Earlier this year, federal authorities announced that a 43-year-old Utah man had been sentenced to seven years in prison for attempting to hire a hit man online. What makes the case especially unusual are the particulars about Christopher Pence and his motives, as laid out in detail in New York magazine. Keep reading It could have gone so many different ways, write Katy Vine and Ana Worrel for Texas Monthly. Instead, two people are dead and four others have been convicted in their murders, including a prominent car dealer in Austin. Keep reading
At least a dozen Navy SEALs took their own lives over the past decade, while still on active duty or soon after leaving the military. The brains of eight of those troops were analyzed in a lab, and every one fit the same mold: They were all found to have suffered traumatic injuries from in-the-field blasts, "a stunning pattern with important implications for how SEALs train and fight," per the New York Times. Keep reading The question posed in the headline is straightforward enough: "Would you clone your dog?" Arriving at an answer, however, is far less straightforward. Keep reading Kate Dwyer at Esquire argues that today's media landscape has made captivating an audience near impossible for debut authors. And given the importance of a first book to landing subsequent deals, this can leave many talented writers' careers dead in the water. Keep reading
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Evangelical Father of 16 Busted in Hit Man Hire (Newser Deep Dive)
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