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Two girls play with the autistic Barbie doll

Could an autistic Barbie help children better understand the diagnosis?

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by Patrick Daly
On an overcast day on the ocean, one person steers a small fishing boat while another pulls up a lobster trap. Text on the image says 'Training the next generation of lobstermen'. There is a lighthouse in the middle distance.

Video: A Northeastern student is solving lobstering’s biggest problem

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by Bryce Van Laanen
A thumbnail that shows several news clippings of serial killers form the 70s and 80s on a maroon background. Overlaid is the title 'LESS SERIAL KILLERS? BUT WHY?'

Video: Why serial killings peaked in the ’70s and ’80s

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by Bryce Van Laanen
Two people embrace in front of flowers that had been laid for victims of a mass shooting.

Father-son mass killings are ‘very rare’ — but not unheard of, criminologist says of Bondi Beach massacre

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by Tanner Stening
The silhouette of a young person holding a cellphone up in front of their face.

Is Australia’s youth social media ban the ‘first domino?’

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by Cyrus Moulton
A first responder walks near a crime scene, with police tape in the foreground.

Mass killings in the US fall to lowest levels in 20 years, data shows

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by Tanner Stening
Olivia Nuzzi wearing a leopard-print dress standing in front of a blue background

What happened with Olivia Nuzzi and RFK Jr.?

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by Erin Kayata
The view from over Levi Kaplan's shoulder as he works on TikTok research.

TikTok still delivering suicidal content in France, research finds

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by Cyrus Moulton
A woman sits on an airplane in a comfortable looking sweatshirt.

U.S. government makes a pitch to restore ‘civility’ on flights: dress up

by Cody Mello-Klein
A group of people stand in a circle smiling and holding drinks in their hands

Why do the latest fads spread like wildfire? Research explains

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by Patrick Daly
A screen capture of an actor playing James Garfield in a Netflix movie.

Why was James Garfield assassinated? A historian reveals the real story behind Netflix’s ‘Death by Lightning’

by Cody Mello-Klein
Signage at the main entrance to Federal Prison Camp, Bryan in Texas.

Ghislaine Maxwell reportedly lives comfortably inside an upgraded ‘country club prison.’ What is life actually like for her?

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by Tanner Stening