August 22, 2014
#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.
- How an eccentric billionaire transformed Kannapolis, NC from a town of mill workers to a town of paid medical research subjects.
- Elephant poaching is increasing dramatically, thanks to rising demand for ivory in China, a new study reveals.
[Photo credit: Wander Mule, Creative Commons.]