Under Her Rule, Hundreds Were Taken to a Dark Secret Prison (Newser Deep Dive)

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November 2, 2024     Under Her Rule, Hundreds Were Taken to a Dark Secret Prison Sheikh Hasina led an authoritarian regime in Bangladesh for 15 years before fleeing the country in August. As she left, Mir Ahmad Quasem Arman came back to life. Keep reading   It's a Massive Tax Payment, and a Massive Mystery to Boot Last year, a researcher poring over Treasury Department stats did a double-take on one particular sum: A $7 billion estate and gift tax payment. Which apparently means, as Tim Fernholz reports at Sherwood, that somebody very, very rich died and left the government the huge payment. Keep reading     These 'Mushroom Heads' Signify a Big NFL Shift They look a little goofy. "Condom caps, mushroom heads—we've heard them all," says Erin Hanson, co-founder of the company that makes protective football helmets called Guardian Caps. Keep reading   One Company Drives Risky World of Competitive Cheer Cheerleading may elicit images of pompoms and ponytails, but the athleticism required to pull off stunts performed in competition these days requires more than glittery pep. As it turns out, cheering has resulted in more catastrophic injuries than any sport played by female high school and college athletes combined, writes David Gauvey Herbert in the New York Times. Keep reading   From the Archives The Moment I Met Kurt Cobain, I Knew There's no shortage of adjectives that could be used to describe Michael Azerrad's deep dive into his friendship with Kurt Cobain for the New Yorker: insightful, tender, moving, painful, eye-opening, honest. Azerrad met the singer and Courtney Love in 1992 while on assignment for Rolling Stone, and he opens his lengthy article with a recollection of what he first encountered—Cobain lounging in a bed with his back against the wall—and one of the very first thoughts that entered his mind. 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. Read our stories on MSN. Newser, LLC  |  1395 Brickell Avenue  |  Suite 800  |  Miami, Florida  |  33131 © 2024 Newser, LLC. All rights reserved