With Taunts and Guile, the Golden State Killer Left a Trail of Horror
How a serial rapist and murderer in California flaunted his power as well as his belief that he could elude accountability forever. He was wrong.
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CreditNick Oxford/Reuters In Fire-Scorched Oklahoma, Help Comes One Bale at a Time
Wildfires burned Oklahoma grazing land, leaving ranchers struggling to feed their cattle. Then the truckloads of hay showed up from faraway states.
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CreditAudra Melton for The New York Times A Lynching Memorial Forces a Reckoning for a Nation, and a Newspaper
The new memorial in Montgomery, Ala., brought an acknowledgment from the local newspaper about its coverage of lynchings over decades: “We were wrong.”
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CreditJason Henry for The New York Times To Catch a Killer: A Fake Profile on a DNA Site and a Pristine Sample
Investigators used DNA gathered at a crime scene and created a fake profile and pseudonym on a genealogy website several months ago, according to law enforcement officials.
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CreditMatt Slocum/Associated Press Cosby Verdict Is Hailed a Breakthrough. Here’s Why It Was an Anomaly.
#MeToo flooded the world with reports of sexual assault. But it did not wash away the legal hurdles to proving it.
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CreditEric Gay/Associated Press Texas’ Voter ID Law Does Not Discriminate and Can Stand, Appeals Panel Rules
The decision by a three-judge panel overturned a lower-court ruling that had struck down the law, the latest milestone in a yearslong legal battle.
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CreditJames Tensuan for The New York Times Officers’ Names Remain Secret Weeks After Fatal Shooting of a Black Man in California
Diante Yarber was killed by police officers in a Walmart parking lot on April 5 in Barstow, Calif. At his funeral on Friday, mourners called for justice.
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CreditMichelle R. Smith/Associated Press Census Officials Say Rhode Island Rehearsal Is Going Well. Not Everyone Agrees.
The sole dry run for the 2020 census is happening in Providence, where a publicity blitz has already been canceled for lack of funds.
