Otto Warmbier got arrested in North Korea, sentenced to hard labor, and was eventually sent back to the U.S. — comatose. As with many things North Korean, the why and how is speculative at best.
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How an Ex-Cop Rigged McDonald’s Monopoly Game and Stole Millions
And here you were buying super-sized cartons of french fries in the hopes of getting a Park Place, like a dope.
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Powerful On the Beam or Off
Aly Raisman is a six-time Olympic medalist. She’s a survivor of abuse at the hands of Larry Nassar. And now, she’s an activist.
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She’s Not Just a Girl in the World
She’s a rock star, and a mom, and a tomboy, and a wife, and a study in contradictions.
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The Gulp War
An insider look at the “Academy Awards of Water” — held in West Virginia, a state where many lack clean tap water — where judges rank the taste of a substance whose main characteristic is tastelessness.
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The Woman Coming for Larry Nassar’s Job
Gymnast Selena Brennan was treated — and abused — by Larry Nasser at Michigan State for years. Today she’s studying kinesiology there, preparing to increase the representation of women doctors in gymnastics.
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The Palette is Political
There is little in the world that is not in some way political, including YouTube makeup tutorials.
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Schlitterbahn’s Tragic Slide
Can a man be convicted of second-degree murder for building a water slide? Where’s the line between thrill-seeking and willful negligence? After indictments following the death of 10-year old Caleb Schwab on the “Verrückt” slide at Schlitterbahn water park, we’re going to find out.
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The Untold Story of Otto Warmbier, American Hostage
Otto Warmbier traveled to North Korea. Otto Warmbier lost consciousness while in North Korean custody. Otto Warmbier is now dead. And despite what an unsubstantiated report or an unscrupulous administration says, that’s about all we know.
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Big Pharma Has No Comment, But Would Still Like All Your Tax Dollars
From 2008 to 2016, the amount that state Medicaid programs spend on prescription drugs almost doubled. Why?