He's Erasing a 2012 Murder, One Pitch at a Time (Newser Deep Dive)

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September 30, 2023     He's Erasing a 2012 Murder, One Pitch at a Time The Athletic profiles a 25-year-old minor-league pitcher named Zac Kristofak, and it's a safe bet you'll be rooting for him to make the majors after reading. That's not solely because of his pitching, exactly. Keep reading   'Open Secret' at Chicken Slaughterhouses: Kids at Work He was, according to his hospital paperwork, a 20-year-old man named Francisco. But hospital staffers in rural Virginia were perplexed because the patient in front of them—his arm nearly severed in a gruesome accident at a chicken slaughterhouse—was clearly just a kid. Keep reading   From our sponsors Start Speaking a New Language in 3 Weeks This app makes it easy to learn vocab and phrases with lessons, games, podcasts, and more. All you need is 10 minutes a day. Sign up today for 55% off! Get 55% off     Scorsese Saw Hollywood's Ills at Screening for Departed Martin Scorsese turns 81 in November, and he's making the rounds to plug his new film Killers of the Flower Moon with Leonardo DiCaprio. In a wide-ranging interview with GQ, Scorsese talks about feeling out of step with modern Hollywood. Keep reading   In the World of Cricket, a Peculiar Hoax A group of men in a remote Indian village put up a makeshift cricket stadium and managed to scam Russian online betters, at least for a while—a tale that reveals how far corruption and match-fixing runs in the "gentleman's sport" as well as online gambling. Sports Illustrated goes in depth on the story of Shoeb Davda, a struggling Molipur bangle merchant and the sole breadwinner of his family. Keep reading   From the Archives For These Cowboys, Payday Is Found Beneath the Soil Clayton Phipps runs cattle on his Montana ranch, but that ranch may not have survived over the years if not for his side hustle, the one that has earned him the nickname "Dinosaur Cowboy." As a story by Andrew Zaleski at Bloomberg explains, the 48-year-old Phipps hunts dinosaur fossils—and he's good at it. Keep reading   From Our Sponsors Manage your subscriptions  |  Unsubscribe from Newser emails  |  Privacy Policy We'd love to hear from you. Send us a note at feedback@newser.com. Newser, LLC  |  1395 Brickell Avenue  |  Suite 800  |  Miami, Florida  |  33131 © 2023 Newser, LLC. All rights reserved