Philippines: School shooting in Zamboanga leaves student dead

‘Her head was broken’: parents at Iranian school bombed by US describe their worst day

Hours before the world learned that a US missile had hit Shajareh Tayyebeh school, parents were already searching the rubble for their sons and daughters. In this exclusive report, four families describe the events of 28 February

‘The devil’s child’: the rise and fall of the only female yakuza

The long read: Mako Nishimura fought her way into the Japanese underworld, but drug addiction and the slow demise of organised crime gangs almost destroyed her

How A.I. Killed Student Writing (and Revived It)

High school and college teachers are watching students write, in the classroom, in order to protect against the incursion of artificial intelligence.

Guerilla Fighters in West Papua Are Facing Extermination by Indonesia's High-Tech Forces

The West Papua National Liberation Army has resisted counterinsurgency in the Star Mountains for decades. Drop Site spoke with guerilla leader Lamek Taplo a week before he was killed.

Ten-year-old boy killed in Colombia's first drone death

The country's defence ministry has blamed Wednesday's attack on rebel guerrillas.

The May 4 Shootings at Kent State University: The Search for Historical Accuracy | May 4, 1970 | Kent State University

THE MAY 4 SHOOTINGS AT KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: THE SEARCH FOR HISTORICAL ACCURACY BY JERRY M. LEWIS and THOMAS R. HENSLEY

Ratko Mladic, ex-Bosnian Serb warlord who oversaw atrocities in Bosnia, has died at 84

Ratko Mladic was one of the most notorious figures of a war that killed over 100,000 people in the 1990s. He commanded his troops to "scorch the brains" of the Bosnian Muslims and boasted of being a "Serbian God."

8 Dead in Atlanta Spa Shootings, With Fears of Anti-Asian Bias (Published 2021)

The man who police say went on a rampage at three spas in the Atlanta area has been charged with eight counts of murder in connection with the attacks.

The August 5, 2024 Massacre: A Rohingya Survivor’s Photographs

The life of one refugee, before and after a devastating drone attack on the banks of the Naf River.

What I Learned About Vitamin K Deficiency From Babies’ Autopsy Reports — ProPublica

Babies have died after not receiving the vitamin K shot at birth. Their autopsy records underscore how preventable their deaths could have been.

School Yourself | Karen Vaites | Substack

Karen Vaites's takes on K-12 education and more. Click to read School Yourself, by Karen Vaites, a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers.

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Syracuse University Intervenes to Block Subpoena of Police Records — ProPublica

The university, whose 1980s rape crisis figured prominently in a ProPublica article, committed to support survivors at “every step of the process.” Now it’s in court to stop police from sharing many records with a student who was assaulted in 1987.

The Best Kind of American: A True Story of Murder, War, and America's Undoing in the Middle East

A work of true crime following one American family’s search for answers after a 1984 murder in war-torn Beirut, where the Iranian revolution collided with the Israeli invasion of Lebanon, setting off the geopolitical conflagration that burns to this dayOn January 18, 1984, Malcolm Kerr, president of the American University of Beirut, was assassinated by a pair of gunmen outside his office. His murder, in the wake of the bombing of the US Marines’ barracks, Palestinian guerrilla warfare, and the 1982 Israeli invasion of Lebanon, was just one more shocking headline in a city ravaged by the chaos of nine years of war. There was no investigation. Four decades later, the question of who killed Malcolm and why still haunts Kerr’s family, including his son Steve, a world-famous basketball player and NBA coach. In The Best Kind of American, Kim Ghattas embarks on a quest to solve the mystery of Kerr’s assassination, weaving together the family’s story with that of Lebanon’s warlords and peacemakers, Hezbollah hostage takers and Iranian Revolutionary Guards, and American presidents from Reagan to Trump. She also tells the definitive story of how Beirut came to be the point of origin for the policies and people who went on to shape the Middle East for decades, from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, who was then assassinated in a joint US-Israeli strike in the opening salvo of their 2026 war against the Islamic Republic. With the nuance, clarity, and storytelling that made Black Wave an era-defining work on the Middle East, Ghattas delivers a riveting, deeply human saga—a must-read for understanding why this conflict continues to shape today’s world.