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☆ What causes someone to become a serial killer? Criminology experts explain
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-24 | by ( Alaa Elassar | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +16 min

CNN —For decades, criminologists and true crime documentaries have attempted to understand what causes serial killers to commit the atrocities they do. CNN spoke with three forensic psychologists and serial killer experts to better understand what causes people to become serial killers. Scott Bonn: Not all psychopaths are serial killers, and not all serial killers are psychopaths. In the case (of a serial killer who) is a psychopath, their brain functions differently than a normal human brain. Are all serial killers serial sexual murderers?

Persons: Dennis Rader, John Wayne Gacy, Jeffrey Dahmer, Albert DeSalvo, Ted Bundy, Rex Heuermann, Heuermann, he’s, Long, Scott Bonn, Psychopaths, Louis Schlesinger, Katherine Ramsland, DeSalvo, Joe Dennehy, Scott, –, you’re, they’re, Bundy, There’s, BTK, Jack, who’ve, They’re, Marny Malin, Sygma, William Heirens, ”, Ted Bundys, John Wayne Gacys, Dennis, they’re chameleons, it’s, He’s, there’s, Jeffrey Dahmer's Organizations: CNN, University of Michigan, John Jay College of Criminal, DeSales University, Boston, Boston Globe, Des, Des Plaines Police Department, Chicago Tribune, Tribune, Service, Getty, Lutheran Church, Boy Scout, Suffolk County Sheriff's, Scott Bonn Locations: United States, New York, Shore, criminologist, Scott Bonn, Chicago, Des Plaines, Milwaukee, Suffolk County, Long

☆ Left-wing philosopher Cornel West launches long-shot 2024 presidential bid
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-05 | by ( Tim Reid | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/2] Political activist Cornel West announces his candidacy for the U.S. presidency via social media, as the candidate for the People's Party, June 5, 2023, in this still image obtained from a social media video. CornelWest via REUTERSJune 5 (Reuters) - Cornel West, a progressive political activist and philosopher, announced on Monday that he is launching a third-party 2024 bid for the U.S. presidency. "I want to reintroduce America to the best of itself – the dignity, courage and creativity of precious everyday people," West declared on his People's Party website. Bush to Democrat Bill Clinton, as Perot siphoned off a chunk of Republican voters in the nearly 20 million votes he received. In 2000, many analysts believe Democratic presidential candidate Al Gore would have beaten Republican George W. Bush if Green Party candidate Ralph Nader had not run.

Persons: Cornel West, West, Joe Biden, Ross Perot's, George H.W, Bush, Bill Clinton, Perot, Al Gore, Republican George W, Ralph Nader, Nader, Tim Reid, Alistair Bell Organizations: U.S, People's Party, REUTERS, Twitter, White, Democratic, Party, Republican, Green Party, Union Theological Seminary, Harvard, Princeton, Thomson Locations: America, Florida, New York

☆ Opinion | In India’s Gang Rape Culture, All Women Are Victims
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-02 | by ( Vidya Krishnan | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

GOA, India — My niece was just 4 years old when she turned to my sister-in-law in a packed movie theater in Mumbai and asked about gang rape for the first time. We were watching the latest Bollywood blockbuster about vigilante justice, nationalistic fervor and, of course, gang rape. Didi’s gang rape took place offscreen, but it didn’t need to be shown. You may wonder, “Why take a 4-year-old to such a movie?” But there is no escaping India’s rape culture; sexual terrorism is treated as the norm. India’s favorite profanities are about having sex with women without their consent.

Persons: Didi Organizations: . Society Locations: GOA, India, Mumbai

☆ How these 3 sisters grew up to become highly successful CEOs and a doctor: 'It's helpful to realize the world is often wrong'
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-17 | by ( Megan Sauer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Believing in yourself has immeasurable value, says Anne Wojcicki. "It's helpful for people to realize the world is often wrong," she tells CNBC Make It. "When you're swimming upstream, it's hard and you're going to have people telling you it's a bad idea or you're not capable," Anne says. Many of those close relationships remain: Anne says she and her two sisters all still "have the same friends from early elementary school." 1 best piece of advice for regular investors, do's and don'ts, and three key investing principles into a clear and simple guidebook.

☆ Vinícius Jr. is being racially abused during LaLiga matches. Why is nobody being punished?
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-15 | by ( Matias Grez | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +17 min

It has been updated to reflect the persistent racist abuse that Vinicius Jr. was subjected to during Real Madrid’s 1-0 defeat by Valencia on May 21, 2023. ‘Racist campaign against Vinícius’Incidents of players being racially abused by fans have tarred numerous LaLiga matches this season. On May 21, Vinícius was again subjected to racist abuse from the stands, this time during Real’s match against Valencia at the Mestalla stadium. Most cases of racist abuse which LaLiga has referred to local prosecutors have involved Vinícius. The local prosecutor in Mallorca said it is investigating a number of cases of racist abuse at matches.

☆ Paul Ryan Says Even MAGA Diehards Believe Trump Can’t Win in 2024
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-06 | by ( David Marchese | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +23 min

Photo illustration by Bráulio Amado Talk Paul Ryan Says Even MAGA Diehards Believe Trump Can’t Win in 2024For a good long time during the George W. Bush and Obama presidencies, Paul Ryan was considered one of the intellectual leaders and shining stars of the Republican Party. Get out of this race.” But I don’t think Trump is going to get the nomination. I don’t think we want the lack of liberty that comes with government-made equality. Where I part company with the left is I don’t believe in socialism. I don’t believe in equality of outcomes.

☆ Why a new autism diagnostic aid leaves me conflicted as a scientist and a mom
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-08 | by ( Sarah Gundle | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +7 min

Now a new test is being developed that can help clinicians spot autism in children earlier than ever. For kids whose needs are far greater — those who are more deeply impaired by their autism — interventions can alleviate real suffering. While it’s still in the early stages and will need federal approval, as a scientist, I am tremendously excited by this news. Any breakthroughs in the science of autism are welcome after decades of stumbling in the dark. And for kids whose needs are far greater — those who are more deeply impaired by their autism — interventions can alleviate real suffering.

But Wray said the FBI continues to be concerned about Chinese government “talent programs” that sometimes pay American professors through secret relationships. “At the same time, you also stated, as you’ve just done, that this effort isn’t about the Chinese people or Chinese Americans. But of course, Chinese Americans are part of the U.S. society that you believe needs to be mobilized against China. He also returned to talking about Chinese government operations that have targeted Chinese Americans. “We view Chinese Americans here as being with us.

☆ Tom Stoppard Fears the Virus of Antisemitism Has Been Reactivated
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-28 | by ( David Marchese | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +19 min

I don’t think that it’s an equal participant in some kind of debate. I don’t think so. If you’re sitting there enjoying the structure, then I don’t think that’s entirely good news for the writer. I don’t know that I would actually pursue the subject as a playwright. You know, I’m told there is such a thing as the long view.

☆ How college became so expensive, and how we can turn it around, according to a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-27 | by ( Annie Nova | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Zoom In Icon Arrows pointing outwardsThe average cost to attend a private college in 1970 was about $3,000 a year. Bunch is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and the national opinion columnist for The Philadelphia Inquirer. That said, I don't believe the price of college will fall dramatically without states lowering tuition at public universities, and without a renewed push for free community college. WB: Making public 4-year universities free or next to free would be expensive and require new funding sources. WB: This seems the biggest flaw in the Biden plan, that it included nothing in the way to lower college costs going forward.

☆ Vlad Țurcanu about risks faced by candidates in runoff vote
▼ + stars: | 2020-11-12 | by ( ) www.ipn.md time to read: +3 min

Indirectly, this could help Maia Sandu, communication expert Vlad Țurcanu stated in IPN’s public debate “Strong and weak points of the two finalists”. Vlad Țurcanu said that even if Igor Dodon has experience to resist such attacks, it is not easy for him to do this. Society in Moldova, which is dependent on foreign assistance, including mentally, realizes that Maia Sandu is the political figure who can attract funds to Moldova. Vlad Țurcanu noted Moldovan society believes that the voters of the right, the pro-European ones are more active between elections and are sometimes absent from elections. Without this support, Igor Dodon seems vulnerable,” concluded Vlad Țurcanu.

Persons: Vlad Țurcanu, Maia Sandu, Igor Dodon, Renato Usatyi, “, ”, didn’t, Dodon, Vladimir Plahotniuc, Hanns Seidel Organizations: . Society, Russian Federation, Hanns, Hanns Seidel Foundation Locations: IPN’s, Russia, Russian, Moldova, Soviet Union, West

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