#Sidney's Picks: South Carolina's Spousal Murder Crisis; A Town of Guinea Pigs; Elephant Poaching on the Rise | Hillman Foundation

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The best of the week’s news by Lindsay Beyerstein

#Sidney's Picks: South Carolina's Spousal Murder Crisis; A Town of Guinea Pigs; Elephant Poaching on the Rise

 

The Best of the Week’s News 

  • Till Death Do Us Part: A South Carolina paper publishes a sweeping multi-media report on the state’s spousal murder crisis.
  • Sidney-winner Jina Moore interviews the brave Liberians who are protecting the living by burying the highly contagious remains of patients who succumb to the Ebola virus.
  • Elephant poaching is increasing dramatically, thanks to rising demand for ivory in China, a new study reveals.

 

[Photo credit: Wander Mule, Creative Commons.]