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In Los Angeles, So Much of the Protest Narrative Has Felt Wrong. Saturday Was a Corrective
After a week of watching a fun-house-mirror version of their city in global media, thousands of Los Angeles residents took to ...
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What warped the minds of America's serial killers? New book argues it's not what you think | Opinion
When Ted Bundy was a child in the 1950s, he hunted for frogs in the nearby swamps in Tacoma, Washington. The young Gary ...
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What warped the minds of serial killers? Lead pollution, a new book argues.
When Ted Bundy was a child in the 1950s, he hunted for frogs in the nearby swamps in Tacoma, Washington. The young Gary ...
The astonishing reason why all these men from the same area could have turned into some of the world's worst serial killers - from Ted Bundy to Charles Manson
In the early hours of August 31, 1961, an eight-year-old girl named Ann Burr disappeared during a deafening thunderstorm from ...
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Tacoma’s toxic past: ‘Murderland’ author links smelter plumes to serial killers
Where did Ted Bundy, one of the most infamous serial killers, grow up? In Philadelphia—known then as the “City of Smelters”—before he moved to Tacoma and lived just across the bay from the smokestack.
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Negotiations continue to renew tax agreement between Centre County & Penn State
WJAC provides news, weather and sports information for Johnstown, Altoona, State College and DuBois, Pennsylvania. Our ...
7 New Books We Recommend This Week
Every week, critics and editors at The New York Times Book Review pick the most interesting and notable new releases, from ...
Uncovering the Pacific Northwest’s violent history and toxic legacy
In “Murderland,” Caroline Fraser tries to understand why her hometown became a breeding ground for serial killers.
Why Do So Many Serial Killers Come From the Pacific Northwest? A New Book Offers a Theory
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Caroline Fraser's 'Murderland' delves into the lead-crime theory behind the proliferation of ...
Why Were So Many Serial Killers From the Pacific Northwest?
Growing up on Washington state’s Mercer Island in the 1960s and ’70s, the writer Caroline Fraser got used to hearing people ...
Serial Killers of the Pacific Northwest: Did Toxins Make Them Do It?
Murderland,” by the Pulitzer Prize winner Caroline Fraser, considers possible links between the region’s industrial pollution ...
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SCASD settles lawsuit over private students being barred from district athletics
WJAC provides news, weather and sports information for Johnstown, Altoona, State College and DuBois, Pennsylvania. Our ...