Saturday, May 25, 2024

Amanda Knox Turns on Killer She Thought Was Innocent (Newser Deep Dive)

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May 25, 2024
 
 
Jens Soering is a double murderer now out on parole, convicted in 1990 of killing the parents of his then-girlfriend, Elizabeth Haysom, with Haysom's help. But during his more than three-decade stretch in prison before being released in 2019, the German national gained an infamous correspondent: Amanda Knox, who herself had spent four years in prison in Italy due to a since-overturned conviction for killing her roommate. Keep reading
 
When Joanna Meade's contractor opened up the walls of her 1910 Baltimore home during a bathroom renovation, out came a tin box painted with golden stripes. Inside were 67 love letters postmarked between 1920 and 1921, the paper browned and delicate with age. Keep reading
 
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OnlyFans subscribers who cherish their one-on-one relationships with personalities on the site might want to consider the math problem involved here: The thriving platform has about 2 million creators and 190 million subscribers, writes Brendan I. Koerner at Wired. Meaning, "it's impossible for even a modestly popular creator to cope with the avalanche of messages they receive each day." Keep reading
 
When the US was in Afghanistan, an Afghan general by the name of Abdul Raziq was seen as one of America's most valuable allies in the fight against the Taliban. On the upside, Raziq was young, brave, smart, and charismatic, and he kept order in crucial Kandahar, the New York Times explains. Keep reading
 
Chess has been exploding in popularity of late, and Rob Price takes a deep dive into the culture for Business Insider. What he paints is not a pretty picture. Keep reading
 
Part of the White House plan to fight climate change involves the construction of carbon dioxide pipelines across the country—part of an experimental "carbon capture and storage" strategy. In short, the idea is "aimed at sequestering carbon emissions from power plants, sending it through pipelines, and injecting it underground," explains the Lever. Keep reading
 
The legendary Greek messenger who ran from Marathon to Athens to share news of a Greek victory over the Persians has nothing on Ten Tsewang Sherpa. He's a man who had slipped into the shadows of history after delivering "perhaps the last piece of world news ever sent by a runner," writes Peter Frick-Wright for Outside: News that the British—by way of Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay—had in 1953 been the first to successfully summit Mount Everest. Keep reading
 
From the Archives
The judge said he had never before encountered a defendant who returned "so quickly to exactly the same crime." The question is whether Vitaly Borker is now back at it a third time. Keep reading
 
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