Authorities search for evidence that he ordered the 1972 killing of a Belfast mother of 10.
May 2014
John Christie: Paddling alone doesn’t have to be dangerous
Precautions can make for a perfect trip.
Botched execution changes few minds
The bungled execution in Oklahoma is unlikely to sway politicians’ views about capital punishment.
Nation & World Dispatches
ABI BARIK, Afghanistan Fear of new mudslide hampers rescue efforts Afghan rescuers and volunteers armed with shovels and little more than their bare hands dug through the mud Saturday after a massive landslide swept through a village the day before, turning it into an earthen tomb holding hundreds of bodies, officials said. The government and […]
Transgender resource book coming out this month
‘Trans Bodies, Trans Selves’ is a deliberate echo of the feminist resource book ‘Our Bodies, Ourselves.’
Allen Afield: Caddis flies impress, no matter the language
The behavior of caddis flies is tough to match
Deidre Fleming: Butterfly survey causes concern
Many species are stressed, even extinct in Maine.
Condoleezza Rice won’t be speaker at Rutgers graduation
The former secretary of state withdraws because of protests involving her role in the Iraq War.
Ukrainian insurgents free European military monitors
As accusations fly over who ordered the release, violence and a deadly fire erupt in Odessa.
Investigator: Orphans injected with malaria bug
Doctors who used malarial fever to treat syphilis may have injected hundreds of ‘carriers,’ he says.