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Very Bad Things
very bad things
Jan. 9, 2015
Saudi Arabia Is Giving a Blogger 1,000 Lashes for Insulting Islam
And ten years in prison for insulting Islam.
By
Katie Zavadski
very bad things
Jan. 9, 2015
Boko Haram May Have Killed Up to 2,000 Nigerians
A whole town razed to the ground.
By
Katie Zavadski
very bad things
Dec. 19, 2014
As Many As 1.2 Million Cards May Have Been Compromised in Staples Data Breach
Bad news for teachers.
By
Katie Zavadski
Dec. 9, 2014
Man Stabbed Overnight at Crown Heights Chabad HQ
In an apparent hate crime.
By
Katie Zavadski
very bad things
Dec. 5, 2014
New York Doctor Forced Plan B Pill Down Woman’s Throat
And choked her.
By
Katie Zavadski
very bad things
Nov. 21, 2014
Gambia Will Lock Gays Up and Throw Away the Key
Especially if they have HIV/AIDS.
By
Katie Zavadski
very bad things
Nov. 18, 2014
Indonesia Wants Female Cops to Be God-Fearing Virgins
And they have to undergo a test to prove it, too.
By
Katie Zavadski
very bad things
Nov. 7, 2014
FBI Agent Impersonated AP Reporter to Catch a Teen
Any guesses as to why that’s a bad idea?
By
Katie Zavadski
very bad things
Oct. 7, 2014
Mass Grave in Mexico May Be Missing Student Protesters
Local police are suspected in the killings.
By
Katie Zavadski
very bad things
Sept. 8, 2014
At Least 7 Injured by Santiago, Chile Metro Bomb
Officials are treating it as a terrorist attack.
By
Katie Zavadski
Aug. 10, 2014
Ebola’s Patient Zero Was a 2-Year-Old Boy
He lived on Guinea’s border with Sierra Leone and Liberia.
By
Katie Zavadski
very bad things
Aug. 8, 2014
Ukraine and Russia Are Careening Toward War
Tensions are still flaring on both sides.
By
Katie Zavadski
very bad things
Aug. 6, 2014
Saudi Man Dies, Ahead of Hajj, While Being Tested for Ebola
This doesn’t look good for October’s pilgrimage.
By
Katie Zavadski
very bad things
July 29, 2014
People Are Dying Because of a Heat Wave in Japan
Fifteen are dead, and thousands of others hospitalized.
By
Katie Zavadski
crimes and misdemeanors
July 23, 2014
Posh Manhattan Preschool Shaken Up by Messy Sex Abuse Allegations
The accused confessed and then recanted.
By
Adam K. Raymond
very bad things
Aug. 10, 2013
Connecticut Plane Crash Victims Identified
54-year-old Bill Henningsgaard was flying his 17-year-old son Max to visit colleges.
By
Delia Paunescu
today in torture
May 28, 2009
Report: Unreleased Abu Ghraib Photos Show Rape
A general who compiled a 2004 report on prison abuses in Iraq says the photos Obama has decided not to release contain graphic, devastating imagery.
By
Chris Rovzar