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Ms. Pike, 50, survived two doses of a lethal injection in Tennessee. She was sentenced to death for the 1995 murder of a classmate.
Yan ZhuangCapital PunishmentMurders, Attempted Murders and Homicides
Independent inquiry ordered after failed execution of Pike, who was convicted of 1994 murderChrista Pike: what we know so far about Tennessee woman’s failed executionTennessee’s governor on Thursday said it was “deeply disturbing” that his state botched the execution of a death row prisoner who remained alive and snoring 40 minutes after receiving a double dose of the lethal drug that should have quickly killed her.Bill Lee, a Republican, has suspended all executions in the state until at least the end of the year and ordered an independent inquiry after Wednesday night’s failed attempt to put to death Christa Pike, who was convicted of murder, at the execution chamber in Nashville. Continue reading...
Richard LuscombeTennesseeCapital punishment
The remains of 105 people were buried in the Sheikh Radwan cemetery, northwest of Gaza City.
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TA419 hackers used deceptive tactics to impersonate real figures, such as a former White House AI official.
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An ad produced by the manufacturing company SKF Group featured a digital version of the Swedish American actress, who died in 1990. Not all viewers found the replica convincing.
Isabella KwaiArtificial IntelligenceAdvertising and Marketing
Probe finds spyware, hidden microphones and infected phones used to surveil journalists, activists, rights defenders.
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Heidenau council has halted the laying of Stolpersteine installed to remember individual victims of the NazisThe town hall of Heidenau, Germany has a freshly restored cream-coloured facade, tidy flower boxes on the windowsills and a charming shingled clocktower.At the entrance, closer inspection reveals a single brass plaque embedded in the pavement honouring the former mayor Paul Gröger, whom the Nazis hounded into killing himself. Continue reading...
Deborah Cole in Heidenau, GermanyGermanyHolocaust
Judy Wearing has spent much of her life studying our follicles. She explains how our armpits betray our emotions, why some gentlemen really do prefer blondes and the reason we evolved to have eyebrowsAs a PhD student at Oxford studying mating behaviour, Judy Wearing was suddenly struck by a thought: what was the purpose of pubic hair? The point of armpit hair? The function of each of our body’s furry patches? When the published literature failed to produce satisfying answers, Wearing began her own investigation. Her aim was to shed light on why exactly we evolved these particular patches, with pubic hair the most puzzling of all: was it for warmth, protection … or something else?Wearing is still tangling with those questions, some 30 years after her student days. Now an author and editor (largely in the education sector), she has revisited her fascination with hair in Anxious and Hairy:
Elle HuntHealthMen's hair
The global climate phenomenon has triggered devastating infernos in the ape’s Indonesian heartlands, with long-term effects on the animals still unknownThe mother’s hands were peeling from walking on the torched ground. Her eight-month-old baby, which clung to her side, was dehydrated and thin. The pair, named Mama Abu and Abu (“ash” in Indonesian), were found in an oil palm subsidiary estate, rescuers say.The orangutan pair were saved last month from wildfires that are devouring Indonesia’s forests and peatland, unleashing thick smog, and destroying the habitat of some of the planet’s most vulnerable species. Continue reading...
Rebecca RatcliffeIndonesiaWildfires
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