
An all-electric future may be closer than you think—at least if you live in Norway. The country’s four leading political parties have reportedly agreed to a plan to stop selling gasoline-powered cars by 2025, according to energy blog Electrek, citing a report in the Norwegian business newspaper Dagens Næringsliv (Norwegian, paywall).
Tesla may be hip, but it’s not exactly affordable.
The Associated Press (AP) has big news: Two vital terms—”the internet” and “the web”—may now be spelled with lowercase letters, at least according to the news agency’s standard-setting stylebook.
In the beginning, God created the heavens and the Earth—and some time much later, humans invented emojis. The obvious end result is that someone would rewrite the Bible with emojis to stand in place of words like “God,” “book,” and “peace.”
Three-day weekends are tricky—72 hours isn’t enough time to properly indulge in wanderlust, but studies have shown a short vacation can be just as good (pdf) for decompressing as a longer one, even if short means fewer than five days.
If you’re looking for a simple way to be more productive at work, just stand up.
The public has long known about China’s internet propaganda machine, but until now details have remained murky. Analyzing a trove of leaked government emails, researchers estimate that a legion of internet commenters, employed by the Chinese government, create about 488 million fake social media posts every year.
High Bridge Arms first opened in the Bernal Heights neighborhood of San Francisco in the 1950s. The gun shop had good business, but store owner Andy Takahashi got fed up with increased regulation from the city. The store closed on Oct. 31 last year, after selling its final handgun. It was San Francisco’s last gun shop.
It’s not just women who get periods. A new series of ads in one of New York’s busiest subway stops reminds passengers that trans men can menstruate, too.